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A Great Chaos
Studio album by
Ken Carson
ReleasedOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)
Recorded2022–2023
GenreRage
Length46:56
Label
Producer
  • AM
  • Bart How
  • Bhristo
  • Clif Shayne
  • EPREME
  • F1lthy
  • Gab3
  • KP Beatz
  • Lbw
  • Legion
  • Lil 88
  • Lucian
  • Lukrative
  • Lvis
  • MaxFlames
  • Misogi
  • Nick Spiders
  • Outtatown
  • Semsi
  • Skai
  • Ssor.t
  • Star Boy
  • TM88
  • Warpstr
  • Warren Hunter
Ken Carson chronology
X
(2022) 		A Great Chaos
(2023) 		More Chaos
(2025)
Singles from A Great Chaos
  1. "I Need U"
    Released: February 14, 2023
Singles from A Great Chaos (Deluxe)
  1. "Overseas"
    Released: April 12, 2024

A Great Chaos is the third studio album by American rapper Ken Carson, released on October 13, 2023, through Opium and Interscope Records. The album's production was handled by various producers, including Carson himself, F1lthy, Lil 88, Star Boy, Outtatown and TM88, and features guest appearances from Destroy Lonely and Lil Uzi Vert. A rage album, A Great Chaos is characterized by its maximalist production, glitchy, digitized instrumentation, and hedonistic attitude coupled with moments of vulnerability and angst. The album's only single, "I Need U" was released in February 2023. Intended for release in July 2023, the album was delayed by sample clearence issues, and leaked four days before its release date. On July 5, 2024, a deluxe version containing seven additional tracks was released; it was preceded by the single "Overseas". Music videos were also filmed for "Jennifer's Body", "Fighting My Demons" and "Succubus".

A Great Chaos received critical acclaim, with praise for its appeal and production. Considered Carson's breakout album, it moved 48,000 album-equivalent units in its first week to debut at number 11 on the US Billboard 200, becoming his first top 20 album, and performed well commercially in Europe and Canada. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September 2024. "Fighting My Demons" and "Overseas" were both certified Gold by the RIAA, with the latter becoming Carson's first charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 79. Carson embarked on the Chaos World Tour in support of the album from July to November 2024. A sequel, More Chaos, is scheduled for release in April 2025.[1]

Background and recording

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In July 2022, Ken Carson released his second studio album, X, through Opium and Interscope Records. It was his first album to chart on the US Billboard 200 chart,[2] although it was not well received by critics.[3] According to HotNewHipHop, Carson's style on X was compared unfavorably to Opium labelhead Playboi Carti and led to him being dismissed as a "Playboi Carti rip-off".[4] Carson supported the album with his first headlining tour, the X Man Tour, from August to September 2022. After previewing the song in December 2022,[5] Carson released "I Need U" on February 14, 2023, before touring Europe.[6]

The production of A Great Chaos was handled by various producers, including Carson himself, F1lthy, Lil 88, Star Boy, Outtatown and TM88.[3] Carson said he would go to the studio every night to record material,[7] including when he was on tour.[8] He would listen to beats his producers sent him once he got to the studio, after which he would try and work out an idea from them.[3] Lucian, one of the album's producers and a frequent collaborator, said that Carson would sometimes "instantly know what to do on [a beat]" and come out with a song in a single take.[7] Examples of this occuring include "Hardcore",[3] and the deluxe edition track "Overseas".[7] Carson said that he considered potential crowd reactions when recording his songs.[9] He denied being influenced by the reception of X when making the album, stating that he "[doesn't] make [his] music for critics".[3] The album was "100% done" by August 2023.[8]

Composition

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Overview

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[The album's title] literally just speaks for itself. It’s a great chaos. It’s a great work, but it sounds massive.

—Ken Carson[8]

A Great Chaos is a rage album.[10][11] According to David Crone of AllMusic, it sees Carson "[push] his signature sound even further with wilder flows and more forward-thinking beats".[2] Characterized by its maximalist production,[12][13] it features "digitized, crunchy instrumentation",[14] and "excessively" loud mixing[10] centered on Carson's vocals, whose delivery was described as "radically blunt" by Mano Sundaresan of Pitchfork.[15] Matt Mitchell of Paste described his delivery as "ferocious and meticulous" and highlighted their influences from Young Thug and Carti.[14] Abe Beame of GQ described its tracks as densely layered "walls" and "squalls of sound featuring dueling pluggy arpeggios laid under droning liquid-metallic bass lines and soft, gorgeous Kraftwerk melodies".[16] Zachary Horvath of HotNewHipHop highlighted "Fighting My Demons", "SS" and "Overseas" for their "glitchy, booming, and futuristic trap-like beats" and Carson's "slurred deliveries and blunt lyricism".[17] Will Gedron of HipHopDX, Jeff Ihaza of Rolling Stone and Sundaresan also highlighted the album's tighter pacing compared to Carson's previous works, particularly X.[12][15][18] Opium labelmate and frequent collaborator Destroy Lonely appears with Carson on "Singapore", "Paranoid" and "Like This", with Lil Uzi Vert joining both artists on the latter track.[19]

In a 2023 interview with Clash, Carson said that he aimed to express energy in relation to where his life was on A Great Chaos.[9] Brandon Brown, a former Vice President of A&R at Interscope, told XXL in a 2024 interview that he felt Carson was "talking about different experiences, different phases of things he’s experiencing now, from pre-signing to being signed and more famous".[7] Hedonism is a pervading attitude throughout the album,[3][15][14] though John Norris of VMan highlighted moments of vulnerability.[3] Sundaresan said that Carson's lyrics sometimes fall into "Opium-core" angst.[15] Gölz highlighted the concept of "internet horror"—with references to 2000s horror films, creepypastas, nightcore and low-quality true crime uploads—as pervasive in the album's visuals, song titles and "timbres", which he felt provided context to its "muddy mixing and confrontational demeanor".[10] Lucian recalled that "scary movies" would often be played in the background during studio sessions to cultivate a mood.[7]

Songs

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"Jennifer's Body" is a synth-driven track that draws inspiration from the cult classic horror film of the same name.[7] Its stuttered intro is a homage to Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".[16] Ihaza described it as a "quote-worthy" song.[20] Lucian viewed it as representing an "archetypal" collaboration between him and Carson.[7] On "Fighting My Demons", Carson asks "Where the fuck my blunt? Where the fuck my cup? Where the fuck my reef?",[21][22] before the song breaks into "off-the-wall production"[23] featuring 808s, "chiming" synths and organ-like bass.[22] His vocals "[alternate] between straight-line raps and pagan chants" throughout the song's verses,[18] "spewing out unhinged one-liners, sports references, and weirdly addictive noises", according to Eric Skelton of Complex.[21] Norris described it's lyrics as "confessional". Carson said that they were not just about himself, as "everybody’s got their own demons. [...] And even if they don't call them 'demons,' they're problems."[3] Following a "haunting" instrumental break, he ends the song with a "cognizant yet repetitive" refrain that Yousef Srour of HipHopDX likened to the Travis Scott and Playboi Carti song "FE!N".[3] "Lose It" features "ultra blown-out 808s"[24] and was described by Jordan Darville of The Fader as "the sound of a panic attack", with Carson "joylessly rapping about the pills he pops to keep from freaking out and the hair triggers on the guns that will keep him safe".[25] "Hardcore", which Sundaresan comped to Future circa The Wizrd, sees Carson repeating the title word over changing sonic textures.[15] Gedron cited "It's Over" as a example of Carson's use of "more compelling" language compared to his previous output.[18] "Me N My Kup" was influenced by Gucci Mane's "Shirt Off",[26] and features tighly stacked synths.[10] Carson "croaks and croons" whilst obsessesing over an ex-partner atop a "blinding fog" of heavy bass on "Succubus",[15] which Gölz categorized as an overdriven "Florida trap" song.[10]

"Paranoid" is a trap song[27][28] that sees Carson and Lonely "employ madcap flows that cover hip-hop’s most stories tropes (wealth, women, guns, etc.) with an air of wariness", according to Billboard's Kyle Denis.[28] Norris highlighted one of the song's lyrics—"I fuck Barbie bitches/All my hoes be plastic"—as a reference to Barbie, whose Ken doll line is Carson's namesake, and his debut extended play Boy Barbie (2020).[3] "Pots" features a glitchy,[18] hypnotic atmosphere.[10] Sundaresan likened the song's "rolling beat" of to the "robotic spiders" from the 2002 film Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams.[15] "Like This" centers around a chorus by Uzi, who asks: "Why my jeans fit like this?".[29] "Overtime" features a "continuous ticker of hi-hat and snare rolls", per Gedron.[18] A favorite of Carson's,[3] "Vampire Hour" was cited by AllMusic as an example of the album's moments of "unsophisticated, raging fun".[27] On "Rockstar Lifestyle", Carson embraces a rockstar persona; when asked by Pitchfork what the term meant to him, he said it was "about pushing the boundaries and doing whatever the fuck you want".[3][26] AllMusic highlighted his use of "Young Thug-influenced vocal inflections and haunted melodic hooks" on "I Need U".[27]

A Great Chaos (Deluxe) features seven more songs which Vibe described as "stick[ing] to the script" of the main album.[30] "SS" sees Carson compares his the size of gun's drum magazine to the breasts of American actress Sydney Sweeney.[31] "Overseas" is driven by 808-heavy production, a buzzing beat[32][33] and subtle melody.[7] Its lyrics see Carson offer an update on his recent life, which he mostly spent on tour, and reflecting on his rise to prominence.[32][34] He also mentions the European cities London, Paris, and Amsterdam, the first three stops of his Chaos World Tour.[34]

Release and promotion

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Carson began teasing A Great Chaos in late 2022, when he posted a snippet of "Paranoid".[3] Carson's fans on Reddit speculated the album would be released in July 2023, coinciding with the release months of his debut album Project X (2021) and X.[3] On June 2, 2023 Carson officially announced the project's title and an initial release date of July 17.[35] The album's tracklist was shared on June 25, revealing that it would consist of 14 tracks and feature multiple guest artists.[35] A second single, "It's Over", was teased but never released,[35] and the album ultimately missed its original release date due to sample clearence issues.[3] On October 6, 2023, he tweeted a pre-save link for the album, confirming its release date of October 13.[36] The final track listing consisted of 18 songs.[37] The album was leaked in its entireity on a Discord server four days prior to its release,[38] much to Carson's chagrin.[3] On October 12, an album launch party was held at the Silo dance club in Brooklyn. Carson performed "Singapore" and "Paranoid" with Destroy Lonely. The show ended with a headlined performance by Playboi Carti.[39] Music videos for "Jennifer's Body", "Fighting My Demons" and "Succubus" were released after the album.[40]

In the summer of 2023, Carson performed at the Bonnaroo,[41] Reading and Leeds,[42] and Lollapalooza festivals.[43] He was initially scheduled to tour with Playboi Carti, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang as part of the Antagonist Tour of North America and Europe, headlined by Carti.[44] The tour was due to commence in September 2023; following several delays and rescheduled dates, it was officially cancelled in March 2024.[45] On April 12, 2024,[46] Carson made his debut performance at Coachella, where he performed material from A Great Chaos live for the first time.[47] That same day, he released "Overseas" as the lead single from the album's forthcoming deluxe edition.[33] Between May 28 and June 2, 2024, Carson supported the Red Hot Chilli Peppers on the first three dates of the North American leg of their Unlimited Love Tour.[48] Following the release of A Great Chaos (Deluxe) on July 5,[49][32] Carson embarked on his first headlining world tour, the Chaos World Tour, which took place between July 9 and November 21, 2024.[50][51] 2Hollis Footage filmed during the tour's first three dates was used in a music video for "Overseas", released on October 19.[51] During the tour, Carson worked on finishing tracks for his fourth album More Chaos (2025).[26] On December 15, 2024, Carson performed at Rolling Loud Miami.[52]

Commercial performance

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A Great Chaos debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200,[53] earning 48,507 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 1,336 coming from pure album sales.[54] It was Carson's first top 20 album in the United States. On September 18, 2024, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming Carson's first to do so. "Fighting My Demons" and "Overseas" were also certified Gold by the RIAA. The latter also became his first charting song on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, debuting at number 79. Several of the album's songs went viral on TikTok.[12] A Great Chaos also performed well in Canada and Europe.[7] The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and was certified Gold by Music Canada in October 2024.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[27]
HipHopDX3.9/5[18]
laut.de[10]
Pitchfork7.8/10[15]

A Great Chaos received critical acclaim;[2][33] according to Elias Andrews of HotNewHipHop, the album garnered Carson "the best reviews of his career".[55] AllMusic praised Carson for taking greater creative risks, deeming it "a fun and engaging listening experience" and a "huge step up" from his prior output.[27] Vibe's Preezy Brown called the album "some of [Carson's] best work yet", highlighting "Fighting My Demons", "Hardcore", "Overtime", "Vampire Hour", and "Nightcore" as standouts that showcased the rapper "hitting on all cylinders".[19] Richards of The Washington Post called it "the most flat-out exciting album released all year", praising Clif Shayne, F1lthy, KP Beatz, Lucian and the rest of the album's producers.[13]

Mano Sundaresan of Pitchfork described A Great Chaos as "a creative breakthrough, flipping the script on Atlanta rap production" as "within the churn of these outrageous beats, Ken sounds alive, funneling his hedonistic tendencies into joyously unholy music". Sundaresan also opined that the album "may well be the next crucial LP" in the development rage music, after Playboi Carti's Whole Lotta Red.[15] Paul Meara of BET viewed it as one of Opium's "more memorable drops" and said it "proved the [rage] genre is in great hands."[11] Gölz of laut.de remarked that although the album was not "great art or revolutionary", it had a "coherent look and a coherent mood" that distinguished Carson from other rage music artists, including Playboi Carti and Yeat.[10] Mitchell, Sundaresan and Gölz all felt that whilst Carson's lyricism was weak, it ultimately came secondary to his delivery and presentation.[10][14][15] Gedron of HipHopDX warned that its focus on "maximalist spectacle" could make it "a war of attrition" through repeated listens.[18]

A Great Chaos was listed as one of the best albums of 2023 by Complex, Slant Magazine,[56] and The Washington Post,[13] with Rolling Stone and Paste listing it as one of 2023's best hip-hop albums.[12][14] HotNewHipHop, HipHopDX and Complex listed "Fighting My Demons" as one of the best songs of 2023.[23][22][21] Pitchfork included "Lose It" in its list of the best rap songs of the year,[24] whilst Rolling Stone ranked "Jennifer's Body" as the sixth best rap song of 2023.[20] In 2024, Pitchfork ranked A Great Chaos at number 86 on its list of "The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far".[57] Complex ranked "SS" (from the deluxe edition) as the 42nd best song of 2024.[58] The album is considered Carson's breakout album.[16][59] According to Vivian Medithi of The Fader, the album "notched new commercial and critical highs" for Carson and, coupled with his "consistency" compared to his labelmates, made him the "de facto nucleus" of Opium and the "the face of rage in 2024."[60]

Track listing

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Core edition track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Green Room"
3:08
2."Jennifer's Body"
  • Kenneth Pannu
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Cișmigiu
  • KP Beatz
  • Lucian
2:38
3."Fighting My Demons"
  • Anton Martin Mendo
  • Bart van Hoewijk
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Olle Elvis Zijstra
  • Tobias Dekker
  • Warren Hunter
  • Bart How
  • Lvis
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
  • Warren Hunter
2:30
4."Singapore" (featuring Destroy Lonely)
2:31
5."Lose It"
  • Gabriel Rousseau
  • Keifa Carter
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Gab3
  • Legion
2:20
6."Hardcore"
  • Mendo
  • Arman Andican
  • Christopher Quillin
  • Ethan Andrade
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Dekker
  • AM
  • Bhristo
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
  • Warpstr
2:04
7."Me N My Kup"
  • Mendo
  • Lowe
  • Carter
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Dekker
  • Hunter
  • Legion
  • Lil 88
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
  • Warren Hunter
3:54
8."It's Over"
  • Mendo
  • Andican
  • Lowe
  • Johnny Peng
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Dekker
  • Zain Siddiqui
  • Star Boy
  • Lil 88
  • AM
  • Misogi
  • Skai
  • Outtatown
1:35
9."Succubus"
  • Andican
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Ortiz
  • AM
  • F1lthy
2:29
10."Paranoid" (featuring Destroy Lonely)
  • Sandimanie III
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Thevenot
  • Ortiz
  • Cișmigiu
  • F1lthy
  • Lucian
  • Lukrative
2:07
11."Pots"
  • Clifton Shayne
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Thevenot
  • Clif Shayne
  • Lucian
2:09
12."Like This" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert and Destroy Lonely)
  • Semsi
3:12
13."Overtime"
  • Erik Cordova
  • Lowe
  • Frazier Jr.
  • EPREME
  • Lil 88
1:46
14."Vampire Hour"
  • Mendo
  • Wang
  • Quillin
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Dekker
  • Bhristo
  • Outtatown
  • Star Boy
2:34
15."Nightcore"
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Thevenot
  • Cișmigiu
  • Lucian
  • Lukrative
3:07
16."Nightcore 2"
  • Andican
  • Shayne
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Cișmigiu
  • AM
  • Clif Shayne
  • Lucian
3:02
17."Rockstar Lifestyle"
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Salvino
  • Thomas Ross
  • Semsi
  • Ssor.t
3:12
18."I Need U"
  • Frazier Jr.
  • Max Rafael
  • Cișmigiu
  • Lucian
  • MaxFlames
2:28
Total length:46:56
A Great Chaos (Deluxe) bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Loading"Kenyatta Frazier Jr. • Clifton ShayneClif Shayne3:06
20."More Chaos"Frazier Jr. • Shayne • Nick SpidersClif Shayne • Nick Spiders2:21
21."Toxic"Frazier Jr. • Keifa Carter • Johnny PengLegion • Skai2:45
22."Leather Jacket"Frazier Jr. • Rupert HowarthPerto2:37
23."Mewtwo"Frazier Jr. • ShayneClif Shayne2:08
24."SS"Frazier Jr. • Bart Van Hoewjik • Danny O'Brien • Jaylan Lowe • Kylian KanteBart How • Lil 88 • Mnclzy • Kyl • Star Boy 
25."Overseas"Frazier Jr. • Spiders • Pierre Thevenot • Stacey Walroud • Stefan CismigiuLucian • Lukrative • Nick Spiders • Esko2:21
Total length:14:12

Notes

  • "It's Over" samples an earlier Ken Carson song, "Freestyle 3".
  • "Pots" is an acronym for "Pouring Out the Syrup".
  • "I Need U" and all the songs included in the deluxe edition are stylized in lowercase. For example "Mewtwo" is stylized as "mewtwo".
  • "SS" stands for "Sydney Sweeney", an American actress.

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for A Great Chaos
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[82] Gold 40,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[83] Gold 10,000‡
United States (RIAA)[84] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  • A Great Chaos on YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Scraps/urls

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https://www.clashmusic.com/features/natural-born-rebel-ken-carson-talks-a-great-chaos/

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.60586/title.best-hip-hop-songs-of-the-year (fighting my demons)

https://vmagazine.com/article/on-his-third-album-a-great-chaos-ken-carson-is-more-than-just-ken/

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ken-carson-mn0003808453

https://www.xxlmag.com/ken-carson-interview/

https://web.archive.org/web/20241213140155/https://www.gq.com/story/ken-carson-lives-his-punk-rock-dream

https://nardwuar.com/nardwuar-vs-ken-carson/ (???)

https://www.complex.com/music/a/eric-skelton/cole-bennett-all-is-yellow-interview

https://www.revolt.tv/article/11-facts-you-should-know-about-ken-carson

https://theface.com/music/underground-internet-rap-rage-carti-yeat-ambient-plugg-iokera-terror-jerk-krushclub-lumi-athena (again; its a rage album)

https://www.thefader.com/2023/10/02/songs-you-need-in-your-life-october-2023 ("lose it")

https://www.thefader.com/2024/02/23/ken-carsons-new-video-is-almost-as-chaotic-as-his-music succubus video

https://www.complex.com/music/a/dimassanfiorenzo/best-rappers-in-their-20s-right-now (2024)

https://crackmagazine.net/article/profiles/heres-what-went-down-at-ken-carsons-sold-out-london-show/

https://uproxx.com/critic-polls/uproxx-music-critics-poll-2023-songs/other/

https://uproxx.com/critic-polls/uproxx-music-critics-poll-2023-albums/other/

https://uproxx.com/critic-polls/uproxx-music-critics-poll-2024-albums/other/

which was incidentally Friday the 13th.

[1]

(It seems that 2023 was Ken Carson's breakout year. He had been bubbling before A Great Chaos, but he really blew up and put everyone on notice. A protege of Playboi Carti, he's been showing the hip-hop world that he will be a face of the rage subgenre for years to come. Viral singles such "ss" (Sydney Sweeney), "overseas," and "Fighting My Demons," are all displays of the lane he's currently dominating. It's glitchy, booming, and futuristic trap-like beats, with slurred deliveries and blunt lyricism. Ken Carson is staying true to that formula on his newest release "delusional," which is his first record since the deluxe to A Great Chaos.)

https://hiphopdx.com/news/ken-carson-scuffle-police-lil-uzi-vert-show-atlanta (???)

In Novemebr 2024, fighting my demons got airply on sirius xm sound 42https://variety.com/2025/music/news/siriusxm-2025-future-five-lola-young-ken-carson-1236286736/

https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2023/10/20/wonderlist-sampha/ (jens body)

(about "ss") (LMAO i hated writng this; and she reacted)

The tour has been credited with boosting the popularity/exposure of support act 2Hollis.

Kieran Press-Reynolds of Compelx viewed it as an influence on next gen of rage including OsamaSon.(bestrappersin20srightnow)

https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-pulls-the-plug-on-amp-the-live-audio-app-it-launched-last-year-to-reimagine-radio/ (amazon onamp)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeBGHqnQv0 (onamp interview)

https://www.vipermag.com/2023/06/30/magazine-ken-carson-ss23-issue/ (useless)

number 11

becoming. The album also accumulated a total of 60.359 million global streams on Spotify for its tracks, in the week ending October 20, 2023.[citation needed]

[2]

uhhhh

Grant Rindener XXL likened the "eerie, lo-fi aesthetic" of the music videos to Paul Dano's characterization of The Riddler in The Batman (2022)—although Carson disliked the film.[3] (not good bc we answer the question; its not influenced)

Aesthetic(s)

The album's cover art, which was designed by Nick Spiders and revealed on October 6, 2023,[4] depicts a low-quality close-up shot of Carson wearing a black t-shirt, diamond chains, and an earring as he stands smiling in front of a gray backdrop with a grill visible in his teeth.[5]

https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/may-10-2023-billboard-bulletin.pdf

https://www.nme.com/news/music/ken-carson-adds-uk-and-european-tour-dates-to-chaos-world-tour-album-more-3749639

etc

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  1. ^ "Cole Bennett Interview: Talks Lyrical Lemonade Album, Yac..." Complex. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "Ken Carson Unleashes 'A Great Chaos' Deluxe Edition". www.complex.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Ken Carson - A Great Chaos Lyrics and Tracklist". Genius. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
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