6LACK Returns With “Bird Flu” & More
Today, the multi-platinum, 5x GRAMMY-nominated artist 6LACK announces his highly anticipated new album Love Is The New Gangsta is slated for release on May 22nd via LVRN/Interscope Records. After a period of reflection and transformation, 6LACK returns with his most powerful new body of work which marks the beginning of his most personal era yet. In celebration, he shares the first song from the album “Bird Flu” and a companion music video that uncovers a journey where all roads point to the album’s title. 6LACK stands as one of the most forward-thinking artists of his time, a visionary whose influence reaches far beyond genre lines, shaping not just the sound of a generation, but a vital catalyst in culture. Love Is The New Gangsta will inevitably cement 6LACK as one of the most important voices in music today.
Rooted in self-exploration, healing, and radical honesty, the project finds the Atlanta artist peeling back every layer – examining love, identity, growth, and the quiet battles that shape who we become – as person, as a father, and as a man. It’s a record built on transparency and vulnerability, where every lyric feels like a conversation he’s finally ready to have, truthfully. The journey had led 6LACK to the album’s title: Love is the answer, love heals and unites, love is really the new cool and as the title says – Love is the New Gangsta. Love is the ultimate flex for 6LACK: choosing growth over ego, compassion over pride, and honesty over emotional armor. It’s a vision of love that stretches far beyond romance – touching friendship, community, self-love, and the universal connection that binds us all.
Breaking out as one of music’s premiere rappers early in his career, 6LACK has since emerged as one of the defining artists shaping today’s rap and R&B landscape. Sonically, the album pushes beyond the alternative R&B landscapes that first defined his sound. This time, 6LACK embraces a refreshed palette that sees him blending soulful melodies, atmospheric production, and moments of raw minimalism that allow his storytelling to breathe in new ways. The result is a bold evolution that still carries the emotional depth fans have always connected to and built his global cult following.
More than a comeback, this album is a checkpoint in a lifelong journey for an artist and a man – one where growth isn’t hidden, pain becomes perspective, and healing becomes the message. With this new chapter, 6LACK isn’t just returning to music, he’s inviting listeners to grow and learn alongside him through his best work to date.
The album follows 6LACK’s 2023 album Since I Have A Lover that received a Grammy nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album and arrived to large critical acclaim lauded by NPR, Zane Lowe, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Business Insider, Complex, Fader, Pitchfork and many more. It introduced a collection of profound songs speaking on mental health, recovery, self-improvement, love and revealed much about 6LACK’s personal journey navigating life’s highs and lows. The album featured stunning collaborations with Don Toliver, Wale, India Shawn, Ty Dolla $ign, QUIN, and production by Leon Thomas, OZ, Fwdslxsh, Scribz Riley, EarthGang’s Olu, Teddy Walton and others.
