''What Could Possibly Go Wrong'' is the debut

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by American singer and rapper

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. It was originally scheduled for release on July 10, 2020, but due to the

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that were occurring at the time it was pushed back three weeks.

Background

Fike began hinting at an album in the works in early 2019. He kept hinting at this album throughout 2019, and released the singles "Açaí Bowl", "Rollerblades", "Phone Numbers" with

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, and "Hit Me Up" with

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and Kenny Beats throughout the year. He also collaborated with

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several times, including on a video uploaded to Brockhampton's

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channel titled "This is Dominic Fike". In September 2019, he played a then unreleased song titled "Chicken Tenders" on his Rain or Shine tour. On June 21, 2020, another video, titled "In-Focus with Dominic Fike", was uploaded to Brockhampton's YouTube channel, in which Fike talked about his upcoming debut album. On June 26, he released "Chicken Tenders", the lead single from his then yet to be named debut album. Then, on July 9, he announced that the album would be titled ''What Could Possibly Go Wrong'' and would be released on July 31. He also released the second single "Politics & Violence".

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-

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Personnel

Musicians * Brianna Rhodes – strings * Capi – production * Cary Singer – guitar *

– vocals, production , guitar , keyboard , recording engineer * Jim-E Stack – production * Julian Cruz – production , strings , additional vocals * Katie Capp – cello *

– producer * Phil Nageon de Lestang – production , guitar * The Roommates – production , strings * Ryan Raines – drums * Sean Sobash – bass * Todd Pritchard – guitar *

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– programmer * Westerns – guitar * Yasmeen – guitar , violin Technical personnel * Chris Galland – assistant engineer * Dominic Fike – recording engineer * Greg Eliason – engineer * Jeremie Inhaber – assistant engineer * Julian Cruz – recording engineer , mixing engineer * Kenny Beats – recording engineer *

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– mixing engineer * Matt Scatchell – assistant engineer * Nick Booth – assistant engineer *

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– mastering engineer * Robert Florent – engineer * The Roommates – recording engineer * Ryan Dulude – assistant engineer *

– mixing engineer

Charts

References

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