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. It is his second posthumous solo album following his death on June 18, 2018. The album was released on December 6, 2019, and features guest appearances from

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, Mavado,

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", originally a scrapped track from '' ?'', was officially released on October 22, 2019. ''Bad Vibes Forever'' failed to match the chart success of XXXTentacion's previous albums, debuting at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Background

''Bad Vibes Forever'' was initially planned as XXXTentacion's debut album, with a slated release date of October 31, 2016. In a March 2017 interview, XXXTentacion stated he was working on ''Bad Vibes Forever'' alongside '' 17''. ''17'' was released as his debut album in August 2017, followed by the EP '' A Ghetto Christmas Carol'' in December. That same month, XXXTentacion announced that his next three albums would be titled ''?'', ''Skins'', and ''Bad Vibes Forever''. XXXTentacion's second studio album '' ?'' was released in March 2018, the last project he released before being murdered in June 2018. His first posthumous album, '' Skins'', was released in December 2018. On the anniversary of his murder, his estate announced an upcoming album and documentary planned for the year. ''

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'' confirmed the album's title as ''Bad Vibes Forever'' in August 2019, with a slated release for fall 2019. The album was reported to feature guest appearances from

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and more. However, the song featuring Lil Nas X would later be scrapped; stating that the fans didn't want it at first, it was because of one of Lil Nas X's tweets from his old Twitter account. But it was resolved, right around the corner from the release of the album. On August 25, 2019, the songs "Hearteater" and "School Shooters (ft. Lil Wayne)" were confirmed for the album. On November 12, 2019, a teaser for the album and XXXTentacion's clothing line, also titled Bad Vibes Forever, was released through his Instagram story. In the video, the album was presented as "the final album". On November 20, 2019, the album's cover art was teased on social media by XXXTentacion's mother who stated that the album would be "coming soon". A followup album trailer revealed the release date for December 6, 2019.

Promotion

"Royalty", featuring

and

, was released on July 19, 2019, as the album's lead single. "

", originally a scrapped track from '' ?'', was teased on October 18, 2019, with a picture of XXXTentacion's ex-girlfriend, Geneva Ayala, eating a bloody heart. The single was officially released on October 22, 2019. A music video for the track was also announced, and features Ayala, who had previously accused the rapper of domestic abuse. The music video was released on October 25, 2019. The album's title track, featuring

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and

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, recounting the impact XXXTentacion had on their lives, with Eilish referring to the artist as "a beam of light

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tried to do everything for other people".

Critical reception

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, which calculated an average score of 55 based on six reviews, the album received "mixed or average reviews". Kyann-Sian Williams, writing for ''

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'', called the album "better than last year's ''Skins'', but still a case of diminishing returns" and "a serious case of over-embellishing thin material".

Commercial performance

''Bad Vibes Forever'' debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 65,000

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Official videos

* Royalty (October 2, 2019) * HEARTEATER (October 25, 2019) * bad vibes forever (December 5, 2019) * Hot Gyal (December 12, 2019) * School Shooters (April 10, 2020) * CHASE / glass shards (October 16, 2020)

Track listing

Track listing adapted from

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. Notes * "Bad Vibes Forever" briefly appeared on the mixtape

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by Trippie Redd. * "Introduction", "Bad Vibes Forever", "Before I Realize", "The Interlude That Never Ends", "Wanna Grow Old (I Won't Let Go)", and "Numb the Pain" are stylized in

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. * "Ugly", "Limbo", "The Only Time I Feel Alive", "Attention!", "Hearteater", and "It's All Fading to Black" are stylized in

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. * "Chase / Glass Shards" is stylized as "CHASE / glass shards". * "Daemons" is a remix of an earlier XXXTentacion song which was titled "Who The Fuck is God?" and originally featured J Soul. * "Ecstasy" is a reproduction of an earlier XXXTentacion song of the same name. *"Voss" is a re-release with different credentials. It was Sauce Walka's "Voss featuring XXXTentacion". and was on his album ''Drip God''. Carnage only took producer credits. *"Northstar (Remix)" is a remix of an earlier XXXTentacion song named Shining Like The Northstar and has a new beat from Mally Mall and Ronny J.

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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- vocals, production, executive production, composition *

- vocals, composition * Cleopatra Bernard - executive producer *

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- composer *

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- composer * Brandon Brown - mixing assistant * Johann Chavez - engineer * Gary Clark - mixing assistant *

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- composer * John Cunningham - bass, composer, drums, engineer, guitar, mixing, percussion, piano, producer, programming, string arrangements, synthesizer, vocal producer *

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- featured artist * Brian Eisner - engineer *

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- composer, engineer * Tom G - featured artist * Isiah Gage - strings * Dylan Getz - design, packaging * Thomas L. Godbolt - composer * Viva Goings - mixing assistant *

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- mixing * Billy Hickey - engineer * Juan "Saucy" Peña - engineer *

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- composer * Josh Humber - composer *

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- composer * Kemba - engineer, featured artist *

- featured artist * Paul Judge - composer, producer * Ted Kay - composer * Killstation - featured artist, mixing, producer * Dave Kutch - mastering *

- featured artist * Jimmy Levy - composer, featured artist *

- composer, featured artist *

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- vocal producer *

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- featured artist * Mally Mall - producer * Matt Malpass - engineer *

- composer, featured artist * Sauce Miyagi - engineer, mixing * Sergio Montoya - design, packaging * Duong Nyugen - design, packaging * Robbie Owens-Russo - design, packaging *

- composer * Juan "Saucy" Pena - engineer * Kevin Peterson - mastering assistant * Chris Quock - mixing assistant * John Rodriguez - composer *

- featured artist * Kristina Santa - assistant engineer * Sauce Walka - composer, featured artist * Ikabod Veins - composer, featured artist * Jasper Sheff - composer, keyboards, producer * Alexander "Smitty" Smith - engineer * Solomon "Sounds" Sobande - management * Cheng Sok - design packaging * Robbie Soukiasyan - composer, drums, engineer, guitar, mixing, producer, string arrangements, string engineer * Stefflon Don - featured artist * Yang Tan - engineer * Jorge Tavares - engineer *

- featured artist *

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- composer * Anneka Warburton - composer * Craig Xen - composer, featured artist * Gerard Yusuf - engineer * Oscar Zayas - engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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