“The subtleties and texture in the vocals, the tactile rumble of drums, and the almost effervescent guitar melodies. The tracks…strike a personal, introspective tone, as if Lacy’s taken the perceptive and cunning lens he’s used to observe life and love from 10,000 feet, and turned it inward”
– Rolling Stone on Oh yeah?, August 2025
Steve Lacy releases his highly anticipated third album, Oh yeah? via RCA Records. The album features the long-awaited collaboration “is it cool? (feat. SZA),” as well as the acclaimed lead single “the feeling,” which served as a brilliant reintroduction to Lacy’s ability to manifest modern Pop, Alt, and R&B in a sound that is less genre-defying and more genre-defining. The result is an album that is undoubtedly Steve’s most ambitious and personal art to date.
Oh yeah? is a record for guitar kids who love synths and synth kids who love guitars. It’s an album splashed with raw openness, energetic connection, sonic beauty, and some of Lacy’s most personal, transparent lyrics. With guest appearances from the likes of Erykah Badu and Cecile Believe, and SZA, Oh yeah? is intersectional, cutting, a comedy, a tragedy, and has allowed Steve to further design an aural world that is singularly him. That “him” has taken Lacy, who released his first EP almost ten years ago, to the highest of highs: at only 28, he has two songs in the Spotify Billions Club, as well as two Grammy Awards. He has stood alongside his musical peers like Kendrick Lamar and Solange, sells out shows across the globe, and is universally known as a style maverick whose eye for design grows bolder every day.
In a recent cover story, The Cut described Lacy as “potentially being Gen Z’s first rock star,” a big claim in an era of pop girlies, K-Pop kids hunting demons, and country balladeers. On first listen, Oh yeah? undoubtedly – and instantly – takes that potential and turns it into reality, a defining musical moment for an artist with many, many more to come.
Oh yeah? TRACKLIST:
1. oh yeah?
2. is it cool? (feat. SZA)
3. the feeling
4. pure colour (feat. Erykah Badu)
5. show you me
6. doom
7. nothing
8. lovesexdrugbomb (feat. Cecile Believe)
9. nice shoes / in your world
10. bebe
To usher in this new record, Steve will embark on a series of tour dates across Asia this Summer, including headlining slots at Summer Sonic and Lalala festival. For ticketing information, visit https://www.wearesteve.net/ + see below for a full list of tour dates.
ALL UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
August 13th - Toyosu PIT - Tokyo, Japan
August 15th - Summer Sonic Tokyo - Tokyo, Japan
August 16th - Summer Sonic Osaka - Osaka, Japan
August 19th - Olympic Hall - Seoul, Korea
August 21st - Lalala Festival Manila - Manila, Philippines
August 23rd - Lalala Festival Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia
Steve Lacy press photo, credit: Gus Van Sant — download HERE
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