NEW YORK, NY (March 14, 2025) – Primed for another momentous chapter, multiplatinum sensation Lil Tecca returns with his flirty new single “Dark Thoughts” out now via Galactic Records/Republic Records. Listen HERE.
It may be dropping at the start of spring, but it has all the ingredients of a summer banger. Tecca exhibits impeccable beat selection once more, serving up melodic rhymes over bouncy production punctuated by nineties R&B panache, twinkling piano, and bright loops. Flaunting his signature magnetic wordplay, he leans into this groove with charismatic, yet introspective bars.
It continues his flawless run since the arrival of PLAN A in 2024. Not only did the latter notch his fourth Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200, but it took flight as his highest-charting debut since the now-classic We Love You Tecca in 2019. He lit up DSPs with the likes of “BAD TIME,” “TASTE,” and “NUMBER 2,” which clocked millions of streams. Met with a groundswell of critical applause, Rap-Up marveled, “Lil Tecca has been on a crazy run as of late,” and OKAYPLAYER hailed it as “a new LP featuring all the gleaming soundscapes and careening melodies he's known for.” Billboard assured, “There was never a Plan B for Lil Tecca.”
Additionally, HYPEBEAST applauded how the album “finds him stepping into a more mature bag than projects past,” and Associated Press christened him “the rapper-producer with big aspirations and the dedication to see it through.” Billboard sat down with him for an extensive interview, and XXL promised, “Lil Tecca allows fans into his inner world in his new album.”
PLAN A followed 2023’s TEC. The album became his fourth consecutive Top 15 debut on the Billboard 200 and has garnered over 1.7 billion streams worldwide. His rise has only continued though. As a teen, he uncompromisingly pursued his dream and wound up with 11 billion streams, sales of 8 million albums, and a bevy of multiplatinum singles.
The next era of Lil Tecca is officially upon us…
ABOUT LIL TECCA: For Lil Tecca, music was always an all-or-nothing proposition. Five years since his 2019 breakout, he still raps like it. The New York-born phenomenon has consistently leveled up with an uncompromisingly original style of his own anchored by clever wordplay, airtight bars, and an intoxicating melodic fluidity. This approach has quietly entrenched him at the forefront of 21st century hip-hop with the numbers to back up his status. Generating north of 10 billion streams and counting, his catalog boasts the 7x-platinum “Ransom,” 2x-platinum “Love Me,” and 2x-platinum “Did It Again,” among many others. He bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 with the platinum-certified We Love You Tecca [2019], Virgo World [2020], and We Love You Tecca 2 in addition to going Top 15 with TEC [2023]. The latter saw him firing on all cylinders fueled by fan favorites such as “HVN ON EARTH” [with Kodak Black] and the platinum-certified “500lbs.” GQ raved, “Tecca has retained the playful urgency, slippery flow, and versatile melodies that made ‘Ransom’ undeniable.” He headlined sold out international tours and earned acclaim from New York Times and Complex, to name a few. Simultaneously, he emerged as a versatile powerhouse equally comfortable on a track with either Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Durk or The Kid LAROI and the late Juice WRLD. In 2024, he leveled up again with PLAN A [Galactic/Republic Records]. Upon arrival, it crashed the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 as his fourth entry on the respective chart and highest bow since 2019. Not to mention, it bested the first-week tally of its predecessor, capturing #2 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and Top Rap Albums Chart. Plus, it incited the applause of Associated Press, HYPEBEAST, and more. Tecca kickstarts his next phase in 2025 with “Dark Thoughts” and more to come.
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