If Looks Could Kill (Directors Cut)

If Looks Could Kill is the debut studio album by the American rapper Destroy Lonely, released on May 5, 2023, through Opium and Interscope Records. He began recording the album in October 2022, and spent a month and a half working on it in New York with an assortment of producers, including Clayco, Cxdy, DxnnyFxntom, Lil 88 and TM88, among others. Influenced by horror films, video games and alternative rock, it is a hip-hop album featuring dark, atmospheric production that incorporates synthesizers and guitars. Its lyrics explore Lonely's lifestyle, anxiety, drugs, money, women, fashion and life choices. Lonely assumes an alter ego known as the Look Killa throughout the album's songs, artwork, music videos and in a short film released the same day as the album. The standard version of If Looks Could Kill consists of 25 tracks, with its digital and physical releases featuring different bonus tracks. Opium labelmate Ken Carson makes the album's sole guest appearance on the digital album bonus track "Money & Sex". In March 2023, Lonely released "If Looks Could Kill" as the album's lead single.

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