J. Cole’s highly anticipated new album The Fall-Off is officially set to drop next month.
On Wednesday (Jan. 14), Cole unveiled a teaser trailer for the much-talked-about project, finally confirming a release date of Feb. 6. The album serves as his follow-up to 2021’s The Off-Season and his 2024 mixtape Might Delete Later.
Along with the teaser—soundtracked by reflective narration about the rise and fall of fame—Cole directed fans to a dedicated website. There, fans can currently pre-order The Fall-Off on vinyl.
“This is the first-ever pressing of The Fall-Off,” the product description reads. “This limited edition was assembled under the strongest security measures possible in hopes to preserve the reveal of album artwork and music until the moment they were intended to be released. Production demanded full-scale, around-the-clock security in multiple facilities across North America to provide the best chance of success. With special packaging modifications, we are calling this first pressing the ‘Stealth Edition,’ and it will be the only time the album will be available in this form.”
Below is the official cover art for Cole’s newest project.
The rollout for The Fall-Off has been years in the making. Fans first got wind of the project back in 2018 through “1985,” the closing track on Cole’s KOD album, which was subtitled “Intro to The Fall-Off.” Shortly after the song dropped, Cole fueled anticipation even more with an X post letting fans know he was “workin’ on it.”
Since then, Cole has continued to tease the album across multiple verses, including on his 2023 collaboration with Drake, “First Person Shooter,” where he rapped:
“I’m namin’ the album The Fall-Off, it’s pretty ironic ’cause it ain’t no fall-off for me”
