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F*ck Love
Mixtape by the Kid Laroi
Released	24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
Genre	Hip hop emo rap
Length	30:59
Label	Grade A Columbia
Producer	Benny Blanco Bobby Raps Cashmere Cat Charlie Handsome Cxdy DeucesRK Donn Robb Haan Happy Perez Hylton Mowday Khaled Rohaim MJNichols Neek OkTanner Omer Fedi Pharaoh Vice Rio Leyva Taz Taylor The Kid Laroi Tito Wizzle Joy Keanu Beats FnZ Nico Baran Marshmello Scott Storch Illa Da Producer Dr. Luke Ryan OG Blake Slatkin
The Kid Laroi chronology
14 with a Dream (2018) F*ck Love (2020)
F*ck Love (Savage) deluxe edition cover
Singles from F*ck Love
"Go" Released: 12 June 2020 "Tell Me Why" Released: 17 July 2020 "Need You Most (So Sick)" Released: 21 August 2020 "So Done" Released: 23 October 2020 "Without You" Released: 18 December 2020

Professional ratings

Review scores
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NME

F*ck Love (stylised in all caps) is the debut commercial mixtape by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi. The album was released digitally on 24 July 2020, by Grade A Productions and Columbia Records. Production was handled by twenty-one record producers, including Benny Blanco, Bobby Raps, Cashmere Cat and Taz Taylor. It features guest appearances from Corbin Smidzik, Juice Wrld and Lil Mosey. A deluxe edition of the mixtape, titled F*ck Love (Savage), was released on 6 November 2020. F*ck Love received a nomination for Best Hip Hop Release at the 2020 ARIA Music Awards. It reached number one on the Australian ARIA album chart in February 2021, making the Kid Laroi the youngest Australian solo artist to reach number one on the chart.

Background

In an interview about the album, the Kid Leroy explained why he titled the album the way he did, saying, ““I’m 16 – I’m young as fuck. And I think most teens start going through their girl problems and get their first crush. My experience went a bit south so that’s how I was feeling at the time when I was making songs at the time, so I made a project about it. I do believe in love. I don’t believe you find it at 16 but I think I believe in it. Before I was popping and I was just living in Australia I had a girlfriend that cheated on me with like four other dudes. I was only 14 but it fucking burned and from that point on I was like ‘fuck love, it doesn’t exist’.”

The mixtape’s focal themes are of heartbreak and regret, with the album being centered on the Kid Laroi’s breakup with social media influencer Devinity Perkins. The opening skit, which details a real life conversation between the two, was recorded and posted to Instagram before being deleted. the Kid Laroi had previously gotten Perkins’ permission to use the phone call on the mixtape. Notably, the album also includes skits of other real life conversations between the two, albeit acted out as the phone calls were not recorded before.

The mixtape also includes a tribute to the late Juice Wrld on the single “Tell Me Why.”

On 18 June 2020, Laroi released the mixtape’s name, cover art, and release date, scheduled for 21 June 2020. The mixtape’s track list was also released the day prior to release.

Singles

The mixtape was preceded by two singles: “Go,” and “Tell Me Why”, with the former song featuring the late Juice Wrld, who was also the Kid Laroi’s mentor before his passing.

Outside of the the two aforementioned singles, the mixtape’s only other post release single was Need You Most (So Sick), which samples and interpolates the popular single from Ne-Yo, So Sick.

Critical Reception

F*ck Love received generally positive reviews from critics. Off the Clef Hip-Hop gave the album a positive review, while also stating that, “‘F*CK LOVE’ is an open, emotional and deeply personal release that blends elements of alternative trap, R&B and pop with the raw relatability and honesty of early-2000’s emo-rock”

Kyann-Sian Williams of NME gave the mixtape a very positive review and scored the project four out of 5 starts, while also closing off the review with,”LAROI knows how to turn heartbreak into great music, just like his idol. Showing off his extensive musicality and emotional depth, The Kid LAROI is proof that the next generation are ready, willing and able to bring something new to the table.”

ABC also gave the album a positive overlook in their article about the album, claiming, “F*CK LOVE is billed as a mixtape, but it’s good enough to be a debut album. The production is top-shelf, the hooks are sharp, the guests are flashy. His vocal delivery has improved, too, sounding as commanding through AutoTuned crooning as he does dropping raw bars.”

Commercial performance

In Australia, F*ck Love debuted at number three on the ARIA chart. In its 28th week in February 2021, the album reached number one, and at 17 years, 5 months and 22 days, the Kid Laroi became the youngest Australian solo artist to hit number one on the ARIA album chart and the second male indigenous solo artist to top the chart after Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

In the USA, F*ck Love debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 chart, earning 40,000 album-equivalent units (including 7,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. The album became Laroi's first US top-ten debut. The album also accumulated at total of 49.39 million on-demand streams of the albums songs that week. Following the release of the deluxe version, the project reached a new peak of number three, earning 52,000 equivalent album units.

F*ck Love (Savage)

A deluxe edition of the mixtape was released on 6 November 2020. Titled F*ck Love (Savage), it includes seven new songs, including the previously released single "So Done", as well as appearances from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Internet Money, Marshmello, and Machine Gun Kelly. The release was accompanied with a surprise music video for the track, "Always Do", as well as the following single, “Without You”. According to ABC, the release of F*ck Love (Savage) is an opposite to the original mixtape; "where the original mixtape had Laroi focusing on love and loss, the new material featured here sees him coming from a different space, reflecting the personal changes he's undergone in the last year".

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Notes

• All tracks are stylized in all caps.
• "Booty Call", "Bathroom" and "Wish You Well" contains vocals from Devenity Perkins.
• "Selfish" contains additional vocals from Joy.

Charts

Certifications

References

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• 2020 debut albums
• 2020 mixtape albums
• Debut mixtape albums
• Columbia Records albums
• Albums produced by Happy Perez
• Albums produced by Benny Blanco
• Albums produced by Cashmere Cat
• The Kid Laroi albums