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Soloist Lyr Takes To Instagram To Announce The Release Of A New Full-Length Album "It's coming soon, sooner than you realize."
By Vy Wills | 1st September 2024
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Soloist Lyr for W Korea | Credits: AFTER PARTY Entertainment
Award-winning Russian-Korean soloist Lyr Ivanov has revealed an Instagram post detailing a few key announcements pertaining to the full-length album the soloist is preparing to release.
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Lyr had went off of the media's radar for about three weeks in August due to the rapper taking a private vacation to Los Angeles after the release of his single Les, and the only thing we had from him were a few pictures on his Instagram story before he departed.
Recently though, on September 1, the idol posted a few new pictures to his Instagram account with over ten million followers, @ivanovnly. The pictures he uploaded were later confirmed to be concept pictures, and many Netizens and Lyrics─the rapper's fanbase─are speculating that the album may be a fuller version of his mini album, ELEPHANT!.
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The concept pictures are reminiscent of the nonexistent, out-of-context concept the rapper had donned for the mini album consisting of three tracks, the most popular of the three being the hyperpop track wigglecore. It seems like a set of serious, dark concept photos, with the monochrome lighting and sharp shadows and lights being a prominent feature of the Instagram post, which is giving fans of the successful mini-album ELEPHANT! major deja-vu.
In the caption, Lyr typed a message to his fans, saying "it's coming soon, sooner than you realize.", bringing excitement to his fanbase as many started to discuss the big reveal of the upcoming tracklist in later weeks in the comment section. Many suggest he'll release it by the end of September, but some even think it'll be dropped in the next few days.
Now, we're awating word from Lyr when the new album will be dropped, but until then, we can always look back on the striking concept pictures and hold out for another jam-packed album from the multi-faceted rapper.
