Though Jack Harlow has heard the critics, he is going nowhere.
The rapper and songwriter has wrapped up 2024 with a final message to the fans as well as the opposition with the introspective “Tranquility,” which arrived on Sunday (Dec. 29).
Capping off the year, the Louisville rap icon unveiled a gloomy visual for the new song. The video captures him walking around the city on a chilly, overcast day while bundled up in a pea coat and black scarf.
Relaying that he’s not seeking any validation from hip-hop, the 26-year-old act seemingly addressed the criticism from his November cover of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
“Y’all boys lame s–t killing me/ Need to be reintroduced to humility/ I ain’t lookin for no hip-hop credibility/ Give a f–k who feelin me, I’m feelin me/ I’m really him, I’m really that remedy/ Himothée Chalamet, pretty girls salivate/ On the low, off the grid, in the cut, out the way/ My prime’s in full swing like a Callaway,” he raps while referencing the A Complete Unknown star. He also shouts out Julie Greenwald, who left her position as CEO of Atlantic Music Group on Sept. 30, 2024: “Julie Greenwald asking if I’m on schedule / Label ready for the next record, I’ll let you know” (Harlow is signed to Generation Now, an imprint of Atlantic).
Despite getting his inaugural Gazebo Festival canceled due to inclement weather in May, which caused him to allegedly lose a few million dollars, Jack plans to continue putting the fest on for his hometown of Louisville.
Harlow proclaimed “People that betrayed me don’t even f—ing know that I know/ It’s something that I just file away/ Lost a few m’s on the festival/ Okay, and I can’t wait to do the second one”.
Returning from his music hiatus, the rapper kick off the rollout of his next project with “Hello Miss Johnson” in November.
