If Looks Could Kill
A figure dressed in all-black standing on the ground, holding an axe
Digital version cover
Studio album by
Destroy Lonely
ReleasedMay 5, 2023
RecordedOctober 2022–2023
Genre
Length78:47
Label
Producer
  • 2C
  • AM
  • BryceUnknwn
  • Cade
  • Carter
  • Clayco
  • Cristian Jeffries
  • Cxdy
  • DJ Moon
  • DxnnyFxntom
  • Dylxn
  • Esko
  • Farsight
  • Glasear
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Jwade
  • Kastro
  • Keatmn
  • Lil 88
  • Lucian
  • Lukrative
  • Macnificent
  • Mahxie
  • Nathan0nline
  • Okami
  • Ozi
  • ReidMD
  • Slo Meezy
  • ssor.t
  • T8ko
  • Texaco Cam
  • TM88
  • Velveteen
  • Xdkole
  • Y2tnb
  • Y3rip
  • Yybaker
  • Zodiac
Destroy Lonely chronology
No Stylist
(2022)		 If Looks Could Kill
(2023)		 Love Last Forever
(2024)
Singles from If Looks Could Kill
  1. "If Looks Could Kill"
    Released: March 3, 2023
Alternative cover
Four alternate covers

If Looks Could Kill is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Destroy Lonely. It was released through Opium and Interscope Records on May 5, 2023.[1] Production was handled by Cxdy, DxnnyFxntom, Lil 88, TM88, and among others. The album contains one feature, from Destroy Lonely's Opium labelmate Ken Carson. The CD edition of the album was released the same day as the digital version, containing three new tracks. The vinyl edition of the album was released on August 11, 2023, also containing three new tracks. The deluxe edition of the album, subtitled Director's Cut, was released on September 29, 2023, including all bonus tracks from all versions. The album serves as a follow-up to his fifth mixtape, No Stylist (2022).

The album was supported by the lead single of the same name, released on March 3, 2023, after the unreleased snippet became viral on TikTok.[2] Single debuted at number 30 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[3] If Looks Could Kill received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200, earning 29,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, becoming Lonely's highest charting album.

Background and release

Destroy Lonely first teased the project on September 15, 2022, in a now-deleted Twitter post, stating:[4]

next album > “if looks could kill… [sic]

After the release of the music videos for “Fakenggas” and “Neverever”, fans were already ready for new music from Lone, which prompted him to reveal the supposed release date for the album by stating on Tumblr:

my album comes out in april.. im lazy with 2 and a half albums done . Lol just watch [sic]

This would be followed with the release of the highly-anticipated, self-titled song “If Looks Could Kill” on March 3, 2023.[5] However, following the release of this single, Destroy Lonely would keep radio silence about new music for the next month or so.

On April 28, it was revealed on social media that the album would be released on May 5, with the reveal of the album’s cover art.[6] It was also revealed that there would be a physical release of this album, both of which would get their own bonus tracks not found on the digital release.[7]

Aesthetic

The album's theme and aesthetic is inspired by the 1990s horror film franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Artwork

On April 27, 2023, the track list of the album would get leaked to fans and revealed 26 songs, 25 solo songs and a bonus track with Ken Carson. While the track list order has not been finalized, the amount of songs and their titles have been.

The next day, it was revealed on social media that the album would be released on May 5, with the reveal of the album's cover art.[8] It was also revealed that there would be a physical release of this album, both of which would get their own bonus tracks not found on the digital release.[9]

Short film

Destroy Lonely also released an accompanying musical short film, Look Killa, released the same day as the album.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork5.7/10[11]

Alexander Cole of HotNewHipHop gave the album a “Very Hottttt”, stating: “Some might find the 26-track album to be a bit overwhelming, especially when you consider how pretty well every song is handled by Destroy Lonely, and only Destroy Lonely. However, this is one of those albums that you can put on and pick and choose your favorites before making a playlist of them. It is a direct product of the streaming era philosophy. Regardless, fans of DL will most certainly enjoy this new album''.[12]

Kieran Press-Reynolds from Pitchfork stated: "Lonely's music has always radiated a fashion-killer cool and pristine effortlessness, but the dampened vocals and amorphously uneventful beats on If Looks Could Kill are a new level of aloof. The neon joy of his past music is lost in these songs, resulting in an album that’s monochromatic and myopic, a vacuum of formulaic beats and flexes with the odd flicker of genuine creativity.”[11]

Commercial performance

If Looks Could Kill debuted at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 with 29,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Track listing

If Looks Could Kill track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."How U Feel?"
  • Carter
  • ssor.t
3:53
2."If Looks Could Kill"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Bryson
  • Corey Kerr
  • Ross
  • Carter
  • Clayco
  • ssor.t
3:14
3."Fly Sht"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Arman Andican
  • Ross
  • Bryson
  • Kerr
  • AM
  • ssor.t
  • Carter
  • Clayco
3:30
4."Which One"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Ross
  • Bryson
  • Cade Blodgett
  • Clayco
  • ssor.t
  • Carter
  • Cade
3:28
5."Raver"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Kole Samuel
  • John Weir
  • Clayco
  • Xdkole
  • Velveteen
2:11
6."Came In Wit'"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Y3rip
  • Clayco
  • Y3rip
1:57
7."By the Pound"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Bryan Simmons
  • Corey Moon
  • Slo Meezy
  • Macnificent
  • Cristian Jeffries
  • TM88
  • DJ Moon
  • Slo Meezy
  • Macnificent
  • Jeffries
3:18
8."All the Time"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Blodgett
  • Ozi
  • Cade
  • Ozi
2:19
9."Biggest Problem"
2:44
10."Chris Paul"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • T8ko
  • Samuel
  • Clayco
  • T8ko
  • Xdkole
3:06
11."Superstar"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Ross
  • 2C
  • ssor.t
  • 2C
3:11
12."New New"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Ross
  • Andican
  • Clayco
  • Abraham
  • ssor.t
  • AM
3:23
13."Right Now"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • T8ko
  • Ross
  • Kastro
  • Clayco
  • T8ko
  • ssor.t
  • Kastro
2:36
14."Which Way"
3:10
15."Wagwan"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Ishmael Hurst
  • Clayco
  • Okami
2:19
16."Moment of Silence"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Bryson
  • Kerr
  • Ross
  • Carter
  • Clayco
  • ssor.t
4:28
17."Brazy Girls"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Rounds
  • Yybaker
  • Blodgett
  • Cxdy
  • Yybaker
  • Cade
2:48
18."Goin' Up"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Samuel
  • Weir
  • Clayco
  • Xdkole
  • Velveteen
2:26
19."Passenger"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Weir
  • Y3rip
  • Clayco
  • Velveteen
  • Y3rip
3:13
20."Promo"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Blodgett
  • Kerr
  • Nathan0nline
  • Ross
  • Cade
  • Clayco
  • Nathan0nline
  • ssor.t
4:09
21."Worth It"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Blodgett
  • Kerr
  • T8ko
  • Ross
  • Cyrus Spurlock
  • Cade
  • Clayco
  • T8ko
  • ssor.t
  • Farsight
3:03
22."Redlight"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Bryce Frizzell
  • Travis Nelson Barker
  • Matthew Testerman
  • BryceUnknwn
  • Y2tnb
  • Zodiac
2:57
23."Make Sum Work"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Abraham
  • Ross
  • Andican
  • 2C
  • Clayco
  • Abraham
  • ssor.t
  • AM
  • 2C
2:44
24."Safety (Interlude)"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Oliver Brown
  • Ross
  • Bryson
  • Kerr
  • John Ong
  • Esko
  • ssor.t
  • Carter
  • Clayco
  • Glasear
5:38
25."Your Eyes"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Rounds
  • ReidMD
  • Cxdy
  • ReidMD
3:02
Total length:78:47
Bonus track (digital album)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
26."Money & Sex" (featuring Ken Carson)
  • ssor.t
  • Lucian
4:32
Total length:83:19
Bonus tracks (CD)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
26."Too Damn Rich"
3:15
27."Spillin'"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Weir
  • Texaco Cam
  • Clayco
  • Velveteen
  • Texaco Cam
2:21
Bonus tracks (Vinyl)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
26."Check the Fleet"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Ross
  • Abraham
  • Clayco
  • ssor.t
  • Abraham
3:56
27."Back Sippin'"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Kerr
  • Bryson
  • Ross
  • Clayco
  • Carter
  • ssor.t
2:28
Bonus tracks (Director's Cut)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
26."Catch a Kill"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Pierre Thevenot
  • Ross
  • Cişmigiu
  • Brown
  • Lukrative
  • ssor.t
  • Lucian
  • Esko
3:11
27."That's My"
  • Sandimanie III
  • Moon
  • Rowe
  • DJ Moon
  • Lil 88
2:31


Notes

  • All tracks are stylized in lowercase. For example, "If Looks Could Kill” is stylized as “if looks could kill".

Charts

Chart performance for If Looks Could Kill
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 184
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 62
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[15] 51
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[16] 97
US Billboard 200[17] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 4

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various May 5, 2023 Interscope, Opium [19]
CD [20]
August 11, 2023 Vinyl [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Destroy Lonely's 'If Looks Could Kill' set to drop on May 5". Our Generation Music. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Destroy Lonely kicks off a new era with the hazy single "if looks could kill"". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  3. ↑ devops (January 2, 2013). "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "https://twitter.com/destroylonely/status/1570575990614790146?s=46&t=odE89IG16kyGoB8T54_LsQ". Twitter. Retrieved August 24, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Neville (March 3, 2023). "Destroy Lonely kicks off a new era with the hazy single "if looks could kill"". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ "https://twitter.com/Kurrco/status/1651798911433023488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651804474254450688%7Ctwgr%5Ee0915c5f432f10a80e6206f1ca60720136721571%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https://genius.com/albums/Destroy-lonely/If-looks-could-kill-cd-version". Twitter. Retrieved August 24, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "https://twitter.com/Kurrco/status/1651804474254450688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651804474254450688%7Ctwgr%5Ebdebbaca9bf559024b766e50755df9927996a46a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https://genius.com/albums/Destroy-lonely/If-looks-could-kill-vinyl-version". Twitter. Retrieved August 24, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Destroy Lonely If Looks Could Kill May 5th". Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "The CD & vinyl releases for If Looks Could Kill contain two additional bonus tracks each..." Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Destroy Lonely Drops 'If Looks Could Kill' Album With A Bloody Short Film". Power 100.9. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Destroy Lonely: If Looks Could Kill". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  12. ↑ Cole, Alexander (May 5, 2023). "Destroy Lonely Delivers Highly-Anticipated New Album "If Looks Could Kill"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Destroy Lonely – If Looks Could Kill" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of May 20, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  15. ↑ "2023 19-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  16. ↑ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 05.05.2023–11.05.2023 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  17. ↑ @billboardcharts (May 15, 2023). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200..." (Tweet). Retrieved May 16, 2023 – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of May 20, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Destroy Lonely Delivers Highly-Anticipated New Album "If Looks Could Kill"". www.hotnewhiphop.com. May 5, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  20. ↑ "If Looks Could Kill CD". DESTROY LONELY Official Store. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  21. ↑ "If Looks Could Kill Vinyl". DESTROY LONELY Official Store. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
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