Ken Carson has announced his new album xperiment, due July 3 via Opium/Interscope Records, alongside the release of a short film teasing the project.
The announcement comes off a milestone week for the Atlanta-born rapper. At Summer Smash in Chicago on Wednesday, Carson joined Playboi Carti on stage during Carti’s festival-closing headlining set, where the pair performed their unreleased track “Cover My Ears.”
He has also been announced as a headliner for ComplexCon 2026 on Saturday, Oct. 3 in Los Angeles, as part of Opium’s takeover of the festival’s 10th anniversary celebration.
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xperiment follows More Chaos, Carson’s 2025 Billboard 200 No. 1 album — the first time Carson had a top 10 entry on the chart, debuting at No. 1 with 59,500 equivalent album units, replacing label boss Playboi Carti at the summit. The album followed A Great Chaos (No. 11, 2023) and X (No. 115, 2022).
The momentum around More Chaos was amplified by “Off the Meter,” a surprise bonus track released on launch night that marked the first official collaboration between Carson, Carti and Destroy Lonely.
Last month, Carson delivered what many described as a career-defining performance at Rolling Loud Orlando 2026, closing out the Under Armour Stage with his first-ever Sunday night headlining set at the festival. The set previewed music from xperiment alongside tracks from More Chaos and A Great Chaos, with surprise appearances from Lil Tecca, Destroy Lonely, Young Thug and Playboi Carti.
Beyond the stage, Carson has built a cultural footprint through sold-out touring — including an 80-date Chaos World Tour and sold-out WTF headline run across Europe and the UK — and fashion collaborations with Affliction, SKIMS x Cactus Plant Flea Market and Jesse Jo Stark’s Deadly Doll line. He will continue his summer run with European festival appearances at Roskilde in Denmark, Splash! in Germany, Openair Frauenfeld in Switzerland, Clout Festival in Poland and Frequency Festival in Austria.
