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Fuck the World (EP)

2020 EP by Brent Faiyaz

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ113114951 ↗
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Fuck the World is the fourth extended play by American R&B singer Brent Faiyaz, released on February 7, 2020, through Lost Kids. With no guest appearances, the EP's production was primarily handled by Faiyaz, D-Pat, and Atu, known together as Sonder, with assistance from Jake One, Los Hendrix, No I.D., Paperboy Fabe, Sam Wish, and several other producers. He worked on material at home and in Los Angeles New York City, and London. The project serves as a follow-up to Faiyaz's fourth EP, Lost (2018).

Background and recording

In October 2018, Brent Faiyaz released his third extended play (EP), Lost, through Lost Kids. It would be certified gold by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ). Faiyaz would begin working on new material for a new project. Upon the release of the Fuck the World, Faiyaz appeared in an interview with Vice, Faiyaz shared "Fuck the World to me is embracing the good shit" and that "the overindulgence of sex, money, bullshit but also saying fuck the world. Shit is fucked up. The good shit and the bad shit, the yin and the yang.

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