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Serum 2 vs Vital: Do you need to pay for pro-grade synthesis?Xfer Records released Steve Duda’s Serum plugin 12 years ago. It was an instant classic that went on to become the synth of choice for many producers due to its ease of use, flexibility and complex, upfront sound
Then in 2020, developer Matt Tytel released Vital, a spectral warping wavetable plug-in that shared many design traits with Serum but—most importantly—had a fully functioning free version. It had a level of complexity and polish that you don’t normally see in free software, so it quickly became known as a free alternative to Serum. Although they share many similarities, features such as an additional oscillator and unique modulation options arguably made Vital superior for certain tasks.
But Xfer came through with Serum 2 in 2025, boasting a wealth of new features that took its sound design credentials to a whole new level. There’s no doubt that you get a lot more synth with Serum 2, but at $249, do you really need it all, and is it worth it over the features available in Vital?

Oscillators: Serum 2 vs Vital
To get a better idea of what each synth offers so you can decide which is best for you, we’ll take a look at each section and compare how they stack up, starting with the oscillators.
Serum 2 includes three main wavetable oscillators, plus a sub oscillator and noise oscillator that can be used to load texture layers or transient samples. Vital also has three wavetable oscillators plus a sample oscillator, but no separate sub. Given the often rich nature of wavetables, both synths offer plenty to generate complex-sounding patches. Both also have built-in wavetable editors.
Vital. Image: Press
Serum includes two Warp engines that can be used to dramatically shape your waves, with 32 warp, filter and distortion options alongside FM, PD, AM and Ring Mod that can be fed from any of the other oscillators. Vital can’t compete with those numbers, but it does have 15 spectral morph modes, six wave morph modes, plus FM and Ring Mod options.
Both have flexible unison controls for creating thicker-sounding patches, alongside options to stack and add subtle variations to each voice. When it comes to wavetable synthesis, they’re both very capable synths, and assuming you load the same wavetables, both offer a crisp, high-quality sound, with options for oversampling if your computer can handle it. You might want to consider that Serum 2 comes with 288 wavetables, while the free version of Vital only comes with 25. This is easily expandable with free or paid-for wavetables from the Internet.
In terms of overall flexibility, the gap starts to appear when you consider Serum 2’s four new oscillator types. You can now load multisamples, which gives access to more organic-sounding, multi-layered sample patches. There’s a new dedicated Sample oscillator that can do looping and slicing, a flexible Granular oscillator, and a Spectral oscillator that can do realtime resynthesis. This dramatically opens up the sound design potential, but you may not need these extras if you already have other synths or samplers that fill these roles.
Filters: Serum 2 vs Vital
Both synths have two flexible filters alongside the ability to route the signal from any of the oscillators, and to do parallel or serial routing.
Serum 2 has a ridiculous number of filter modes, including comb, phase, flange, formant, scream, ladder and more. There’s even an option that lets you draw in four variations of complex notches then blend between them using an XY pad. Perfect for creating those highly modulated neuro basslines.
Vital is no slouch either, with 32 filter options, each of which can be morphed into different shapes using a slider. If we were to split hairs, then we’d say the sound of Serum’s filters has a tiny bit more clarity, but both sound fantastic and can be used to dramatically shape the character of the oscillators.

Effects: Serum 2 vs Vital
Both synths do well here as they have a decent collection of the usual effects like distortion, chorus, flange, phase, delay, compression and reverb, all of which can be reordered as you see fit. Vital has nine, whereas Serum 2 has 12, including new convolution reverb and frequency shifter effects.
Vital actually does a little better visually, as some of its effects have extra graphical displays that help show what some of the controls are doing. Serum 2 wins overall, not least because the sound quality is noticeably crisper and more detailed, but also because it lets you split the signal so you can process the lows and highs differently, and it also includes two Bus effects, making it easier to do things like adding some delay to a single oscillator.
Modulation: Serum 2 vs Vital
Modulation is an area where Vital really shines. You can have up to six envelopes and eight LFOs, with very clear and crisp graphics that make things easy to follow. There are also two Random oscillators and a powerful mod remap function.
Serum has a similar setup, albeit with fewer envelopes but more LFOs. The random options built into the LFOs are a little more advanced and include an XY path-tracing feature, and it too has a mod remap function on the modulation matrix page.
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Vital has a few unique mod features that are lacking in Serum, though. The LFOs have a stereo offset so you can easily have different modulation signals going to the left and right sides. This is great on things like the filter, as it can add some additional width to your sounds. When you drag a mod source over a parameter, you get a preview of the result before committing, which lets you quickly experiment on different controls. There’s also a scale lock on the oscillators so you can create wild, in-key arpeggios and runs by feeding the LFO into the oscillator pitch.
Extras: Serum 2 vs Vital
This covers the fundamentals of each synth, but there are a few other points to mention. Serum also includes a mixer page to help you with balancing each oscillator and understanding the signal flow. It also has a comprehensive arpeggiator that lets you save up to 12 different arp settings on different keys, plus a fantastic MIDI clip launcher that can turn your keyboard into a riff performance machine.
We’ve been comparing Serum 2 to the free version of Vital, but there are also a few other versions available, including Vital Pro for $80, which includes 400+ presets, 150 wavetables, a text-to-wavetable feature, and a few extra skins and perks.
Serum 2 vs Vital: do you need to pay?
Up until the release of Serum 2, the gap between the two synths was much smaller, but with the update, Serum 2 has leapfrogged Vital in nearly all areas. But this is to be expected as it’s an expensive synth developed by a whole team, rather than a one-man product.
With thousands of preset packs available for both synths, there’s no denying their popularity. One thing to note, though: although Vital has had several updates over the years, there’s no guarantee that it will be developed much further, as it is created and maintained by a single dev. (Although technically it’s open source, so who knows where it might go in the future). Compare that with Serum, which has a more robust user base, website and company behind it.
There’s no denying that Serum is the better synth overall, but it’s also expensive and much more complex. Having so many choices can sometimes be a negative when you want to get to a finished sound quickly, so Vital is arguably an easier synth to program (albeit one that still has buckets of depth). If you’re in the market for a one-to-rule-them-all kind of synth, though, then Serum is a worthy investment.
 
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“It’s so important”: Nick Hakim explains why every producer should learn their DAW’s key commands 
As a producer, you’re going to drastically supercharge your workflow if you spend some time learning the key commands of your chosen DAW. 
It might seem like a boring task to sit down and learn them, but knowing how to navigate the grid, move the playhead, and quickly select crucial tools without manually trying to find them within busy dropdown menus can speed up your creative process by several orders of magnitude.
And kicking off the brand-new season of MusicTech’s My Forever Studio podcast – made in partnership with Audient – producer, songwriter and Anderson Paak and Mac DeMarco collaborator Nick Hakim discusses the importance of learning key commands, and explains how doing so improved his workflow.

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“I learned Pro Tools when I was in college – I kind of fooled around with many of them to start with to understand them and to see what felt right,” he explains of his early experience with DAWs. “I started using Ableton in 2018. I had a cracked version. Sorry! But I was always like, ‘I wanna learn how to use Ableton.’” 
Hakim explains how a friend who was well-versed in Ableton took the time to show him the programme’s basic key commands.
“He literally sat down with me for an hour and showed me how to set my own key commands, little shortcuts,” he says. “Once he showed me that, and just having somebody show me that, it changed [things].
“To me the boring stuff is the fundamental fun – the stuff that’s so important. Being able to cut and stretch, and how to zoom out. Every DAW is slightly different. When I was first in Ableton I’d be doing Logic key commands, pressing X to go to the mixer [laughs].”
My Forever Studio is back, a series which sees the MusicTech team quiz artists, producers and engineers on their favourite gear, asking them to put together their fantasy Forever Studio using whatever musical items their hearts desire.
While it’s an environment for freedom, there are some strict rules in the Forever Studio. Guests are permitted a limited number of items in their creative space, so they have to choose carefully. There will be nostalgia. There will be anecdotes. There may be gags. But there will be no bundles!
Subscribe to My Forever Studio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and check out all episodes so far via MusicTech.
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Get a free cinematic synth pad for Splice INSTRUMENT
Download our free cinematic synth pad preset for Splice INSTRUMENT—grab these presets during the drop window and they’re yours to keep forever.

Museum of Synthesizers present the Arturia World Tour On Saturday 26 September 2026, The Museum of Synthesisers will be hosting a full day of hands-on synthesis, sound design and performance at the Standalone Gallery in Dalston, London. 

Two Legs, Five Arms is a FREE generative drum machine for macOS
François Pé has released Two Legs, Five Arms, a free generative drum machine and AU MIDI effect for macOS. We recently featured the developer’s free Euclid3an Arp, which builds polyrhythmic arpeggios without making you program every note manually. Two Legs, Five Arms applies that same playful approach to drum patterns. I absolutely love the GUI [...]
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AZPEX Audio releases REGENT FREE clipper with ADAA and parallel processing
AZPEX Audio has released REGENT, a free clipper plugin for macOS and Windows. I still find it fascinating how many free clippers there are. The number is probably well into the hundreds by now. You can cut through the noise with our recently updated free clipper roundup, which features 13 particularly good ones. But still, [...]
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With an 800 nanometer diamond-coated diaphragm, FiiO’s new FT15 headphones are for the serious audiophileHigh-end audio dealer FiiO has just released a new pair of headphones for the ultimate audiophile. In general, three main audio components dictate the sound quality in a set of cans: driver, diaphragm, and build material. The new FT15 model has the best of the best of all three.
First, the drivers are 101mm across. Most over-ear headphones, including the Apple AirPods Max 2s and the Beyerdynamic DT770s, have between a 40 and 50mm driver. 101mm means double the physical space to move the sound waves.

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Next, these are planar headphones, which means the diaphragm is suspended by magnets. This keeps it flat instead of being shaped by a conical structure, as is the case with most speakers. This lack of external pressure means the sound will resonate equally at all frequencies rather than being warped at the ends by the forced shape.
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Plus, the FT15s have a diaphragm that’s a mere 800 nanometers thin. That’s over 1000 times thinner than 1mm and 86.7% thinner than the previous FiiO generation. The nearly invisible material maintains its structural integrity with a diamond coating, so it will move precisely with the sound without breaking.
Finally, the earcups are made from North American FAS-grade black walnut. Not only does this give every pair an original look, as they were all made with different pieces of wood, but the sound is naturally resonant compared to most headphones made out of plastic or metal. There’s a reason most hi-fi speakers are made of wood. Apply that same logic to headphones.
And yet despite all these highly engineered parts, the carbon fibre headband brings the total weight to just 425 grams, which is less than one pound. Not only will the sound be pristine, but the design is light and comfortable.
The FiiO FT15 is priced at £499, €499.99 and $499.99. Learn more at FiiO.
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ReSing Voices Vol 2 from IK Multimedia The latest expansion for IK Multimedia’s AI-powered vocal-modelling software has arrived, delivering a versatile set of new voice models aimed at modern music production tasks. 

Song Biz, September 2026Pophouse’s Iron Maiden

Pophouse Entertainment secures 50% of Grammy-Brit-Ivor Novello-winning Iron Maiden’s publishing, masters, rights to name, likeness, image. With 17 albums, 100+ million records sold, 2,500 concerts in 64 countries, Maiden’s 50th celebration includes movie plans, Infinite Dreams Museum Experience at EddFest.

Durango Songwriters Returns

Returning this October (8-10) to Broomfield, Colorado, the Durango Songwriters Expo is held twice a year (once In Colorado and once in California). Aspiring and established songwriters are given access to publishers, A&R executives, and music supervisors at the forefront of musical decision-making, while getting feedback and an opportunity to showcase their work.

Details and registration at: durangosong.com/

AIMP ATL Summit

The Association for Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) presents Atlanta’s 2026 Creative Entrepreneurship Summit on September 15-16 at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center. Crafted for independent artists, songwriters, producers, managers, students and music business entrepreneurs, the program includes workshops and panels on publishing, administration, sync licensing, and revenue, as well as networking opportunities with industry decision-makers. Registration information at: bit.ly/452Stra.

Decca Signs Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed exclusively with Decca Records, with new recording project Life Is A Dream encompassing over 60 years of original compositions inspired by Wales, his life, and his family (music was his first love and he began piano at age 4). Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the Philharmonia Orchestra.

New AI Labeling

With support across the industry—including IFPI, RIAA, A2IM, WIN, IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA and the Human Artistry Campaign—the music community has joined forces to propose a new unified approach to help provide clarity and transparency around AI use in music. Proposed ‘AI-Generated’ and ‘AI-Assisted’ visual icons would provide a method of quick identification in voluntary track labeling.

Following Deezer reports that AI-generated music makes up 44% of all new music on its platform, and Apple sharing that a third of their uploads are 100% AI, organizations involved are enlisting digital music services, distributors, aggregators and standard-setting bodies to encourage industry-wide implementation. More at: bit.ly/4xg4DsT.

ASCAP Theatre & Scholarships

In partnership with the Educational Theatre Association, the ASCAP Foundation extends warm congratulations to Theatre Director Shawn Hann at the Denver School of the Arts after being named the 2026 Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year. The national award recognizes Hann’s 25 years of exceptional arts instruction, antirational leadership, and her dedicated mentorship of the next generation of performers.

The ASCAP Foundation "Music is our Foundation" Scholarship aims to reduce the financial burden of music education, providing financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students actively studying music, and is open to students pursuing music majors so that students are free to focus on their education and development. The deadline for this year’s scholarship applications is August 31, 2026 (details HERE).

Magnificent Lachi Album

Award-winning artist/disability advocate Lachi releases debut children’s album, Magnificent, celebrating disability, neurodiversity, identity, inclusion, with collaborators Lisa Loeb, Mandy Harvey, 123 Andrés, Alphabet Rockers. Blending pop, hip-hop, world sound, it includes class curriculum from The Nora Project.

SOCAN Joins Musical AI

Canadian Performing Rights Organization SOCAN, which represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers North of the border, has joined forces with Canada-based rights management technology company Musical AI, with a mission to protect creators and help to control how their music is used, created and monetized. Their joint vision is based on AI being an opt-in technology, and the belief that creators must receive credit and compensation when works influence AI output.

The collaboration looks to address situations where AI music created using data from artist materials is played/used in public spaces (i.e. coffee shops, or through a sound system before a concert).  When it is an artist piece, SOCAN and other PROs collect and distribute the royalties (and calculations are based on licensing and specific use of the music). The same system does not exist for instances of AI music (despite frequently pulls from existing creator work). Musical AI’s tech analyzes AI-generated outputs to trace the exact source material down to the percentage, differentiating between sound recording and musical composition licensing.

The Canadian government has lent its full support for the partnership and is taking a strong stance on the preservation of Canadian music, cultural identity, and the creative economic infrastructure across a shifting musical landscape. More at: bit.ly/4hI8r1g.

Grande Joins Backline

Launching The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, Ariana Grande expands her philanthropy in a partnership with Backline in an organization with an initial focus on uplifting and protecting the rights of the trans and LGBTQ+ community, expanding access to mental health tools, and providing care during times of crisis. Backline is lending their support through the Heal & Dream Fund, which expands access to mental health care and community support, including B-Line, a 24/7 support line designed exclusively for the music industry (which 400 people have already accessed for support), and delivering 200 hand-packed wellness packs to crew members working behind-the-scenes on Grande’s recent Eternal Sunshine Tour (including thoughtful wellness products for good mental health, stress reduction and self-care for touring professionals, as well as access to therapy grants through Music’s Mental Health Fund).

Soft Control: Wigs

Adding elements of soul and R&B to their trademark alt-rock sound, the Afghan Wigs release Soft Control (via Royal Cream/BMG), right on time to celebrate their 40th anniversary and a major US tour. First jamming in basements in the mid ‘80s, the Wigs remain unmistakably feisty and original in their sound and delivery.

BMI Christian Awards

Celebrating the best in Christian music from 2025, BMI extends congratulations to the nominees and honorees of the 2026 BMI Christian Awards. Top honors this year go to “Made For More” (Jessie Early / Jonathan Smith / Blake Wiggins, performed by Josh Baldwin) for BMI Song of the Year, which garnered over 95 million global streams and placed No. 1 on the Billboard Christian AC Airplay chart. As Primary Executive Producer and songwriter for Elevation Worship (“Another One,” “Lion”) and Elevation Rhythm (“Goodbye Yesterday”), Steven Furtick was named BMI Songwriter of the Year (penning 25 of the most performed Christian songs from 25), and Capitol CMG Publishing was named BMI Publisher of the Year (as representative of 19 of the 25 most-performed songs, including Song of the Year, “Made For More”).

For a full list of this year’s winders, please visit: bit.ly/45zSfrL.

V8 Splash Prescription

Independent publisher Prescription Songs signs Memphis-born producer-songwriter-mixer V8 Splash to their roster. Collaborations include K Carbon, Tay Money, Big Homiie G, Jayy Wick, FTO Sett and Big Mo, and he is known for Southern sound, melodic sensibilities, and a blend of R&B, Hip-hop and country style.

SESAC Celebrates Honorees

            The namesake himself a songwriter and major figure in music publishing, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Abe Olman Scholarship was established by Olman’s family to continue supporting and encouraging young songwriters in the early stages of their career. SESAC congratulates 2026’s recipients Bryan Andrews (“Backwoods Backwards,” “Liquor & Pills”), Courtney Paige Nelson (“Scream and Shout,” “Bury It”), Benni Ola (“Can’t Say Nah,” “Bonita”), and Oceanic (“Insanity,” “Wicked Love”). See: bit.ly/4hEdLTu.

Sureel Joins Symphonic

Symphonic Distribution has teamed up with Sureel AI to help unlock additional revenue streams for the members of their roster who opt-in. Sureel will track owners of compositions, lyrics, and sound recordings to track their use in AI-generated materials, while Symphonic grants independent artists, labels and managers under their umbrella access to AI-driven revenue. Symphonic’s roster will be in a position to monetize their work whenever and wherever it is used in AI models, and share in the revenue generated, while Sureel will tie payments to measurable contribution and enforce permission and restrictions on use. More at: sureel.ai.

Read Jarre’s Machines

Electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre releases Machines: A History of Electronic Music, navigating avant-garde radio, pioneering studios, and technological breakthroughs from tape/analogue systems to digital/3D/AI. 130 examples and excepts from Armin van Buuren, Vince Clarke, Gillian Gilbert, Nicolas Godin, and more.

SONGSALIVE! Songwriters Workshop

For over 25 years, the Songsalive! Songwriters workshop has supported songwriters and composers from around the world in taking their songwriting to the next level. Share your work, get valuable feedback and industry insights, and connect with a thriving creative community. Most programs and events are 100% virtual, making it easier than ever to attend from the comfort of your own home, and to navigate workshops at your own pace. The program includes song critiques, industry guest speakers, and reciprocal feedback between presenters and attendees. Workshop details, community membership, and program registration at: songsalive.org.

TSM’s Animal Talk

Third Side Music (TSM) and electronic music group SOFI TUKKER (Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern) launch joint venture Animal Talk Publishing, with TSM extending the duo’s global publishing administration agreement (following their original 2017 signing). The agreement will see TSM providing the Animal Talk roster with global administration, rights management, synch and creative services.

Benson Does Cole

Legendary 10x Grammy-winner George Benson reissues Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (his Candid Records debut). The 15-track John Burk production includes bonuses “Ramblin’ Rose,” “Almost Like Being in Love” “That Sunday, That Summer.” Features Wynton Marsalis, Idina Menzel, Till Brönner, Judith Hill.

Sony Scoops Wendell

Sony Music Nashville signs Jackson Wendell. Starting out on a worship team, he wrote his “Ain’t Coming Home” at 14. He has since performed with Parker McCollum, Tucker Wetmore, Flatland Cavalry, Randy Rogers, William Beckmann. 2025’s “Drunk Words Are Sober Thoughts” has almost 3 million global streams

SOFI TUKKER credits TSM with landing over 450 placements for them in film, television, video games, movie trailers, and brand deals with Apple, Smartwater, Peloton, Absolut vodka, Lancôme, Acura, and more, With billions if streams and almost 8 million monthly Spotify listeners, SOFI TUKKER’s hits include  “Best Friend,” “Purple Hat,” “Summer in New York,” “Original Sin,”  “Drinkee,” and recent single “Cook” with J. Balvin (which reached No. 20 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and has over 13 million streams) and “Pick Up the Phone” hitting No. 6 on Beatport’s Top 100 Tech House Chart.

Joint AI Labeling

Music industry groups, including the RIAA, A2IM, IMPALA, and others, are pushing for a system of standardized AI labeling on streaming platforms. The group is proposing a system to identify recordings as AI-generated or AI-assisted in order to bring clarity to the new world of machine-generated creative works. Under this system, humans must have performed ‘lead vocal and primary instruments’ in order to receive AI-Assisted (rather than AI-generated) labeling. Conversations have begun between the group proposing the changes, along with digital music platforms, distribution engines, and music aggregators, as well as regulatory groups. One of the challenges to the proposal is that the system relies on voluntary disclosure (not automatic AI tagging, as used on the Deezer platform). There is also discussion around the monetization of AI-generated music, which will likely be a part of the rollout moving forward.

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All the Machines The RemnantThe Remnant is a drone synthesizer. Eight FM voices feed into each other through a feedback network, either on a routing pattern you pick or one you wire yourself, and the sound keeps moving without you touching it. Snapshots capture the entire state, voices, matrix, effects, everything, and you can glide smoothly from one to another. 13 scales keep things musical when you want them to be. The output runs through one of four acoustic filters (Chamber, Cave, Metal, Void), and individual voices can be played from touch pads. Out now for desktop as VST3, Audio Unit and CLAP. An iOS version is in App Store review. Read More

The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AIAs companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: Agents can act faster, longer, and at greater volume than humans can realistically review.

Keep Your Back Cool While Others MeltWith an El Niño event in full swing those of us in the northern hemisphere have just had a roasting hot summer, and those in the southern are about to have one. We know what that means, even with the best laid plans the slightest bit of exercise is going to raise a lot of sweat. And if you’re carrying a backpack that means a soaking down your back. Never fear though, because for that one, [Crafterboi] is here with a fan-assisted back protector.
The idea is simple enough, an open framework that sits between you and the backpack, allowing air to flow. If that weren’t enough, there are a couple of 5 volt fans at the top to blow air through the space. It’s printed using PETG, because as he explains, on a really hot day some surfaces can exceed the temperature at which PLA starts to soften.
We like the idea of this project, but what we especially like is that his prototype was made of a pizza box. ten out of ten for resourcefulness! Meanwhile this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a cooling backpack as others have had Peltier systems and evaporative coolers. We would link you to them, but sadly those are both from Hackaday’s early years and link rot has taken their websites.

West Highland Sound releases Cinematic Wineglasses, a FREE wine glass library for Kontakt
Cinematic Wineglasses from developer West Highland Sound is a free wine glass library for Kontakt. The library requires the full version of Kontakt 6.8 or later and isn’t compatible with the free Kontakt Player. Composers often look to the acoustic resonance of natural or manufactured materials to create sounds that feel more alive. Cinematic sound [...]
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Atlantic Records to release Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, featuring Travis Scott, PinkPantheress, Morgan Wallen, and Keith RichardsThe LP contains 34 original tracks, six of which were issued as singles on Thursday (September 17).
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