After almost 6 years since Cool Tape Vol. 2 dropped in 2014, Jaden Smith has released the third installment of the Cool Tape mixtape series with his latest album CTV3. The series started in 2012 with The Cool Cafe: Cool Tape Vol.1. With this album it features guest appearances from Justin Bieber on the track “Falling for You”. 

 

This 17 track project serves as a prequel to his 2017 debut album SYRE. The 22 year old singer mentions in an interview with Zane Lowe that this album is intended to “kind of bringing all my fans who have been with me from the beginning, since before ‘Icon,’ before SYRE, and kind of updating them onto everything that’s been happening”. Also mentioning that “it's kind of taking place when I'm like 15, going all the way up until 17” . 

“It’s like the tape is what makes it clear to my fans that this is coming directly after Cool Tape Volume 2, opposed to coming after ERYS or after SYRE”. Also with the new project it brings a new aesthetic from Jaden, who is seen with a vibrant and colourful look on the album cover. 

In a recent Tweet leading up to the album being released Jaden said that listeners will have the ability to know more about him, which he thinks is scary. After listening to the album you will see what he meant by that Tweet as the album does give a closer look at Jaden’s life and what’s been going on with him. 

1.Circa 2015

2.Falling For You (Ft. Justin Bieber)

3.Rainbow Bap

4.LUCY!

5.Everything

6.In the Hills

7.Bad Connection

8.Muted Sunrise 

9.Young in Love

10.Cabin Fever

11.Photograph

12.Drops of Sun

13.Sunburnt

14.Deep End

15.Endless Summer (Ft. Raury)

16.The Birth of SYRE

17.Boys and Girls

He also shared the hardships of recording this album at home during the pandemic. Jaden stated “It’s really hard because you can’t get into the studio with anybody, and you can’t even get into the studio at all”. “So I have to record being inside of my house, and then the engineer has to engineer me from his house, and he’ll use this app to control my computer. So it’s like I’m recording the whole album by myself.”

 

Stream CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 on all streaming platforms now.

Courtesy of Complex News