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08-05-2025
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Andre 3000 Carries Piano on His Back at 2025 Met Gala & Drops New Piano Album at the Same Time
Leave it to André 3000 to get the Met Gala red carpet buzzing and do some album promo at the same time. On Monday night (May 5), the Outkast legend showed up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute fundraiser with a baby grand piano strapped to his back, and at the same time, he surprise-dropped his latest instrumental album, called 7 piano sketches. More from Billboard Met Gala 2025: Best Photos From the Red Carpet 'The Blues Brothers' Return in First-Ever Graphic Novel See Madonna, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx & Lorde Squeeze In for Epic Met Gala Selfie The album was released at 8 p.m. ET via Epic Records, shortly after André arrived on the carpet wearing his piano look by Burberry, in collaboration with benji bixby and styled by Law Roach. (This marked the debut for benji bixby, which is the latest incarnation of André's late-'00s line Benjamin Bixby.) André's Met Gala look mimics the cover art of the new album. In a press release, André said the original title for the project was ''The Best Worst Rap Album In History' and here is an excerpt from the original liner notes: 'It's jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all. It's the best because it's the free-est emotionally and best I've felt personally. It's the best because it's like a palette cleanser for me.'' 7 piano sketches is the follow-up to another instrumental project from André, the 2023 flute album New Blue Sun, which was nominated for album of the year at the 2025 Grammys, along with two other nods for the work. In November, André will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame alongside bandmate Big Boi as part of Outkast. Listen to the new album and see André's full piano-inspired look below. Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
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06-05-2025
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André 3000 Wears a Grand Piano to Met Gala, Drops Surprise Album
André 3000 stepped out onto this year's Met Gala carpet with a grand piano strapped to his back and paired the look with a surprise album titled, 7 piano sketches. The 16-minute collection is his first body of work since his 2023 flute-based album New Blue Sun, which Rolling Stone praised as 'a gorgeous, deeply contemporary, prismatic breath of fresh incense.' Similar to his previous music, 7 piano sketches fully embraces its instrumentals and puts André's solo talents on full display. A press release for the album included the note: 'Warning: No Bars.' More from Rolling Stone Rihanna Reveals She's Pregnant With Third Child at Met Gala 2025 Met Gala Live Stream: How to Watch the Red Carpet Online Did Sly Stone 'Blow It?' Questlove Says the Answer Is Complicated The cover for the new music features an illustration echoing the artist's bespoke piano ensemble, which was created by Burberry in collaboration with benji bixby and styled by Law Roach, as part of the event's theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.' Per the release, the new project was partially composed and recorded prior to New Blue Sun, while André was staying in a house in Texas with his son that had only a piano, their beds, and TV screens. 'These piano pieces weren't recorded with the intention of presenting them in any formal way to the public. They were personal, at home recordings. I would sometimes text them to my family and friends,' said André in a lengthy social media post alongside the cover art. 'Pardon the sound quality,' he added, explaining that all the songs, with the exception of 'Blueberries,' were recorded on his 'iPhone sitting directly on the piano or my laptop microphone.' André wrote that the original title was The Best Worst Rap Album In History and offered an excerpt from the original liner notes: 'It's jokingly the worst rap album in history because there are no lyrics on it at all. It's the best because it's the free-est emotionally and best I've felt personally. It's the best because it's like a palette cleanser for me.' Last month, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that André and Outkast bandmate BigBoi will join the class of 2025 in the performer category, along with Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes. Track List 1. 'bluffing in the snow'2. 'and then one day you'll …'3. 'when you're a ant and you wake up in an awesome mood, about to drive your son to school, only to discover that you left the lights on in the car last night so your battery is drained'4. 'hotel lobby pianos'5. 'blueberry mansions'6. 'off rhythm laughter'7. 'i spend all day waiting for the night' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
