A$AP Rocky has launched his latest campaign to convince fans that the much-delayed Don’t Be Dumb will actually be released soon, this time by sharing cover art designed by none other than Tim Burton. The artwork arrived on Instagram with a message referring to Don’t Be Dumb as a movie: “SORRY 4 THE WAIT DON’T BE DUMB FINALLY HERE! THANKS TIM BURTON FOR HELPING ME MAKE THIS MOVIE! COMING SOON.” Check it out below.
Rocky has been teasing the Testing follow-up for years, first sharing the current title in late 2022. Since then, he has shared new music for Highest 2 Lowest—the recent Spike Lee movie in which he stars alongside Denzel Washington—and, before that, the Jessica Pratt–featuring “Highjack” and a single called “Taylor Swif,” which came with a quirky video shot in Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion.
The new album, he said in a recent Vanity Fair video interview, features longtime Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman, who “scored a bunch of the songs.” He also spoke about his admiration for Burton, particularly his incorporation of “matte painting and German expressionism” into his practice.