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Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen – DIAMONDS

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May 10, 2024

Full Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen DIAMONDS Album Lyrics

DIAMONDS is a project by Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen, released September 8, 2023.

The genesis of this project traces back to the summer of 2017, when the duo initiated their creative partnership with a handful of tracks. By August of that year, the pair embarked on a journey to London, where they hunkered down for several weeks to fervently make up the album.

As we worked on the album, we were playing each other ideas, and this was one of the song ideas that he gravitated towards. So we started working on it in LA. Then we went to London and had some sessions over there to work on the album. — Makonnen, Complex

The two of them made so much progress, Peep even teased two tentative tracklists on Instagram that month.

Various snippets, songs, and the album trailer were shared by the artists through Instagram stories and YouTube videos.

iLoveMakonnen revealed the origin of the project’s title during a interview with XXL, saying that he and Peep became so “obsessed” with a singer named Hannah Diamond, they planned on naming the project after her.

Tragically, Lil Peep’s life was cut short before the completion of Diamonds. Nonetheless, the duo managed to assemble a substantial portion of the album, leaving only a handful of tracks unfinished. The reins were handed over to the album’s producers, ensuring that Peep’s vision would be posthumously realized.

In 2020, the project’s release was nearly scrapped. On March 22, a fan asked Peep’s mother if the album was still on the way, to which she replied, “wish I knew…”. Furthermore, on April 22, the album leaked in full online because a private SoundCloud link was accidentally made public. On December 29, Makonnen stated that Diamonds would never officially release, claiming those who keep mentioning it weren’t even fans before Peep’s unfortunate death.

However, a surprising twist came on August 30, 2023, when Lil Peep’s social media accounts suddenly revealed that the long-awaited project was indeed set to make its debut. The lead single, “November,” was released on September 1, 2023, and the full project released a week later. Compared to the leaked album, the song “Wait In Line” was absent from the final tracklist, being replaced by “Really Loving You.” Peep’s mother responded on Reddit to fans asking why “Wait In Line” was excluded, stating the song was unable to be cleared in time, but it may be added to the album in the future.