Key Insights
- Release Date: A$AP Rocky hinted at a potential release date of January 16, 2026, for his album Don’t Be Dumb.
- Collaboration: The rapper is working with renowned composer Danny Elfman on the album.
- Track List: Rocky has already teased several tracks from the upcoming album.
- Anticipation: This will be Rocky’s first album in nearly a decade since Testing.
A$AP Rocky has seemingly revealed the release date for his new album Don’t Be Dumb.
While closing out Tyler, The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles on Sunday night (November 23), Pretty Flacko rocked a white hoodie adorned with the numbers “01162026” on the right sleeve.
Many fans believe that the cryptic code translates to January 16, 2026 — the potential release date of Rocky’s long-awaited fourth LP.
The Harlem rapper, who brought out Tyler, The Creator and Ty Dolla $ign as surprise guests during his headlining performance, has yet to confirm the rumors.
A$AP Rocky had the date of Friday January 16th, 2026 on his sleeve during his Camp Flog Gnaw performance
Could this hint at a release date for “DON’T BE DUMB”? pic.twitter.com/HYI2s1duhl
— OnThinIce (@OnThinlce) November 24, 2025
A$AP Rocky has made a number of comments in recent weeks hinting that Don’t Be Dumb is on the horizon.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the 37-year-old said he was still looking to drop the album this year and has been working on it with renowned composer Danny Elfman, who is best known for scoring The Simpsons, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Batman, among other movies and TV shows.
“Fun fact… Danny Elfman, he just did my album with me that I’m putting out this year,” he said. “He scored a bunch of the songs. We had [The Nightmare Before Christmas] on mute and were just making music to all of the old films — Pee-wee’s Playhouse and The Simpsons and all that.”
In a subsequent Instagram post, Elfman praised Rocky as “an amazingly creative artist” while discussing their unlikely partnership.
“Working with @asaprocky was a great experience,” he wrote. “Just hanging out and listening to his new tracks… he’s an amazingly creative artist and I was really impressed with how diverse his influences and inspirations were. He’s truly a one-of-a-kind.”
A$AP Rocky has so far released a handful of potential tracks from Don’t Be Dumb, including “Highjack,” “Ruby Rosary” featuring J. Cole and the Pharrell-produced “Riot (Rowdy Pipe’n).”
A number of other high-profile names are rumored to contribute to the album, such as Tyler, The Creator, Metro Boomin, Busta Rhymes, Madlib, and Hit-Boy.
The eagerly anticipated effort will serve as Rocky’s first album in almost a decade following 2018’s Testing.
