Kim Petras’s “Feed the Beast” Album Is Here — Why She Says It’s “Like Three Albums Combined”

In 2022, Kim Petras faced some thing each individual artist dreads: a series of leaks that left her album in jeopardy. “I’m devastated idk how all of this took place and I just wanna give up,” Petras tweeted at the time, Billboard noted. Just about a year later, “Feed the Beast” is right here. Petras’s initial important-label album was produced on June 23. That identical 7 days, she declared a 34-date planet tour to endorse the album, commencing this drop.

“It can be seriously like a few albums merged,” Petras explained to POPSUGAR in a June interview when discussing her partnership with the Motorola Razr+. “Another person leaked [my previous album], so that was frustrating.” From the ashes arrived inspiration, however. Petras’s A&R representative served her move via the “troublesome” condition, she recounted, advising her, “‘You gotta go feed the beast and make extra music. Do what you do very best.’ And which is particularly what I did.”

The setback turned out to be well worth it. “I come to feel like I actually took that time — which is time I would’ve under no circumstances taken — to truly best [the album] off and make guaranteed it’s the greatest it can possibly be,” Petras said. “And now it really feels like a cohesive album. I am very pleased of the message of it, which is just to go for it and do what you might be most terrified of.”

What is Petras most worried of? Nicely, in this instance, it is the changeover from quirkier information (See: 2021’s “Coconuts,” bundled on this album) to much more mainstream releases. “I generally needed to go comprehensive out and I ultimately dared to, and even however which is frightening . . . I consider there is no way of expanding if you happen to be not carrying out what you happen to be most terrified of.”

“Feed the Beast” capabilities 14 tracks and a bonus tune (her Grammy-award-successful collab with Sam Smith, “Unholy”) and pairs Petras with “a lot of folks I’ve dreamt about functioning with,” which includes producers Max Martin and Ian Kirkpatrick.

Petras very easily recognized a beloved observe from the album: “Claws.” The track, she states, tells a tale she’s been “having difficulties to convey to.” Recounted Petras, “And one day I was in the studio and it just all came out within 40 minutes and was this magical practical experience, in which it actually felt complete circle.”

Maintain looking at for the comprehensive “Feed the Beast” keep track of record and Petras’s tour stops.

Kim Petras’s “Feed the Beast” Track Listing

1. “Feed the Beast”
2. “Alone (Feat. Nicki Minaj)”
3. “King of Hearts”
4. “Thousand Pieces”
5. “Uh Oh”
6. “Revelations”
7. “Bait (feat. Banking institutions)”
8. “Sex Converse”
9. “Hit It From the Back”
10. “Claws”
11. “Moment”
12. “Coconuts”
13. “Castle in the Sky”
14. “Brrr”
Reward Monitor: “Unholy” (Sam Smith Feat. Kim Petras)

Kim Petras’s “Feed the Beast” Planet Tour

08/04: Mountain See, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
08/06: Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
09/24: Las Vegas, NV @ Daily life Is Lovely Pageant
09/27: Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater
09/30: Miami, FL @ FPL Photo voltaic Amphitheater
10/01: Orlando, FL @ Addition Monetary Arena
10/04: Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
10/07: Boston, MA @ MGM Tunes Corridor at Fenway
10/09: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Mirage
10/12: Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
10/13: Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Centre
10/16: Toronto, ON @ Coca-Cola Coliseum
10/18: Chicago, IL @ Byline Financial institution Aragon Ballroom
10/19: Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
10/23: Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater
10/26: Vancouver, BC @ PNE Discussion board
10/27: Portland, OR @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/29: San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
11/01: Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
11/08: Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
11/11: Nashville, TN @ Municipal Auditorium
11/13: Dallas, TX @ South Aspect Ballroom
11/14: Houston, TX @ 713 Songs Hall
11/21: Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Economic Theatre
11/22: San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit history Union Open up Air Theatre
02/13: Birmingham, British isles @ O2 Academy Birmingham
02/15: Glasgow, British isles @ O2 Academy Glasgow
02/16: Manchester, British isles @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
02/19: London, Uk @ Eventim Apollo
02/24: Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
02/25: Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
02/27: Cologne, DE @ Palladium
02/28: Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Are living
03/01: Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
03/02: Warsaw, PL @ EXPO XXI
03/04: Munich, DE @ Zenith
03/05: Milan, IT @ Fabrique

Kim Petras’s “Feed the Beast” Launch Day

“Feed the Beast” was unveiled on June 23.