Playboi Carti played his long-awaited third studio album ‘Music’ for the first time at Rolling Loud California last weekend, with The Weeknd making a guest appearance.
‘Music’ was released last Friday (March 14) via AWGE/Interscope Records. Last Sunday (March 16), the Atlanta trap star headlined the final day of this year’s Rolling Loud California. Carti took over the main stage for nearly two hours, performing his new album in its entirety for the first time.
He also invited The Weeknd to perform their newest collaboration ‘Rather Lie’, which was first teased during Carti’s Camp Flog Gnaw set last November. They also performed ‘Timeless’ from The Weeknd’s latest album, ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’. Twitch streamer Kai Cenat appeared on stage with the two musicians as well. In addition, Carti gifted him a YVL (Young Vamp Life) chain to wear.
Skepta also joined Carti on stage to perform ‘Toxic’ from ‘Music’, marking their second collaboration. Their first was ‘Lean 4 Real’ from the ‘Magnolia’ rapper’s 2018 debut album ‘Die Lit’.
Elsewhere in Carti’s set, the rapper let the crowd choose some songs, performing fan-favourites ‘Long Time’ from ‘Die Lit’ and ‘Location’ from his 2017 self-titled mixtape. Check out the full performance and setlist below.
Playboi Carti performed:
1. ‘Pop Out’
2. ‘Mojo Jojo’ (Live debut)
3. ‘Stop Breathing’
4. ‘Crush’
5. ‘Walk’ (Live debut)
6. ‘Rockstar Made’
7. ‘Cocaine Nose’
8. ‘Good Credit’ (Live debut)
9. ‘Backd00r’ (Live debut)
10. ‘Like Weezy’ (Live debut)
11. ‘K Pop’
12. ‘HBA’ (followed by pause due to crowd safety concerns, old version played)
13. ‘Evil J0rdan’
14. ‘Toxic’ (with Skepta) (Live debut; shortened)
15. ‘Rather Lie’ (with The Weeknd)
16. ‘Timeless’ (The Weeknd cover) (with The Weeknd)
17. ‘OPM Babi’ (Live debut)
18. ‘Sky’
19. ‘Charge Dem Hoes a Fee’ (Live debut)
20. ‘Dis 1 Got It’ (Live debut)
21. ‘Overly’ (Live debut)
22. ‘Jumpin’ (Live debut)
23. ‘Fine Shit’ (Live debut)
24. ‘Crank’ (Live debut)
25. ‘I Seeeeee You Baby Boi’ (Live debut)
26. ‘Trim’ (Live debut)
27. ‘We Need All Da Vibes’ (Live debut)
28. ‘Fe!n’ (Travis Scott cover)
29. ‘Location’ (Crowd request)
30. ‘Different Day’
31. ‘Type Shit’ (Future & Metro Boomin cover)
32. ‘Shoota’
33. ‘Olympian’ (Live debut; shortened)
34. ‘Play This’ (Live debut, crowd requested ‘24 Songs’ and Carti agreed, but the DJ failed to pull up the song)
35. ‘Long Time (Intro)’
Before Carti’s set, it was revealed that ‘Music’ had become Spotify‘s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far, garnering roughly 139.3million streams globally. It also became the seventh-highest debut ever (via Rap). According to HotNewHipHop, ‘Music’ gained an additional 89.7million streams the following day.
Carti’s MUSIC is already making history pic.twitter.com/lnDs308z2H
— Spotify (@Spotify) March 16, 2025
‘Music’ was released after numerous delays. It features a 30-song tracklist with guest spots from the likes of Travis Scott, Future, The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign, and Young Thug.
His frequent collaborator Lil Uzi Vert also appears on ‘Jumpin’ and ‘Twin Trim’ – their first collaborations in seven years since their 2018 track ‘Shooters’. He also teamed up with Skepta and Kendrick Lamar for the first time, with Lamar featuring on ‘Mojo Jojo’, ‘Backdoor’ and ‘Good Credit’.
In a four-star review of ‘Music’, NME wrote: “‘Die Lit’ flexed Carti’s eclecticism. ‘Whole Lotta Red’ was conceptually bold (even if it needed a few runs to click). ‘Music’, though, amplifies his unrelenting vision to new extremes. For nearly a decade, Carti’s been a step ahead, dragging rap into the future and leaving everyone else scrambling to catch up. From underground hero to untouchable force, Playboi Carti cements his spot as rap’s feral frontrunner.”
In other news, Kanye West disapproved of Lamar’s features on ‘Music’ in a recent tweet.