Ken Carson Confirms 5th Album ‘The Xperiment’ Is on the Way

Ken Carson has revealed the complete 22-song tracklist for The Xperiment, his fifth studio album, confirming features from Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, 2hollis, and Destroy Lonely ahead of its July 3, 2026, release on Opium and Interscope Records.

• What: The Xperiment — Ken Carson’s fifth studio album; official 22-track list now confirmed
• Who: Ken Carson, featuring Playboi Carti (twice), Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, 2hollis, and Destroy Lonely
• When: Tracklist posted July 1, 2026; album arrives Friday, July 3, 2026
• Where: Opium / Interscope Records, streaming on Spotify and Apple Music
• Why it matters: Confirms weeks of guest-feature speculation and sets up the follow-up to More Chaos, Carson’s first Billboard 200 No. 1

The Full Tracklist for The Xperiment

Carson posted the complete tracklist to X on July 1, 2026, two days ahead of release, using the same lowercase, typewriter-style formatting that has run through the campaign’s teasers and merch. The list confirms five guest features, all landing on artists fans had circled for weeks based on festival sightings and leaked studio material.

Carson’s own post renders every title in lowercase; TSNV has capitalized them here for readability.

Who’s Featured on The Xperiment?

Five guests appear across the 22 tracks, and all of them sit inside or close to the Opium camp. Playboi Carti, the label’s founder and Carson’s longtime collaborator, is the only artist credited twice — on “Deaf Note” at No. 2 and closing track “Wedidit” at No. 22, bookending the album. 2hollis, the producer-artist who closed out Carson’s Rolling Loud set in May, gets a features credit on “Shadeson.” Lil Uzi Vert joins on “Ghost,” Young Thug on “Drug Kit,” and Destroy Lonely, Carson’s fellow Opium signee, rounds out the guest list on “Shopping.”

The reveal also corrects an earlier report. Audio pulled from the rollout’s USB-drive scavenger hunt in June had linked “Drug Kit” to a Playboi Carti feature; Carson’s official credits list Young Thug instead.

Inside the Xperiment Rollout: Teasers, USB Drives and Festival Previews

Carson opened the era on June 14, 2026, with a 56-second teaser posted to X: a laboratory-set clip in which a patient is repeatedly marked with an “X.” Five days later, on June 19, he confirmed the July 3 release date, unveiled the official cover art, and opened pre-saves, revealing the album’s 22-track length at the same time.

Between that announcement and the tracklist, Carson built the campaign around a scavenger hunt: physical USB drives hidden in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, with early finders getting advance listens to unreleased material. He tested the material live, too, first at his Rolling Loud Orlando headline set on May 10, then on June 14 at Playboi Carti’s festival-closing set at Summer Smash in Chicago, where the two performed their then-unreleased “Cover My Ears.”

None of the specific song titles performed live in May and June — “Cover My Ears,” “ARP,” and “Boil” among them — appear by name on the official 22-track list, which suggests some were renamed, held back, or didn’t make the final cut.

Where The Xperiment Fits in Ken Carson’s Discography

The Xperiment will be Carson’s fifth studio album, arriving just over a year after More Chaos, his 2025 breakout. His full run on Opium is below.

Why This Album Matters for Ken Carson’s Career

More Chaos, released April 11, 2025, gave Carson his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and pushed him past a core fanbase into wider mainstream reach. The Xperiment is the direct follow-up, and a 22-track runtime stacked with Carti, Thug, Uzi Vert, 2hollis, and Destroy Lonely features signals Opium is treating the project as a statement release rather than a quick turnaround.

What’s Next for The Xperiment

The Xperiment arrives everywhere Friday, July 3, 2026, via Opium and Interscope. It’s available to pre-save now on Spotify and Apple Music, with vinyl variants and merch listed on Carson’s official site. Beyond the release, Carson is booked across the European festival circuit this summer — Roskilde in Denmark, Splash! in Germany, Openair Frauenfeld in Switzerland, Clout Festival in Poland, and Frequency Festival in Austria — before he headlines ComplexCon in Los Angeles on October 3.