Xperiment

Carson began the promotional rollout for Xperiment at Rolling Loud 2026 in Orlando, Florida on May 10, 2026, which he headlined after YoungBoy Never Broke Again dropped out three days prior.^[5] During his set, Carson brought out multiple guests including Destroy Lonely, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, and Lil Tecca, and previewed unreleased music with the artists as well as a track with 2hollis.^[6][5] Following Rolling Loud, Carson began teasing concept merch, trailers, and art for the album on an alternative Instagram account, xperimenting0_0.^[7] On June 14, 2026, he revealed the album's release date of July 3, 2026, through a teaser trailer posted on X, which was confirmed by a pre-save link days later.^[8] Carson teased additional music whilst performing at Summer Smash in Chicago^[8] on June 22, 2026.^[9] A USB drive became the rollout's "central motif", with featured artists sharing pictures of it on Instagram and its 22-song tracklist and unreleased material being teased through hidden drives discovered by fans in the cities of Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.^[8] Carson revealed the track listing on June 30.^[10] Following three European festival performances from July to August, the Xperimenting Tour (comprising fourteen concerts across the United States) is planned to take place from August 26 to September 23; DJ Moon, Prettifun, and Xaviersobased are the planned opening acts. A special solo performance at ComplexCon 2026 on October 3 is also billed under the tour name.^[11]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	5.0/10[1]
Slant Magazine	[12]

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Xperiment received mixed reviews from music critics. Eli Enis of Pitchfork felt that Carson sounded creatively exhausted and and "tired" of the rage formula that made him popular, and that his lyrical themes, producers, and guest features were "chained to the very formula that [the album] purports to deviate from". However, he praised "Deaf Note" with Playboi Carti and "Possession" for showcasing Carson as an "alluringly naughty hedonist dripping with personality and armed with the ability to make every line a memorable callout" and Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert's appearences on "Ghost" and "Drug Kit", which he viewed as its best tracks.^[1] Slant Magazine's Paul Attard similarly felt that Xperiment did not deviate from Carson's sound on A Great Chaos and More Chaos and that whilst he had appeal with his "snickers, vocal contortions, and dim-witted quotables with an impulsive, sneering energy", this "remains the only thing [he] does well".^[12] Enis and Attard both deemed "ShadesOn" (which features Carson rapping over an instrumental of the 2hollis song "Girl"), the album's worst track, with the the former calling it "misleadingly credited" and criticizing Carson for not adapting his flows and themes to the song's production.^[1][12] Kyle Denis of Billboard offered a more positive review, writing that it "solidifies the 26-year-old as a true niche superstar, particularly one who can converse with his fanbase in the creation of the music while still packing surprises at nearly every turn."^[2]

• All track titles are stylized in all lowercase

These credits have been adapted from Tidal.^[14]

Administrative

• Ela Talu – artists and repertoire
• Nicole Wyskoarko – artists and repertoire
• Marissa Wickliffe – artists and repertoire administration

Technical

• Chanyong "CY" Park – additional engineering (tracks 1, 10, 12, 20–21)
• Drew Kelly – additional engineering (tracks 1, 10, 12, 20–21)
• Hayden Grant – additional engineering (tracks 1, 10, 12, 20–21)
• Liam Kachele – additional engineering (tracks 1, 10, 12, 20–21)
• Luan Ho – additional engineering (tracks 1, 10, 12, 20–21)
• Ben Lidsky – engineering (tracks 1, 5–12, 20–21); mixing (tracks 1, 3–21)
• Glenn Schick – mastering (tracks 1–22)
• Cory Moon – engineering (tracks 2–4, 13–17, 21)
• Marcus Fritz – mixing (tracks 2, 22); engineering (track 22)
• Argenis "Trilla" Peguero – engineering (track 11)
• Bainz – engineering (track 12)
• Max Lord – engineering (tracks 18–19)