“ALL RED” is Carti’s first solo release on streaming platforms since his December 2020 sophomore studio album, Whole Lotta Red. It features Carti rapping in a deeper voice register, a cadence first heard in his feature on “Mr. Miyagi” by Kanye West. This new voice was also noted in the Spring 2022 edition of XXL Magazine, where the author mentioned that an unreleased song titled “Wicked” showcased “a bit of a different sound to what we have heard in the past.”
On April 5, 2023, a brief snippet of a video previewing the song leaked online. The full video surfaced a month later on May 10, 2023, via Instagram. The video was recorded by Mitch Modes on February 5, 2022, when Carti was in the studio with F1LTHY, Gud, Joy Divizn, Luka Sabbat, Matthew Williams, and Yung Lean.
On June 15, 2024, Carti previewed “ALL RED” in full during his set at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash music festival.
On September 12, 2024, Carti took to the Opium Instagram account to reveal that the song would be released at midnight, along with its artwork designed by SEXISDEATH and Dawid.
