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Fridayy is opening up about one of the most emotional records on his brand-new album.
On Friday, February 28, the Philly native dropped his second studio album Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not. The album contains two volumes with 21 songs in total including his hit single "Baddest In The Room" and fresh collaborations with Chris Brown, Kehlani, Wale, Meek Mill and more. His stand-out song "Proud of Me" with the Dreamchaser founder has garnered plenty of attention because it's a heartfelt tribute to his late father. During his PLLRS conversation earlier this week, Fridayy explained what it was like to make the tribute with Meek, who also lost his dad.
"That's really my favorite song," Fridayy told PLLRS host Keith Nelson, Jr. "It’s a tribute to my father, who I lost last year. It was really like therapy. When I listened back to it, it's like I'm letting how I feel out. I’m saying I know he proud of me. I know Meek lost his father, and we connected with that last year when I was my father. So I FaceTimed him and I just played the song. He was getting a chill on FaceTime. I told him I needed him on the song. So, I pulled up on him."
"I ain't gonna lie, Meek stayed in the booth for 11 hours," he continued. "He struggled for probably three hours. He just stayed in there. I'm talking he did not even drink water or nothing. He just stayed in there. We were in there from 11:00 PM to 11:00 AM. When he finished that verse, all I wanted to do was cry the whole time.”
Fridayy gave fans a deep dive into his latest LP during PLLRS' debut event in Brooklyn. The Haitian-American singer sat on a panel with his manager Edgar Cutino, and Prescription Songs VP of A&R Eddie Fourcell for an exclusive conversation moderated by Keith Nelson, Jr. about his rise as an artist, his new album and more. Friday discussed how his appearance on DJ Khaled's "GOD DID" and meeting Chris Brown changed his life. Meanwhile, Cutino and Fourcell offered insight into how they helped Fridayy build his career from the ground up.
“He was supposed to play like a 300 cap venue," Fourcell explained. "But, because Edgar [pushed for him], he did Webster Hall, which I think is 1500 cap. And that's off of him really, really just starting. When he started singing 'GOD DID,' I had to go downstairs 'cause I was a mess. That was a great moment seeing how important he was in the culture so early on in his career.”
“His pen is next to none," Cutino said. "His production is next to none. But, that trust he has in me to give my opinions and my thoughts, has worked in so many ways. It’s like, why shut this person out whose intentions are only pure or genuine? We don't see everything eye to eye. We’ve had a lot of debates on this album, and it led to the beautiful body of work that we have today. And none of it came from me having to get in the booth or write a song with him.”
Fridayy went into more detail about his new album and his father's passing during his interview with The Breakfast Club. Watch their conversation below and listen to Some Days I'm Good, Some Days I'm Not. on iHeartRadio now.