Blush (Kevin Abstract album)

Blush
Studio album by Kevin Abstract
Released	June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	45:35
Label	Virgin X8 Juno
Producer	40hrz Kevin Abstract Daniel Aged AJ Rob Bisel Roy Blair Elie Fahem Dominic Fike Romil Hemnani Henry Kwapis Jared Jordon Joshy Devan Manley Kiko Merley Olivia Quadeca Ryan Raines Ross Splitted Stupid Jim-E Stack Teyko Sheldon Wells Wizzle Devin Workman
Kevin Abstract chronology
Blanket (2023) Blush (2025)
Singles from Blush
"Geezer" Released: June 13, 2025

Blush is the fifth studio album by American rapper Kevin Abstract, released on June 27, 2025 through Virgin Records, X8, and Abstract's label Juno. Although marketed as Abstract's fifth solo album, the project sees Abstract take on a curation role, with the album featuring a multitude of collaborators. Abstract himself does not appear on every track.

Executive produced by Abstract and frequent collaborator Quadeca, the album also features contributions from Abstract's former Brockhampton bandmates Ameer Vann, Romil Hemnani, and Kiko Merley, along with Dominic Fike, JPEGMafia, Danny Brown, and Sekou. "Blush" is also used by Abstract to refer to a collective of Houston musicians who perform and produced for the album, including but not limited to Love Spells, Roro, E Bleu, Makana XO, Truly Young, Diego, Drigo, Derby, and Devan Manley. Blush has no fixed membership or structure, which Abstract has compared to the Warhol superstars or an ensemble cast.

Background and recording

Abstract and Quadeca met online in 2023, resulting in Abstract contributing to Quadeca's fifth mixtape Scrapyard. In 2024, Quadeca significantly contributed to Abstract's unreleased project Glue, which was partially released in the form of YouTube and SoundCloud uploads, but was never officially released on streaming platforms.

Following a breakup, Abstract moved back to Houston and began working on Blush in early 2025, along with a collective of Houston-based musicians and friends. After Abstract sent Quadeca an early draft of the album, he became involved as an executive producer, resulting in several Glue tracks being added to the project. While Abstract and the rest of the performers and producers worked on the project in Houston, Quadeca worked on the album remotely, which he credited with allowing him to make cuts and changes without worrying about the performers reactions.

In contrast to his previous solo records, Blush features Abstract as a curator rather than the sole performer, similarly to Dr. Dre on Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath. Many of the performers, who Abstract also refers to as Blush, were recruited by Abstract on the internet, including Love Spells. Ameer Vann became attached after Abstract relocated to Houston, which Abstract credits as rekindling their relationship following Vann's firing from Brockhampton. Abstract and Dominic Fike had previously collaborated on Abstract's third studio album Arizona Baby (2019). Danny Brown appears on his own track on the album, which was likened to Common's appearance on Kanye West's Late Registration (2005).

Promotion and release

In May, Abstract began posting cryptic images to his Instagram, featuring pictures of his friends and collaborators with the text "June 2025" attached. These images seemingly confirmed upcoming collaborations with Quadeca, JPEGMafia, Love Spells, and Ameer Vann, marking Vann & Abstract's first collaboration since Vann's removal from Brockhampton in 2018. On May 29, Abstract unofficially released the standalone single "Ghetto Graduation", in collaboration with Vann and Lil Saint. On June 8, Abstract released a demo tape consisting of cut tracks from the album on his Discord server. Throughout promotion, Abstract streamed previews of the album on Twitch. On June 6, Abstract officially announced Blush for a June 27 release, and simultaneously released the music video for "Geezer", a collaboration with Dominic Fike. "Geezer" was officially released as the first single on June 13.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10

Track listing

Blush track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Introduction" (performed by RoRo)	Mirko Boro Noah	Kevin Abstract Teyko	0:19
2.	"H-Town" (with SoGone SoFlexy, Ameer Vann, and Love Spells)	Kevin Abstract Immondre Goss Kiko Merley SoGone SoFlexy Ameer Vann	Abstract Merley Devan Manley Olivia	3:04
3.	"Copy" (with E Bleu, SoGone SoFlexy, and Love Spells)	Abstract Goss Jabari Love spells Merley SoGone SoFlexy	Abstract Roy Blair Manley Fahem	2:43
4.	"Danny's Track" (performed by Danny Brown)	Danny Brown	Merley Jordon Abstract	0:52
5.	"Yoko Ono" (with Love Spells and Makana XO)	Abstract Makana XO Merley Love Spells	Abstract Merley AJ Jared Manley Sheldon Wells	2:59
6.	"NOLA" (with Truly Young, Love Spells, Diego, Drigo, JPEGMafia, & Quadeca)	Abstract Diego Drigo JPEGMafia Love Spells Truly Young Vann	Quadeca	3:11
7.	"Post Break Up Beauty" (with Love Spells)	Abstract Cole Bat	Abstract Romil Hemnani Rob Bisel Manley Fahem	2:52
8.	"97 Jag" (with Love Spells)	Abstract Goss Love Spells Saint	Abstract AJ Manley Wells Splitted Stupid Fahem	2:49
9.	"Text Me" (with Sekou)	Abstract Bat	Abstract Hemnani Manley	2:26
10.	"Geezer" (with Dominic Fike)	Abstract Dominic Fike Henry Kwapis Jim-E Stack Ryan Raines	Fike Kwapis Stack Ryan Raines Devin Workman	2:49
11.	"I Wasn't There" (performed by Derby)	Derby	Derby Abstract AJ Manley	2:07
12.	"Blush Interlude"	Abstract Quadeca	Quadeca Abstract	1:28
13.	"Maroon" (performed by Dominic Fike)	Fike	Workman Daniel Aged	3:29
14.	"Pop Out" (performed by Ameer Vann, Drigo, E Bleu, Devan, and Love Spells)	Abstract Drigo E Bleu Love Spells Manly Vann	Manley Abstract AJ Wizzle Ross Elie Joshy Merley 40hrz Quadeca	3:21
15.	"Girlfriend" (with Drigo, Love Spells, and Truly Young)	Abstract Drigo E Bleu Saint Truly Young	Abstact AJ Manley 40hrz	3:02
16.	"Bloom" (with Love Spells and Ameer Vann)	Abstract E Bleu Love Spells Vann	Abstract AJ Manley Wizzle 40hrz Merley	2:06
17.	"Abandon Me" (performed by Quadeca)	Quadeca	Quadeca	2:40
18.	"Red Light" (with Quadeca and Ameer Vann)	Abstract Cole Bat Quadeca Vann	Quadeca	3:08
Total length:				45:35

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

• Kevin Abstract - vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5-11, 15, 16, 18), production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14-16), executive production
• Quadeca - vocals (tracks 17, 18), production (tracks 6, 12, 14, 17, 18), executive production
• Love Spells - vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5-8, 14, 15, 16)
• Ameer Vann - vocals (tracks 2, 6, 14, 16, 18)
• E Bleu - vocals (tracks 3, 14-16)
• Drigo - vocals (tracks 6, 14, 15)
• SoGone SoFlexy - vocals (tracks 2, 3)
• Makana XO - vocals (tracks 2, 5)
• Diego - vocals (tracks 6, 7)
• Truly Young - vocals (tracks 6, 15)
• Dominic Fike - vocals (tracks 10, 13), production (track 10), guitar (track 10)
• Mirko Perdo Cervalo Boro - vocals (track 1)
• Danny Brown - vocals (track 4)
• JPEGMafia - vocals (track 6)
• Sekou- vocals (track 9)
• Derby - vocals (track 11), production (track 11)
• Saint - vocals (track 15), background vocals (track 14)
• Devan Manley - vocals (track 14), production (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11, 14-16), synthesizer (track 8), guitar (track 9)
• Kiko Merley - production (tracks 2, 4, 5, 14, 16)
• DamnAJ - production (tracks 5, 8, 11, 14-16)
• 40hrz - production (tracks 14-16)
• Sheldon Wells - production (tracks 5, 8)
• Romil Hemnani - production (tracks 7, 9), synthesizer (track 9)
• Devin Workman - production (tracks 10, 13), drums (track 10), programming (track 10), vocal arrangement (track 10)
• Wizzle - production (tracks 14, 16)
• Fahem - production (tracks 3, 7, 8)
• Teyko - production (track 1), keyboards (track 1)
• Roy Blair - production (track 3)
• Olivia - production (track 2)
• Jordon - production (track 4)
• Jared - production (track 5)
• Rob Bisel - production (track 7)
• Splitted Stupid - production (track 8)
• Henry Kwapis - production (track 10), bass guitar (track 10)
• Jim-E Stack - production (track 10), synthesizer (track 10)
• Ryan Raines - production (track 10), drums (track 10)
• Daniel Aged - production (track 13)
• Elie - production (track 14)
• Joshy - production (track 14)
• Ross - production (track 14)
• Noah - violin (track 1)
• Matt - synthesizer (track 8)

Technical

• Jason Lader - mixing (tracks 4, 5, 7-10, 13-16)
• Quadeca - mixing (tracks 6, 17, 18), engineering (tracks 6, 12, 17, 18)
• Kevin Abstract - mixing (track 2, 3), recording engineering (track 12)
• Derby - mixing (track 11), recording engineering (track 11)
• Devin Workman - mixing (track 13)
• 40hrz - engineering (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 15, 16)
• Z - engineering (tracks 6, 15)
• Romil Hemnani - engineering (tracks 7, 9)
• Teyko - engineering (track 1)
• Raphy - engineering (track 4)
• Devan Manley - engineering (track 12)
• Haze Howard - engineering (track 14)