Kendrick Lamar announces new album Mr Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar has announced the release of his new album...and it's coming sooner than you may think.

Announced via social media, Mr Morale & The Big Steppers will be Kendrick's fifth album, and his first full-length release since 2017's Damn. 

The Compton-born rapper replied to a tweet complaining that Kendrick must have retired due to a lack of movement release wise. Kendrick just included a link to his Oklama website, where fans could then see the name of the upcoming album and it's release date - May 13. 

Kendrick has teased before that Mr Morale & The Big Steppers could well be the final album he releases under long-time label Top Dawg Entertainment, even going so far as to call it "the final TDE album."

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— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) April 18, 2022

MORE: Kendrick Lamar's Official Charts history in full

Kendrick reached Number 1 on the UK's Official Albums Chart in 2015 with his critically acclaimed magnum opus To Pimp A Butterfly. In 2017, Damn. reached Number 2. 

Since then, Kendrick has kept himself busy curating the soundtrack to Marvel blockbuster Black Panther, headlined Coachella and will this year headline Glastonbury for the first time, alongside Billie Eilish and Sir Paul McCartney. 

On the Official Singles Chart, Kendrick has amassed five Top 10 hits - the highest-peaking being Bad Blood, his link-up with Taylor Swift in 2015.