Lil Uzi Vert's "Eternal Atake"

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About

Eternal Atake is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. The album, initially planned for release in July 2019, was released on March 6th, 2020 to significant social media attention.

History

On July 31st, 2018, Lil Uzi Vert teased his second album by deleting all posts from his Instagram^[1] account for the exception of the snippet of a song "New Patek" and two artworks referencing the Heaven's Gate cult.^[2]

The album was later set to be released on July 19th, 2019, with Lil Uzi Vert missing the date and stating that he doesn't know when the album would be released.^[3]^[4] On December 13th, 2019, Futsal Shuffle 2020, the first single from the album, was released^[5] (music video shown below, left). On February 28th, 2020, Lil Uzi Vert^[6] announced that the album would be coming out within two weeks. On March 1st, 2020, "That Way", the second single from the album, was released^[7] (official audio shown below, right).

On March 3th, Lil Uzi Vert^[8] released "BabyPluto," a promotional short film for the album. On March 6th, the album was officially released.^[9]

Reception

The album was released to average to positive user reviews. On Rate Your Music,^[10] the album had an average score of 3.07 out of 5 with over 2,300 ratings as of March 9th, 2020. On Album of the Year,^[11] the album had a score of 70 with over 600 reviews. Music critic Anthony Fantano gave the album a "strong" 4 out of 10.^[14]

Fandom

The release of the album was accompanied by significant social media attention, particularly from users on Twitter and Instagram. Following the release, multiple reaction memes about the album were posted online on these and other online platforms. For example, on March 6th, 2020, Instagram^[12] user @infernocuz posted a Dancing Rat meme that received over 20,900 views and 3,800 likes in three days (shown below, left). A March 6th This Is Fucking Bullshit meme by Instagram^[13] user lightskinwonderful received over 20,300 likes (shown below, right).