Father John Misty Has Jokes After Kendrick Lamar Spoils Album Unencumber

Father John Misty noticed the entire jokes and the conspiracy theories on Friday (Nov. 22) about how his album unlock time table has eerily been synched up with Kendrick Lamar‘s song drops during the last 12 years and he replied in the one manner he is aware of how: with a diss monitor and jokes.

Okay, now not a diss monitor within the Drake sense, however moderately the primary large unlock of the shaggy folks rocker “God’s Plan,” which he at the start issued on Bandcamp final month and which fanatics gleefully urged used to be a comfortable rock shot fired on the Pulitzer Prize-winning MC. FJM uploaded it to his Instagram on Saturday with out a observation and lyrics that didn’t supply a lot direct linkage to Lamar. “A person’s lifestyles, God’s trash/ There’s no legislation however the outdated legislation, child/ Pettiful, not anything dies/ Stated by way of ass-drawn kamikaze/ 12 months 0 in the summer,” FJM sings at the monitor; he reposted it on X, including 3 coffin emoji.

The feedback did the heavy lifting: “the center phase 7,” wrote one fan in a joking connection with Lamar’s new monitor “Middle Pt. 6” (itself a reaction to rival Drake’s “The Middle Pt. 6” diss monitor about Lamar), with any other including, “Kendrick diss monitor?,” and a 3rd admitting, “A Kendrick FJM red meat is one thing I’d’ve mentioned may’ve simplest come to my creativeness in a fever dream and but right here we’re. Lifestyles is gorgeous people.” Leaning into the faux red meat, commenters additionally questioned why Lamar used to be “actual quiet since this publish,” caution “u have 24 hours to reply” and asking “@kendricklamar you’ll let this slide???”

Fanatics right away heaped that means at the publish, making an allowance for that sleuths did the maths and discovered that Father John and K.Dot have launched new albums in the similar 12 months for greater than a decade, together with in 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 — regardless that now not at the identical day — till now.

On Friday, Lamar dropped the moment vintage GNX with out a advance understand, stealing some thunder from FJM’s new LP, Mahashmashana. Misty were given the funny story, writing on X on Friday, “No longer now I’m furiously scribbling my seeming reaction” to the peculiar accident, including, “It’s okay simplest different occasions it’s took place used to be 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2022.” He additionally confirmed he had a just right humorousness concerning the unbalanced chart pageant, writing, “Hm how do I inform em my albums don’t chart.”

Along with the tweets and music, FJM had some extra amusing with the Freaky Friday unlock date motion, reposting DJ Bean’s mash-up duvet that includes the art work from each males’s LPs and a 2nd by which he used to be PhotoShopped into Kendrick’s automotive. Even Misty’s label, Sub Pop Data, were given into the motion, importing an edit of the quilt to the singer’s album with the Lamar DAMN. font.

The perpetually arch, laconic Misty took the entire thing in stride, regardless that Lil Wayne gave the impression to reply to a lyrical reference at the opening GNX monitor “wacced out work of art” with slightly of warmth. At the music, Lamar references his love for Wayne’s vintage Tha Carter III album and wonders if his exhausting paintings — which contains touchdown the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime display fit in Weezy’s homeland of New Orleans subsequent 12 months — had “let down” the man MC.

“Guy wtf I do?!” Wayne wrote in his reaction on X. “I simply be chillin & dey nonetheless kome 4 my head. Let’s now not take kindness for weak point. Let this massive sleep. I encourage u all. No person in reality needs destruction,now not even me however I shall smash if disturbed. On me. Love.”

Concentrate to FJM’s “God’s Trash” underneath.