Trippie Redd opens 2026 with a statement. “Paperbag Boy,” his first new single of the year, arrives with a music video and a feature from Young Thug, two of modern rap’s most distinctive melodic voices stacking up on a J-Bone production built from candy-coated synth arpeggios and speaker-obliterating 808s. The result is exactly as euphoric as it sounds.
The track captures something specific: the feeling of having made it while still carrying the memory of where you started. Trippie and Thugger slide through the beat’s crevices with the kind of effortless melodic chemistry that reminds you why both of them matter. The hook lands hard and stays there, which is the whole point.
Trippie spent 2025 in strong form, dropping the defiant “Can’t Count Me Out” with Platinum-selling trap architect ATL Jacob and the soaring Nick Mira-produced “Sketchy.” Then his 2018 Diplo collaboration “Wish” took on a life of its own, resurging through an emotional social media trend that generated over 8 billion views across TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. At its peak the song was pulling 10.5 million weekly streams, and it eventually climbed onto the Billboard Hot 100 more than seven years after its original release.
The numbers behind Trippie Redd are staggering: Diamond-certified, 14 billion streams worldwide, and a catalog that has consistently pushed modern rap’s emotional boundaries through fearless experimentation. “Paperbag Boy” keeps that momentum moving forward, and his highly anticipated album ‘NDA’ is coming later this year via 1400 Ent., 10k, and Atlantic.