It isn’t summer if Kaytranada doesn’t give fans something to dance to. He dropped his fourth studio album, Ain’t No Damn Way!, on Friday (Aug. 15) via RCA Records.
“Oh lord, not a new album called AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! – coming out this Friday???” he wrote on Instagram on Monday (Aug. 11) while sharing an image of a squiggly, winking-faced character embracing him. The Haitian Canadian DJ/producer dropped one single, “Space Invader,” the day after the announcement. “Letting y’all know that this album is strictly for workouts, dancing and studying and for my people that love beats,” he added on his since-expired Instagram Story.
Ain’t No Damn Way! arrives one year after his last album, Timeless, which reached No. 28 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on Top Dance Albums. Since then, he’s remixed Mariah Carey’s “Don’t Forget About Us” from The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition) and JT’s “Ran Out” while producing Justine Skye’s “Oh Lala” and FLO’s “The Mood.”
This won’t be the only new release from Kay this month. He’s featured on “Open Invite” from Teyana Taylor’s upcoming fourth studio album. Escape Room, due next Friday, Aug. 22.
Kaytranada is headed on a co-headlining North American tour with Justice this fall. The 15-show trek kicks off on Oct. 16 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., and goes through major U.S. arenas before wrapping on Nov. 16 at Miami’s Kaseya Center. He recently replaced Playboi Carti as the opener for The Weeknd’s Canada shows on the Ethiopian Canadian superstar’s ongoing After Hours til Dawn Tour after Kaytranada previously supported the 2022-2023 legs.
Listen to Ain’t No Damn Way! below.