Love Me Now?


Love Me Now? is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, released on October 26, 2018, by Mad Love Records and Interscope Records. It follows the release of his second album Memories Don't Die by seven months.
The album features guest appearances from Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Trippie Redd, Lil Baby and Bryson Tiller, among others.The album was supposed to have a feature from the late Floridian rapper, XXXTENTACION but was left off due to sampling issues.
Prior to the album's release, Love Me Now? was supported by the three official singles: "Talk To Me" with Rich The Kid, "Keep in Touch" featuring Bryson Tiller, and "Ferris Wheel" featuring Trippie Redd. The former peaked at number 55 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. A reissue of the album titled Love Me Now: Reloaded was released on May 31, 2019. It includes two more singles: "Freaky" and "Broke Leg" with Quavo and Tyga.

Background

Tory Lanez announced that he is working on two new albums, "Love Me Now" and "El Agua", set to be released on summer. He also announced on September 3 that XXXTentacion will be featured on his new album "Love Me Now". Lanez later unveiled on 17 October, the release date of his new album, the cover album, the tracklist and featured artists, also revealing that XXXTentacion will not appear in the album. He also explained the reason why XXXTentacion doesn’t appear in the album:
The album was released on October 26, 2018.

Critical reception

Love Me Now? received polarized reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website, Album of the Year, the album has an average score of 63 out of 100 based on three critic reviews.
In a review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote, "There isn’t anything new LoVE me NOw will teach you about Tory Lanez. He still craves respect and wants to be recognized by his peers and fans alike as the hip-hop and R&B savant that he thinks he is."
At the Juno Awards of 2019, the album won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year.

Commercial performance

Love Me Now? debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 54,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. This became Lanez' third US top-five album. The 15-track project also accumulated a total of 62.5 million on-demand audio streams that week.

Track listing

Credits were adapted from iTunes and Tidal.
Notes
Sample credits
Credits adapted from Tidal.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts