Vince Staples Returns With First New Song In Two Years Blackberry Marmalade
Monday, 27 April 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Vince Staples has shared his first new solo single in two years, Blackberry Marmalade.
Built on a bass-driven groove, the rap-rock track marks the Long Beach hip hop artist's first new material since 2024's 'Dark Times', his final project with Def Jam, making Blackberry Marmalade his first release as an independent artist.
Tackling modern anti-establishment themes, it arrives with an intense, age-restricted first-person shooter-style video co-directed by Staples and Bradley J. Calder, which concludes with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: "So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."
Since his last LP, Staples has collaborated with several major artists, including JPEGMAFIA on New Black History from 2024's 'I Lay Down My Life For You'. Most recently, he teamed up with Joey Fatts on Corporate Thuggin' off the fellow Long Beach rapper's 2025 album 'Born Again', as well as Joy Crookes on Pass The Salt which was released that same year.
Additionally, season two of The Vince Staples Show premiered on Netflix last November, though it was cancelled in January.
Staples will perform at Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee next month, followed by a date supporting Tyler, The Creator at his headline show at London's All Points East concert series on August 28, and a slot at MEO Kalorama Festival in Lisbon. Tickets are on sale now.
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