Bladee discusses YEAR0001 departure in new interview

thefader.com:

For most of Bladee's career, the Swedish rapper released almost all of his full-length material with the Stockholm-based label YEAR0001.

That came to an end in 2024 with the release of his solo album Cold Visions, shared via Bladee's own label Trash Island, and Psykos, a collaborative project with fellow former YEAR0001 signee Yung Lean (World Affairs, Lean's label, handled that release).

In November Bladee reshared a Yung Lean Instagram post announcing the end of his affiliation with YEAR0001. Lean wrote that the label "are not my record label, my management company, or my merchandiser." Bladee reshared the post, adding "We are Not working or affiliated with the year0001 label no wayyy.” In a new interview with Pitchfork, Bladee has discussed the circumstances that led to his departure from the label.

Read Next: The 50 best songs of 2024 Bladee says that his professional relationship with YEAR0001 "ended bad,” and claims “[a] lot of stuff wasn’t what we thought it was, so we had to part ways.