Octane (Don Toliver album)

On March 14, 2025, during Toliver's performance at the Time Nightclub in Costa Mesa, California, he teased that he would be releasing a new album later in the year: "I don't wanna stop, I might drop this year, fuck it," he said to an excited crowd. "Might say, 'Fuck it' and drop a whole 'nother album on these niggas. I might say fuck it and drop a whole 'nother beautiful project on these niggas". He then confirmed that he will be releasing a new album later in the year in an interview with Fault Magazine on July 25, which was postponed to the next year for unknown reasons. The title of the album was revealed through merchandise that was given to fans at his pop-up event at ComplexCon on October 25, where he debuted his new sneaker line in collaboration with Reebok and Billionaire Boys Club called the Ice Cream Board Flips. On January 22, 2026, Toliver revealed the album's release date and shared its cover art. Toliver performed "E85" and "Long Way to Calabasas" from the album on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on January 26. Singles Toliver released the lead single of the album, "Tiramisu", on September 5. "ATM" was surprise-released as the second single on January 23, 2026. "Body" was sent to US rhythmic radio as the album's third single on February 17, followed by "E85" receiving the same radio treatment and becoming its fourth single exactly a month later. "Tuition" was released as the album's fifth and final single on April 3, following a remix of the song in collaboration with fellow American rapper Lil Baby. ==Critical reception==

Octane polarized music critics. Reviewing Octane for Clash magazine, Robin Murray felt that the album "represents his [Toliver's] most cohesive and consistent work yet, tapping into his core creative characteristics while boosting him further into the stratosphere". In his review for Pitchfork, Matthew Ritchie concluded that Toliver "manages to buoy even the most underwhelming stretches of his fifth album with sparks of personality and timely features". ==Commercial performance==

Octane debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 162,000 album-equivalent units (including 31,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week, giving Toliver his first number-one album. The album also accumulated a total of 138.98 million on-demand streams of the album's songs. ==Track listing==

Notes • denotes an additional producer. • "E85" contains a sample of "Chest Pain (I Love)", written by Malcolm Todd, Jonah Cochran and Charles Ziman, and performed by Malcolm Todd. • "Body" contains a sample of "Rock Your Body", written by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Charles Hugo, and performed by Timberlake. • "Sweet Home" contains an interpolation of "All Summer Long", written by Robert Richie, Matthew Shafer, Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Edward King, Robert Wachtel, Warren Zevon, and Leroy Marinell, and performed by Kid Rock. • "Rocket Power" contains a sample of "Party 4 U", written by Charlotte Aitchison and Alexander Guy Cook, and performed by Charli XCX. ==Personnel==

Credits are adapted from Tidal. • Don Toliver – vocals (all tracks), synthesizer (track 10) • Jess Jackson – mixing, mastering (all tracks); arrangement (14, 17) • 206Derek – mixing (all tracks), engineering (3–9, 13–17); drum programming, keyboards (4, 10) • Dillon Brophy – mixing assistance • Rob Schaer – orchestration (1, 4, 8, 13, 16–18) • David Hughes – bass (1, 13) • Jake Reed – drums (1, 13) • Will Brahm – guitar (1, 13) • Aretha Scruggs – choir vocals (1, 16) • Dedrick Bonner – choir vocals (1, 16) • Eran Scoggins – choir vocals (1, 16) • Joslynn James – choir vocals (1, 16) • Krystle Simmons – choir vocals (1, 16) • Lydia René – choir vocals (1, 16) • Olivia Maye – choir vocals (1, 16) • Suzanne Waters – choir vocals (1, 16) • Tio Simone – choir vocals (1, 16) • Tym Brown – choir vocals (1, 16) • Aaron Paris – synthesizer, violin (1) • Edgard Herrera – engineering (2, 6, 7, 10–12, 14, 16) • Yeat – vocals (3) • Roark Bailey – drum programming, keyboards (4, 10) • Cameron Stone – cello (4, 17, 18) • Drew Forde – viola (4, 17, 18) • Katie Sloan – violin (4, 17, 18) • Luanne Homzy – violin (4, 17, 18) • Gabe Lucas – background vocals, keyboards (4) • Rema – vocals (4) • Essosa – additional vocals (7) • Xavier Daniel – engineering (7) • Tristan Cappell – tenor saxophone (8) • Ido Meshulam – trombone (8) • Aaron Janik – trumpet (8) • Travis Scott – vocals (8) • Mike Dean – co-mixing (8) • Teezo Touchdown – vocals (9) • Jahaan Sweet – additional synthesizer (10) • SahBabii – vocals (12) • Alexandra Veltri – background vocals (16) • Sassy 009 – background vocals (17) ==Charts==