TOOSII’S BOYS DON’T CRY: MEN DO (DELUXE) OUT TODAY
Toosii Joins Rod Wave On Fall Arena Tour, Launching Tonight – Purchase Tickets Here
Toosii dropped Boys Don’t Cry: Men Do (Deluxe) today, just hours before he joins Rod Wave on his North American arena tour, which kicks off tonight at Target Center in Minneapolis. Released via South Coast Music Group/Capitol Records, the new edition of his acclaimed 2022 EP, Boys Don’t Cry, features five new soul-baring tracks. The expanded title underscores its central theme – that it’s time to question the deeply ingrained belief that boys need to stifle their emotions in order to be strong. Download / stream Boys Don’t Cry: Men Do (Deluxe) HERE. See below for track listing.
On the new songs, the 22-year-old artist is haunted yet informed by the past. Numbed by the pain of hard knocks and ill-fated romances, he nonetheless finds the courage to fall head over heels in love, as shown on tracks like “City Of Love.” Raised in Syracuse, New York, and Goose Creek, South Carolina, Toosii moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in his teens – and it’s there that he came into his own. He recorded the new material in neighboring Cary, NC.
As direct support on Rod Wave’s Beautiful Mind tour, Toosii will be playing for crowds across North America. The run includes shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (November 23) and Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC (11/30). It will conclude at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA (December 21). Tickets are on sale HERE. See below for itinerary.
Toosii’s lyrics have always been personal, but on Boys Don’t Cry: Men Do he reveals how his journey of self-discovery was flipped on its head with the birth of his son – who can be heard on the closing bars of “Since 9th Grade.” He’s begun to reexamine his own life lessons and approach the world differently. Yet as he approached professional and personal milestones, Toosii found himself battling a depression so deep and disruptive that he went nearly a year between projects. The moving piano ballad “Last Song” takes fans inside that dark time. Dealing with his own mental health gave Toosii a fresh perspective on life.
“I’m just trying to learn to be the best person I can be for the people I love and for myself,” Toosii says. “Growing up as a man, we were always taught to be tough, not to have emotions, and that boys don’t cry. But it’s just not true. It’s alright as a man to tap into that emotional side.”
Upon the original release of Boys Don’t Cry in October, Toosii gave a powerful performance of the collection’s songs, backed by a live band, on his YouTube channel. View HERE. He discussed the EP on Complex’s “The Daily Drift,” live on Twitch.
XXL tipped Boys Don’t Cry as one of the fall’s highly anticipated drops and hailed “Love is…” as one of the “Best New Hip-Hop Songs.” The track has amassed more than 35 million combined global streams to date The Source observed, “Toosii’s ability to show vulnerability in his music has been something he’s done since stepping onto the scene.” Teen Vogue said, “if you’re not in his orbit yet, you need to tap in.” UPROXX noted, “Toosii has never run away from difficult emotions, and offers one of his most somber records in Heartaches.” Hip-Hop Vibe heralded Toosiias “one of the hottest rising artists in the industry.”
Boys Don’t Cry: Men Do (Deluxe) – Track List
1. Frozen Below Zero
2. City of Love
3. Since 9th Grade
4. How Does It Feel
5. Last Song
6. Hey Now! (Car Freestyle)
7. Butterfly
8. Bikini Bottom
9. Date Night
10. Heartaches
11. Love Is…
Toosii – Fall 2022 Tour Dates
All dates supporting Rod Wave
Date City/State Venue
11/11 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
11/12 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena
11/13 Tulsa, OK Bok Center
11/16 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center
11/17 Chicago, IL United Center
11/18 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
11/19 Milwaukee, WI Fiserve Forum
11/21 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
11/22 Worcester, MA DCU Center
11/23 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
11/25 Philadelphia, PA The Liacouras Center
11/26 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
11/27 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center
11/29 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
11/30 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
12/1 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
12/3 Ft. Lauderdale, FL FLA Live
12/4 Tampa, FL Yuengling Center
12/5 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena
12/6 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Arena
12/8 Ft. Worth, TX Dickies Arena
12/9 Houston, TX Toyota Center
12/10 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
12/13 Glendale, AZ Desert Diamond Arena
12/15 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena
12/16 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
12/17 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena
12/20 Portland, OR Veterans Memorial Coliseum
12/21 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
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