Derek Pope

NEW ALBUM ‘PHANTOM’ OUT NOW // Watch the “Every Night” video here ⬇️

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

“EVERY NIGHT” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

PHANTOM OUT NOW

WATCH: https://t.co/8Gdvz5rJ5L

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

I do the majority of the pre-mix though, and I work with my engineer to get the mix how I want it. So I definitely curate how I want it to sound, but as far as the technical/science side of it I leave that to the professionals

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

I dont mix and master, only thing I fully mixed myself was sunken city redux

I produced Big Head

the only song in my catalog I didn’t produce was LA Girl (and any song you hear me featured on from back when i did features)

[Humzah Mughal @Im_Highly_Trash]

We know you create your own beats, do you also mix and master them? Also the song "Big head" is that your production or is that the 2nd time you didn't have self produced beat?
@DerekPopeMusic

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

can’t say i don’t know ball 🤞

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

asap soon as the mixes are done, one single a month, 2-3 singles then album probably

[PubbingtonPeter @selfawarepeter]

@DerekPopeMusic So fucking hyped man do you have a schedule for the first singles you're going to be dropping

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

album name will be revealed soon

11 songs

tone is a bit of everything - For I Have Sinned, PHANTOM, a little Quiet Mind

but also nothing like anything I’ve put out at the same time

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

don’t like to keep talking about my health but my radioactive iodine treatment a few weeks ago for my thyroid has started to catch up to me, my body is feeling the fatigue and i feel like i could sleep for 100 hours

album is on the last mixes and still plugging along

you guys will hear new stuff soon i promise

just wanted to keep you guys updated if you don’t hear from me for a bit 🙏

🫶 love you all

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

@bielewski_luc finishing the album in the next 2 weeks -> mixing/mastering the album -> shooting content rollout -> first single drops -> new single every month -> album release

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

i just love albums, a cohesive body of work. when i create it’s nonstop for a period of time and then i take a break and usually i have enough songs for an album.

i’m going to be dropping singles and rollout for this next one though, not just the album dump and disappear like usual

[Humzah Mughal @Im_Highly_Trash]

@DerekPopeMusic question, why are you doing an album every year? Remember when you used to drop multiple singles then EP's like poltergeist, When the sky falls( idk y it falls under singles)?

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

it’s coming, got 9 new songs so far, all bangers. still getting mixed. still working on more songs. health is getting better so i’m finally back at it.

will be dropping the first single soon 🙏

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

somewhere off something

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

i’m always experimenting with new sounds but the next album is mostly my trap-style beats

if PHANTOM was Miracle Mile 2 then __ ___ ____ is For I Have Sinned 2

[Humzah Mughal @Im_Highly_Trash]

@DerekPopeMusic for your new album/songs. Are you bringing back the hip-hop style beats like "Dangerous Enough" or are you going experimental?

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

“you’re down, I… I’m down, yea”

[𝓲 ꪖꪑ @supraterrestria]

@DerekPopeMusic please what are the background vocals in “wrong for me” saying? 😭 I keep looking it up but can’t find the lyrics for that specifically. I love it sooo much but feel like a dummy singing along to it bc I don’t 100% know what it says 😅

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

I do everything myself except the final mix I work with an engineer remotely

I track and pre-mix myself in my own studio, I prefer to work alone I think you get more raw/vulnerable takes that way and I’m not restricted by someone else’s schedule

Only project I ever did in an actual studio was Lord Forgive Me

I’ve tried going back to mixing myself several times (I originally was going to mix all of PHANTOM) but I’m way too neurotic to mix my albums solo, I would be on version 93 and the album would never come out

[Gucci Milliano aka Milli4k🦇 @guccimilliano]

@DerekPopeMusic Bro question, I’ve always wondered. Do you track mix and master your own stuff?

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

never finished them so probably won’t ever be released

usually I only scrap a song if it’s not going anywhere and/or I’m not feeling it anymore, I don’t think I’ve ever completely finished a song and then scrapped it

[PubbingtonPeter @selfawarepeter]

@DerekPopeMusic By scrapped songs do you mean never will be released or will they be like a bonus on the album

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

not sure when this next album will be out (2026 forsure tho) but I will be dropping snippets / singles a lot earlier than the full release this time

this has been the most amount of songs that i’ve started and then scrapped, rn only 6 songs have made the cut

[Rich Trader Mindset @LongWickTrader]

@DerekPopeMusic When can we expect your new music? Cant wait!!

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

one of the most famous instrumentals in modern music and an unmatchable sonic aesthetic (though many have tried)

a true great

[Dobson 🦋 @ByDobson]

Clams Casino. I hope one day you get the flowers you deserve for your incredible contribution to music.

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

you’re allowed to cut anyone out of your life (!)

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

this is the 5th time I’ve re-written this caption, because there’s simply no words that can express how grateful I am for all of you to allow me to do what I love for a living, to trust me with the freedom to create without pressure, to journey with me through emotions we only start to process when we hear them in music, to cry with me one song and feel invincible the next.

shit I guess there are words that can express it.

you all are the reason I’m still here, and I will give you everything I have until I have nothing left to give. I truly love what I do, and I will never take for granted how lucky I am to be able to do it.

the song that launched my career, “us and them”, starts with me singing “for you”, and it has never changed. it has always been, and will always be, for you.

🫶

[Josh Nation @jnation3]

Currently obsessed with @DerekPopeMusic. Been like two weeks, no stop in sight!

[Derek Pope @DerekPopeMusic]

whichever one you use the most, they’re all shit 🫶

[𝓲 ꪖꪑ @supraterrestria]

@DerekPopeMusic which platform generates the most revenue for you as an independent artist? I want to support your music as best I can. 🙌🏼