Everything we know so far about Dave’s third album from release date to tracklist

9 June 2025, 17:24

What is Dave's new album called? When is it coming out? Is he working with Central Cee, Drake and Skepta? Here's the rundown on Dave's hotly-anticipated third album.

Rapper Dave has announced he is working on his third album after posting some pretty cryptic posts with fellow musicians Central Cee and Skepta. His next projects follows the release of the 2017 EP 'Game Over', 2019's 'Psychodrama' and 2021's 'We're All Alone In This Together'.

The 26-year-old's debut album won the Mercury Prize & Album of the Year at the 2020 BRIT Awards, and has kept fans waiting for a new project .

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So, when is Dave releasing his third album, what will it be called and does Drake feature on it? Here's all we know.

1. What is Dave's new album called?

   So far, Dave has not released many details on his new album, so we can only guess what it might be called.

   Dave & Central Cee released a joint mixtape in 2023 called 'Split Decision', which consisted of four tracks including the viral tune 'Sprinter'.

   Sprinter has broken many records, including the most amount of streams on an opening week for a British rap song.

   

2. When will Dave's new album be released?

   There is no news on when Dave's new album will be released, however Dave did tease that he is starting to work on it in an Instagram post.

   In an Instagram post with the caption: "Back to the motion", Dave included a handwritten note sharing that he is due to start working on his third solo album.

   'Start Album 3' was written at the bottom of a to-do list, which is yet to be ticked off.

   

   In an Instagram post celebrating Dave's 26th birthday, he teased fans with a top saying "Where's the album" alongside him seemingly doing some music production.

   Central Cee teased Dave by commenting "Haha where’s the album". Dave has become more active on social media, leading fans to believe he might be gearing up to announce his third album.

   More recently as of May 2025, Dave has been dropping more hints bit by bit, with a new snippet being dropped by the artist.

   Fans gave Dave the response he was surely asking for with this video.

   NEW DAVE SNIPPET 🚨 pic.twitter.com/kM99RUX8qF

   — UK Rap Daily (@UKRapDaily) May 12, 2025

   He was then interviewed in May 2025, where he disclosed that he was closer than ever to finishing the album, he had just returned from LA, which fans believe could be a clue to some of the features on this upcoming album.

   Last night at Baller League, Dave confirmed that he was out in LA and Paris “finishing the album”
   
   Could that be a clue for potential features? 👀 pic.twitter.com/jLv6hm28wg

   — UK Rap Daily (@UKRapDaily) May 20, 2025

   We are closer than ever to the drop, with Santan finally giving the fans something to geek out on, dropping a Birthday freestyle on the 5th June.

   The video sent the internet on fire, the minute freestyle being the closest sign of music since the rapper's last drop in 2023.

   Whilst the 'Freaky Friday' rapper is often known for dropping a song for his birthday, the most recent being 'Our 25th Birthday' on the 'Split Decision' EP, Dave has confirmed there will be no official 'My 27th Birthday' drop, according to Rap UK Daily.

   However, he has alluded that on the highly-anticipated album there will be a song called 'My 14th Birthday'.

3. Who features on Dave's new album?

   Dave has not revealed who will feature on his third album, and we can only guess who collaborators might be.

   The rapper has linked up with many artists, including Jack Harlow, Central Cee, Fredo, Stormzy & Wizkid to name a few.

   In 2024 he has been teasing possible collaborations on social media, after posting numerous pictures of him and Central Cee, and him and Skepta.

   

   More speculation of features have happened after a cryptic picture of Dave was posted on rapper Drake's Instagram story.

   Drake and Dave haven't collaborated since 2016, however the pair have kept a strong relationship ever since.

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