Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 (2018)

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 (often shortened to COWYS Pt. 2) is the second studio album by American rapper Lil Peep. It was released on November 9, 2018, by AUTNMY through Columbia Records. An emo rap album, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 is a sequel to Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1, and contains similar themes about topics such as cocaine and drug use, depression, suicide, and relationships, delivered through deadpan vocals and alternative rock inspired compositions.

Demos for Pt. 2 were recorded by Peep at the same time as Pt. 1, and the lyrics that Peep wrote were inspired by contemporary events and personal grievances. After the acquisition of these demos by Columbia Records, production started posthumously with trio IIVI and longtime partner Smokeasac returning. Peep's mother, Liza Womack, was involved in the production process, and spoke at a Columbia-hosted listening party to promote the album.

As his first posthumous release, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 comes after Lil Peep died from a drug overdose months after the release of Pt. 1. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, selling over 81,000 album-equivalent units in its first week of sales. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and lyricism and noted its significance to Generation Z. The album produced five singles, the lead being "Falling Down" with fellow late American emo rapper XXXTentacion, who was murdered outside a motorcycle dealership in June 2018, three months before the lead single's release.

Background

Following Lil Peep's death, his label and family began to back up his MacBook Pro laptop which included recordings from the Come Over When You're Sober sessions. The project was first backed up in the headquarters of First Access Entertainment in London before his secondary laptop being backed up in an Apple Store by his mother Liza Womack.

Peep's producer Smokeasac revealed that Peep had made several unreleased songs, ones specifically made for a possible sequel to his debut album entitled Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1. In a tweet shortly after Peep's death, Smokeasac tweeted that he and Peep made "beautiful music" during 2017 and that he still has unreleased music from him. In February 2018, Smokeasac tweeted a confirmation that the album is coming, but would be released when the "time is right". The release date was later confirmed to be November 9, 2018.

Smokeasac, in an interview with NME, discussed Peep's influences during the songwriting process of Pt. 2:

...Peep was going through a lot of stuff at the time. He was really started to see the attention from his fans and he was really growing. But he also had personal problems in his life. We were both going through similar situations. I think both of us were using the music as a way of venting, almost...He and his girlfriend at the time were going through a rough patch and that fuelled [sic] some of the music.

You know, growing up in the area he was in where he was an outcast. There was trouble in school, and then also with his father...I think, like with me, his relationship with his father took a toll on him. No matter how happy he was he still had demons, for sure. But he was good at hiding it, especially from the people he cared about.

Recording and production

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 was produced posthumously by Smokeasac and George Astasio of IIVI. Peep, as a part of the songwriting process, would write his songs fast and self-produce his songs; the album consists of his already completed or partially completed demos with the rest of production handled by Smokeasac and Astasio. Most of the demos for Pt. 2 were recorded at the same time as Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1. Peep's demos were almost entirely recorded with specific settings in GarageBand. A few months before his death, Peep relocated to London along with iLoveMakonnen, and the duo recorded songs that sounded far brighter than his life situation at the time.

Smokeasac, a longtime collaborator and producer of Peep's, received the laptop that Peep would record on with GarageBand-recorded multitracks and would begin the mixing process in Northleach, England. Astasio, a frequent collaborator for Peep, would also return to work on the production process. Additionally, Rob Cavallo, who worked with Smokeasac before Astasio, also assisted in the process. The production process was the first time that Smokeasac worked with other producers, and Smokeasac would move overseas along with ILoveMakonnen. Smokeasac would dictate the overall feel and essence of the album, while Astasio would "[help] sandpaper [the songs] into shape." Smokeasac would describe the process as extremely hard and one of his most important projects.