"Already Dead" is a song by American rapper

Juice Wrld Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He emerged as a leading figure in the emo rap ...

. It was released via Grade A Productions through exclusive licensing to

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as the lead single from his fourth studio album, ''

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'', on November 12, 2021. Juice Wrld wrote the song with producers

Nick Mira Nicholas Warren Mira (born August 25, 2000) is an American record producer. He is the lead member of the record label Internet Money Records, which he co-founded in 2015 with fellow producer Taz Taylor. He worked with late American rapper Juice ...

and DT.

Background

On March 1, 2018, Juice Wrld

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"I've been dead for years", which was the first reference to the song. The song was recorded on March 20, 2018, with the beat having been made 2 days prior on March 18, 2018. The song was soon accompanied with two snippets that Juice previewed. Two years later, on December 9, 2020, Juice WRLD's manager

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would tweet out to confirm he was looking for the song. 8 months later, in July 2021, other manager Peter Jideonwo would confirm that Bibby has found the song. Three months later, on October 26, 2021,

tweeted that the song would be released on November 12, 2021. The song would go on to leak 3 hours later along with the entire studio session from the night Juice recorded the song. The music video and visualizer was heavily inspired by the anime and manga series, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''.

Composition

On the track, Juice Wrld talks about overcoming mental health struggles, over a minor-key piano melody. The song was produced by

and DT, producers who have worked with Juice several times in the past.

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

Jarad Higgins Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He emerged as a leading figure in the emo and ...

– vocals, composition *

– writer, producer *Dorian "DT" Theus – writer, producer

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References

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