Stardust (Danny Brown album)

Stardust is the sixth studio album by American rapper Danny Brown, which was released on November 7, 2025, under Warp Records. Marking a drastic shift from Brown's previous albums, Quaranta and Scaring the Hoes (with JPEGMafia), released in 2023, the album features more EDM and hyperpop-inspired production, with guest appearances from a younger generation of artists: Quadeca, Jane Remover, Underscores, 8485, Frost Children, Zheani, Nnamdï, Johnnascus, Issbrokie, Femtanyl, Ta Ukraїnka, and Cynthoni, who also helped produce the album.

In 2023, Brown went to rehab for alcoholism and became sober for the first time, initially planning to retire from music before rekindling his interest through hyperpop duo 100 gecs. At the time, Brown had ventured through electronic music with Old (2013), but struggled with connecting to it due to his new sobriety until he found artists from a new perspective including Underscores through her studio album Wallsocket (2023). Through Brown would work with 100 gecs and PC Music founder A. G. Cook, it didn't match, with him taking interest in the digicore scene instead, where he met his personal A&R Jesse Taconelli, the founder of DeadAir Records.

When production of Stardust began, Taconelli encouraged Brown to make it a concept album through the lens of a character named Dusty Star, a 90s-era popstar. He was inspired further by Angel Prost of hyperpop duo Frost Children, who recorded spoken word interludes throughout the album as fanmail that inspires Dusty Star. Encouraged by folktronica musician Quadeca, Brown also relearned to write songs through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way (1992), a 12-week program self-help book. Being his first album recorded while sober, Brown explores themes of purpose, regret, braggadocio, and gratitude.

Promoting the album, Brown released its lead single "Stardust" on September 23 and second single "Copycats" (with Underscores) on October 16, and went on a North American concert tour from November to December 2025 with Underscores and Femtanyl as opening acts. Upon release, Stardust received mixed-to-positive reviews from music critics, praising the album's concept and guest features, while criticizing its inconsistency. Commercially, the album performed on the Billboard Top Dance Albums chart, North American College and Community Radio Chart, three UK charts, and the Scottish Albums chart.