A tuned engine does not idle when the road finally opens. Ken Carson presses forward with cartunez, a 13-track EP that arrives after weeks of teasing. Rather than waiting for one campaign to cool, Carson uses cartunez to add another lane to an already expanding era. Destroy Lonely joins him on roxy reynolds, ApolloRed appears on 9 bitches, and OsamaSon steps into vamp city. Its title and collaborative lineup fit an artist whose work keeps colliding with fashion, live performance, and a darker digital imagination. Billboard previously framed Carson’s latest evolution in direct terms:
‘xperiment’ solidifies the 26-year-old as a true niche superstar.
The project follows xperiment, Carson’s fifth studio album and his second consecutive Top 10 entry on the Billboard 200. That placement continued the climb established by More Chaos, which debuted at No. 1 in 2025. That growing scale is now moving onto stages across the United States. Carson launched the 17-date xperimenting Tour in Chicago with support from xaviersobased, prettifun, and DJ Moon, and the run closes in his hometown of Atlanta. He is also scheduled to headline ComplexCon’s tenth-anniversary celebration in Los Angeles on October 3. The live campaign follows an international festival stretch that included Roskilde, Splash!, Openair Frauenfeld, Clout Festival, and Frequency Festival. Ride to cartunez and connect with Ken Carson on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Soundcloud.
