Grimey Youth is Weiland’s first mixtape and third overall project, following his Insomnia EP and recent album, Packrunner. It was expected to be released on May 22, 2018, but was released by surprise on May 11 instead. News of a new project came in a now-deleted tweet from Weiland in mid-January. He uploaded small snippets from all eleven songs scheduled to be on Grimey Youth plus another entitled “Smith & Wesson” on his archive account. These were all eventually taken down except for the dual snippet of “Bitcoin” and “Juvenile”. For reasons unknown, “Smith & Wesson” did not end up on the tracklist but was later released as an exclusive on DJ Phat’s channel. Weiland dropped the first single from the tape, “Juvenile”, on March 18, 2018. The second single, “On Go”, was released on April 12, 2018. Finally, the third single, “Affection”, was released on May 4, 2018. All of Weiland’s cover art consists of Eikichi Onizuka from the famed anime GTO with some sort of designer brand photoshopped onto his clothing, and Grimey Youth is no exception. It depicts Onizuka holding dual pistols with a Number (N)ine jacket on.