This is the third tape and first album in LUCKI’s Freewave tape collection. With Freewave 3, LUCKI goes in-depth on his personal struggles and successes with drugs, women, and fake love. The album is tied to a year of LUCKI’s life while he had moved from Chicago to NYC to be with a woman. In an interview with Pitchfork, LUCKI states: So the first half of Freewave 3 was recorded while you were in love and the second half while you were heartbroken? Yeah, the stuff I say about her on there is so real, bro. I guess the album is really about her. I even say her name in it! And it’s not like I wish it never happened—I made some of my best music from it. It’s funny though, I always used to get in trouble with girls for saying personal shit in the songs they would be like, “What the fuck, that’s OD personal?!” Freewave 3 was originally announced on July 8, 2018, in a tweet comparing his latest release to his forthcoming album Following this statement, he would continue to promote the album throughout the rest of the year. Eventually stating the album was officially complete on October 11, 2018, via Twitter. On January 15, 2019, LUCKI would announce that the album was ready to release next month, via Twitter. LUCKIwould eventually reveal the cover art, tracklist and release date on February 4, 2019 via Twitter. The album cover was inspired by DMX’s 1998 release “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood.” FREEWAVE 3 FEBRUARY 15th [flesh of my flesh, flawless like me] The album was supported by three singles, the first being the LUCKI and CHASETHEMONEY track “More Than Ever” on December 28, 2018. This was quickly followed by “Peach Dream” on January 25, 2019. Finally, the opening track “Politics” made served the plate as the final single on February 8, 2019.