CYCLE is the ninth album from Damian Lopez, the follow-up to the December 2019 release, FINALE: THE FUNERAL. This album is the second serious album he’s created under the Damian Lopez name, his first being his debut album, 4U, released on June 20th, 2017, and later taken down by Lopez himself. Teasers for the album first began on the “heybrotheski” account with songs like So Sorry. and Answer Me. The album title was officially revealed on September 17th, 2019, in a now archived post on his public account, “sandwichcipher” with the instrumental of “Answer Me”. The first single, Need Some Space, was officially released on October 15th, 2020. The visualizer for the song was released the same day. A month later, Damian explained that if Joe Biden were to win the election, he would either leak the album or leak a song. On November 8th, he released the song, MELT, confirmed to be on the deluxe edition of the album. The second single, HANGOUT, was officially released on December 15th, 2020. The visualizer was released the same day, and a few days later, a slowed-down version of the song was released. The third single, Complicated was officially released on February 15th, 2021. The visualizer for the song was also released the same day. On the same day as Complicated’s release, Damian posted a message confirming the release date of CYCLE for April 15th, 2021, and that Complicated is the final song to be released before the album’s release. On February 24th, 2021, Damian posted