Kiari

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Kiari
File:Kiari.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
GenrePop-rap[1]
Length52:31
LabelMotown
Producer
Offset chronology
Set It Off
(2023)
Kiari
(2025)
Haunted By Fame
(2025)
Singles from Kiari
  1. "Bodies"
    Released: June 20, 2025
  2. "Professional"
    Released: July 25, 2025

Kiari is the third studio album by American rapper Offset. It was released through Motown on August 22, 2025. The album features guest appearances from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, YFN Lucci, Gunna, JID, Key Glock, Teezo Touchdown, John Legend, and Ty Dolla Sign; its deluxe edition, Kiari: Offset, adds additional guest appearances from CeeLo Green and Bnyx. Production was handled by a variety of record producers, including London Jae, Go Grizzly, Metro Boomin, Oz and FnZ, among others. The album serves as the follow-up to Offset's previous album, Set It Off (2023).

Videos

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On August 27, 2025, Offset released music videos for each of the album's songs. The videos were all set in a therapist's office.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[3]
Clash7/10[4]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[5]

HotNewHipHop's review states that the album "doesn’t feel wholly liberating or conclusive" but that "it leans into his strengths—production choices, flow, and songwriting."[6] Writing for Clash, Robin Murray described the album as a "curiously flawed, but often moving record."[4] Will Dukes of Rolling Stone writes that the album "underscores Offset’s critical gifts, tapping into his chutzpah while demonstrating even more growth."[5]

HotNewHipHop ranked the album as the 14th best of 2025.[7]

Track listing

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Kiari track listing[8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Enemies"2:55
2."Pills" (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again)
  • HrtOnIce
  • K Rich
3:56
3."Professional"
  • Cephus
  • Walker
  • Amman Nurani
  • Patrick Bodi
  • Maximilian McFarlin
  • Dashiel Bryant
  • Offset
  • Evrgrn
  • Bodi
  • Macshooter49
  • DashOTB
  • JRich Ent.
2:57
4."Back in That Mode" (featuring YFN Lucci)
  • London Jae
  • DBTZ
3:36
5."Different Species" (featuring Gunna)
  • Cephus
  • Sergio Kitchens
  • Thomas Kessler
  • Joseph McCue
  • Leon Krol
  • Walker
  • Florian Ongonga
  • X-Plosive
  • Jester
  • LnK
  • Flo[a]
3:04
6."Bodies" (featuring JID)
2:58
7."Love You Down"
3:12
8."Run It Up" (featuring Key Glock)
  • London on da Track
  • Quin with the Keys
  • Ayo Peeb
3:14
9."Set It Off"
  • Cephus
  • Nance
  • Lowe
  • Kevin Price
  • Raul Bermejo
  • Samuel Martinez
  • London Jae
  • Go Grizzly
  • KevD
  • Jambo
1:40
10."Folgers"
  • Cephus
  • Mays
  • Lowe
  • Nance
  • Darryl Clemons
  • Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
  • London Jae
2:24
11."All of My Hoes"
  • Cephus
  • Nance
  • Lowe
  • Rasool Diaz
  • Timothy McKibbins
  • Morris Jones
  • Julius Rivera III
  • London Jae
  • Sool Got Hits
  • B100
2:47
12."Calories"
  • Cephus
  • Walker
  • Kessler
  • Johannes Kelete
  • X-Plosive
  • Jojokelete
2:42
13."Checkmate (Smooth)"
  • Cephus
  • Nance
  • Lowe
  • K. Price
  • Clemons
  • Oliver Rodigan
  • London Jae
  • Go Grizzly
  • Cadenza
3:19
14."Backends Fasho"
  • London Jae
  • Go Grizzly
  • Pooh Beatz
  • Bryvn
  • Lopez
2:29
15."Prada Myself" (featuring Teezo Touchdown)
  • Oz
  • Loof
  • Sucuki
  • The Kii
3:03
16."Never Let Go" (featuring John Legend)
  • Fridayy
  • Sanders
  • Cheeze Beatz
  • Pooh Beatz
  • Go Grizzly
  • London Jae
  • Mike Dupree
  • France
2:42
17."Favorite Girl" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
  • Cephus
  • Nance
  • Tyrone Griffin Jr.
  • Westen Weiss
  • Cassio Lopes
  • Kevin Yancey
  • Deavon Chisolm
  • Eric Sandoval
  • Weiss
  • Cassio
  • Sonic
2:41
18."Move On"
  • Cephus
  • Nurani
  • Dustin Martin
  • Santiago Arias
  • Segrate Price
  • Walker
  • Evrgrn
  • Sk
  • World
2:44
Total length:52:31
Kiari:Offset deluxe edition additional track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Bodies" (Bnyx Mix; featuring JID, Drowning Pool, and Bnyx)
Bnyx3:13
20."Athlete"
  • Cephus
  • Walker
  • Nurani
  • Ethan Hayes
  • Evrgrn
  • Haze
2:38
21."History"
  • Cephus
  • Celeste Amajoyi
  • Terrel Dawes
  • Chibu Amajoyi
  • BatmanOnTheBeatz
2:01
22."How Did We Get Here?" (featuring CeeLo Green)
  • CeeLo Green
  • Kennedy
  • Phelan
  • K. Callaway
3:42
23."Swing My Way"Turbo2:59
Total length:66:59

Notes

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  • ^[a] indicates an additional producer.
  • ^[v] indicates a vocal producer.
  • On Apple Music, Kiari:Offset additionally features the music videos for all standard edition songs, therefore serving as a visual album.
  • "Bodies" contains samples of "Ringing Them Bells", as performed by the Spirituals, and "Bodies", written by Stevie Benton, Michael Luce, Christian Pierce and David Williams, and performed by Drowning Pool.[9]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

Musicians

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Technical

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  • Jrich Ent. – engineering (1–11, 13–20), additional engineering (12)
  • Jason "Cheese" Goldberg – engineering (2)
  • Keith Dawson – engineering (4)
  • Florian "Flo" Ongonga – engineering (5, 23)
  • John Kadadu – engineering (6, 19)
  • Drü Oliver – engineering (12, 23)
  • Andrew Keller – engineering (15)
  • Tim McClain – engineering (16)
  • Ty Dolla Sign – engineering (17)
  • Erick Flores – engineering (21)
  • Sean Phelan – engineering (22)
  • Ladarius Byrd – additional engineering (1, 4, 9–11, 13, 14, 16)
  • Patrizio "Teezio" Pigliapoco – mixing (1–3, 5–7, 10, 12, 13, 16–22)
  • Aresh Banaji – mixing (4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15)
  • A. "Bainz" Bains – mixing (23)
  • Emiliano Olocco – additional mixing (1–3, 5–7, 10, 12, 13, 16–22)
  • Drew Sliger – additional mixing (4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15)
  • Jenso "JP" Plymouth – additional mixing (4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15)
  • Colin Leonardmastering (1–19)
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering (23)
  • Ben Rugg – engineering assistance (23)

Charts

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Chart performance for Kiari
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 88
Australia Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[11] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 196
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 144
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 97
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 86
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[17] 82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 13
US Billboard 200[19] 16
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 5

References

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  19. ^ "Offset Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  20. ^ "Offset Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2025.

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