Kendrick Lamar posted another song snippet to social media today, leading to another round of fans wondering when he was going to drop the damn album. Turns out the answer is right now. Lamar surprise-released GNX,

GNX” — on Friday, and it could be a good sign for the Golden State Warriors. Each of the last four times the California rapper released an album, the Warriors have won the NBA Finals. Warriors players have even noticed the trend.

Everyone suspected a new Kendrick Lamar album was coming soon — between a Super Bowl halftime show slot next year and a haul of Grammy nominations for “Not Like Us,” the time was as ripe as could be. Yet fans woke up Friday to the startling release of “GNX,” Lamar’s followup to 2022’s ruminative “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.”