Octane
Studio album by Don Toliver
Released	January 30, 2026
Recorded	December 2024 – January 2026
Studio	Mount Wilson Observatory, CA [1]
Genre	Alternative hip-hop trap
Length	49:52
Label	Donnway & Co Cactus Jack Atlantic
Producer	Don Toliver 206Derek 30 Roc Aaron Paris Autrioly Roark Bailey Bangs Bbykobe Ben10k Bnyx Cardo Mike Dean Fendii FnZ Frankieontheguitar Ghost Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Jaasu J Hux Sean Momberger Money Jesus Oh Ross Tommy Parker Polo Boy Shawty Prince85 Rio Leyva Gabe Shaddow Sharkboy SkipOnDaBeat Synthetic Jahaan Sweet Travis Scott Vendr Wheezy Dylan Wiggins
Don Toliver chronology
Hardstone Psycho (2024) Octane (2026)
Singles from Octane
"Tiramisu" Released: September 5, 2025 "ATM" Released: January 23, 2026

Octane is the fifth studio album by American rapper and singer Don Toliver. It was released through Donnway & Co and Cactus Jack under license to Atlantic Records on January 30, 2026.

Contents

• Singles and promotion
• Critical reception
• Commercial performance
• Track listing
• Notes
• Charts
• References

The album features guest vocals from Yeat, Rema, Travis Scott, Teezo Touchdown, and SahBabii. Production was handled by Toliver and Scott themselves, alongside Aaron Paris, Bnyx and Jahaan Sweet, among others.

The album was supported by two singles, "Tiramisu" and "ATM". It serves as the follow-up to his previous album, Hardstone Psycho (2024). The vinyl and CD copies contain a hidden bonus track which fans have called "Ocean". ^{[2] [ better source needed ]}Octane debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Toliver's first album to do so. ^[3]

Singles and promotion

On March 14, 2025, during Toliver's performance at the Time Nightclub in Costa Mesa, California, he teased that he would be releasing a new album later in the year: "I don't wanna stop, I might drop this year, fuck it," he said to an excited crowd. "Might say, 'Fuck it' and drop a whole 'nother album on these niggas. I might say fuck it and drop a whole 'nother beautiful project on these niggas". ^[4] He then confirmed that he will be releasing a new album later in the year in an interview with Fault Magazine on July 25, which was postponed to the next year for unknown reasons. ^[5]

Toliver released the lead single of the album, "Tiramisu", on September 5. ^[6] The title of the album was revealed through merchandise that was given to fans at his pop-up event at ComplexCon on October 25, where he debuted his new sneaker line in collaboration with Reebok and Billionaire Boys Club called the Ice Cream Board Flips. ^[7]

On January 22, 2026, Toliver revealed the album's release date and shared its cover art. ^[8] Hours before release, Toliver revealed the official 18-song tracklist. ^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 [10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Clash	8/10 [12]
Exclaim!	7/10 [13]
Pitchfork	6.5/10 [14]

Reviewing Octane for Clash magazine, Robin Murray felt that the album "represents his [Toliver's] most cohesive and consistent work yet, tapping into his core creative characteristics while boosting him further into the stratosphere". ^[12] In his review for Pitchfork , Matthew Ritchie concluded that Toliver "manages to buoy even the most underwhelming stretches of his fifth album with sparks of personality and timely features". ^[14]

Commercial performance

Octane debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 162,000 album-equivalent units (including 31,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week., giving Toliver his first number-one album. The album also accumulated a total of 138.98 million on-demand streams of the album's songs. ^[3]

Track listing

Charts

References