Fade to Black Lyrics – Joji & 4batz | from “Piss In The Wind”

Joji’s dipping back into that hazy heartbreak pool with Piss In The Wind, his fourth studio album swirling out February 6, 2026, under Palace Creek label distributed by Virgin Music, and “Fade to Black” ft. 4batz is the slow-burn closer that leaves you staring at the ceiling, wondering if letting go ever really fades to anything but gray.

This collab whispers like a late-night voicemail you shouldn’t replay: Joji’s signature lo-fi croon tangled with 4batz’s silky, soul-baring falsetto over dreamy synth washes and muted drums that echo like rain on a tin roof. It’s alternative R&B with a cinematic twist—think The Weeknd’s afterglow meets Frank Ocean’s unfinished sentences, all wrapped in a production haze that blurs the edges of regret.

Thematically, it’s pure Joji therapy: unraveling the quiet violence of drifting apart, where love’s embers don’t explode but just… dim, leaving you with ghosts in the frame. Co-written in those endless LA sessions that birthed the album’s melancholy core, it’s got that raw, unpolished spark—teased in a cryptic Insta reel last week where Joji captioned it “what’s left when the light’s off,” sending fans into a spiral of speculation.

Piss In The Wind clocks in as a sprawling 21-track exhale, his most ambitious since 2022’s SMITHEREENS, trading punchy confessions for a windswept wander through love’s wreckage. No rigid concept, just vignettes of fleeting highs and stubborn lows: openers like “PIXELATED KISSES” (that October single still haunting playlists) crash into collabs with GIVĒON on “Piece of You,” Yeat’s glitchy edge on “Rose Colored,” Don Toliver’s velvet on “Fragments,” and this 4batz gem anchoring the back half. Tracks like “CAN’T SEE SH*T IN THE CLUB” promise chaotic escapes, while “DYKILY” and “Strange Home” lean into the introspective drift that’s Joji’s bread and butter. It’s a sonic scrapbook of his post-fame fog—recorded piecemeal between tours and therapy, proving he’s not chasing virality anymore, just chasing closure.

Joji—aka George Miller, the ex-YouTube chaos king turned bedroom philosopher—is in full bloom at 35, fresh off sold-out Ballads 2 headliners and that surprise Coachella sunrise set blending tears with trap souls. Teaming with 4batz, the Dallas crooner who’s been turning TikTok into R&B gold since “u made a ‘u’ turn,” it’s a passing-of-the-torch vibe: both mining that vulnerable underbelly, evolving from viral whispers to album anchors. This drop lands him at a crossroads—less clown, more sage—reminding us why his melancholy sticks like smoke.

Dive into the Fade to Black lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Piss In The Wind tracks for more of Joji’s hazy heartbreak haze.