Listen to focus track “CASTING CALL”
HOW TO QUIT SMOKING TRACKLIST
“WALLFLOWER”
“SMALL TOWN (feat. Emma Ogier & Gabriel Jacoby)”
“PANGEA”
“CASTING CALL”
“DOOMSDAY (feat. reggie)”
“HONEYLOVE (feat. Grace Ives)”
“WHITE KEYS”
“SQUEEZE”
“RENO (feat. Hether)”
“LILY WAS A CAVALIER”
“CABBY (feat. Emma Ogier & Love Spells)”
“CITY OF STEEL (feat. Jorjiana)”
“NOT THE SPIRIT (feat. Danny Brown)”
“WAR MACHINE”
“SPOTLIGHT / INNER CHILD (feat. Tay-K)”
Dominic Fike released his third studio album, HOW TO QUIT SMOKING. Listen to HOW TO QUIT SMOKING HERE and order on vinyl HERE.
Back in August, Dominic Fike surprised fans by uploading a 15-track placeholder album to streaming platforms with a two-month countdown, revealing plans to create his third studio LP in real time while on tour. At a moment when modern technology pushes music toward artificial perfection, Fike intentionally moved the other way. Titled HOW TO QUIT SMOKING, the project was a personal test to strip away the habits and parts of himself that might hold back his creativity.
Over an eight-week stretch, Fike wrote and recorded the entire album while crossing North America on his Comedy Tragedy Parody tour. Without a traditional studio, he worked wherever inspiration struck. Both the music and its visuals were captured in unexpected spots—including a Virginia Beach hotel room, a tour bus between Albuquerque and Las Vegas, a seaplane above Vancouver, and the iconic Twin Peaks diner outside Seattle. These locations, along with dozens of other stops, became sonic postcards for tracks like “Wallflower,” “Small Town,” and “Pangea,” reflecting the beauty of making art on the move.
Even more central than the changing scenery were the collaborators who joined Fike throughout the journey. Some hopped on last-minute flights to record right before the deadline, while others spent days or even weeks traveling alongside him to help build the album’s sound. The wide-ranging guest list features Love Spells, Emma Ogier, Grace Ives, Gabriel Jacoby, Kevin Abstract, Reggie, Jorjiana, Danny Brown, Hether, and even a phone call with Tay-K.
Initially slated for an early October drop, Fike delayed the album by three weeks, explaining to fans at his Los Angeles concert that the record had grown “bigger than I had ever imagined.” To refine the tracklist, he holed up at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, using the studio as a final creative retreat before flying to New York City for final tracking, mixing, and mastering. Fike wrapped up the album at Electric Lady Studios just earlier this week, delivering the finished project to the world only days later.
Watch “CASTING CALL” here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5L5k_n44jY
In a full-circle moment, producer John Cunningham—who inadvertently sparked the album’s earliest track, “WHITE KEYS,” five years prior—joined Fike at Sonic Ranch during the final stretch of recording in Texas. Cunningham helped tie together the record’s sonic direction while introducing collaborators from his own circle, including Jorjiana and Tay-K.
The project closes with a prison phone call placed to Cunningham during those final days in Texas. On the line, Fike connected with rapper Tay-K and opened up about the challenges of the reality he had built for himself. “Stay connected to your inner child,” Tay-K advised him during the exchange. “Everything is a learning experience. Everything is wonderful.”
Beyond the music, Fike also unveiled the Separate Street Network last week—a 24/7 live-streaming channel hosted directly on his website. Documenting the chaotic, fast-moving nature of life on tour, Fike and his crew turned the endless stream of behind-the-scenes moments into original TV-style programming, concert films, and raw, unfiltered clips, introducing fans to a cast of new characters and everything happening in the margins.
Looking ahead, Fike isn’t slowing down anytime soon. He is set to return to the stage early next year for Comedy Tragedy Parody – Dominic Fike in Europe, a run of deliberately intimate headline dates spanning February and March. Beginning February 9 in Düsseldorf, the trek will wind through the UK and Europe—with stops in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands—before concluding at Manchester’s Co-op Live on March 6.
Buy tickets HERE.
Watch “WALLFLOWER” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1jjURWPLy4
Watch “SMALL TOWN” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHgKR1OzlU
DOMINIC FIKE EU/UK TOUR DATES:
09/02 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Düsseldorf,DE
10/02 – Forest National – Brussels, BE
12/02 – L’Olympia – Paris, FR
13/02 – Halle 622 – Zurich, CH
15/02 – Alcatraz – Milan, IT
16/02 – Tonhalle – Munich, DE
18/02 – Raiffeisenhalle im Gasometer – Vienna, AT
20/02 – Columbiahalle – Berlin, DE
23/02 – Royal Arena – Copenhagen, DK
25/02 – Sporthalle – Hamburg, DE
27/02 – Stadthalle – Offenbach, DE
28/02 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, NL
02/03 – 02 Academy – Birmingham, UK
03/03 – Alexandra Palace – London, UK
06/03 – Co-Op Live – Manchester, UK
Watch “WHITE KEYS”- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz200209hOs
Watch “PANGEA” – https://youtu.be/q6bZfFQH-OI?si=zvdk_ss3V1AIRo_3
