That’s quite an accomplishment.” And it was. “I know Gus would be proud of this re-release, and pleased to celebrate this moment with collaborators who helped him create this raw, intense, invigorating and heartbreaking piece of work for the world to cry to, scream to, and grind to,” the message reads. The world was just beginning to take notice of this tattooed, baby faced 19-year-old with a fondness for emo music and comic books.įor the four-year anniversary of its release, Lil Peep’s family released Hellboy on streaming services last week accompanied by a heartfelt message. 1, Hellboy showed Lil Peep – born Gustav Åhr – at a tipping point. Arriving less than a year from the release of his debut studio album, Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt.
Between his fourth mixtape, Crybaby, in June 2016, and its follow-up, Hellboy, in September of the same year, it was clear that he was an artist coming into his own, and wrestling with the complicated, new feelings that came with that success. Before Lil Peep tragically died in late 2017, he was on an unprecedented upward trajectory.
