Timbaland Protegé kerri Announces ‘DON’T PANIC’ Album, Shares “DISAPPEARING” Single
April 25, 2025 BY Bailey Vigliaturo
Today, Montreal-based artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist kerri announces a new LP entitled DON’T PANIC, out June 27 via Nettwerk. The 17-track project is his third full-length, following 2021’s QUEEN CITY and 2023’s Finish What You Started. He also shares new single “DISAPPEARING” with a video.
After reflecting on bitter truths and emerging stronger on Finish What You Started, kerri took a more uplifting and self-soothing approach to DON’T PANIC. Part of this decision came from acknowledging his growing platform and the power of his words. With over 10 million streams across DSPs, kerri’s music has reached people across the globe. But for most of his career, he downplayed this influence. DON’T PANIC is an awakening of consciousness—a body of work with a clear message that earnestly reflects what kerri wants to share with the world.
“I think it [was] very important to me when I [was] making this project,” shares kerri, “to use my airtime, my airspace to be thankful and show gratitude.”
Simultaneously, the album is a recommitment to creating freely. In an age where Spotify is playlisting AI-generated music and TikTok implicitly encourages artists to build their songs around catchy 15-second snippets (often at the expense of creating something more impactful), kerri embraces the opposite. He could care less about creating “radio hits” or fitting industry expectations for a check, and listeners can find examples of this throughout the tracklist. From the extended intro on “SAME PLACE” to the staticky vibrato on the chorus of “2 SOULZ,” to the anthemic, banjo-heavy closing track “hide your heart inside your body”
“I didn’t realize how important…retaining and valuing my individuality was to me before,” he explains. “[But] trying to approach things with pure intentions really helps you retain your humanity”
Ultimately, kerri created DON’T PANIC as a reminder to himself that life is too short to fear judgment, and we should be proud of who we are, warts and all.
“Overthinking, anxiety and panicking… it’s something I was very prone to,” he admits. “I tried to make the project in a way that people can really feel without necessarily having my exact life. Music that’s there to help you escape and relive positive memories.”
He’s built momentum for the project with a series he calls “Don’t Panic Fridays,” which has seen him release a single and a video from the LP on the last Friday of every month since June 2024. “DISAPPEARING” is the latest installment, and is the second-last single before the full-length. Stay tuned for more from kerri!!
DON’T PANIC Tracklist
1. SAME PLACE
2. DISAPPEARING
3. CAN’T HAVE (w/ Sophie Marks)
4. TELEPORTER
5. ALIVE 24 (w/ Ezra Martin)
6. HEAD ABOVE WATER
7. SO DIFFERENT NOW
8. 2 SOULZ
9. MINE (w/ ivri)
10. SUNSETTING
11. FREE (w/ Sophie Marks)
12. 36 DAYS
13. CHANGE ME
14. STAND ON LOVE
15. FORWARD
16. GREEN LINE
17. hide your heart inside your body
