OCTANE IS DON TOLIVER'S FIFTH ALBUM STATEMENT

## The Speed of Now "It's not in the future, it's not in the past, it's right now," Don Toliver said about OCTANE. That energy defines everything about his fifth studio album, released January 30, 2026 through Cactus Jack, Atlantic Records, and Donnway & Co. This isn't just another Houston trap album. OCTANE draws heavy inspiration from Toliver's love of cars and rally racing culture, positioning itself as "a soundtrack for creativity, freedom, and life's ongoing journey." The rollout was calculated chaos. The album title was revealed through merchandise at ComplexCon on October 25, where Toliver also debuted his Reebok x Billionaire Boys Club sneaker collab. He ramped up promotion with behind-the-scenes content on his burner account "octanemountain" before hosting a livestream from inside the Mount Wilson Observatory in California hours before release. ## The Machine and Its Parts 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, Jahaan Sweet, among others. Standout track "Body" contains a sample of "Rock Your Body", written by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Charles Hugo. It's the kind of unexpected interpolation that makes OCTANE feel cinematic rather than formulaic. OCTANE is an immersive body of work rooted in Toliver's signature melodic, psychedelic trap-R&B, built with lush, cinematic production and unexpected samples. ## The Moment Captured OCTANE follows albums including Heaven or Hell (2020), Life of DON (2021), Love Sick (2023), and HARDSTONE PSYCHO (2024), which earned him his first No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. This is Toliver operating at full throttle, capturing lightning in an 18-track bottle. Recorded across his European tour, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Los Angeles, and Mount Wilson, OCTANE sounds like movement itself. The Houston artist isn't chasing trends or trying to recreate past success. He's documenting his present moment at maximum velocity. That's the difference between making music and making statements.