Yung Lean - Jonatan (2025) [Hi-Res]

Swedish rapper and singer Yung Lean is a legend across disparate corners of the global rap underground. Over the past decade, he’s grown from a meme-riddled curiosity into one of the most influential and confounding artists in modern music. His latest album, titled Jonatan, signals another pivot; this time toward something looser, more guitar-forward, and openly indebted to slacker rock and lo-fi indie. It’s a record that recasts Yung Lean entirely in a different light.

Jonatan isn’t without context. Since his breakout track “Ginseng Strip 2002,” Lean’s catalog has been dense with foggy production, emotionally numbed delivery, and a taste for vaporous trap that built the foundation of what would become cloud rap. Alongside producers like Yung Gud and WhiteArmor, he made a name on mood rather than virtuosity. But this new record, named after his real name and loosely tied to his low-profile side project jonatanleandoer96, steps out of that haze. It’s both an extension and rejection of everything that’s come before.