Moosetape is the second studio album by Indian singer, rapper and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala, released independently on 15 May 2021. Moose Wala served as the executive producer. Writing was handled by Sidhu dominantly among other artists, while the tracks were produced by The Kidd, Steel Banglez, Snappy, Wazir Patar, and JB. At 32 tracks, it is Moose Wala's longest album, and is also the last to be released before his death on May 29, 2022. It features guest vocals from Bohemia, Tion Wayne, Stefflon Don, Morrisson, Divine, Raja Kumari, Blockboi Twitch and Sikander Kahlon. The most popular track from the album, "GOAT" featuring Jumana Abdu Rahman, surpassed 320 million views on YouTube as of October 2024.
Background
The album was announced by Sidhu Moose Wala on 10 March 2021, on his official Instagram account.[1][2] Followed by cover art, features and credits of every track per day till 23 April 2021.
Moose Wala released the teaser of the album on his YouTube channel on 29 April 2021, with its release date.[3][4] The teaser was viewed over a million times within twelve hours of its release.[5] On 5 May 2021, Moose Wala released the trailer of the album.[6] Tracklist was revealed on May 12, 2021 on his instagram handle.[7]
The tracks were released one by one from 15 May 2021; they were scheduled to release until 21 July.[8] On 18 May 2021, he released the bonus track "Unfuckwithable" featuring Afsana Khan, which was produced by The Kidd. Its music video was directed by Teji Sandhu.
Posthumously, the track "295" charted at 154 on the Billboard Global 200, making Moose Wala the first Punjabi singer to do so. The song was heavily played after his death as the song title surprisingly highlights the date of his death.[9]
As of December 6, 2023, Moosetape became the first Indian album to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.
On July 4, 2021, Moose Wala announced the Moosetape Tour officially on his Instagram Live with the name Moosetape World Tour, and regions including North America, UK, Canada, Dubai, Australia and Pakistan.[13][14] Tour was scheduled to be in 2021, but due to concerns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Tour Postpones. Tour's first leg announced by BollyBoom Entertainment India, that took place in 4 different cities of India, which was produced by themselves only.[15]
On December 26, 2021; the tour's promoter Platinum Events Inc introduced on their social media about the upcoming world tour of Sidhu Moose Wala & tease the fans by sharing pics with Sidhu itself.[16]
After five shows, on 17 April 2022, Moose Wala officially changed the name to Back To Business World Tour with Sunny Malton as a supporting act. However, the tour was cancelled shortly after Moose Wala's death on 29 May 2022.[17]
Set list
This set list is representative of the show on March 26, 2022, in Dubai, UAE. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour[18]
"295"
"These Days"
"Satisfy"
"Old-Skool"
"GOAT"
"Same-Beef"
"US"
"So-High"
"Celebrity-Killer"
"G-Shit"
Encore
"Moosedrilla"
Notes
During the show in Mumbai on November 21, 2021, Raja Kumari joined Moose Wala onstage to perform their duet song "US".
Tour dates
This list includes planned dates that were subsequently cancelled.
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue.
