Young Meepa Escalates With Two Provocative Releases

Young Meepa has never positioned himself as comfortable listening. If anything, the Chicago-based underground artist has built his catalog on confrontation. Across his MXTPE series, he treats music as survival, discipline, and a way to narrate systems from the inside rather than comment from afar. And now, with two new singles, Young Meepa doubles down on that philosophy.

First up is “RIP Friends,” released on Feb. 6, 2026, a track that trades spectacle for something heavier: guilt, memory, and the unbearable math of who’s still here. Over an unpolished backdrop, Young Meepa spirals through lines like “First things first I’m sorry for existing” and “Friends that never committed suicide / They were still alive,” turning grief into something painfully direct. The repetition feels intentional — like someone stuck replaying the same thoughts at 3 a.m. Rather than glamorizing chaos, he frames addiction, isolation, and survival as contradictions that don’t resolve neatly.

Then comes “Cops Need Not Apply (Get a Real Job),” released Feb. 13, 2026, which swings the pendulum toward outright provocation. The track is laced with anti-police rage. Young Meepa leans into crude humor and exaggerated threats, using shock as a delivery system for a broader frustration with institutional power. It’s messy. It’s uncomfortable. And that discomfort is the point. Instead of crafting a polished protest anthem, he chooses something more volatile — a reflection of how anger actually sounds before it’s filtered for public consumption.

Taken together, the two singles sketch the thematic framework of what Young Meepa has been building toward: a world where personal collapse and systemic collapse feel indistinguishable.

Both tracks arrive ahead of MXTPE #3: dystopia… Pt. 1, a nine-track EP set to drop February 27, 2026. The project promises to document the present moment without smoothing over the friction.