Goodbye & Good Riddance

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, Juice WRLD spoke on the background of the album, stating:

[I'm] just trying to make music to help people through their situations and tell them about some of my own. It's all genuine, so I think that's what adds to it. Back in high school, even before that, I was good at freestyling. Then I started rapping, and I recorded a few records that didn't have any substance. I thought 'why not put my heart into what I'm making?[7]

The album's lead single, "All Girls Are the Same", was released on April 13, 2018. The song peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[8]

The second single, "Lucid Dreams", was released on May 4, 2018. The song peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100.[8]

The third single, "Lean wit Me", was released on May 22, 2018. The song peaked at number 68.[9]

The fourth single, "Wasted" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, was released on July 10, 2018, alongside a rerelease of the album, shortly after premiering on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio.[10]

The fifth single, "Armed and Dangerous", was released on October 15, 2018, alongside another rerelease of the album. "Armed and Dangerous" peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100.[11]

Jay Balfour of Pitchfork described Goodbye & Good Riddance as "an adolescent breakup record that is equal parts endearing and grating", praising the album's sound: "his heart-on-his-sleeve coping sounds both ingratiating and grating. In that way at least, he's bottled up sad sap adolescence remarkably well."[1] Bryan Hahn of HipHopDX criticized the lyricism for being "without any focus on creative stanzas or convincing in-depth first-person experiences." He later said Higgins has potential to grow as an artist, remarking "Juice's best potential songwriting is yet to come" and "Juice feels willing to keep things interesting for the sake of art and is backed by a moderate understanding (and interest) in varied melodies and cadences."[12]

Goodbye & Good Riddance debuted at number fifteen on the US Billboard 200 with 39,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[13] In its second week, the album moved up to number eight with an additional 45,000 units.[14] In its third week, the album climbed the chart to number six with 42,000 album-equivalent units.[15] On December 5, 2018, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units.[16] As of March 2019, Goodbye & Good Riddance has earned a million album-equivalent units in the United States.[17]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an uncredited co-producer[19][20]
• "Hurt Me" was originally titled "Sticks and Stones"

Sample credits

• "Intro" and "Karma (Skit)" contain a sample of "Lovely", as performed by Billie Eilish and Khalid.
• "Scared of Love" contain a sample of "So High", as performed by Ghost Loft.[21]
• "Lucid Dreams" contains a sample of "Shape of My Heart" as performed by Sting.[22]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]

Technical

• Don Rob – mixing (track 1)
• Justin Craig — mixing (track 4)
• Lil Bibby – mixing (tracks 2–6, 8–10, 12, 15, 16)
• James Kang – mixing (track 13)