Vince Staples released “Tulsa, OK” on October 9, 2026 through Loma Vista Recordings, and anyone who caught him at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles or at Bonnaroo already knows how it goes. The song came out of the same sessions as his June 5 album Cry Baby, but until now it only lived in his sets and as a bonus track on the album’s vinyl edition.
Now it’s everywhere. “Tulsa, OK” is up on every streaming platform, arriving alongside a limited blue vinyl pressing of Cry Baby. It runs about three minutes with nobody else on the track, and it feels like the kind of song that was always going to outgrow a bonus-track slot.
The synths sound cold and a little haunted, the bass sits heavy underneath, and the guitars carry over the alt and indie rock tones that ran through Cry Baby. Staples raps it flat and pointed, more dispatch than performance. The flag imagery from “White Flag” and “Cotton” carries over too, with the single cover putting a cartoon devil baby in an American-flag diaper.
The timing works. Staples opens two TURNSTILE shows before starting his own Cry Baby Tour at the Tabernacle in Atlanta on October 19, a 16-date North American run through rooms like Brooklyn Steel in New York, Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre and The Warfield in San Francisco. Those crowds will know every word of this one now, which should make it one of the loudest moments of the night.
Vince Staples Cry Baby 2026 Tour Dates – Tickets
Oct 19 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Oct 21 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Oct 22 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Oct 23 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
Oct 25 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Oct 27 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Oct 29 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Oct 30 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
Nov 1 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Nov 4 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Nov 6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre
Nov 7 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
Nov 8 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Nov 11 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Nov 13 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Nov 15 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
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