Cold Visions
{{short description|2024 studio album by Bladee}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cold Visions
| type = studio
| artist = Bladee
| cover = Bladee - Cold Visions.png
| alt = A grungy, messy, graffiti-esque colored sketch of a figure with text in highly stylized letters: "Cold Visions" and "Bladee"
| released = {{Start date|2024|04|23|df=yes}}
| studio = Bladee's house (Stockholm)
| genre = Rap
| length = 63:36
| label = Trash Island
| producer = {{hlist|100yrd|Jonah Abraham|AM|F1lthy|James Ferraro|Glasear|Simon Hessman|Lucian|Lusi|Lukrative|Mechatok|Mochila|Rok|Gabriel Schuman|Skrillex|Warpstr|Woesum|Whitearmor|Yung Sherman}}
| prev_title = Psykos
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title = Ste the Beautiful Martyr 1st Attempt
| next_year = 2025
}}
Cold Visions is the seventh solo studio album by the Swedish rapper Bladee. A surprise album, it was self-released under his Trash Island label on 23 April 2024. As his 30th birthday approached, Bladee experienced a depressive episode, feeling anxious about ageing and the mixed reception to his previous solo album Spiderr (2022). He recorded Cold Visions at his house in Stockholm across a two-week period. Due to monetary disputes, the album was not released on longtime label Year0001. The album was executive produced by Bladee and Gabriel Schuman; it was primarily produced by F1lthy, with contributions from Skrillex, Whitearmor, and James Ferraro, among others.
Cold Visions is Bladee's longest release; it is a rap album characterized by audio logos, references to his past work, and a recurring theme of paranoia. It received critical acclaim; critics considered it one of his darkest works. The album was promoted by a tour across North America and Europe. Several publications featured it on their year-end lists.
Background and recording
Bladee released his sixth solo studio album, Spiderr, on 30 September 2022, to mixed reception.{{Cite web |last=Moreland |first=Quinn |date=18 November 2024 |title='I was really not OK': Bladee on PTSD, Charli xcx and being struck by lightning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/18/i-was-really-not-ok-bladee-on-ptsd-charli-xcx-and-being-struck-by-lightning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118173154/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/18/i-was-really-not-ok-bladee-on-ptsd-charli-xcx-and-being-struck-by-lightning |archive-date=18 November 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=The Guardian}} In March 2024, he released the collaborative studio album Psykos with longtime collaborator Yung Lean, to positive reviews.{{Cite web |last=Link |first=Moritz |date=2024-03-13 |title=Es geht in die Coda |trans-title=It goes into the coda |url=https://www.laut.de/Yung-Lean-Bladee/Alben/Psykos-122924 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321152522/https://laut.de/Yung-Lean-Bladee/Alben/Psykos-122924 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=laut.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Nadine |date=April 1, 2024 |title=Yung Lean / Bladee: Psykos |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yung-lean-bladee-psykos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401092713/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yung-lean-bladee-psykos/ |archive-date=1 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} Although he has used guitars in his music before, this was the first time he committed to a post-punk and alternative rock sound.
As his 30th birthday approached, Bladee experienced a depressive episode, feeling anxious about ageing and the mixed reception to Spiderr. Kieran Press-Reynolds from Pitchfork wrote that Bladee was experiencing "something like a mid-career crisis".{{Cite web |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |date=2024-04-30 |title=Bladee: Cold Visions |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bladee-cold-visions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430041247/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bladee-cold-visions/ |archive-date=30 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Pitchfork |language=en}} Cold Visions was recorded at Bladee's house in Stockholm across a two-week period. The album was primarily produced by F1lthy, with contributions from Skrillex, Whitearmor,{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2024-04-24 |title=Stream Bladee's Surprise New Mixtape Cold Visions |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260809/stream-bladees-surprise-new-mixtape-cold-visions/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424143447/https://www.stereogum.com/2260809/stream-bladees-surprise-new-mixtape-cold-visions/music/ |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} James Ferraro, among others.{{Cite web |title=Cold Visions / Bladee / Credits |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/359648426/credits |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Tidal}}
Composition
Publications have classified Cold Visions as a rap album.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2024 |title=25 Best Rap Albums Of 2024 So Far |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/818875-best-rap-albums-2024-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702195350/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/818875-best-rap-albums-2024-ranked |archive-date=2 July 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=HotNewHipHop}} With its 30 tracks and a runtime of nearly 64 minutes,{{Cite web |title=Cold Visions - Album by Bladee |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cold-visions/1742604139 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506124438/https://music.apple.com/us/album/cold-visions/1742604139 |archive-date=6 May 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |publisher=Apple Music (US)}} it is Bladee's longest release.{{Cite web |last=Horvath |first=Zachary |date=24 April 2024 |title=Bladee Drops Whopping 30-Song Project "Cold Visions" With Multiple Yung Lean Features |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/792530-bladee-cold-visions-hip-hop-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424175859/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/792530-bladee-cold-visions-hip-hop-news |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=HotNewHipHop}} Paranoia is a recurring theme in the album and the songs seamlessly transition into each other. Critics felt that Cold Visions contained darker themes and production when compared to Bladee's previous work. Press-Reynolds felt it was darker compared to the "sublime optimism" of Crest (2022) and 333 (2020) and the "summery bounce" of Good Luck (2020) and The Fool (2021). Charles Lyons-Burt from Slant Magazine said that Bladee's work "has never sounded so paranoid, dark, and dangerous";{{Cite web |title=The Best Albums of 2024 … So Far |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-albums-of-2024-so-far/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626191432/https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-best-albums-of-2024-so-far/ |archive-date=26 June 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=Slant Magazine}} HotNewHipHop
Cold Visions contains references to Bladee's older work. Press-Reynolds wrote that "nearly every song makes some kind of allusion to a previous release". Throughout the album, he mentions his songs "Everlasting Flames" (2014) and "Redlight Moments" (2017). On "Don't Wanna Hang Out", he reveals more of the "previously established lore about the mystical Drain Gang High School", as described by Press-Reynolds. Audio logos from his previous work are also included on the album, such as a tag from the 1998 film Blade and a sound effect from the 2008 video game Street Fighter IV. Fans created a document to name every reference and interpolation on the album; Sam Goldner of Pitchfork called the samples and producer tags "overstimulating".{{cite web |date=3 December 2024 |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203141511/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2024/ |archive-date=3 December 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Pitchfork}}
Songs
= Tracks 1–8 =
The opening track of Cold Visions is "Paranoia Intro", a track that "sets the tone for the cloudy set of tracks to follow" according to Krueger.{{Cite web |last=Krueger |first=Jonah |date=26 April 2024 |title=Song of the Week: Thom Yorke Waltzes Through Devastation on "Knife Edge" |url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/thom-yorke-knife-edge-song-of-the-week/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501141826/https://consequence.net/2024/04/thom-yorke-knife-edge-song-of-the-week/ |archive-date=1 May 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=Consequence}} During the opening line, Bladee is cut off by Vincent Price's laugh in "Thriller" (1983) by Michael Jackson. Bladee raps about being embarrassed about his age over airy synthesizers. "Wodrainer" explores themes of substance abuse, depression, paranoia, being loyal towards Drain Gang, and not wanting to become mainstream.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Joel |date=15 May 2024 |title=Bladee "Cold Visions" Album Review |url=https://lsureveille.com/158120/entertainment/music/bladee-cold-visions-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524055543/https://www.lsureveille.com/klsu/bladee-cold-visions-album-review/article_15e1f3bc-12e6-11ef-b859-a733fa82f51b.html |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=8 December 2024 |publisher=KLSU}} The track "Yung Sherman" is a collaboration with the producer of the same name;{{Cite web |last=Nafekh-Blanchette |first=Spencer |date=4 August 2024 |title=Bladee Made Osheaga Feel Like the Internet |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bladee-concert-review-montreal-osheaga-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804234849/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bladee-concert-review-montreal-osheaga-2024 |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=Exclaim!}} during one line, he compares losing his phone to heartbreak and creates "fairly intriguing internet poetry", according to Stereogum
= Tracks 9–20 =
On "Don't Wanna Hang Out", Bladee expresses that he wants to spend time alone, sharing his irritations with "fake friends and clout chasers" over a beat produced by F1lthy. Writing about the beat, Raphael Helfand of The Fader said that it "crescendos as triumphantly as a Lex Luger beat".{{Cite web |date=20 August 2024 |title=Songs of the Summer 2024: Slacker |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/08/20/songs-of-the-summer-2024-slacker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820160805/https://www.thefader.com/2024/08/20/songs-of-the-summer-2024-slacker |archive-date=20 August 2024 |access-date=7 December 2024 |website=The Fader}} "I Don't Like People (Whitearmor Interlude)" contains an appearance from fellow Drain Gang member Whitearmor;{{Cite web |last=Crone |first=David |title=Bladee Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bladee-mn0003845273 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229163717/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bladee-mn0003845273/biography |archive-date=29 December 2022 |access-date=22 January 2025 |publisher=AllMusic}} the track presents Bladee chanting the song's title atop a synth progression. Another track that features Yung Lean, the lyrics in "I Don't Like People" hint toward Bladee's departure from his longtime record label Year0001.{{Cite web |last=Hinton |first=Patrick |date=8 November 2024 |title=Sad Boys and Drain Gang artists announce departure from YEAR0001 |url=https://mixmag.net/read/sad-boys-drain-gang-artists-year0001-split-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117194559/https://mixmag.net/read/sad-boys-drain-gang-artists-year0001-split-news |archive-date=17 November 2024 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Mixmag}} The track begins with eerie synthesizers and deep bass, presenting Bladee's dark delivery using Auto-Tuned vocals. Yung Lean explores the feeling of "being overwhelmed by constant attention". "End of the Road Boyz" begins with a sample of deafening screams taken from a viral Roblox video. The track sees Bladee changing moods, alternating between cheerful warbles and sad murmurs. On "D.O.A.", Bladee repeats the song's title and Skrillex creates a bounding instrumental with trembling synthesizers. "Don't Do Drugz" carries a message against substance abuse, with Bladee urging people close to him to avoid drugs. "Lows Partlyy" contains "blooming synths", depressing lyrics, and is "eerily joyous" according to Press-Reynolds. "So Cold Interlude" sheds light on the emotionally vulnerable side of Bladee. The following "Message to Myself" is a moment of "restored confidence" after the previous track. "Terrible Excellence", a track about being obsessed with loneliness, contains another Yung Lean feature and contains an aggressive and bass-heavy beat. The title of "Red Cross" is a reference to Bladee's 2022 album with Ecco2K, Crest; the track is characterized by paranoia due to Bladee's vocal delivery. Thaiboy Digital and Yung Lean feature on "Lucky Luke".{{Cite web |date=31 July 2024 |title=The only tracks you need to hear from July 2024 |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/63271/1/the-only-tracks-you-need-to-hear-from-july-2024-sophie-bambii-bladeee |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731122455/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/63271/1/the-only-tracks-you-need-to-hear-from-july-2024-sophie-bambii-bladeee |archive-date=31 July 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Dazed}}
= Tracks 21–30 =
Joel Rodriguez from the KLSU radio station described "River Flows in You" as "by the books" rage music. On "King Nothingg", Bladee makes light of trauma dumping and murder. The track contains convulsing bass thuds and shivering synths. Rodriguez felt that "Bad 4 Business" has "lowkey" production and "sparse" lyrics. "Otherside" contains a feature from Sickboyrari, also known as Black Kray. Bladee's flow begins steady but slowly fades by the end of the track; Helfand described F1lthy's instrumental on the track as "fried". Sickboyrari appears late in the song, with a "codeine-coated delivery", which Helfand said "allows us to imagine what Chief Keef might sound like if he was born in the south".{{Cite web |date=1 April 2024 |title=Songs You Need In Your Life: April 2024 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/04/01/songs-you-need-in-your-life-april-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725184401/https://www.thefader.com/2024/04/01/songs-you-need-in-your-life-april-2024 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=The Fader}} "Normal" shows more of Bladee's angry and emotional side. His vocals on "Flexing & Finessing" twitch with unusual vocal effects and shifts. Press-Reynolds said that Bladee randomly saying "I'm back!" on the track sounded "as if he's returning home from work in the twilight haze". The track "PM2" sees Bladee rapping the line "Fucking giving these lames percentage", which some fans interpreted as a critique of Year0001. On "False", Bladee questions his existence and fading sense of direction in a club. The penultimate track "Can't End on a Loss (Outro)", one of the two outro tracks, sees Bladee reflecting on his childhood and his career. The final track is "Cold Visions (Outro 2)", contains a piano instrumental mixed with synthesizers. Rodriguez described it as "a more emotionally touching closing track".
Promotion and release
On 23 April 2024, Bladee released a music video for Cold Visions
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev3 = Pitchfork
| rev4 = Sputnikmusic
}}Cold Visions received critical acclaim. It was awarded the "Best New Music" accolade from Pitchfork. Press-Reynolds wrote that it is "his most realized project to date" and said "Bladee's version of rap is blemished but beautiful, imperfect and half-coherent in a way that makes banal thoughts feel endearingly askew". For AllMusic, Thomas said that although "Cold Visions creates an atmosphere that's intense and sometimes challenging to engage with […] Bladee's way with his horrific words and worldview is nothing short of fascinating". Sputnikmusic wrote: "Of the aesthetics and sounds explored using production here, few seem fit for human consumption".{{cite web |author1=jesper |date=30 April 2024 |title=Review: Bladee - Cold Visions |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88521/Bladee-Cold-Visions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210004723/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88521/Bladee-Cold-Visions/ |archive-date=10 December 2024 |access-date=10 December 2024 |website=Sputnikmusic}}
Cold Visions was placed in both mid-year and year-end lists of the best albums of the year. The staff from The Fader deemed it the fourth best album of the year. Colin Joyce wrote that it blends abstract elements with reflections on violence and the weight of existence in a dark world.{{Cite web |date=17 December 2024 |title=The 50 best albums of 2024 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2024/12/17/the-50-best-albums-of-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217145642/https://www.thefader.com/2024/12/17/the-50-best-albums-of-2024 |archive-date=17 December 2024 |access-date=18 December 2024 |website=The Fader}} Pitchfork considered it the eighth best album of the year; Goldner called the album a "30-track meltdown" and felt it contained "some of [Bladee's] most inventive flows yet".{{cite web |date=3 December 2024 |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203141511/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2024/ |archive-date=3 December 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Pitchfork}} It was included in both Slant Magazine
= Year-end lists =
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Cold Visions track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Paranoia Intro
| writer1 = {{hlist|Benjamin Reichwald|Richard Ortiz}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|F1lthy|100yrd}}
| length1 = 1:10
| title2 = Wodrainer
| writer2 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Jonah Abraham|James Ferraro}}
| length2 = 2:33
| title3 = Yung Sherman
| note3 = featuring Yung Sherman
| writer3 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz|Axel Tufvesson}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Glasear|Yung Sherman}}
| length3 = 2:12
| title4 = Flatline
| writer4 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Arthur Nyqvist|Tufvesson}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Woesum|Yung Sherman|Ferraro}}
| length4 = 2:54
| title5 = One Second
| note5 = featuring Yung Lean
| writer5 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Jonatan Leandoer|Ortiz}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Rok}}
| length5 = 1:51
| title6 = Sad Meal
| writer6 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|F1lthy|100yrd}}
| length6 = 2:01
| title7 = Fun Fact
| note7 = featuring Yung Lean
| writer7 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Leandoer|Ortiz}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Glasear|Ferraro}}
| length7 = 1:48
| title8 = Only God Is Made Perfect
| writer8 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|F1lthy|AM|Warpstr}}
| length8 = 1:48
| title9 = Don't Wanna Hang Out
| writer9 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|F1lthy|AM}}
| length9 = 1:39
| title10 = I Don't Like People (Whitearmor Interlude)
| note10 = featuring Whitearmor
| length10 = 0:38
| writer10 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ludwig Rosenberg}}
| extra10 = Whitearmor
| title11 = I Don't Like People
| note11 = featuring Yung Lean
| writer11 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz|Timur Tokdemir|Leandoer}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Rok|Mechatok}}
| length11 = 2:40
| title12 = End of the Road Boyz
| writer12 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz|Gabriel Schuman}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|F1lthy|100yrd|Schuman|Ferraro}}
| length12 = 2:15
| title13 = D.O.A
| note13 = with Skrillex
| writer13 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Luis Cano|Skrillex}}
| length13 = 2:20
| extra13 = {{hlist|Lusi|Skrillex}}
| title14 = Don't Do Drugz
| writer14 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Cano}}
| extra14 = Lusi
| length14 = 1:33
| title15 = Lows Partlyy
| writer15 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Cano}}
| extra15 = Lusi
| length15 = 2:16
| title16 = So Cold Interlude
| writer16 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Tufvesson|Nyqvist}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Yung Sherman|Woesum}}
| length16 = 1:36
| title17 = Message to Myself
| writer17 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Tufvesson|Nyqvist}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Yung Sherman|Woesum|Ferraro}}
| length17 = 1:15
| title18 = Terrible Excellence
| note18 = featuring Yung Lean
| writer18 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Leandoer|Ortiz|Schuman}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|F1lthy|100yrd|Schuman|Whitearmor}}
| length18 = 2:33
| title19 = Red Cross
| writer19 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Tokdemir|Ortiz|Schuman}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|F1lthy|100yrd|Mechatok|Schuman}}
| length19 = 2:17
| title20 = Lucky Luke
| note20 = featuring Thaiboy Digital and Yung Lean
| writer20 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Nyqvist|Tufvesson|Thanapat Bunleang|Leandoer}}
| extra20 = {{hlist|Woesum|Yung Sherman|Schuman|Ferraro}}
| length20 = 2:07
| title21 = River Flows in You
| writer21 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra21 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Lucian|Mochila|Ferraro}}
| length21 = 1:44
| title22 = King Nothingg
| writer22 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra22 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Rok|Warpstr|Ferraro}}
| length22 = 2:26
| title23 = Bad 4 Business
| writer23 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Cano|Simon Hessman}}
| extra23 = {{hlist|Lusi|Hessman}}
| length23 = 1:42
| title24 = Otherside
| note24 = featuring Sickboyrari
| writer24 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Teezy F BabyIsrael|Ortiz}}
| extra24 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Lukrative}}
| length24 = 2:35
| title25 = Normal
| writer25 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Cano}}
| extra25 = Lusi
| length25 = 1:18
| title26 = Flexing and Finessing
| writer26 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz|Schuman}}
| extra26 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Lukrative|Schuman}}
| length26 = 3:04
| title27 = PM2
| writer27 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Tufvesson|Nyqvist}}
| extra27 = {{hlist|Yung Sherman|Woesum}}
| length27 = 2:08
| title28 = False
| writer28 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Cano}}
| extra28 = Lusi
| length28 = 2:07
| title29 = Can't End on a Loss (Outro)
| writer29 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Ortiz}}
| extra29 = {{hlist|F1lthy|Abraham}}
| length29 = 3:33
| title30 = Cold Visions (Outro 2)
| note30 = featuring Ecco2K
| length30 = 3:33
| writer30 = {{hlist|Reichwald|Rosenberg|Tufvesson}}
| extra30 = {{hlist|Whitearmor|Yung Sherman}}
| total_length = 63:36
}}
Notes
- Track titles are stylised in all caps.
- Tracks 9–11, 14, and 29 are stylised without apostrophes.
Personnel
- Gabriel Schuman – executive production, additional production, mixing, mastering, transitions{{Cite Instagram |postid=C6Hurf7OWNb |user=ohyesitsgabe |title=@dg_bladee #COLDVISIONS |first=Gabriel |last=Schuman |author= |date=23 April 2024}}
- Bladee – executive production, cover artwork
- James Ferraro – additional sound effects
- Malibu – additional sound effects
- Inef Coupe – additional sound effects
- Ville Nordström – cover artwork
- Ecco2K – cover imaging and post-production{{Cite web |last=Fairbrother |first=Logan |date=2024-04-23 |title=Bladee Drops Gritty Surprise Mixtape Cold Visions |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/4/bladee-cold-visions-surprise-mixtape-release-info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509165938/https://hypebeast.com/2024/4/bladee-cold-visions-surprise-mixtape-release-info |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Hypebeast}}