In the weeks following the album’s announcement, NF shared three songs with fans – “ The Search ,” “ When I Grow Up ” and “ Time ” – along with the accompanying videos, which he and longtime collaborator Patrick Tohill produced and directed. In addition to 18 new tracks and an edit of “Time,” The Search also includes 2018’s Gold-certified single “ WHY .” The four videos combined have racked up more than 120 million views. “Time” racked up over 2.5 million video views in the first 12 hours of its release reaching #3 on YouTube Trending. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #92 and garnered over 18 million first week streams. “When I Grow Up” and “The Search” debuted on the chart too at #78 and #70 respectively. 

 

Reviewing the title track , Billboard said, “prickly strings, choral backing chants and an unforgiving beat drop give the meltdown overtaking his mind operatic grandeur. ” Substream Magazine noted, “ ’The Search’ is introspective and unapologetic. The video’s eerie, desolate landscape seems to resemble NF’s headspace .” Alternative Press hailed “When I Grow Up” as “incredible.” The official video for “When I Grow Up” trended at #1 on YouTube for multiple days. HotNewHipHop praised the “emotional song and video called ‘Time’” and observed, “The Michigan-raised rapper has been building his portfolio for the last few years and today, he’s seen as one of the frontrunners of his wave.” NF has a candid talk with his six-year-old self on “Nate” and revisits a pivotal moment on the short, spoken “Interlude.” See below for track listing.