[Sirius Lee]

My ladyfriend was laughing at me yesterday when I asked her when "dropped" suddenly became the term to describe the release of an album.

I guess the word's use has been in circulation for quite some time.

Can't wait for Giovanni Antonini conducting Kammerorchester Basel's new recording La Reine to drop.

[Republican in occupied CA]

It kind of makes sense if you think about the resurgence of vinyl. I ‘drop’ a LP on the turntable (albeit very very gently). It’s gone on now to mean ‘release’. Of course how many people say they are going to ‘dial’ a number still....