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2024 studio album by Lola Young
This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway Released 21 June 2024 (2024-06-21 ) Length 38 :07 Label Island Producer
My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely (2023)
This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway (2024)
"Conceited" Released: 29 September 2023
"Wish You Were Dead" Released: 12 January 2024
"Intrusive Thoughts" Released: 23 February 2024
"Big Brown Eyes" Released: 5 April 2024
"Fuck" Released: 3 May 2024
"Messy " Released: 30 May 2024
This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Lola Young . It was released on 21 June 2024 via Island Records . It follows her 2023 debut album My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely .[ 1]
This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway track listingTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Good Books" Buddy Ross Carter Lang Solomonophonic Manuka[a] 4:14 2. "Wish You Were Dead" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon Matt Zara Matt Zara Solomonophonic Manuka 3:14 3. "Big Brown Eyes" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon 3:38 4. "Conceited" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon 3:59 5. "Messy " Lang Monsune Solomonophonic Manuka 4:44 6. "Walk on By" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon 3:34 7. "You Noticed" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon 4:30 8. "Crush" Young Brown Dickinson Lang Solomon 3:46 9. "Fuck" Young Brown Dickinson Solomon 2:44 10. "Intrusive Thoughts" 2:31 11. "Outro" Young Young 1:13 Total length: 38:07
Note
^[a] signifies an additional producer
Lola Young – vocals
Jared Solomon – bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8), synthesizer (1–3, 6, 9), programming (1, 5, 6, 9), electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 8), drums (2, 3, 9), acoustic bass guitar (7)
Conor Dickinson – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9), percussion (4), acoustic acoustic guitar (5, 7), bass guitar (5), bass (9)
Will Brown – keyboards (tracks 1, 5), organ (1, 7), synthesizer (2, 3, 5, 9), drums (2, 4, 6, 9); bass, electric guitar (2); piano (3, 6)
Carter Lang – bass, drums (track 1); electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer (5)
Buddy Ross – programming, sampler , synthesizer (track 1)
Matt Zara – electric guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer (track 2)
Monsune – keyboards, programming (track 5)
Cass Lowe – electric guitar, programming (track 10)
Dale Becker – mastering (tracks 1–10)
Jasper Ward – mastering (track 11)
Nathan Phillips – mixing (tracks 1–9)
David Wrench – mixing (track 10)
Jared Solomon – engineering (track 2)
Nate Mingo – mastering assistance (track 4)
Studio Island – artwork
Sophie Jones – photography
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