"In case I make it,"

Writing for Will Wood's fourth album took place between 2018 and 2022. In early 2021, he announced that the album would be funded through Indiegogo and called In Case I Die.{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Joshua|url=https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/interview-will-wood-on-his-new-documentary-what-did-i-do/|title=Interview: Will Wood, On His New Documentary, "What Did I Do?"|website=Bleeding Cool|language=en|date=April 1, 2021|accessdate=August 26, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925191215/https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/interview-will-wood-on-his-new-documentary-what-did-i-do/|url-status=live}} This name was replaced later in the year by "In case I make it,"{{cite web|last=Hsu|first=Caitlin|url=https://nyunews.com/arts/music/2021/12/02/willwoodreview/|title=Review: Will Wood's live show was as delightfully unhinged as expected|website=Washington Square News|language=en|date=December 2, 2021|accessdate=August 26, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514043911/https://nyunews.com/arts/music/2021/12/02/willwoodreview/|url-status=live}} as the former title was conceived through fear of death and intended to be his final album.{{cite web|last=Maloney|first=Carl|url=https://rgm.press/rgm-introducing-we-interview-american-artist-will-wood/interview/|title=RGM Introducing – We Interview American Artist Will Wood|website=RGM Press|language=en|date=April 27, 2022|accessdate=August 26, 2024|archive-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826050514/https://rgm.press/rgm-introducing-we-interview-american-artist-will-wood/interview/|url-status=live}} Wood later referred to the album as "essentially a musical suicide note".{{Cite web|last=Shumaker|first=Shannon|url=https://preludepress.com/featured/2023/01/04/will-wood-2022-interview/|title=Will Wood Announces His Hiatus With a Meaningful New Album, "In Case I Die"|website=Prelude Press|language=en-US|date=January 4, 2023|access-date=September 9, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007092000/https://preludepress.com/featured/2023/01/04/will-wood-2022-interview/|url-status=live}} Wood created demos of the album solely with MIDI, only introducing the songs to his band after completion and sharing them with orchestras and brass personnel.

Prior to the album's release, Wood released the singles "Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll",{{Cite web|last=Navas|first=Louis|url=https://theafterhoursreview.com/2021/09/22/will-wood-hates-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-exclusive-interview/|title=Will Wood Hates "Sex, Drugs, Rock N Roll" - Exclusive Interview!|website=The After Hours Review|language=en-US|date=September 22, 2021|access-date=July 24, 2024|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620155918/https://theafterhoursreview.com/2021/09/22/will-wood-hates-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-exclusive-interview/|url-status=live}} "Tomcat Disposables",{{Cite web |last=Motionographer|url=https://motionographer.com/news/will-wood-and-ivan-fisher-owen-of-behind-the-bark-team-up-for-his-new-stop-motion-animated-music-video-tomcat-disposables/|title=Will Wood and Ivan Fisher-Owen of Behind the Bark team up for his new stop motion animated music video "Tomcat Disposables"|website=Motionographer|language=en-US|date=May 3, 2022|access-date=July 24, 2024}} "Cicada Days",{{Cite web|last=Shumaker|first=Shannon|url=https://preludepress.com/featured/2022/05/26/will-wood-cicada-days/|title=Will Wood Discusses His Dynamic New Single, "Cicada Days"|website=Prelude Press|language=en-US|date=May 26, 2022|access-date=July 24, 2024|archive-date=June 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604120712/https://preludepress.com/featured/2022/05/26/will-wood-cicada-days/|url-status=live}} "You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)",{{cite web|last=Gonda|first=Christopher|url=https://v13.net/2022/06/behind-the-video-will-wood-discusses-his-unique-perspective-on-music-videos/|title=Behind the Video: Will Wood Discusses His Unique Perspective on Music Videos|website=V13 Media|language=en|date=June 10, 2022|accessdate=August 30, 2024|archive-date=August 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827200611/https://v13.net/2022/06/behind-the-video-will-wood-discusses-his-unique-perspective-on-music-videos/|url-status=live}} "Euthanasia", and "White Noise".{{Cite web|last=Torrison|first=Suzanne|url=https://behindthecurtainsmedia.com/will-wood-releases-white-noise/|title=Will Wood Commands Our Attention With His New Single "White Noise"|website=Behind the Curtains Media|language=en-US|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2024|archive-date=July 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725154321/https://behindthecurtainsmedia.com/will-wood-releases-white-noise/|url-status=live}} Wood stated after the release of "In case I make it," that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from creating music after finishing his tour, leaving some to speculate whether he would be quitting music permanently.{{Cite web|last=Gonda|first=Christopher|url=https://v13.net/2023/01/will-wood-guest-blog-album-in-case-i-die-and-hiatus-from-music/|title=Will Wood Details His (Final?) Album 'In Case I Die' and Indefinite Hiatus from Music|website=V13 Media|language=en-CA|date=January 9, 2023|access-date=July 25, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406123934/https://v13.net/2023/01/will-wood-guest-blog-album-in-case-i-die-and-hiatus-from-music/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Hsu|first=Caitlin|url=https://nyunews.com/arts/music/2022/04/29/will-wood-interview-in-case-i-make-it/|title=Will Wood wants to be authentic, whatever it takes|website=Washington Square News|date=April 29, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2024}}

Joshua Nelson of Bleeding Cool described the album as "a more subdued and mellow take on the stories and issues Will Wood typically tackles in his songwriting."{{Cite web|last=Nelson|first=Joshua|title=Interview: Will Wood On His Newest Album, "In Case I Make It,"|url=https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/interview-will-wood-on-his-newest-album-in-case-i-make-it/|website=Bleeding Cool|language=en|date=July 22, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2024|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920204550/https://bleedingcool.com/pop-culture/interview-will-wood-on-his-newest-album-in-case-i-make-it/|url-status=live}} Caitlin Hsu of SwitchBitch Noise called Wood "the master of writing the most danceable songs with the most devastating lyrics" for his work on the album.{{Cite web|last=Hsu|first=Caitlin|url=https://switchbitchnoise.com/album-review-will-woods-in-case-i-make-it-will-make-you-cry-dance-and-maybe-finally-go-to-therapy/|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Will Wood's "in case I make it," will make you cry, dance, and maybe finally go to therapy|website=SwitchBitch Noise|language=en-US|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2024|archive-date=May 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514193910/https://switchbitchnoise.com/album-review-will-woods-in-case-i-make-it-will-make-you-cry-dance-and-maybe-finally-go-to-therapy/|url-status=live}} Behind the Curtains Media's Suzanne Torrison called the album "his most intricate and musically diverse album to date... in Will Wood's ever-changing and genre-bending discography."

{{Track listing

| total_length = 72:17

| title1 = Tomcat Disposables

| length1 = 5:58

| title2 = Becoming the Lastnames

| length2 = 7:42

| title3 = Cicada Days

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Euthanasia

| length4 = 4:37

| title5 = Falling Up

| length5 = 4:47

| title6 = That's Enough, Let's Get You Home.

| length6 = 3:52

| title7 = Um, It's Kind of a Lot

| length7 = 5:22

| title8 = Half-Decade Hangover

| length8 = 4:50

| title9 = Vampire Reference in a Minor Key

| length9 = 4:38

| title10 = You Liked This (Okay, Computer!)

| length10 = 2:12

| title11 = The Main Character

| length11 = 4:25

| title12 = Against the Kitchen Floor

| length12 = 5:06

| title13 = Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll

| length13 = 5:04

| title14 = Big Fat Bitchie's Blueberry Pie, Christmas Tree, and Recreational Jell-o Emporium a.k.a. "Mr. Boy is on the Roof Again" (Feat. Pasta by Sneakers McSqueakers) [From the Motion Picture "B.F.B.'s B-Sides: Bagel Batches, Marshmallows, and Barsh-mallows]

| length14 = 0:48

| title15 = Willard!

| length15 = 4:19

| title16 = White Noise

| length16 = 4:38

}}

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• Will Wood – lead vocals, piano, ukulele, production, strings arranger
• Mike Bottiglieri – guitar
• Mario Conte – drums
• Matt Berger – saxophones, clarinet
• Yoed Nir – strings
• Vater Boris – double bass
• Kevin Antreassian – mixing, mastering
• Simon Ficken – recording engineer
• Jonathon Maisto – recording engineer

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; Arrangement

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• Will Wood – composer, arranger
• Four For Music Ltd. – arranger, recording, contracting
• Angelia Vihrova – sound engineer
• Vladislav Boyadjiev – sound engineer
• Plamen Penchev – sound engineer
• George Strezov – recording producer, team
• Georgi Elenkov PhD – conductor, team
• Boris Radilov – team
• Ognyan Georgiev – team
• Miroslava Ananieva – team
• Tsvetan Topalov – team
• Velislava Georgieva – team
• Delyan Kolev – team
• Deyan Velikov – team

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; Choir Vocalists

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• Gayla Simeonova
• Emiliya Kirtcheva
• Denitsa Georgieva
• Nikolina Pankova
• Maya Stoyanova
• Srebrina Mineva
• Atanaska Popova
• Flora Tarpomanova
• Eva Perchemlieva-takanova
• Nadya Pavlova
• Vesela Todorova
• Bilyana Mihaylova
• Rositsa Kazakova
• Dimana Todorova
• Maria Venkova
• Yana Vasileva
• Evgeniy Dimitrov
• Atanas Yonkov
• Orlin Kamenov
• Mihail Mihaylov
• Dimitar Zashev
• Kalin Dushkov
• Tsvetomir Hristov
• Nikolay Milev
• Emil Dakov
• Peter Petrov
• Dimitier Stoyanov
• George Beykov
• Nikola Petrov
• Dimiter Koprinkov

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