:What a Devastating Turn of Events

File:Kenny Beats at Hard Summer 2019.png was one of the producers who contributed to the creation of What a Devastating Turn of Events.]]

Chinouriri began working on her debut album in 2022, shortly after the release of her mini-album, Four° In Winter.{{cite web |last1=Rigotti |first1=Alex |date=15 January 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri has finally come home |url=https://www.nme.com/features/the-cover/the-cover-rachel-chinouriri-interview-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-3570580 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116051813/https://www.nme.com/features/the-cover/the-cover-rachel-chinouriri-interview-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-3570580 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=NME}} In between the studio sessions, she went on tour both as a headliner, in the UK and the US,{{cite news |last1=Qureshi |first1=Arisa |date=13 March 2022 |title=Rachel Chinouriri shares dreamy new single 'All I Ever Asked' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rachel-chinouriri-shares-dreamy-new-single-all-i-ever-asked-3181347 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313174025/https://www.nme.com/news/music/rachel-chinouriri-shares-dreamy-new-single-all-i-ever-asked-3181347 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=NME}}{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Danielle |date=25 March 2024 |title=The Indie-Sleaze Revival We Deserve |url=https://www.thecut.com/article/rachel-chinouriri-musician-interview-what-a-devestating-turn-of-events-album.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Cut |language=en-US |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426160718/https://www.thecut.com/article/rachel-chinouriri-musician-interview-what-a-devestating-turn-of-events-album.html |url-status=live }} and as a supporting act for Lewis Capaldi (during his Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent Tour){{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=31 January 2023 |title=An Indie Artist Just Snagged an Opening Slot on Lewis Capaldi's Tour with a Drunk DM |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rachel-chinouriri-opening-for-lewis-capaldi-tour-drunk-dm-1235209088/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802161651/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rachel-chinouriri-opening-for-lewis-capaldi-tour-drunk-dm-1235209088/ |archive-date=2 August 2023 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2 August 2023}} and Louis Tomlinson (during the European leg of his Faith in the Future World Tour).{{Cite web |last=Van Dyke |first=Isobel |date=18 January 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri on her debut album, cancel culture and drunk texting |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/rachel-chinouriri-florence-pugh-debut-album-interview-b1132930.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Evening Standard |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426160717/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/rachel-chinouriri-florence-pugh-debut-album-interview-b1132930.html |url-status=live }}

Collaborators for the album include the likes of Rich Turvey, Kenny Beats,{{Cite web |last=Mylrea |first=Hannah |date=23 February 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri: "I hope listeners feel a weight lifted off their shoulders" |url=https://diymag.com/interview/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-february-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426124609/https://diymag.com/interview/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-february-2024 |archive-date=26 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=DIY |language=en-GB}} Aaron Shadrow and Glen Roberts. Chinouriri started writing and recording songs in England, specifically between Forestdale, London and Hereford, until early 2023, when she travelled to the United States and stayed in Los Angeles for over a month,The cited NME article reports that Chinouriri's stay in Los Angeles lasted "five fortnights". in order to avoid multiple plane trips due to her fear of flying. However, she struggled to settle in the American city and connect creatively with other artists, aspects that had a negative impact on her mental health and the quality of her work. As a result, she decided to move back to London to complete the record.

The artist told Spin that she was actually planning to release a different album as her debut project back in 2020, but eventually decided to shelve it, in order to work on new material that would be featured both on Four° In Winter and What a Devastating Turn of Events:{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Margaret |date=3 May 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri's 'English Soundscape' |url=https://www.spin.com/2024/05/rachel-chinouriris-interview/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=SPIN |language=en-US}}

{{Quote|text=I don't think I would have been happy for my other album to be [my] first album. [...] I sound really young and not confident in those songs. And I think I'm really confident in who I am now as an artist. [...] I don't want to say that this album is "woe is me", but this is the trauma-dump kind of vibe. The place I've been in mentally now is way different and a better place. The music I have should represent that place, essentially.}}

Chinouriri mainly defined What a Devastating Turn of Events as an indie rock album. She stated that she wanted to recreate the visual and sonic aesthetics of the Britpop movement in the 1990s and 2000s, while reclaiming her position in the indie scene, where Black female artists were still underrepresented. She cited artists such as Oasis, The Libertines, Coldplay, Lily Allen, Noisettes and V V Brown as some of the sources of inspiration for the style she had adopted while writing the album.

The album is thematically split in two sections, with the former leg including mostly lighter tracks, and the latter being made of songs that tackle heavier and darker topics. Chinouriri told DIY the choice was intentional, saying:

{{Quote|text=[The tracklist is meant to] replicate what I felt when I was growing up as a kid. Life could be super normal, but you're always anticipating something major to happen, [...] whether it was traumatic, whether it was a fight, whether it was an argument [or, as] I was raised in an all-white neighbourhood, whether it was a racism thing. I was always looking over my shoulder, anticipating something could happen, but it would always happen when I least expected it. [I wanted the album to convey] this false sense of security, [as you pass through the lighter first half,] then suddenly... boom! You've been hit with a very deep and dark song, and then everything changes...}}

The record's themes refer to the artist's feelings of frustration towards her first experience in Los Angeles ("The Hills");{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Rachel |date=1 May 2024 |title=How Rachel Chinouriri Is Using Her Debut Album to Make Sense of 'Trauma': 'I Find Music Quite Healing' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/rachel-chinouriri-talks-debut-album-exclusive-8640871 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501140143/https://people.com/rachel-chinouriri-talks-debut-album-exclusive-8640871 |archive-date=1 May 2024 |access-date=1 May 2024 |website=People |language=en-US }} her past love relationships ("Never Need Me" and "Dumb Bitch Juice"); the loss of a relative in Zimbabwe who died by suicide after finding out she was pregnant (the title track); struggles with body dysmorphia ("I Hate Myself"); the highs and lows of her family upbringing ("Garden of Eden").

File:Florence Pugh - The Wonder BFI London Film Festival Premiere, October 2022 (cropped).jpg starred together with Chinouriri in the official music video for the single "Never Need Me".]]

The lead single from the album, "The Hills", was released on 12 October 2023, along with its accompanying music video.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Tyler Damara |date=12 October 2023 |title=Rachel Chinouriri returns with new single, "The Hills" |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-returns-with-new-single-the-hills |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231012173522/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-returns-with-new-single-the-hills |archive-date=12 October 2023 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-GB}} On 15 January 2024, Chinouriri revealed the album's title during a cover interview with NME; she then shared the tracklist and artwork of What a Devastating Turn of Events three days later, when she also released the second single, "Never Need Me",{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Daisy |date=19 January 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri unveils Florence Pugh-starring video for 'Never Need Me' |url=https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-debut-album-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419125420/https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-debut-album-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=DIY |language=en-GB}} accompanied by a music video starring the artist herself and Florence Pugh. The album's title track was released as the third single on 28 February of the same year,{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Tyler Damara |date=28 February 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri shares title track from debut album, What a Devastating Turn of Events |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-shares-title-track-from-debut-album-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419105231/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-shares-title-track-from-debut-album-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-GB}} whereas its accompanying music video was shared on 18 March.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Daisy |date=18 March 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri unveils video for latest track 'What a Devastating Turn of Events' |url=https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=DIY |language=en-GB |archive-date=19 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161041/https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events |url-status=live }} The fourth and final promotional single from the album, "It Is What It Is", was released on 19 April, along with a visualizer.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Rachel Chinouriri shares visualiser for latest single 'It Is What It Is' |url=https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-it-is-what-it-is |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424093529/https://diymag.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-it-is-what-it-is |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=DIY |language=en}}

The album also contained two previous singles by Chinouriri: an acoustic version of her 2018 single, "So My Darling" – originally released in January 2022, following the rise in popularity of the original song on TikTok{{cite news |last1=Mosk |first1=Mitch |title=Editor's Picks 58: Rachel Chinouriri, Shannen James, Merci, Mercy, Riela, Mxmtoon, & Jenny Berkel |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/ep58-editors-picks-2022-03-16/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317005051/https://atwoodmagazine.com/ep58-editors-picks-2022-03-16/ |archive-date=17 March 2022 |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=Atwood Magazine}} – and "All I Ever Asked", released in March 2022 and initially included in her EP from the same year, Better Off Without,{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Damien |date=28 May 2022 |title=One to watch: Rachel Chinouriri |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/28/one-to-watch-rachel-chinouriri-better-off-without |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108012151/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/28/one-to-watch-rachel-chinouriri-better-off-without |url-status=live }} before being shared by Sophie Turner in her Instagram Stories and subsequently going viral in December 2023.

In the build-up to the album's release, Chinouriri played a series of in-store shows across the UK in February 2024, before performing three more gigs the following month, respectively, at the KOKO in London, in Brooklyn and at The Echo in Los Angeles.

The album's artwork was revealed upon its announcement on 18 January 2024. Shot by Yana Van Nuffel, it depicts Chinouriri in multiple poses both inside and in front of a council estate festooned with St George's Cross bunting, as a reference to the flag of England.{{Cite news |last=Butchard |first=Skye |date=26 April 2024 |title=Mad fer it! The young musicians flying the flag for Britpop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/26/mad-fer-it-the-young-musicians-flying-the-flag-for-britpop |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426072254/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/26/mad-fer-it-the-young-musicians-flying-the-flag-for-britpop |url-status=live }} The artist told The Guardian that she decided to include the English flag in the cover art as a celebration of her Black British identity in spite of the racist abuse she had faced growing up.

The cover art's purpose was subject of controversy, with Black studies professor Kehinde Andrews telling the BBC's Newsbeat that he would "question why anybody [would] want to reclaim something which is so connected to whiteness", in reference to systemic racism in the UK and the cultural appropriation of the English flag by the nationalist far-right.{{Cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Riyah |last2=Leslie |first2=Callum |date=25 April 2024 |title=Rachel Chinouriri: 'England's my home, even if I've felt unwelcome' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68848509 |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=BBC Newsbeat |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426020420/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68848509 |url-status=live }} While acknowledging the criticism, Chinouriri stated that "if art kind of makes you turn your head a little bit, it's doing the right thing".

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.7/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13951/Rachel-Chinouriri-What-A-Devastating-Turn-Of-Events.aspx|title=What A Devastating Turn Of Events by Rachel Chinouriri |website=AnyDecentMusic? |accessdate=April 7, 2025}}

| MC = 83/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/what-a-devastating-turn-of-events/rachel-chinouriri|title=What a Devastating Turn of Events by Rachel Chinouriri - Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503153701/https://www.metacritic.com/music/what-a-devastating-turn-of-events/rachel-chinouriri|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = Clash

| rev1score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events/|title=Rachel Chinouriri – What A Devastating Turn Of Events|work=Clash|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=2 May 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503000348/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events/|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = DIY

| rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/review/album/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events|title= Rachel Chinouiriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events |website=DIY|last=Carter|first=Daisy|date=3 May 2024|access-date=18 May 2024}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-review-radar-3752098|title=Rachel Chinouriri – What A Devastating Turn Of Events review: pure indie-pop escapism|website=NME|last=Williams|first=Sophie|date=30 April 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503045137/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-review-radar-3752098|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events/|title=Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events|website=Pitchfork|last1=Haile|first1=Heven|date=21 May 2024|access-date=21 May 2024}}

| rev5 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/dua-lipa-radical-optimism-review/|title=Dua Lipa comes close to pop perfection – plus the week's best albums|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|last1=McCormick|first1=Neil|last2=Shirreff|first2=Lauren|date=3 May 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503000402/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/dua-lipa-radical-optimism-review/|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev6score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-maximalist-pop|title=Rachel Chinouriri: What A Devastating Turn of Events Review – maximalist pop debut|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Franzini|first=Sam|date=3 May 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503095217/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-maximalist-pop|url-status=live}}

| rev7 = The Needle Drop

| rev7score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://theneedledrop.com/album-reviews/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-album-review/|title=Rachel Chinouriri - What a Devastating Turn of Events|website=The Needle Drop|last=Fantano|first=Anthony|date=13 December 2024|access-date=7 February 2025}}

| rev8 = The Observer

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/03/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-review-a-debut-thats-better-than-it-thinks|title=Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events review – a debut that's better than it thinks|website=The Observer|last=Morris|first=Damien|date=3 May 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503105022/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/03/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-review-a-debut-thats-better-than-it-thinks|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = The Skinny

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events|title=Rachel Chinouriri – What a Devastating Turn of Events|website=The Skinny|last=Barker|first=Noah|date=29 April 2024|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=3 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503123811/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/rachel-chinouriri-what-a-devastating-turn-of-events|url-status=live}}

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{{Metacritic album prose|What a Devastating Turn of Events|universal acclaim|83|eight}}

Writing for Clash, Robin Murray said the record was "littered with ideas, but also one that thrives on being succinct", noting how the title track was the only song on it to go over the four-minute mark, and praised Chinouriri's creativity and versatility. Lauren Shirreff of The Daily Telegraph wrote that the project showed "the true scope" of the artist's musical influences including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Coldplay, Lily Allen and Daughter, while also focusing on Chinouriri's decision to split the record in half thematically. Noah Barker of The Skinny highlighted the artist's progress from her previous EPs.

Writing for The Line of Best Fit, Sam Franzini gave positive feedback about the songwriting across the album, saying it "[charted] the highs and lows of life like a pro, finding humour in its dark moments and grace in its upswings". Damien Morris of The Observer similarly praised Chinouriri's songwriting, as well as her vocal delivery, whereas Daisy Carter of DIY showed appreciation for the album's thematic diversity. Sophie Williams of NME also emphasized the emotional impact provided by the album as a whole; for the exact same reason, however, she noted how the inclusion of an acoustic version of the 2018 song "So My Darling" as the closer track created a "noticeably stark" gap with many other songs on the record.

{{Track listing

| headline = What a Devastating Turn of Events track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Garden of Eden

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rachel Chinouriri|Mary Weitz|Aaron Paul O'Brien|Glen Roberts}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Rich Turvey|APOB}}

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = The Hills

| writer2 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Weitz|Aaron Shadrow}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Shadrow|Turvey}}

| length2 = 3:31

| title3 = Never Need Me

| writer3 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Turvey|Roberts|Oli Bayston|Jonny Coffer}}

| extra3 = Rich Turvey

| length3 = 3:25

| title4 = My Everything

| writer4 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|O'Brien}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|APOB|Turvey{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 3:32

| title5 = All I Ever Asked

| writer5 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Roberts|Jamie Lloyd Taylor}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|HYLNU|Bayston}}

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = It Is What It Is

| writer6 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Leroy Clampitt}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Clampitt|Turvey}}

| length6 = 2:59

| title7 = Dumb Bitch Juice

| writer7 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Kenneth Blume|Sarah Aarons}}

| extra7 = Turvey

| length7 = 3:31

| title8 = What a Devastating Turn of Events

| writer8 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Roberts|Daniel Hylton-Nuamah}}

| extra8 = HYLNU

| length8 = 4:19

| title9 = My Blood

| writer9 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Weitz|Roberts|O'Brien}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Turvey|APOB|Tommy D{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Robbed

| writer10 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Jonny Lattimer|Josh Scarbrow}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Turvey|Scarbrow}}

| length10 = 3:44

| title11 = Cold Call

| writer11 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Jonah Summerfield}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Turvey|Summerfield}}

| length11 = 2:58

| title12 = I Hate Myself

| writer12 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Summerfield}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Summerfield|Turvey{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 3:21

| title13 = Pocket

| writer13 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Weitz|Roberts|O'Brien}}

| extra13 = APOB

| length13 = 3:06

| title14 = So My Darling

| note14 = acoustic

| writer14 = {{hlist|Chinouriri|Hylton-Nuamah|Noah Kittinger|Antonio Verdi}}

| extra14 = HYLNU

| length14 = 3:48

| total_length = 49:23

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition vinyl bonus tracks

| title14 = All I Ever Asked

| writer14 =

| extra14 =

| length14 = 3:37

| title15 = Fun

| writer15 =

| extra15 =

| length15 = 3:09

| total_length =

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{{Track listing

| headline = Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks

| title11 = Marie Kondo

| writer11 =

| extra11 =

| length11 = 2:58

| title16 = All I Ever Asked

| note16 = acoustic

| writer16 =

| extra16 =

| length16 = 3:46

| title17 = Never Need Me

| note17 = acoustic

| writer17 =

| extra17 =

| length17 = 4:01

| title18 = The Hills

| note18 = acoustic

| writer18 =

| extra18 =

| length18 = 3:37

| total_length = 63:45

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Darlings Edition bonus tracks

| title24 = She Knows

| note24 =

| writer24 =

| extra24 =

| length24 = 3:24

}}

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer
• 'All I Ever Asked' does not appear on physical standard edition releases.
• The 'Darlings Edition' features the digital standard edition tracklist, in addition to one new track and ten fan voice-notes throughout the album. It also features a voice-note from Chinouriri as bonus content.{{Cite web |title=Rachel Chinouriri {{!}} What A Devastating Turn Of Events (Darlings Edition) |url=https://serenade.co/@rachelchinouriri/what-a-devastating-turn-of-events-darlings-edition |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=serenade.co}}

Musicians

• Rachel Chinouriri – vocals (all tracks), drums (tracks 1, 9); bass, percussion, synthesizer programming (6); claps (13)
• Rich Turvey – guitar (tracks 1–4, 7, 9, 11), bass (1–3, 6, 7, 9, 11), programming (1–3, 6, 9–11), piano (1, 3, 7, 9, 11), keyboards (2–4, 6, 7, 9–12), synthesizer (3)
• APOB – bass, guitar, percussion (tracks 1, 4, 9, 13); synthesizer (1, 4, 9), strings (1); drums, keyboards (4); synth bass (9), claps (13)
• Ross Higginson – drums (tracks 1–3, 7, 9, 10)
• Glen Roberts – backing vocals (tracks 1, 8)
• Aaron Shadrow – guitar (track 2)
• Liam Hutton – drums (track 5)
• Leroy Clampitt – guitar, percussion, synthesizer programming, whistle (track 6)
• Julie Komey-Guaeloupe – vocals (track 6)
• Mae Muller – vocals (track 6)
• Clara Amfo – vocals (track 7)
• Daniel Hylton-Nuamah – guitar (tracks 8, 14), bass (8), additional synthesizer (9)
• Bryony James – cello (track 9)
• Andy Marshall – double bass (track 9)
• Emma Owens – viola (track 9)
• Jordon Bergmams – viola (track 9)
• Hayley Pomfrett – violin (track 9)
• Michael Trainor – violin (track 9)
• Natalia Bonner – violin (track 9)
• Patrick Kiernan – violin (track 9)
• Raja Halder – violin (track 9)
• Josh Scarbrow – guitar (track 10)
• Jonny Lattimer – guitar (track 10)
• Jonah Summerfield – bass, guitar, synthesizer (tracks 11, 12); piano (11)
• Antonio Verdi – vocals (track 14)

Technical

• Matt Colton – mastering (tracks 1–13)
• John Davis – mastering (track 14)
• Tom Longworth – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7–13)
• Dan Grech – mixing (tracks 3, 6)
• Nathan Boddy – mixing (track 5)
• Richard Woodcraft – mixing (track 14)
• Glen Roberts – engineering (tracks 1, 8, 9)
• Chris Taylor – engineering (track 2)
• Isabel Gracefield – string engineering (track 9)
• Rosie Danvers – string arrangement (track 9)
• Dominic Samagaio – engineering assistance (track 2)

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