Dear Happy
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Dear Happy
| type = studio
| artist = Gabrielle Aplin
| cover = Gabrielle Aplin - Dear Happy.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2020|01|17|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = {{hlist|Never Fade|AWAL}}
| producer = {{hlist|Gabrielle Aplin|Tommy Baxter|Seton Daunt|Simen Hope|Liz Horsman|Ash Howes|Lostboy|Askjell Solstrand|Mike Spencer}}
| prev_title = December
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Gabrielle Aplin studio album
| prev_title = Light Up the Dark
| prev_year = 2015
| title = Dear Happy
| year = 2020
| next_title = Phosphorescent
| next_year = 2023
}}
{{Singles
| name = Dear Happy
| type = studio
| single1 = My Mistake
| single1date = 28 November 2018
| single2 = Nothing Really Matters
| single2date = 27 March 2019
| single3 = Losing Me
| single3date = 14 August 2019
| single4 = Kintsugi
| single4date = 11 September 2019{{cite web |url=https://completemusicupdate.com/article/gabrielle-aplin-announces-new-album-dear-happy/ |title=Gabrielle Aplin announces new album, Dear Happy |work=Complete Music Update |date=12 September 2019 |access-date=21 April 2021 |author=Malt, Andy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808090803/https://completemusicupdate.com/article/gabrielle-aplin-announces-new-album-dear-happy/ |archive-date=8 August 2020 |url-status=live}}
}}
}}
Dear Happy is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It was released on 17 January 2020, through Aplin's own label Never Fade Records, and distribution group AWAL. Dear Happy marks Aplin's first studio-length release since her second studio album Light Up the Dark (2015). The album was announced through Aplin's Twitter and website on 10 September 2019. Aplin will tour in support of the record in early 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.news/gabrielle-aplins-feeling-normal-again-after-tackling-adhd/1711152/|title=Gabrielle Aplin's feeling 'normal again' after tackling ADHD|website=Metro|last=Harmsworth|first=Andrei|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019}}
Background
Aplin said the album began "with the moment I made a definitive decision to start to unravel and rewire my brain", calling it "a past, present and future letter to myself".{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/gabrielle-aplin-announces-dublin-gig-ahead-third-album-release-22789033|title=Gabrielle Aplin Announces Dublin Gig Ahead of Third Album Release|website=Hot Press|last=Renaud|first=Alix|date=11 September 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019}} A press release described Dear Happy as an "uplifting pop record that chronicles Gabrielle's life, and the experiences and cultures she has been inspired by whilst touring and travelling the world over the past couple of years".{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Gabrielle-Aplin-Announces-New-Album-DEAR-HAPPY-20190911|title=Gabrielle Aplin Announces New Album DEAR HAPPY|website=BroadwayWorld|date=11 September 2019|accessdate=12 September 2019}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Sydney Morning Herald
| rev1score = {{rating|5|5}}
| rev2 = Gigwise
| rev2score = {{rating|8|10}}
| rev3 = The Independent
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}
}}
Jessie Cunniffe of The Sydney Morning Herald awarded the album five stars out five and deemed it "an intricate portrait of the bruises and realisations of the aftermath of [any quarter-life crisis] phase".{{cite web|last1=Cunniffe|first1=Jessie|last2=Lal|first2=Kish|last3=Shand|first3=John|last4=Smith|first4=Barnaby|title=Halsey gets lost in a sea of superstar voices on third album|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/music-reviews-gabrielle-aplin-halsey-keeley-forsyth-and-more-20200113-p53qz6.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 January 2020|accessdate=13 April 2020}} Gigwise{{'}}s Tommy Monroe praised the album's "deep lyrics, emotive vocals and catchy hooks".{{cite web|last=Monroe|first=Tommy|title=Dear Happy (Album Review)|url=https://www.gigwise.com/reviews/3369183/album-review-gabrielle-aplin-dear-happy|website=Gigwise|date=16 January 2020|accessdate=January 24, 2020}} In a mixed review, The Independent{{'}}s Annabel Nugent highlighted how the album was "expertly engineered for pop virality" but criticized its "saccharine" moments.{{cite web|last1=Bray|first1=Elisa|last2=Nugent|first2=Annabel|title=Album reviews: Bombay Bicycle Club – 'Everything Else has Gone Wrong' and Gabrielle Aplin – 'Dear Happy'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bombay-bicycle-club-review-everything-else-has-gone-wrong-gabrielle-aplin-dear-happy-a9285111.html|website=The Independent|date=16 January 2020|accessdate=13 April 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| headline = Dear Happy track listing
| title1 = Until the Sun Comes Up
| writer1 = {{hlist|Gabrielle Aplin|Peter Rycroft}}
| extra1 = Lostboy
| length1 = 3:10
| title2 = Invisible
| writer2 = {{hlist|Aplin|Nicholas Atkinson|Edd Holloway}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Atkinson|Holloway}}
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = One of Those Days
| writer3 = {{hlist|Aplin|Atkinson|Holloway}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Atkinson|Holloway}}
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Kintsugi
| writer4 = {{hlist|Aplin|Simen Hope|Askjell Solstrand}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Hope|Solstrand}}
| length4 = 2:56
| title5 = Strange
| writer5 = {{hlist|Aplin|Rycroft}}
| extra5 = Lostboy
| length5 = 2:43
| title6 = My Mistake
| writer6 = {{hlist|Aplin|Ash Howes|Seton Daunt|Olivia Sebastianelli}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Howes|Daunt}}
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Like You Say You Do
| writer7 = {{hlist|Aplin|Lauren Aquilina|Rycroft}}
| extra7 = Lostboy
| length7 = 3:07
| title8 = Losing Me
| note8 = with JP Cooper
| writer8 = {{hlist|Aplin|Matthew Prime|Mike Spencer|Nathaniel Cyphert}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Lostboy|Spencer}}
| length8 = 3:01
| title9 = So Far So Good
| writer9 = {{hlist|Aplin|Liz Horsman|Rycroft}}
| extra9 = Lostboy
| length9 = 3:18
| title10 = Nothing Really Matters
| writer10 = {{hlist|Aplin|Thomas Baxter|Sebastianelli}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Lostboy|Baxter}}
| length10 = 2:44
| title11 = Magic
| writer11 = {{hlist|Aplin|Atkinson|Holloway}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Atkinson|Holloway}}
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = Love Back
| writer12 = {{hlist|Aplin|Paul Dixon|Maxwell Cooke}}
| extra12 = Dixon
| length12 = 2:46
| title13 = Miss You
| writer13 = {{hlist|Aplin|Horsman}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Horsman|Spencer}}
| length13 = 3:17
| title14 = Dear Happy
| writer14 = {{hlist|Aplin|Horsman|Jamie Hartman}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Atkinson|Holloway|Hartman|Spencer}}
| length14 = 3:21
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Dear Happy{{nobold| – Japan edition}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCR-18314|title=CDJapan : Dear Happy [Japan Bonus Track]|website=CDJapan|accessdate=29 January 2020}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 1:01:44
| title15 = Miss You 2
| note15 = with Nina Nesbitt
| writer15 =
| extra15 =
| length15 = 3:16
| title16 = My Mistake
| note16 = Piano Version
| writer16 =
| extra16 =
| length16 = 4:54
| title17 = Nothing Really Matters
| note17 = Piano Version
| writer17 =
| extra17 =
| length17 = 3:14
| title18 = Losing Me
| note18 = with JP Cooper) (Piano Version
| writer18 =
| extra18 =
| length18 = 3:11
}}
Charts
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|+Dear Happy sales chart performance ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Digital Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/8AF5E4A84458169EFEE1BFFCCFC1766386C0F1CCEE8D98256C88527BE4FB7C2F/ARIA%20Digital%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=30|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=27 January 2020|accessdate=25 January 2020}}
| 18 |
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| {{album chart|Scotland|15|date=20200124|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 January 2020}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|24|date=20200124|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 January 2020}} |
References
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