Found Heaven

Gray released his second studio album, Superache, in June 2022.{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Conan Gray, a Budding Pop Singer Who Feels It All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/music/conan-gray-superache.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630171110/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/music/conan-gray-superache.html |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=1553-8095}} In May 2023, Gray began teasing new music.{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Megan |date=May 6, 2023 |title=Conan Gray Might Be Teasing A New Song With Mysterious Posters |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/conan-gray-teasing-new-song-posters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517204735/https://uproxx.com/pop/conan-gray-teasing-new-song-posters |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Uproxx}} On May 19, he released the album's lead single, "Never Ending Song".{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=May 19, 2023 |title=Conan Gray Turns a Grocery Store Visit Into a 'Full-Blown Lip Sync Dance Break' in New Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-drops-never-ending-song-video-watch-grocery-store-1234738080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606102007/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-drops-never-ending-song-video-watch-grocery-store-1234738080 |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The second single, "Winner" was released on August 25.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Daisy |date=August 25, 2023 |title=Conan Gray presents new track 'Winner' |url=https://diymag.com/news/conan-gray-new-track-winner |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826135116/https://diymag.com/news/conan-gray-new-track-winner |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=DIY}} "Killing Me" was released as the third single on October 31.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=October 31, 2023 |title=Conan Gray Is Emotionally Tormented on New Song 'Killing Me' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-killing-me-song-listen-1234867324 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101015616/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-killing-me-song-listen-1234867324 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Gray announced Found Heaven on January 31, 2024,{{Cite tweet |number=1752740185303814377 |user=conangray |title=FOUND HEAVEN ✪ THE ALBUM ✪ APRIL 5TH |author=Conan Gray |author-link=Conan Gray |date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Derrick |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Young Pop Hero Conan Gray Announces His Third Album, 'Found Heaven' |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/conan-gray-found-heaven-release-date |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131170555/https://uproxx.com/pop/conan-gray-found-heaven-release-date |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Uproxx}} and released the fourth single "Lonely Dancers" on February 9.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Conan Gray has released his kinda sad but also super fun new single, 'Lonely Dancers' |url-status=live |url=https://readdork.com/news/conan-gray-single-lonely-dancers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209110610/https://readdork.com/news/conan-gray-single-lonely-dancers |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |website=Dork}} Shortly afterwards, Gray announced an international tour to support the album and, on March 8, released "Alley Rose" as the fifth single.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Conan Gray Will Bring New Album and 'Favorite Classics' on 2024 'Found Heaven on Tour' Run |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-2024-heaven-on-tour-dates-1234980287 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304194726/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-2024-heaven-on-tour-dates-1234980287 |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=March 8, 2024 |title=Conan Gray has released another huge single from his upcoming album 'Found Heaven' - check out 'Alley Rose' |url=https://readdork.com/news/conan-gray-single-alley-rose |access-date=March 8, 2024 |website=Dork}} He released music videos for the songs "Never Ending Song" and "Lonely Dancers". There are no music videos for the other songs, except for their lyric videos.

On Found Heaven, Gray worked with producers Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Shawn Everett, among others.{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Conan Gray Announces Third Album 'Found Heaven,' Co-Produced by Max Martin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-announces-album-found-heaven-1234956506 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131172542/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/conan-gray-announces-album-found-heaven-1234956506 |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} This is his first studio album without the involvement of Dan Nigro{{Snd}}who produced Gray's first two albums Kid Krow and Superache{{Snd}}which Gray stated was because Nigro had been working on Guts.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fcx8UfLrMY |title=Conan Gray {{!}} Found Heaven, Lonely Dancers, Breakups and Falling In Love |date=2024-02-06 |last=Zach Sang Show |access-date=2025-05-29 |via=YouTube}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 76/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/found-heaven/conan-gray|title=Found Heaven by Conan Gray Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 22, 2024}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/found-heaven-mw0004207367/|title=Conan Gray - Found Heaven|last=Collar|first=Matt|website=AllMusic|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 22, 2024}}

| rev2 = Dork

| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://readdork.com/albums/conan-gray-found-heaven/|title=Conan Gray- Found Heaven|last=Harrison|first=Dan|magazine=Dork|date=April 5, 2024|access-date=June 1, 2024}}

| rev3 = Clash

| rev3score =7/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/conan-gray-found-heaven/ |title=Conan Gray- Found Heaven|last=Murray|first=Robin|magazine=Clash|date=April 5, 2024|access-date=June 1, 2024}}

| rev4 = DIY

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://diymag.com/review/album/conan-gray-found-heaven|title=Conan Gray - Found Heaven review|last=Carter|first=Daisy|magazine=DIY|date=April 5, 2024|access-date=June 1, 2024}}

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Found Heaven received generally positive reviews from music critics. Critics praised the album for its upbeat atmosphere, shift in lyricism, '80s aesthetics, and Gray's vocal performance. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 76 based on five reviews.

Found Heaven debuted at number fourteen on the US Billboard 200, with 36,857 album-equivalent units,{{cite web |last1=McIntrye |first1=Hugh |title=Conan Gray Earns His First No. 1 On One Billboard Chart Thanks To His New Album |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/04/22/conan-gray-earns-his-first-no-1-on-one-billboard-chart-thanks-to-his-new-album/?sh=335f7f4c4f9f |work=Forbes |access-date=22 April 2024}} Additionally, 16,000 of those sales were sold on vinyl alone, marking his third consecutive top ten on the Vinyl Albums chart as well, and his first number one album.{{cite magazine |title=Vinyl Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/vinyl-albums/2024-04-20/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |access-date=22 April 2024}}

The album also debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart,{{cite magazine |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |title=The Libertines Score U.K. No. 1 With 'All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/the-libertines-uk-no-1-all-quiet-on-the-eastern-esplanade-1235656665/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Billboard |access-date=22 April 2024}} making it his second top-ten entry and his highest peaking one thus far.

{{Track listing

| headline = Found Heaven track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Found Heaven

| writer1 = Conan Gray

| extra1 = Shawn Everett

| length1 = 2:57

| title2 = Never Ending Song

| writer2 = {{hlist|Gray|Max Martin|Ilya Salmanzadeh}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Martin|Ilya}}

| length2 = 2:35

| title3 = Fainted Love

| writer3 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Martin|Oscar Holter}}

| length3 = 2:50

| title4 = Lonely Dancers

| writer4 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin|Holter|Salmanzadeh}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Martin|Holter|Ilya}}

| length4 = 2:29

| title5 = Alley Rose

| writer5 = Gray

| extra5 = Greg Kurstin

| length5 = 3:29

| title6 = The Final Fight

| writer6 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin|Holter|Salmanzadeh}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Martin|Holter|Ilya}}

| length6 = 2:09

| title7 = Miss You

| writer7 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin|Holter}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Martin|Holter}}

| length7 = 2:23

| title8 = Bourgeoisieses

| writer8 = {{hlist|Gray|Max Grahn|Luka Kloser}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Fat Max Gsus|Kloser}}

| length8 = 2:31

| title9 = Forever with Me

| writer9 = {{hlist|Gray|Kurstin}}

| extra9 = Kurstin

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Eye of the Night

| writer10 = Gray

| extra10 = Everett

| length10 = 2:21

| title11 = Boys & Girls

| writer11 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin|Holter}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Martin|Holter}}

| length11 = 2:22

| title12 = Killing Me

| writer12 = {{hlist|Gray|Martin|Holter}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Martin|Holter}}

| length12 = 3:24

| title13 = Winner

| writer13 = {{hlist|Gray|Kurstin}}

| extra13 = Kurstin

| length13 = 3:37

| total_length = 36:42

}}

Musicians

• Conan Gray – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10–12)
• Pino Palladino – bass (tracks 1, 10)
• Omar Hakim – drums (tracks 1, 10)
• Michael Landau – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
• Money Mark – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
• Shawn Everett – keyboards (tracks 1, 10)
• Max Martin – background vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 11, 12); bass (2–4, 6, 7, 11); drum programming, piano (12)
• Ilya Salmanzadeh – programming (tracks 2, 4, 6), background vocals (2, 4); bass, drums, keyboards (2)
• Luka Kloser – background vocals, guitar (2, 8); bass, drums, keyboards, programming (8)
• Doris Sandberg – background vocals (track 2)
• Oscar Holter – bass, drums, keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12); guitar (3, 6, 7, 11)
• Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, percussion, piano, synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13); strings (13)
• Davide Rossi – cello, string arrangement, strings, viola, violin (track 5)
• Elvira Anderfjärd – background vocals (tracks 8, 11)
• Fat Max Gsus – background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming (track 8)
• Tove Burman – background vocals (track 11)
• Mattias Larsson – bass (track 12)

Technical

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• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Shawn Everett – mixing (tracks 1, 10), engineering (1)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 5, 9, 14)
• Bryce Bordone – mix engineering (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
• Jeremy Lertola – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
• Sam Holland – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
• Max Martin – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
• Michael Ilbert – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
• Oscar Holter – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
• Greg Kurstin – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
• Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
• Matt Tuggle – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
• Ian Schick – engineering (track 8)
• Luka Kloser – engineering (track 8)
• Max Grahn – engineering (track 8)
• Amir Yaghmai – engineering (track 10)
• Ian Gold – mixing assistance, engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
• Ivan Wayman – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
• Nick Hodges – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)

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