Joytime II

Billboard said Marshmello "promised" the album to be musically similar to its predecessor, Joytime.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8459395/marshmello-teases-new-single-joytime-ii |title=Marshmello Teases New Single From 'Joytime II' |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 8, 2018}} During his performance at the 2018 Electric Daisy Carnival festival, Marshmello played material from the album, which he later uploaded in video to his Twitter page.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/05/23/marshmello-debuted-joytime-2-edc/ |title=Marshmello Debuted Two New Songs At EDC from Upcoming EDM Album [VIDEO] |date=May 23, 2018 |website=Your EDM |access-date=June 8, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://edmnations.com/2018/05/24/marshmello-teases-several-new-tracks-from-his-upcoming-joytime-ii-album/ |title=Marshmello teases several new tracks from his upcoming "Joytime II" album! |last=Prichea |website=edmnations.com |access-date=June 8, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.djmag.de/einzelnews/marshmello-bestaetigt-zweites-album-joytime-ii/ |title=Marshmello bestätigt zweites Album "Joytime II" |website=DJ Mag |date=May 31, 2018 |language=de |access-date=June 8, 2018}} On Instagram, he revealed the album cover, captioning "For all my day one mellogang...Joytime II the album is coming soon."{{Cite web |url=https://www.dance-charts.de/2018051810051/marshmello-kuendigt-joytime-ii-release-an |title=Marshmello kündigt "Joytime II"-Album an |last=Fuchs |first=Dominik |website=Dance-Charts.de |date=May 18, 2018 |language=de-DE |access-date=June 8, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/g-eazy-and-vic-mensa-have-a-new-marshmello-collab-dropping-this-friday-news.51929.html |title=G-Eazy & Vic Mensa Have A New Marshmello Collab Dropping This Friday |website=HotNewHipHop |date=June 6, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2018}}

The first single from the album is "Tell Me", which Marshmello promised to release on June 8, 2018, if his social media post about the song received 5,000 comments.{{Cite web |url=https://www.edmsauce.com/2018/06/05/marshmello-set-to-drop-new-music-off-joytime-ii-album/ |title=Marshmello Set to Drop New Music Off Joytime II Album |last=Marcus |date=June 5, 2018 |website=EDM Sauce |access-date=June 8, 2018}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8459511/marshmello-vic-mensa-g-eazy |title=Marshmello Announces Collab With Vic Mensa and G-Eazy Coming Friday |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 8, 2018}} The post stated "I will drop Tell Me, one of the singles from Joytime II, this Friday if this post gets 5,000 comments about one good thing you did this week."{{Cite web |url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2018/06/marshmello-single-tell-me-joytime-ii/ |title=Marshmello Will Release An Album Single If You Comment on His Post |date=June 7, 2018 |website=EDMTunes |access-date=June 8, 2018}} "Check This Out" was released on June 15, 2018 as the second single of the album.{{cite web |last=Marshmello |title=I'm dropping another single from Joytime II, this Friday! #checkthisout |url=https://twitter.com/marshmellomusic/status/1006429168748228609 |website=Twitter |accessdate=June 13, 2018}}

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|rev1=Pitchfork

|rev1Score=4.2/10Fitzmaurice, Larry (June 29, 2018). [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/marshmello-joytime-ii/ "Marshmello: Joytime II"]. Pitchfork. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

|rev2=Rolling Stone

|rev2score={{rating|1.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-marshmello-cant-escape-monotony-on-joytime-ii-w521871 |title=Review: Marshmello Can't Escape Monotony on 'Joytime II' |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |author=Leight, Elias |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

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Rolling Stone described the album as monotonous and Marshmello's decision to not feature guests as disappointing, stating "every song sounds like it has already been pre-leased for use by energy-drink companies or extreme-sports squads." The album was given a 'one-and-a-half star' rating by the magazine.

Tommy Monroe of Chorus.fm reviewed the album as "a filled, fun electronic club sounds that later become boring due to its monotony. He praised tracks "Flashbacks", "Tell Me" and "Together" for their feature but criticized "Paralyzed", and "Rooftops" for the lack of rhythm.{{Cite web|url=https://chorus.fm/review/marshmello-joytime-ii/|title=Marshmello - Joytime II • chorus.fm|date=2018-06-29|website=chorus.fm|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-06}}

Adapted from iTunes.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/joytime-ii/1399827931|title=Joytime II by Marshmello on iTunes|work=iTunes Store (AU)|access-date=June 22, 2018}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Joytime II

| title1 = Stars

| length1 = 4:06

| title2 = Together

| length2 = 4:06

| title3 = Rooftops

| length3 = 2:57

| title4 = Check This Out

| length4 = 3:39

| title5 = Flashbacks

| length5 = 2:45

| title6 = Tell Me

| length6 = 2:38

| title7 = Paralyzed

| length7 = 3:39

| title8 = Power

| length8 = 3:42

| title9 = Imagine

| length9 = 3:51

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