Superache

Gray told Tomas Mier of Rolling Stone that this album was designed to be centered around the song "Family Line" which was inspired by "childhood trauma and generational trauma [and his] rough upbringing", and the song "Best Friend" about his childhood best friend Ashley.

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| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web |title=Conan Gray – Superache |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/conan-gray-superache |website=Clash |date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-25 }}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Georgia |title=Conan Gray – 'Superache' review: confessional pop bangers with a real sense of drama |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/conan-gray-superache-review-confessional-pop-bangers-with-a-real-sense-of-drama-3254275 |website=NME |date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-24 }}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Maura |author-link=Maura Johnston |title=Conan Gray Has Many Many Feelings — And Manages Them Quite Impressively on 'Superache' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-conan-gray-superache-1369556/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-25 }}

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Superache was met with critical acclaim from music critics after its release. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a score of 81 based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Georgia Evans of NME gave the album four out of five stars, and wrote "it may be theatrical, but 'Superache' still feels deep and honest. Cut through the crescendoes and you'll find real tenderness. 'I'll just take a footnote in your life / And you could take my body / Every line I would write for you,' he sings on 'Footnote', inspired by Pride and Prejudice and the realisation that unrequited love doesn't match up to fictional romance. That's OK, though: Gray knows this kind of all-encompassing love is painful{{snd}}and he's ready to feel it at full force." Gem Stokes of Clash wrote "'Superache' is a definitive evolution for Gray. A matured turn since his debut 'Kid Krow', 'Superache' continues to exemplify Gray's flair for pop bops, but with ripened introspection". Matt Collar of AllMusic wrote "Superache is a bigger, more robust record than 2020's Kid Krow, while still retaining, and in many ways expanding upon, the heartfelt diaristic qualities that made Gray such a poster child for sad Internet teens". Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone wrote "On his second album, the 23-year-old YouTuber turned pop star reveals himself to be an astute observer of the human condition, recounting everyday scenes and highlighting those split-second details in interactions that can make a warm rapport between two people transform into permafrost".

Superache debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, with 43,000 album-equivalent units.{{Cite magazine |date=July 4, 2022 |title=Bad Bunny Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'Un Verano Sin Ti' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-billboard-200-no-1-three-weeks-1235110309/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |magazine=Billboard |language=en}} It marked Gray's second consecutive entry in the top ten of the chart, following his first album, Kid Krow.

{{Track listing

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| all_writing = Conan Gray and Dan Nigro, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Dan Nigro, except where noted

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| extra3 = Cirkut

| length3 = 2:33

| title4 = Best Friend

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| length4 = 2:28

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| length6 = 3:24

| title7 = Jigsaw

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| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = Family Line

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| length8 = 3:36

| title9 = Summer Child

| writer9 = Gray

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| length9 = 3:00

| title10 = Footnote

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| length10 = 3:44

| title11 = Memories

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| title12 = The Exit

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| length12 = 3:41

| total_length = 40:17

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{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Overdrive

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| extra13 = {{hlist|Peterhof|Stracey|The Monsters & Strangerz|Jesso|}}

| length13 = 3:03

| title14 = Telepath

| length14 = 3:14

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| extra14 = Ilya

| total_length = 46:40

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Notes

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Musicians

• Conan Gray – lead and background vocals (all tracks), baritone (track 3), acoustic guitar (9)
• Dan Nigro – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5, 8–12), background vocals (1, 2, 4–12), bass (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10, 12), drum programming (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10–12), electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), piano (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 12), synthesizer programming (1, 6, 8, 10), percussion (2, 12), synthesizer (2), organ (6, 11), drums (7, 11), programming (7)
• Julia Michaels – background vocals (2)
• Sterling Laws – drums (2, 6)
• Ryan Linvill – programming (2, 5), bass (5, 8, 10–12), saxophone (6, 12), drum programming (8, 10), synthesizer programming (8, 12), electric guitar (11)
• Cirkut – drum programming, keyboards, synthesizer programming (3)
• Ben Romans – piano (11)
• Paul Cartwright – viola, violin (12)

Technical

• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (1–3, 11)
• Mitch McCarthy – mixing (4, 6–10, 12)
• Daniel Nigro – mixing (5), engineering (1, 2, 4–12)
• Ryan Linvill – engineering (1, 2, 4–12)
• Cirkut – engineering (3)

Artwork

• Conan Gray – creative direction, art direction, design
• Ryan Rogers – art direction
• Connor Dewhurst – design
• Brian Ziff – photography

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Conan Gray|title=Superache|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=January 4, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Conan Gray|title=Superache|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2023|access-date=December 28, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Conan Gray|title=Superache|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2022|certyear=2025|id=19535-5427-2|access-date=May 6, 2025}}

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