World Wide Pop

Lead single "Teenager" was released alongside the album's announcement on 7 March 2022, with an accompanying music video starring actor Brian Jordan Alvarez.{{Cite news |last=Rettig |first=James |date=7 March 2022 |title=Superorganism – "Teenager" (Feat. Chai & Pi Ja Ma) |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2178668/superorganism-teenager-feat-chai-pi-ja-ma/music/ |access-date=5 July 2022}} Subsequent singles, all with their own music videos as well, were "It's Raining", released 31 March;{{Cite news |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=31 March 2022 |title=Superorganism team up with Stephen Malkmus for new song "It's Raining" |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/superorganism-team-up-with-stephen-malkmus-for-new-song-its-raining-3195136 |access-date=5 July 2022}} "Crushed.zip" released 27 April;{{Cite news |last=Rettig |first=James |date=27 April 2022 |title=Superorganism - "Crushed.zip" |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2184827/superorganism-crushed-zip/music/ |access-date=5 July 2022}} "On & On" released 25 May;{{Cite news |last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |date=25 May 2022 |title=Superorganism – "On & On" |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2187884/superorganism-on-on/music/ |access-date=5 July 2022}} and "Into the Sun" released 28 June.{{Cite news |last=Arnone |first=Joey |date=28 June 2022 |title=Superorganism Share New Song "Into the Sun" |work=Under the Radar |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/superorganism_share_new_song_into_the_sun |access-date=5 July 2022}}

{{Music ratings

| title = World Wide Pop ratings

| MC = 70/100{{Cite news |title=World Wide Pop by Superorganism Reviews and Tracks |work=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/world-wide-pop/superorganism |access-date=12 July 2022}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite news |last=Sendra |first=Tim |title=Superorganism - World Wide Pop |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-wide-pop-mw0003682463 |access-date=July 19, 2022}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite news |title=Superorganism – World Wide Pop |work=Rolling Stone |url=https://archive.org/details/rolling-stone-july-2022/page/120/mode/2up |access-date=July 12, 2022}}

| rev3 = The Skinny

| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite news |last=Bhadani |first=Anita |date=11 July 2022 |title=Superorganism – World Wide Pop |work=The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/superorganism-world-wide-pop |access-date=12 July 2022}}

| rev4 = Slant Magazine

| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite news |last=Erickson |first=Steve |date=11 July 2022 |title=Superorganism World Wide Pop Review: Pop Pastiche for the Short Attention Span Era |work=Slant Magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/superorganism-world-wide-pop-album-review/ |access-date=12 July 2022}}

| rev5 = Uncut

| rev5score = 8/10{{Cite news |last=Ferla |first=Lisa-Marie |title=Superorganism - World Wide Pop |work=Uncut |url=https://archive.org/details/uncut-august-2022/page/n15/mode/2up |access-date=July 12, 2022}}

}}

{{Metacritic album prose|World Wide Pop|positive|70|9}} The Skinny{{'}}s Anita Bhadani wrote that the album, "Superorganism's ambitiously weird take on pop", isn't new for subverting pop but is made more special because "in a saturated scene Superorganism have pulled off something wholly unique and – most importantly – fun." The album's "future-facing sound draws more from the 'cut-and-paste' ethos of the indie heyday than hyperpop", and while its maximalist core can sometimes be overdone such as on "Solar System", "on the whole it finds the sweet spot between chaos and structure, silliness and depth, and it's a banger."

Slant Magazine{{'}}s Steve Erickson wrote that the band's "sophomore effort doubles down on their copy-and-paste approach, but this time with mixed results." Given the rise of hyperpop in the intervening years since the band's 2018 debut album, "songs like "Black Hole Baby" sound kitschy and backward-looking in comparison—more Avalanches than 100 gecs." The first album's "groovier, danceable tempos have been replaced with more upbeat, jittery arrangements on World Wide Pop, and while the group's personality shines through in the album's aggressive, deceptively cheery production, the songs hint at an anxiety that's never fully fleshed out." Ultimately, the album "succumbs to sameiness, with several songs in a row set to a similarly frantic tempo and overly compressed, treble-heavy sound mix." Erickson closes by noting lyrics from "Put Down Your Phone" which "allude to the slow disintegration of our attention spans", stating that "Unfortunately, merely calling out our hyperactive attention spans doesn't prevent Superorganism from surrendering to it."

All tracks are written and produced by Superorganism, except where noted.

{{track listing

| headline = World Wide Pop track listing

| total_length = 40:31

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Black Hole Baby

| writer1 = {{hlist|Superorganism|John Sebastian}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Superorganism|John Hill}}

| length1 = 3:18

| title2 = World Wide Pop

| length2 = 2:37

| title3 = On & On

| extra3 = {{hlist|Superorganism|Stuart Price}}

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Teenager

| note4 = featuring Chai and Pi Ja Ma

| extra4 = {{hlist|Superorganism|Price}}

| length4 = 2:59

| title5 = It's Raining

| note5 = featuring Dylan Cartlidge and Stephen Malkmus

| writer5 = {{hlist|Superorganism|Scott Engel}}

| length5 = 3:12

| title6 = Flying

| length6 = 2:49

| title7 = Solar System

| note7 = featuring Chai, Pi Ja Ma, Boa Constrictors, Axel Concato and Paul Concato

| length7 = 3:32

| title8 = Into the Sun

| note8 = featuring Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus, Pi Ja Ma and Axel Concato

| writer8 = {{hlist|Superorganism|Pi Ja Ma|Axel Concanto}}

| length8 = 3:20

| title9 = Put Down Your Phone

| extra9 = Price

| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = Crushed.zip

| extra10 = {{hlist|Hill|Price}}

| length10 = 3:34

| title11 = Oh Come On

| length11 = 2:31

| title12 = Don't Let the Colony Collapse

| length12 = 3:46

| title13 = Everything Falls Apart

| length13 = 2:17

}}

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