A6 is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights. The album was released independently on May 2,2025 and follows her fifth album Pep (2022) and its re-imagined version,Ded (2023).[1][2][3] Five singles with music videos were released in promotion of the album,and embarked on the (A)live Again Tour.
An extended version,titled A6Extended, will release on January 30,2026 containing an eight additional songs,with "Education" being released as a single.[4]
Background
As her first independently released album,A6 was also the first album where Lights played almost every instrument on and produced every track. This made the album very personal for her. She further explained the background of the album in an interview with Songwriter Universe:[2]
A6 is effectively album six, but it also represents a journey and all the things that I’ve learned and gone through in the last 16 years of my career. I can look back and take all the things I’ve learned through the hard times and the good times, and put it into this feeling. It’s a very very feeling-based record...a self-exploratory look...you look at yourself inwardly and be able to recognize where all the past things have taken you, and being proud of that person.
—Lights
Critical reception
A6 received positive reviews from critics. Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a 3.5 out of 5 star-rating and wrote that "At the center of A6's black lipstick-stained, glitter-goth atmosphere is Poxleitner with her throaty coo, sounding as vulnerable and utterly in charge as ever.". He praised the songs "Surface Tension", "Alive Again", "Damage", and "White Paper Palm Trees".[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written and produced by Valerie Poxleitner as well as Brodie Tavares as writer on tracks 4, 10, and 11.
A6 track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Intro"
0:14
2.
"Damage"
3:21
3.
"Alive Again"
3:41
4.
"Surface Tension"
3:30
5.
"You're Killing Me"
3:41
6.
"White Paper Palm Trees"
3:40
7.
"Ghost Girl On First"
3:29
8.
"Take It Easy"
3:25
9.
"Drinks On the Coast"
3:17
10.
"Clingy"
3:24
11.
"The Other Side of the Door"
4:17
12.
"Piranha"
4:42
13.
"Day Two"
4:09
Total length:
44:50
A6Extended track listing
No.
Title
Length
14.
"Education"
3:50
15.
"Come Get Your Girl"
16.
"Love Is a Game"
17.
"The City Is Falling"
18.
"This Time Tmrw"
19.
"Learning to Let Go"
20.
"Final Round"
21.
"Angelina"
All song titles are stylized all caps.
Personnel
Musicians
Lights - vocals
Brodie Tavares - guitar, bass, drum programming
Stefan Tavares - drums, drum programming (tracks 2, 3, 4)
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