A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers

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A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers
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ReleasedOctober 16, 2020
RecordedMirrortone Studios
Hardcore Glamour Studios
Genre
Length24:46
Label Producer Entertainment Group
Producer
Peppermint chronology
Blend
(2018)
A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers
(2020)
Moment of Weakness: Letters to My Lovers
(2022)
Singles from A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers
  1. "Best Sex"
    Released: October 2, 2020

A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers is an extended play by American singer-songwriter and drag queen Peppermint. It was released on October 16, 2020 by Producer Entertainment Group and distributed by Warner's Alternative Distribution Alliance. [3] A Girl Like Me is the first of a trilogy of EPs, with the second installment, Moment of Weakness: Letters to My Lovers, released on April 22, 2022. [4] The lead single from the EP, "Best Sex", was released on October 2, 2020. [3] The EP was also released alongside a short film of the same name. [5] A remix EP called Letters (The Remixes) was released on April 16, 2021. [6]

Contents

The EP garnered Peppermint a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 2021 GLAAD Media Awards. [7]

Background

Peppermint originally planned to release a full studio album in May 2020, and issued the lead single for the project, "What You're Looking For" on February 14, 2020. [3] [8] However, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on August 28, 2020, Peppermint announced that the project would in fact be a trilogy of EPs, with A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers being the first in the series. [3]

Composition and themes

The album has been described as "her most personal music yet". [3] Peppermint has said "it really does focus on my life -- who I am as a trans woman -- and everything that's happening right now [with] Black Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter and a lot of the issues that we are dealing with socially." [3] The EPs will feature collaborations with Laith Ashley, Jerome Bell, Daniel Shevlin of Well-Strung, Matt Katz-Bohen of Blondie, Corey Tut and Adam Joseph. [3]

"Best Sex" has been described as "channel[ing] the sensuality of 90s R&B along with a dash of Vangelis-type electronica". [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kya Gina Moore and produced by Electropoint Music, except where noted

A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers track listing [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Submission"  0:56
2."Best Sex"Joseph4:45
3."Claimed"  0:50
4."Chosen One"
  • Moore
  • Joseph
Joseph3:47
5."Worthy"  0:35
6."Girl Like Me"
  • Moore
  • Joseph
Joseph4:17
7."Woke"  0:55
8."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" 4:12
9."Warmth"  0:43
10."Every Morning" (featuring Laith Ashley)
  • Moore
  • Joseph
  • Corey TuT
Corey TuT3:46
Total length:24:46
Letters (The Remixes) track listing
No.TitleLength
1."A Girl Like Me" (Electropoint Remix)3:58
2."Every Morning" (Electropoint Remix) 
3."Chosen One" (A. J. Sealy Remix) 
4."Every Morning" (Veggibeats Remix) 
5."Best Sex" (Electropoint Remix) 

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [11]

Release history

Release dates and formats for A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelReferences
VariousOctober 16, 2021Original Producer Entertainment Group [11]
April 16, 2021 CD [12]
April 16, 2021
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Remixes [13]
May 14, 2021 Vinyl Original [14]

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