Baby, We're Ascending

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Baby, We're Ascending
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Studio album by
HAAi
ReleasedMay 27, 2022 (2022-05-27)
StudioMute
Genre Electronic, techno
Length1:01:06
Label Mute Records
HAAi chronology
Systems Up, Windows Down
(2019)		Baby, We're Ascending
(2022)		 Humanise
(2025)
Singles from Baby, We're Ascending
  1. "Bodies of Water"
    Released: 24 February 2022
  2. "Purple Jelly Disc"
    Released: 31 March 2022
  3. "Baby, We're Ascending"
    Released: 27 May 2022

Baby, We're Ascending is the debut album from the Australian artist HAAi. The album was released on 27 May 2022. [1]

Contents

Background and release

Baby, We're Ascending was announced on 23 February 2022 for release on 27 May. The announcement was accompanied by the lead single, "Bodies of Water". [2] [3] The second single, "Purple Jelly Disc" was released on 31 March, [4] and the final single, the title track, was released on 5 May. [5]

Critical reception

In his review, The Guardian writer Shaad D'Souza praised the album for finding a "balance" between its different genres but criticised the "slightly untethered" nature of its more "pumping" portions. [6] Pitchfork reviewer Philip Sherburne stated it "unrolls like a unified suite" with the "interstitials... often as gripping as the anthems". [7]

The Australian radio station Double J placed it at 20 on their top 50 best albums of 2022 list, with writer Phoebe Bennett praising the album's "transcending and euphoric soundscapes". [8]

Track listing

Baby, We're Ascending track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Channels"2:56
2."Pigeon Barron"6:39
3."Bodies of Water"5:04
4."Human Sound" (featuring Kai-Isaiah Jamal)5:26
5."Louder Always Better"1:41
6."Bigger Mood Ever" (featuring Alexis Taylor)4:46
7."AM"0:58
8."FM"5:04
9."I've Been Thinking A Lot Lately"3:49
10."Purple Jelly Disc" (featuring Obi Franky)6:12
11."Baby, We're Ascending" (featuring Jon Hopkins)6:27
12."Orca"8:06
13."Tardigrade"3:54
Total length:60:34

References

  1. ↑ Skala, Jemima (25 May 2022). "HAAi - 'Baby We're Ascending' review: rave rupture and heavy rhythms". NME . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Ackroyd, Stephen (23 February 2022). "HAAi has announced her debut album, 'Baby, We're Ascending'". Dork Magazine . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Darville, Ordan; Callender, Brandon; Helfand, Raphael; Paul, Larisha; Renshaw, David (2 March 2022). "10 songs you need in your life this week". The Fader . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Renshaw, David (31 March 2022). "HAAi's 'Purple Jelly Disc' video is a kaleidoscopic whirlwind". The Fader . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Skinner, Tom (5 May 2022). "Listen to HAAi team up with Jon Hopkins on new single 'Baby, We're Ascending'". NME . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ↑ D'Souza, Shaad (28 May 2022). "Haai: Baby, We're Ascending review – rich, entrancing ambience from a party-starter star". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Sherburne, Philip (27 May 2022). "HAAi: Baby, We're Ascending". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "The 50 best albums of 2022". Double J . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.


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