Bug (Kacy Hill album)

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Bug
Kacy Hill - Bug.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)
Length33:11
Label
Producer
Kacy Hill chronology
Simple, Sweet, and Smiling
(2021)
Bug
(2024)
Singles from Bug
  1. "No One"
    Released: November 3, 2023
  2. "Frog Rinse"
    Released: December 8, 2023
  3. "Listen to You"
    Released: January 19, 2024
  4. "You Know I Love You Still"
    Released: March 1, 2024
  5. "Damn"
    Released: April 5, 2024

Bug (stylised in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kacy Hill. It was released on May 3, 2024, [1] via Nettwerk, marking the first album Hill has released through a label since her debut album Like a Woman in 2017 via GOOD Music. The album artwork and its respective singles were shot by Chuck Grant. The album's original artwork was changed across streaming platforms, due to censorship. [2]

It was supported by the singles "No One", [3] "Frog Rinse", [4] "Listen to You", [5] "You Know I Love You Still", [6] and "Damn". [7]

Hill will also embark on The Bug Tour across the United States in support of the album.

Track listing

Credits adapted from TIDAL. [8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No One"
  • Kacy Hill
  • Aaron Wing
4:17
2."You Know I Love You Still"
  • Hill
  • Wing
  • Spiro
  • Bartees Strange
  • Christian Taylor
  • Hill
  • Wing
  • Spiro
3:17
3."Damn"
  • Hill
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Chelsea Lena
  • Henry Kwapis
Kwapis3:22
4."Listen to You"
  • Hill
  • Wing
  • Spiro
  • Taylor
  • Hill
  • Bartees Strange
  • Spiro
3:46
5."Frog Rinse"
  • Hill
  • Bartees Strange
  • Spiro
3:22
6."My Day Off" (featuring Nourished by Time)
  • Hill
  • Stack
3:02
7."Here I Am" (featuring Donna Missal)
  • Hill
  • Sega Bodega
  • King
3:14
8."Honey Boba Boy"
  • Hill
  • Wing
  • Spiro
  • Hill
  • Wing
  • Spiro
3:58
9."Poquito Mas"
  • Hill
  • Kirby
  • Taylor
  • Spiro
  • Hill
  • Bartees Strange
  • Spiro
2:28
10."If I Could Say"
  • Hill
  • Kwapis
2:23
Total length:33:11

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