Emotion Sickness (album)

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Emotion Sickness
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
Length28:44
Label 21 Music
Producer
Fefe Dobson chronology
Sunday Love
(2012)
Emotion Sickness
(2023)
Singles from Emotion Sickness
  1. "Fckn in Love"
    Released: February 25, 2022
  2. "Recharge My Heart"
    Released: October 21, 2022
  3. "Hungover"
    Released: June 16, 2023
  4. "I Can't Love Him (And Love You Too)"
    Released: August 25, 2023

Emotion Sickness is the fourth album of Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson. It was released on September 29, 2023. [1]

Contents

Background and recording

After the release of Joy , Dobson worked a planned fourth album titled Firebird that was eventually cancelled in 2014 after a split with her management. "I wasn't sure if I was making the right choice musically; I got scared that it wouldn't get the love 'Joy' got. So, I just killed it." [2] Following that, she wrote and recorded anonther album, releasing the single Save Me From LA before shelving it 2018. [3]

In an interview, Dobson stated that the album was written in two months as opposed to previous albums, which were usually written in a year or two. [4] Much of the album was recorded in Toronto's Fairmont Royal York Hotel. [5]

Critical reception

Samuel Stevens of Crucial Rhythm stated, "Emotion Sickness is not only a triumphant return for Fefe Dobson but also a testament to her enduring talent and influence on the music industry. As the world embraces a resurgence of nostalgia in modern pop-rock, Fefe's earnest lyricism and edgy sound are poised to make a significant impact in the 2020s. This album is a testament to her evolution as an artist and a reminder of her enduring legacy in the music world." [6]

Of Flood Magazine, Mike Lesuer stated the album, "sounds less like a nostalgia trip and more like the product of a musician who's kept up to date on the quickly evolving conventions of pop-punk, the record's nine tracks incorporating vibrant electronic sounds and ambitious emotional climaxes in equal measure. Without sacrificing the rebellious attitude and melodic flare heard on her self-titled debut album of two decades ago, the record feels like a proper reinvention of a MySpace-era artist for the TikTok era." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fefe Dobson, Bryn McCutcheon, Kirstyn Johnson, Sam Arion except where noted.

Emotion Sickness track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Hungover"Sam Arion2:12
2."Fckn in Love" (Dobson, Negin Djafari, William Loban Bean) Tawgs Salter 3:14
3."Shut Up and Kiss Me"Arion2:43
4."Too Late"Arion2:54
5."Recharge My Heart" (Dobson, Alex Pilz Vujic)Alex Pilz Vujic, Arion2:41
6."I Can't Love Him (And Love You Too)" (Dobson, Arion)Arion3:38
7."Dancing for Me"Arion3:04
8."Someone New"Arion3:53
9."Let Her Go" (Dobson, Arion)Arion4:22
Total length:28:44

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [8]

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