Everything Means Nothing

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Everything Means Nothing
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)
Recorded2019–20
Genre
Length37:09
Label
Producer
Blackbear chronology
Anonymous
(2019)
Everything Means Nothing
(2020)
Misery Lake
(2021)
Singles from Everything Means Nothing
  1. "Hot Girl Bummer"
    Released: August 23, 2019
  2. "Me & Ur Ghost"
    Released: January 16, 2020
  3. "Queen of Broken Hearts"
    Released: July 10, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 4.1/10 [2]

Everything Means Nothing (stylized in all lowercase) is the fifth studio album by American singer Blackbear. It was released in full on August 21, 2020, through Beartrap, Alamo Records and Interscope Records and follows his previous studio album Anonymous (2019). [3] [4] The album features appearances from singers Lauv and Trevor Daniel and was entirely produced by Blackbear and frequent collaborator Andrew Goldstein, alongside additional producers Aaron Harmon, Jordan Reyes and Marshmello.

Contents

Background and composition

Blackbear described the background of the album in an interview with Paper: [3]

The previous album titles are odes to the internet, but this one in particular is an ode to my real life. Because the album has so much to do with the internet, with the age of social media, I wanted to title it after something real in my life. I realized the real, good things in my life, the real hit records, are my son and my family who loves me, and my team around me that works hard every day. Those are the real things in my life, everything else means nothing. And it's obviously a breakup album, so everything that once was means nothing now, so it's kind of an emo title as well.

Blackbear

Singles

The album was preceded by three singles: "Hot Girl Bummer", "Me & Ur Ghost", and "Queen of Broken Hearts". Those singles were included on the first half of the album released on July 17, 2020 alongside the promotional singles "I Feel Bad", "I Feel 2 Much", and "I Felt That". "If I Were U" with Lauv was also released as the final promotional single on August 19. [5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Musto and Andrew Goldstein, except where noted. All tracks produced by Blackbear and FRND, except "I Felt That", produced alongside Jordan Reyes and Aaron Harmon, and "Half Alive", produced alongside Marshmello.

Everything Means Nothing track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hot Girl Bummer"
  • Alex Ayvar
3:08
2."Me & Ur Ghost" 3:21
3."Queen of Broken Hearts" 2:51
4."I Feel Bad"
2:55
5."I Feel 2 Much"
4:00
6."I Felt That"
  • Musto
  • Goldstein
  • Harmon
  • Reyes
3:22
7."Sobbing in Cabo" 3:07
8."Clown" (with Trevor Daniel)
  • Musto
  • Goldstein
  • Daniel
2:28
9."Half Alive" 3:15
10."If I Were U" (with Lauv)
3:06
11."Why Are Girls?" 3:07
12."Smile Again"
  • Musto
  • Goldstein
  • Kirkland
2:29
Total length:37:09

Charts

Chart performance for Everything Means Nothing
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 82
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 19
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [8] 44
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 37
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10] 23
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 64
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 56
US Billboard 200 [13] 15

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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