Hers (album)

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Hers
Matt Maltese - Hers.jpg
Studio album by
Matt Maltese
ReleasedMay 16, 2025 (2025-05-16)
Genre Chamber pop [1]
Length39:07
Label The Orchard
Producer Matt Maltese
Matt Maltese chronology
Songs That Aren't Mine
(2024)		Hers
(2025)

Hers is the sixth studio album by British-Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Maltese. [1] It was released on 16 May 2025, by The Orchard. [2]

Contents

Background

Consisting of eleven tracks ranging between three and five minutes each with a total runtime of approximately thirty-nine minutes, the album is Maltese's first self-produced album since Krystal in 2019. [1]

In October 2025, Maltese re-released "Cure for Emptiness", featuring Bella Ramsey under the alias Bello, [3] followed by a music video. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Clash Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Line of Best Fit Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Marcy Donelson of AllMusic noted, "Full of memorably wistful melodies as well as potentially relatable struggles, Hers feels like an instant classic, if one that's also outside of time." [1] Daisy Carter of DIY Mag gave the album four stars and remarked, "And so, for sixth studio LP Hers, his conundrum was not one of execution, but evolution." [2]

The Line of Best Fit assigned it a rating of eight out of ten, referring to the album as Maltese's "most ambitious, artful and affecting record to date," [6] while Clash described it as "a beautiful glimpse of his creative essence," also giving it the same score. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Maltese, except "Buses Replace Trains" (written with Graham Johns) and "Always Some MF" (written with Alex Burey).

Hers track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Arthouse Cinema"3:01
2."Buses Replace Trains"3:42
3."Happy Birthday"3:36
4."Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow"3:46
5."Always Some MF"4:38
6."Cure for Emptiness"3:26
7."Holiday from Yourself"3:26
8."Pined for You My Whole Life"3:18
9."Eternal Darkness of the Spotted Mind"3:15
10."Tangled"3:46
11."Everybody's Just as Crazy as Me"3:13
Total length:39:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Donelson, Marcy, "Hers – Matt Maltese", AllMusic , retrieved 17 May 2025
  2. 1 2 3 Carter, Daisy (14 May 2025). "Matt Maltese – Hers". DIY . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "MATT MALTESE SHARES NEW VERSION OF "CURE FOR EMPTINESS" FEATURING BELLO". Hashtag Magazine. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Nick (13 October 2025). "Watch Matt Maltese and Bello team up on home-taped 'Cure For Emptiness' performance". Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 Murray, Robin (12 May 2025). "Matt Maltese – Hers". Clash Magazine . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 Peter, Attila (15 May 2025). "Matt Maltese: Hers review – forlorn art". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hers / Matt Maltese / Credits". Tidal. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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