Produced by Danielle Haim and Rostam Batmanglij, with co-production from Buddy Ross, I Quit was supported by the singles "Relationships", "Everybody's Trying to Figure Me Out", "Down to Be Wrong", "Take Me Back", and "All Over Me". The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics upon its release. To support the album, the band has embarked on the I Quit Tour (2025).
Background and recording
On January 16, 2023, the trio was reported to have returned to the recording studio for their fourth studio album.[2] In August that year, they hinted at a collaboration with British-Indian musician Jai Paul and were hoping to release new music soon.[3]
I Quit is a fifteen-track album predominantly produced by Danielle Haim and Rostam Batmanglij.[4] It is the band's first album not to feature production from longtime producer Ariel Rechtshaid, Danielle Haim's former partner. The rock-influenced project is "the closest [they] have ever gotten to how [they] wanted to sound" while the recording process turned out to be a "completely different experience", according to Alana Haim. Danielle Haim described working with Batmanglij as "very quick, kinetic" as opposed to previous recording sessions with him.[5] As with the cover of their previous studio album, American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson once again shot the album artwork.[6]
Promotion
The album rollout mainly included parodying "early 2000s paparazzi photos".[7] All single artworks paid homage to memes or paparazzi photos of famous break-ups and divorces, including the likes of Jared Leto, Nicole Kidman, and Kate Moss.[8] The lead single, "Relationships", was released on March 12, 2025, followed by the second single, "Everybody's Trying to Figure Me Out", on April 4.[9]
On April 23, Haim held one of two surprise concerts at the Bellwether theater in Los Angeles, their first full concert in nearly two years.[10] During the gig, the band played in front of a screen with the words "I quit" which was later announced to be the title of the album.[11] The trio performed their previously released singles as well as the live debut of the third single, "Down to Be Wrong", and the unreleased album cut "Blood in the Streets". The latter performance was joined by American singer Addison Rae.[12] To support the album, the band has embarked on the I Quit Tour (2025).[13]
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, I Quit received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 from 24 critic scores.[15] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 24 reviews and gave the album an average of 7.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[14]
Angie Martoccio of Rolling Stone praised I Quit as more sonically cohesive than its predecessor, Women in Music Pt. III (2020), and highlighted its themes of female empowerment.[24] Will Hodgkinson of The Times described the album as a "colour-saturated summer classic, charming, childlike and just a little bit heartbroken."[1] David Cobbald of The Line of Best Fit thought that it generally showcased Haim's strengths: "thoughtful songwriting, tight production, and seamless cohesion as a trio."[19]
Some critics considered I Quit an experimental and incohesive body of work sonically.[18][25][23] Anna Gaca of Pitchfork extended this opinion to the album's lyrical content by observing the songs' narrators are driven by indecision themselves.[23]The Guardian's thought that I Quit's tracks "range from fiercely good and instantly replayable to somewhat bland and instantly forgettable."[18] Mary Kate Carr from The A.V. Club wrote: "I Quit may not be the band at their peak, but it's a necessary step to close one chapter of their career and find their way to the next."[16] Kristen S. Hé from NME similarly believed that "this record is proof that sometimes, you really do need to let go in order to grow."[21]
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