Lifetime (Erika de Casier album)

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Lifetime
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Studio album by
Erika de Casier
Released8 May 2025 (2025-05-08)
RecordedAugust 2023 – November 2024
Genre Trip hop
Length30:40
Label Independent Jeep
Producer Erika de Casier
Erika de Casier chronology
Still
(2024)		Lifetime
(2025)

Lifetime is the fourth studio album from Danish singer-songwriter Erika de Casier. It was surprise-released on 8 May 2025 through her own label Independent Jeep Music only a year after the release of her third studio album Still (2024).

Contents

Background and release

De Casier wrote and produced the album entirely by herself between August 2023 and November 2024. [1] It was mixed by Alonzo Vargas and mastered by Joe Laporta. [2] In April 2025, she sold a series of unlabeled cassettes of the project through Bandcamp which would later be leaked on YouTube. [3] The tapes were sold out in under thirty minutes and sparked speculations amongst fans and listeners about an upcoming album. [4]

The singer-songwriter revealed that the working title was Midnight Caller which she aimed to be a "form of communication during the night". [5] It reflects the feeling of time picking up the older one gets, growing aware of "mortality" and death but still "being grateful for what was, is, and will be". [6] A press release presented Lifetime as a "testament to de Casier's singular taste", highlighting her "ability to pull from the past" to curate music "with intention" and a touch that is "uniquely hers". [7]

Critical reception

In a positive review for Resident Advisor , Hattie Lindert wrote that the album "crystallises [de Casier's] tastemaking without ever sacrificing style for substance". In a "confidently self-referential" way, de Casier was able to blend "boy band swagger with the whispery grooves of Cibo Matto" or even Sade. Lindert noted the artist's "timeless" sound with a production approach that focuses on "long builds and slow-fading outros". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Erika de Casier.

Lifetime track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Miss"3:09
2."You Can't Always Get What You Want"3:30
3."Seasons"2:09
4."You Got It!"1:54
5."December"3:00
6."Delusional"2:27
7."The Chase"2:22
8."Moan"2:39
9."The Garden"3:02
10."Two Thieves"3:22
11."Lifetime"3:24
Total length:30:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (8 May 2025). "Erika de Casier Surprise-Releases New Album Lifetime: Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Pappis, Konstantinos (8 May 2025). "Erika De Casier Releases Surprise New Album Lifetime". Our Culture Mag . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Breihan, Tom (8 May 2025). "Stream Erika de Casier's Surprise New Album Lifetime". Stereogum . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Tyler Damara (8 May 2025). "Erika de Casier unveils surprise album, Lifetime". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "11 New Songs Out Today". BrooklynVegan . 8 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Darville, Jordan (8 May 2025). "Erika de Casier shares new album Lifetime". The Fader . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Hudson, Alex (8 May 2025). "Erika de Casier Surprise-Releases New Album Lifetime". Exclaim! . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Lindert, Hattie (8 May 2025). "Erika de Casier - Lifetime". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  9. ↑ Lifetime (Media notes). Erika de Casier. Independent Jeep Music. 8 May 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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