Manic Dream Pixie

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Manic Dream Pixie
Peach PRC - Manic Dream Pixie.jpg
EP by
Peach PRC
Released28 April 2023 (2023-04-28)
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length17:49
Label Republic
Producer
Peach PRC chronology
Apple Music Home Session: Peach PRC
(2023)		Manic Dream Pixie
(2023)		Secret PRC Live
(2024)
Singles from Manic Dream Pixie
  1. "Perfect for You"
    Released: 2 February 2023
  2. "F U Goodbye"
    Released: 2 March 2023
  3. "Kinda Famous"
    Released: 28 April 2023
Manic Dream Pixie ratings
Review scores
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Manic Dream Pixie is the debut extended play by Australian singer-songwriter Peach PRC, [4] [5] released on 28 April 2023 through Republic Records. [6] The EP debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

Contents

A pride edition of the EP called Music Is Universal: Manic Dream Pixie Pride featuring previous singles "God is a Freak", "Symptomatic", "Forever Drunk", and "Heavy", was released on 9 June 2023. [7]

The EP was nominated for three awards at the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, and two at the 2024 Rolling Stone Australia Awards.

A deluxe version of the EP was released on 26 April 2024 with new song "You're So Lucky You're Gorgeous". [8]

Style

The album is considered to be part of the bubblegum pop genre. [2] [3] It has also been described as a 2000s pop throwback, with Peach describing her desire to return to "2010-era fun" music such as Carly Rae Jepsen and Katy Perry. [9]

The song "Favourite Person" is a response to Peach's breakout 2021 single "Josh", with the latter being about a breakup with an ex-boyfriend and "Favourite Person" being intended as an apology for how she spoke about him at the time. [9] "Kinda Famous" was inspired musically by the beat from Robyn's "Dancing On My Own" and lyrically by Kesha's "Stephen", and is about pursuing romance with a "kinda famous" boy band member. [9] The song has also been called a tongue-in-cheek version of Eminem's "Stan" because she manages to be charming despite exhibiting stalker behavior. [10]

Promotion

Singles

The EP's lead single, "Perfect for You", was released on 2 February 2023. [11] The song is about Peach's first date with her girlfriend, which included them listening to the Paris Hilton song "Stars Are Blind" together, [12] inspiring Peach to include an interpolation of "Stars Are Blind" in "Perfect for You". [13] Hilton responded positively to the song, leaving comments on TikTok indicating interest in a future collaboration, [12] and the two subsequently became close friends. [9] The second single, "F U Goodbye", released on 2 March. [11] "Kinda Famous" was released as the third single on 28 April. [14]

Tour

Peach PRC announced a headlining tour of Australia for the album on 2 March. The initial tour schedule included single shows in Melbourne and Sydney which sold out, with more shows at those locations announced subsequently. [5] The first Melbourne show, held at Northcote Theatre, was livestreamed on the artist's TikTok page. [15]

Commercial performance

The EP debuted at number one in Australian ARIA Albums Chart, making it Peach PRC's first entry on the chart. The EP spent one week in the top 50, [16] falling to number 94 the following week. [17]

Accolades

Manic Dream Pixie accolades
YearOrganisationAwardWorkRecipientsStatusRef.
2023 ARIA Music Awards Best Pop Release "Perfect for You"Peach PRCNominated [18]
Best Cover Art Manic Dream PixiePeach PRC and Billy ZammitNominated [18]
Best Video Manic Dream PixiePeach PRC and Kyle CaulfieldNominated [18]
2024 Rolling Stone Australia Awards Best RecordManic Dream PixiePeach PRCNominated [19] [20]
Best Single"Perfect for You"Peach PRCWon [19] [20]

Track listing

Manic Dream Pixie track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Kinda Famous"
 Konstantin Kersting 2:54
2."Perfect for You"
Quinn2:58
3."F U Goodbye"
Kersting2:46
4."Loved You Before"
  • Curnow
  • John Foyle
Kersting3:00
5."Favourite Person"
  • Curnow
  • Quinn
Quinn3:41
6."Dear Inner Child"CurnowEarwulf2:30
Total length:17:49
Manic Dream Pixie (Deluxe) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
7."You're So Lucky You're Gorgeous"
  • Curnow
  • Quinn
  • Quinn
  • Kersting
3:01
Total length:20:50
Music Is Universal: Manic Dream Pixie Pride track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Kinda Famous"
  • Shaylee Curnow
  • Shatkin
  • Olinger
Kersting2:54
2."Dear Inner Child"CurnowEarwulf2:30
3."God Is a Freak"
  • Curnow
  • Quinn
Quinn3:07
4."Symptomatic"
  • Curnow
  • Quinn
Quinn3:12
5."Forever Drunk"
 Space Primates 3:10
6."Heavy"Curnow
  • Quinn
  • Kersting
2:52
Total length:17:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Manic Dream Pixie
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 1

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