Misery Lake

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Misery Lake
Misery Lake Blackbear cover art.jpg
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ReleasedAugust 13, 2021
Genre
Length18:14
Label
Producer
Blackbear chronology
Everything Means Nothing
(2020)
Misery Lake
(2021)
In Loving Memory
(2022)
Singles from Misery Lake
  1. "U Love U"
    Released: June 4, 2021
  2. "@ My Worst"
    Released: August 6, 2021

Misery Lake (stylized in all lowercase) is the seventh EP by American singer Blackbear. It was released on August 13, 2021 through Beartrap, Alamo, and Columbia Records and follows his previous album Everything Means Nothing . [1] [2] [3] The EP was written and produced by Blackbear and frequent collaborator Andrew Goldstein and features appearances from Tate McRae, Sasha Alex Sloan, and Travis Barker. It was preceded by the singles "U Love U" with Tate McRae, released June 4, 2021, and "@ My Worst", released August 6, 2021.

Contents

Background and composition

Misery Lake was conceived and recorded alongside Everything Means Nothing in multiple Airbnb houses. As a way to cope with COVID-19 lockdowns, Blackbear continued writing and recording music that eventually became the EP. [1]

On the topics of heartbreak, loneliness, and isolation, Blackbear further described the background of the EP in an interview with Grammy.com: [1]

It's about isolation–it's basically about quarantine and how you can feel loopy and you can feel happy and you can feel horrible all at the same time. I really felt like I was in this imaginary place and I started tagging [the location of] my photos on Instagram as "Misery Island," "Misery Lake" and stuff like that, and I was like, you know what? I love that for a title.

Blackbear

Critical reception

Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the EP a 2.5 out of 5 star-rating and wrote that Misery Lake "is strictly something to put on if you're in the mood for some pristinely crafted venting". He praised the songs "U Love U" and "@ My Worst". [4]

Track listing

Misery Lake track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Alone In a Room Full of People"
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
2:34
2."@ My Worst"
  • Musto
  • Goldstein
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
3:11
3."U Love U" (with Tate McRae)
  • Musto
  • McRae
  • Goldstein
  • Kirkland
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
3:08
4."Ghost Town" (featuring Sasha Alex Sloan)
  • Musto
  • Goldstein
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
3:07
5."IMU" (featuring Travis Barker)
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
  • Barker
3:35
6."Bad Day"
  • Blackbear
  • Goldstein
  • Puth
2:39
Total length:18:14

Charts

Chart (2021)Peak

position

US Billboard 200 [5] 102
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [6] 86

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