My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely

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My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely
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Studio album by
Lola Young
Released26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)
Genre R&B
Length32:04
Label Island
Producer
Lola Young chronology
My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely
(2023)		 This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway
(2024)
Singles from My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely
  1. "So Sorry"
    Released: 22 January 2022
  2. "Stream of Consciousness"
    Released: 25 November 2022
  3. "Annabel's House"
    Released: 25 January 2023
  4. "Don't Hate Me"
    Released: 24 February 2023
  5. "What Is It About Me"
    Released: 31 March 2023
  6. "Money"
    Released: 5 May 2023
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
De Standaard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Gigwise 8/10 [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [7]

My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Lola Young. It was released on 26 May 2023 via Island Records.

Contents

Background

Young has stated that she doesn't consider the album as an "album"; instead, she sees it as a "project". [8] Young suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which was a major inspiration for the lyrics on the album. [5]

Reception

Young's voice on the album has been compared to Adele and Amy Winehouse, and her lyrics to those of Lily Allen. Kitty Empire of The Guardian claims that she also heard "a smidge of Kae Tempest" in Young's lyrics. [6] Having a cyst on her vocal cords, Sophie Williams of NME noticed that this made Young sound rawer and deeper than before. According to Williams, Young goes beyond the "spacey atmospherics" of her earlier work on this album. She called the album "the overdue arrival of a completely credible new talent." [5] Peter Vantyghem of De Standaard compared Young's "approach" to the debut album by Belgian soul singer Selah Sue. [2]

Tracklist

No.TitleLength
1."Stream of Consciousness"3:21
2."Revolve Around You"3:12
3."Annabel’s House"3:25
4."Semantic Satiation"3:00
5."Pretty in Pink"3:37
6."Money"2:40
7."What Is It About Me"3:34
8."Black Cab"3:44
9."Don’t Hate Me"2:42
10."Chill Out"2:48
Total length:32:04

References

  1. ↑ "My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely by Lola Young". Metacritic . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 Williams, Sophie (31 May 2023). "Lola Young met diepe en pijnlijke zelfanalyse". De Standaard . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Williams, Sophie. "Lola Young - My Mind Wanders And Sometimes Leaves Completely". DIY . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Pellegrino, Silvia (24 May 2023). "Album Review: Lola Young - My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely". Gigwise . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Lola Young – 'My Mind Wanders And Sometimes Leaves Completely' review: utterly compelling". NME . 26 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Lola Young: My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely review – estuarial verité with 2020s attitude". The Guardian . 28 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Khuttapan, Tanatat. "Lola Young's budding continues on My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Hannah Ewens (12 May 2023). "Lola Young: 'I had to train massively, I didn't pop out the womb like Beyoncé'". Rolling Stone UK.
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