Out of the Blue (Brynn Cartelli album)

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Out of the Blue
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2024
Recorded2020–2024
Genre Pop
Length49:00
Label Elektra
Producer
Brynn Cartelli chronology
Based on a True Story
(2021)
Out of the Blue
(2024)
Singles from Out of the Blue
  1. "Gemini"
    Released: 2022
  2. "Girl Code"
    Released: 2022
  3. "Convertible in the Rain"
    Released: 2023
  4. "Secondhand Smoke"
    Released: February 22, 2023
  5. "Boy From Home"
  6. "Lucky to Love You"
    Released: October 6, 2023

Out of the Blue is the debut studio album by American singer and season 14 winner of the The Voice Brynn Cartelli. It was released on March 1, 2024, by Elektra Records. This follows the release of her debut EP Based on a True Story (2021).

Contents

Background

She began working on the album in 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of the songs on the album about her transition from living at home to moving to New York. "Gemini" and "The Blue" were the first two songs written for the record. Billy Joel, Vampire Weekend, Lorde's Melodrama , and Taylor Swift's 1989 inspired her sonically for the album. [1] The album was produced by Keith Varon, Adam Argyle and Henrik Michelson.

Release and promotion

Out of the Blue was released on March 1, 2024, by Elektra Records. On March 1, 2024, Cartelli performed "The Blue" on the Today Show . [2] "Boy From Home" was featured in the Netflix series Love Is Blind . [3]

Track listing

Out of the Blue track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Beginning of the End"Varon2:57
2."Gemini"
Michelson3:11
3."Watching My Friends Fall in Love"
  • Cartelli
  • Adam Argyle
Varon3:14
4."The Blue"
  • Cartelli
  • Michelson
Michelson4:05
5."Secondhand Smoke"CartelliArgyle4:03
6."Running in Place"
  • Cartelli
  • Varon
  • Varon
  • Michelson
2:40
7."Girl Code"CartelliArgyle3:30
8."Convertible in the Rain"CartelliArgyle3:52
9."Lucky To Love You"
  • Cartelli
  • Varon
  • Michelson
  • Varon
  • Michelson
2:55
10."Fine Line"
  • Cartelli
  • Argyle
Argyle3:14
11."Boy From Home"CartellArgyle3:50
12."Darker Days"CartelliArgyle4:26
13."Play With Fire"
Varon3:09
14."Leader"CartelliArgyle3:48
Total length:49:00

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References

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