Reverie (Ben Platt album)

Reverie
Studio album by Ben Platt
Released	August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)
Length	39:55
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ben Abraham Jon Bellion German Jeff Gitty PJ Harding Alex Hope Bram Inscore Ian Kirkpatrick The Monsters & Strangerz Michael Pollack Zach Skelton Gian Stone
Ben Platt chronology
The Politician: Music from the Netflix Original Series (2019) Reverie (2021) Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2021)
Singles from Reverie
"Imagine" Released: April 23, 2021 "Happy to Be Sad" Released: July 16, 2021

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Reverie is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Ben Platt, released August 13, 2021, through Atlantic Records. ^[2] Two singles preceded the album: "Imagine" on April 23, and "Happy to Be Sad" on July 16. ^[3]

Commercial performance

Reverie debuted at number 84 on the US Billboard 200 selling 6,000 pure album sales in its first week. ^[4]

Track listing

Reverie track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"King of the World, Pt. 1"	Ben Platt Michael Pollack Shane McAnally	Bram Inscore Pollack [a] Nick Sarazen [a]	1:06
2.	"Childhood Bedroom"	Platt Julia Michaels Ian Kirkpatrick Gian Stone Pollack	Stone Kirkpatrick	3:17
3.	"Happy to Be Sad"	Platt Pollack Caroline Pennell Zach Skelton	Pollack Skelton Stone [a]	4:24
4.	"I Wanna Love You But I Don't"	Platt Alexandra Robotham Pollack Stefan Johnson Jordan Johnson Sam Fischer	The Monsters & Strangerz Hope German	3:24
5.	"Leave My Mind"	Pollack Platt Michaels Stone Kirkpatrick	Stone Kirkpatrick	3:18
6.	"Dance with You"	Ben Abraham PJ Harding Pollack Stone Platt	Pollack Stone Abraham Harding	3:19
7.	"King of the World, Pt. 2"	Platt Pollack McAnally	Inscore Pollack [a] Sarazen [a]	1:24
8.	"Carefully"	Pollack Platt Robotham	Alex Hope Pollack [a]	4:45
9.	"Chasing You"	Platt Michaels Stone Pollack	Stone Pollack	3:02
10.	"Come Back"	Nate Cyphert Platt Pollack	Jeff Gitty	3:36
11.	"Dark Times"	Pollack Platt Sean Douglas Jake Gosling	Pollack Peter Thomas [a]	4:06
12.	"Imagine"	Platt Jonathan Bellion Pollack Alexander Izquierdo J. Johnson S. Johnson	The Monsters & Strangerz Bellion Stone [v] Pollack [v] S. Johnson [v]	2:44
13.	"King of the World, Pt. 3"	Platt Pollack McAnally	Inscore Pollack [a] Sarazen [a]	1:30
Total length:				39:55

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer.

Personnel

• Ben Platt – vocals
• Colin Leonard – mastering
• Mitch McCarthy – mixing (tracks 1–3, 5–11)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 4, 12)
• Gian Stone – engineering (track 12)
• Jordan K. Johnson – programming, instruments (track 12)
• Stefan Johnson – programming, instruments (track 12)
• Jon Bellion – programming, instruments (track 12)
• Michael Pollack – keyboards (track 12)
• Pierre-Luc Rioux – guitars (track 12)
• David Silberstein – production coordination (track 12)
• Jeremy Levin – production coordination (track 12)
• Christina Johnson – production coordination (track 12)
• Greg Goiterman – production coordination (track 12)
• Matty Peacock – creative direction
• Eli Russell Linnetz – album art direction

Charts

Chart performance for Reverie

Chart (2021-2022)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5]	67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6]	160
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [7]	36
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [8]	32
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [9]	9
US Billboard 200 [10]	84

Release history

Reverie release history

Region	Date	Formats	Label	Ref.
Various	August 13, 2021	CD digital download streaming	Atlantic	[11] [12]

Tour

Poster for The Reverie Tour

On August 14, 2021, Platt announced his second concert tour to promote Reverie, scheduled to begin on February 23, 2022. ^[13] The tour was later postponed due to the COVID pandemic and rescheduled to begin on September 3, 2022 in Seattle, Washington before concluding in Miami, Florida on October 7, 2022, for a total of 20 stops. ^[14] The tour featured Aly & AJ and Chappell Roan ^[15] as its opening act. The set list included songs from Reverie, his first album Sing to Me Instead , some covers, and some Broadway tunes. ^[16]

Platt played tribute to the closing of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen on September 18, 2022, by performing "Waving Through a Window" at the Nashville stop of the tour. ^[17]

References

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2. "Ben Platt's Second Solo Album Reverie Set to Drop August 13". Broadway.com. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
3. Daw, Stephen. "First Out: New Music From Rebecca Black, Greyson Chance, K.Flay & More". Billboard . Retrieved May 5, 2021.
4. Caulfield, Keith (August 26, 2021). "Jennifer Hudson's 'Respect' Soundtrack Debuts in Top 10 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
5. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 23 August 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1642. Australian Recording Industry Association. August 23, 2021. p. 6.
6. "Ultratop.be – Ben Platt – Reverie" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
7. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 40. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
8. "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
9. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
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13. Wild, Stephi (August 13, 2021). "Ben Platt Announces THE REVERIE Concert Tour, Kicking Off in Spring 2022". Broadway World. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
14. Irvin, Jack (May 12, 2022). "Ben Platt Announces Fall 2022 Reverie Tour Dates with Aly & AJ: 'I'm Over the Moon'". People. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
15. "Ben Platt - Rescheduled | The Fabulous Fox Theatre". September 1, 2022. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
16. Hamblin, Abby (August 31, 2022). "Ben Platt is back home on a concert stage, and it's a 'Reverie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
17. Benefield, Chadwick (September 20, 2022). "10 Awesome Photos from the Ben Platt Concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville". WBKR. Retrieved September 24, 2022.