Sunset Season

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Sunset Season
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ReleasedNovember 16, 2018 (2018-11-16)
Length18:36
Label
Producer Dan Nigro
Conan Gray chronology
Sunset Season
(2018)
Kid Krow
(2020)
Singles from Sunset Season
  1. "Idle Town"
    Released: March 19, 2017
  2. "Generation Why"
    Released: October 3, 2018
  3. "Crush Culture"
    Released: October 26, 2018

Sunset Season is the debut extended play by American singer-songwriter and social media personality Conan Gray. It was released under Republic Records on November 16, 2018. Sunset Season was primarily produced by Dan Nigro and co-produced by Conan Gray, who also wrote and composed the five-track EP. Gray released "Idle Town", "Generation Why", and "Crush Culture" as singles. The EP peaked at number two on the US Heatseeker Albums.

Contents

Background

Gray has cited Lorde's debut album, Pure Heroine , as a major inspiration for the EP because of its small-town nostalgia. [1]

In October 2018, Gray began the Sunset Shows tour in support of the project. The tour ran until May 2019.

In November 2019, Gray took to Twitter to celebrate the one year anniversary of the EP's release, stating "can't even begin to explain how much these five songs changed my life, so i’m not even going to try to. just. i'm happier now than i've ever been my whole entire life. so thank u." The tweet featured a screenshot of the EP's growth on Spotify, showing that it had gained over 145 million streams in one year. [2]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Conan Gray

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Idle Town"Conan Gray3:58
2."Generation Why" Daniel Nigro 3:40
3."Crush Culture"Nigro3:24
4."Greek God"Nigro3:57
5."Lookalike"Nigro3:41
Total length:18:36

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Download Albums (OCC) [4] 57
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [5] 2

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References

  1. Wetmore, Brendan (April 9, 2019). "Conan Gray Hits a Small Town Crescendo". Paper . Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  2. Conan Gray [@conangray] (November 19, 2019). "this week my debut ep turned one year old. can't even begin to explain how much these five songs changed my life, so i'm not even going to try to. just. i'm happier now than i've ever been my whole entire life. so thank u. can't wait for y'all to hear my debut album. shit :,)" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  3. "Sunset Season / Conan Gray". Tidal . Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  4. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100: 23 November 2018". Official Charts Company . Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  5. "Conan Gray Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.