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| Released | September 16, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2015-2016 | |||
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What Everyone's Thinking is the fourth extended play by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on September 16, 2016, via the band's label AJR Productions. The EP contains five songs, all of which were later included in the band's second studio album The Click. [1]
In late 2015, AJR began releasing singles in anticipation of their next album, the first being "Let the Games Begin" and the second being "Call My Dad", with the latter later appearing on The Click . The third single "I'm Not Famous" was released on March 24, 2016, as the lead single of What Everyone's Thinking. [2] The EP was teased on social media on August 25 and released September 16, 2016. [3] "Weak" was released alongside the EP as the second single. [4]
Four of the EP's five songs received music videos, with "I'm Not Famous" releasing a video on April 25, 2016, "Weak" receiving a music video on March 9, 2017, [5] "Come Hang Out" receiving a music video in collaboration with Original Penguin on February 6, 2018, [6] and "Turning Out" receiving a Pixar-inspired music video on October 18, 2018. [7]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (favorable) [8] |
| Reading Eagle | A [9] |
What Everyone's Thinking received favorable to mixed reviews, with AllMusic describing the songs as "stomp-along, arena-friendly pop anthems".
All tracks are written by Ryan Met, Jack Met, and Adam Met, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Come Hang Out" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Weak" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Turning Out" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "I'm Not Famous" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "No Grass Today" | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 20:07 | |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "The Lotto" (with Ingrid Michaelson) | Michaelson | 3:13 |
| Total length: | 23:20 | ||
Credits adapted from Tidal. [10]
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"What Everyone's Thinking" charted in the top 10 albums on iTunes within a day of its release. [11]
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [12] | 164 |
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