| Artist: | Lauv |
| How I'm Feeling | |
| Type: | studio |
| Cover: | Lauv - How I'm Feeling.png |
| Border: | yes |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 66:21 |
| Label: | AWAL |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist) |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | Without You |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
How I'm Feeling (stylized as ~how i'm feeling~) is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Lauv. It was released on March 6, 2020, by AWAL. The album was supported by eleven singles, with three featuring artists such as Australian singer Troye Sivan, English singer Anne Marie, and American pop band LANY, with the single with Sivan peaking at number eighty one on the Billboard Hot 100. Upon release, new tracks featured collaborations with Canadian singer Alessia Cara, Mexican singer Sofía Reyes and South Korean boy band BTS. How I'm Feeling received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.
Commercially, the album debuted at number sixteen on the Billboard 200 in the US, number nine on the UK Albums Chart in the UK and number eleven on the Canadian Albums Chart in Canada. In October 2021, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of five hundred thousand units.
The cover depicts miniature versions of Lauv standing and sitting on him wearing colorful outfits. According to Lauv, these characters are "represented by purple (existential Lauv), blue (hopeless romantic Lauv), green (goofy Lauv), yellow (positive Lauv), orange (fuckboy Lauv) and red (spicy Lauv), all of which make up [his] identity."[1] The music video for "Sims" would "bring the album concept and characters to life for the first time",[1] and allowed viewers to get a glimpse inside Lauv's mind and learn about the concept behind the album.
The lead single from the album, called "I'm So Tired..." with Troye Sivan was released on January 24, 2019. The music video was released on February 14, 2019. The song peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
How I'm Feeling debuted at number sixteen on the Billboard 200.[2] On October 18, 2021, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of five hundred thousand units.[3]
How I'm Feeling received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 67, based on six reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Notes
| Chart (2019–2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40)[4] | 6 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[5] | 83 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[6] | 82 |
| Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[7] | 5 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[8] | 4 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 6 |
| Chart (2020) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 64 | |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 59 | |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] | 97 | |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] | 96 | |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] | 42 |