Beatopia Explained

Beatopia
Type:studio
Artist:Beabadoobee
Cover:Beabadoobee - Beatopia.png
Released:15 July 2022
Genre:
Length:45:44
Label:Dirty Hit
Producer:
  • Beabadoobee
  • Jacob Bugden
  • Iain Berryman
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Beatopia is the second studio album by Filipino-English singer and songwriter Beabadoobee. It was released on English independent label Dirty Hit on 15 July 2022. It features collaborations with singer PinkPantheress, Matty Healy and George Daniel of the 1975, Cavetown, and Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In a three-star review, Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian said that Beatopias "crowd-pleasing combination of poppy euphoria, laidback cool and often rather generic lyrics tends not to leave a lasting impression of much beyond stylishly executed nostalgia".[1] Arielle Gordon of Pitchfork criticised the lyrical content of the album as being "often more form than function",[2] though in a mixed review for PopMatters Jay Honeycomb noted that the lyrics deal with the challenges of human intimacy.[3] In a more positive review, Kerrang! characterised Beatopia as a progression from Beabadoobee's debut album with "more diversity, more complexity and less care paid to the genres it falls within", marking an artistic evolution.[4] Similarly, Hollie Geraghty writing for NME sees "the seeds that were planted in Fake It Flowers not only blossom, but inhabit an entirely different world" with Beatopia.[5] In a mixed review for The Telegraph, Kate French-Morris wrote, "Kristi's music may sound fresh to the ears of those born this side of the millennium, but it's rehashed, scrubbed-up, 1990s alt-rock to everyone else, so well-cribbed she sounds like a fictional artist dreamed up to soundtrack a teen movie."[6] Writing for The Line of Best Fit, John Amen scored the project 8/10 and commented, "If Fake Flowers featured Laus toeing the indie line, at times self-deprecatingly, Beatopia is her unapologetic leap into mega viability."[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Beabadoobee and Jacob Bugden, except where noted.

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 19
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[9] 89

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aroesti . Rachel . 15 July 2022 . Beabadoobee: Beatopia review – stylish but unmemorable pop nostalgia . The Guardian . 19 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Gordon . Arielle . 18 July 2022 . Beatopia . Pitchfork . 19 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Beabadoobee's Ascent From Indie Starlet To Pop Queen on 'Beatopia' Is Hot and Cold. 21 July 2022. Jay. Honeycomb. PopMatters. 21 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Wilkes . Emma . 15 July 2022 . Album review: beabadoobee – Beatopia . Kerrang! . 19 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Geraghty . Hollie . 14 July 2022 . Beabadoobee – 'Beatopia' review: a weightless journey through a dreamlike world . NME . 19 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Lizzo strikes pop gold, and Mabel has a big night out – the week's best albums. Kate. French Morris. 15 July 2022. The Telegraph. 21 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Beabadoobee hones and expands her aesthetic with Beatopia . 2022-07-28 . . en.
  8. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 25 July 2022. 22 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of July 20, 2022. Billboard Japan. ja. 20 July 2022.

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