| My Method Actor | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nilüfer Yanya |
| Cover: | Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor.png |
| Alt: | Yanya sitting on a countertop looking over her shoulder at her reflection in the mirror. |
| Studio: | Echo Zoo |
| Length: | 44:13 |
| Label: | Ninja Tune |
| Producer: | Will Archer |
| Prev Title: | Painless |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
My Method Actor is the third album by English singer Nilüfer Yanya, released on 13 September 2024 through Ninja Tune.[1] It is Yanya's first album on the label, and follows her 2022 album Painless.[2] The album was preceded by the singles "Like I Say (I Runaway)", "Method Actor", "Call It Love", "Mutations", "Made Out Of Memory", and "Just A Western".[3]
My Method Actor was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Matthew Schnipper of Pitchfork notes "On her third and best album, My Method Actor, she’s matured, found herself, chilled out—whatever you want to call it, it’s made her music more triumphant, less nervous. It’s an album that has the feel of everyday luxury, a collection of songs so assured that they feel like they always existed, and Yanya simply plucked them out of the air to give to you." John Amen of The Line of Best Fit wrote, "If Painless exudes the magic of an artist discovering new plateaus, My Method Actor is a refinement of those now integrated proclivities".[4]
| Accolade | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exclaim! | 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 14 | [5] | |
| Uncut | 80 Best Albums of 2024 | 55 | [6] |
Yanya worked on the album with English record producer Wilma Archer, and wrote and recorded the album in London, Eastbourne, and Wales. Yanya called the album the "most intense [...] in that respect. Because it's only been us two. We didn't let anyone else into the bubble." The album centres on the theme of "entering a transition between one part of life into another".[7]