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Singular: Act II (2019)

Where the lyrics of Singular: Act II take you, and where it was really made.

The album was first planned as one record called Singular, but was split into two acts over differences in its lyrical content.

Key places

Recorded at Resonate Music in Burbank (2019)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — The credits list Resonate Music in Burbank, California as one of the studios where the album was recorded. The point uses the city centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Singular: Act II is the fourth studio album by Sabrina Carpenter
• Released July 19, 2019 by Hollywood Records
• Sequel to Singular: Act I (2018) and Carpenter's last official release with Hollywood
• Originally planned as one album titled Singular, then split because of differences in lyrical content
• Spans pop, R&B and dance genres, with personal topics such as anxiety and self-reflection
• Three singles: "Pushing 20", "Exhale" and "In My Bed"; "I'm Fakin" was the only promotional single
• Rapper Saweetie guests on "I Can't Stop Me"

Background

• June 2018: Carpenter said the album Singular was finished and planned for winter 2018
• October 2018: announced that the album would be split into two acts
• Act I released November 9, 2018
• Act II was expected in early 2019 after Act I came out
• March 2019: Carpenter began the Singular Tour, promoting Act I and performing songs from Act II

Recording

• Recorded and written from 2017 to 2019
• Credits list Resonate Music in Burbank, California as one of the recording studios

Cover

• The album cover is dark and shows Carpenter in shadows on a fire escape
• Revealed June 4, 2019 by sending the artwork to fans in several US cities through AirDrop

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and raised in East Greenville.
• She began studying voice at age six and posted YouTube covers of Christina Aguilera and Adele songs around age ten.
• In 2008 she entered the online singing contest The Next Miley Cyrus Project and placed third in 2010.
• She signed with Hollywood Records in 2014 and released her debut EP in April 2014.

Members

• Solo artist.

Career

• Breakthrough as Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017).
• Early albums Eyes Wide Open (2015), Evolution (2016), Singular: Act I (2018), and Singular: Act II (2019) had limited success.
• She joined Island Records in 2021 and released Emails I Can't Send (2022), which included the hit singles "Nonsense" and "Feather".
• Short n' Sweet (2024) topped the US Billboard 200, won two Grammy Awards, and produced the global number-one singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".
• Man's Best Friend (2025) also topped the Billboard 200 and produced the US number-one single "Manchild".
• She has acted in films including The Hate U Give (2018), Tall Girl (2019), and Work It (2020), and played Cady Heron on Broadway in Mean Girls (2020).
• She has won two Grammy Awards and six MTV Video Music Awards.

Reception

At release

• Critics gave the album generally positive reviews upon release
• PopCrush's Erica Russel called it a glossy, hook-laden collection of danceable pop and R&B
• Russel also said the record shows Carpenter's intimate perspectives on everything from love to growing up
• L'Officiel's Dylan Kelly said each song focuses on a different issue and praised the mature, honest vulnerability of the singing
• Paper's Brendan Wetmore called the album a culmination of pop eras and a truly great standalone pop record
• YSBNow's Kristine Kowalski called Act II a satisfying follow-up to the first album instalment
• Affinity's Tatiana Brown called it a cohesive collection and arguably one of the best albums of the year
• Refinery29's Kathleen Newman-Bremang said the album sways between boastful, playful pop and soulful confessions about anxiety

Records

• US Billboard 200 debut: number 138
• UK Album Downloads chart: number 53
• New Zealand Hot Singles: "Exhale" reached number 35
• The other songs failed to chart on any major lists

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Carpenter revealed the cover on June 4, 2019 by sending the artwork to fans in several US cities through AirDrop.
• Nylon reported in May 2019 that the release had been set for July 26, 2019; it was later moved up to July 19.
• The cover was revealed on the same day the release date was pushed up to July 19, 2019.
• Carpenter revealed the track list the day after the cover reveal.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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