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Conan Gray takes a big, euphoric pop swing on 2024's Found Heaven, an album that finds him explicitly embracing a dayglow, '80s-style Euro synth pop aesthetic. With his bright croon and knack for diaristic lyrics, Gray was a breakout star of social media just prior to the release of his 2020 debut, Kid Krow, where he built a devoted fan base with his confessional indie pop and acoustic balladry. While he already expanded his sound with 2022's Superache, Found Heaven takes the embrace of professionally crafted studio pop even further as Gray frames his vocals in majestic crystal palaces of synthesizers, processed guitars, and layered vocal overdubs. It's a move that might threaten to bury him or wash away his personality if the whole thing wasn't done with such a purposeful sense of glee. Helping him achieve this very specific sound is a cadre of production superstars, including Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, Oscar Holter, and Ilya, among others. Together, they've come up with an album that is at times campy, earnestly romantic, and endlessly listenable. Part of the fun and endearing aspect of Gray's turn towards '80s Euro-pop is just how well he and his production partners captured the studio textures and anthemic energy of the genre. Cuts like the opening title track and "Lonely Dancers" mix pulsing laser-tone synths, dramatic, pounding drum beats, and classically harmonized, widescreen choruses, all bringing to mind a wry blend of iconic '80s bands like Yazoo, Eurythmics, and Bronski Beat. Other pop touchstones crop up elsewhere, as on the orchestral-tinged "Alley Rose" and piano-driven "Forever with Me," both of which evoke the glitter-laden sound of ELO. We also get the cheekily titled "Fainted Love," which sounds nothing like the 1981 Soft Cell song it's referencing but still nails the fluorescent-spotlight dancefloor romanticism that Gray is aiming for and embodies throughout all of Found Heaven.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Money Mark, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Landau, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pino Palladino, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Everett, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivan Wayman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Gold, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Hodges, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Holland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ilya Salmanzadeh, Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ilya, Producer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Lertola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doris Sandberg, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lennon Kloser, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Gray, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luka Kloser, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryce Bordone, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Holland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Ilbert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Lertola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Holland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Ilbert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ilya Salmanzadeh, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ilya, Producer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Lertola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bryce Bordone, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Mellotron, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Davide Rossi, String Arranger, Cello, Viola, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Burg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Tuggle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Holland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Ilbert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ilya Salmanzadeh, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ilya, Producer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Lertola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bryce Bordone, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Max Grahn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tove Burman, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fat Max Gsus, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Wolter, A&R - Elvira Anderfjärd, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luka Kloser, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bryce Bordone, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator - Ian Schick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Mellotron, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Burg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Tuggle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
OMAR HAKIM, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Money Mark, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Landau, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pino Palladino, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Everett, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Amir Yaghmai, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivan Wayman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wolter, A&R - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Gold, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Hodges, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tove Burman, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Wolter, A&R - Elvira Anderfjärd, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bryce Bordone, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emmett Dwyer, A&R Coordinator
℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Max Martin, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Ilbert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Holter, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Bass, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mattias Larsson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Conan Gray, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bryce Bordone, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Strings, Bass, Mellotron, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Burg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Tuggle, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Conan Gray, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2023 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Conan Gray takes a big, euphoric pop swing on 2024's Found Heaven, an album that finds him explicitly embracing a dayglow, '80s-style Euro synth pop aesthetic. With his bright croon and knack for diaristic lyrics, Gray was a breakout star of social media just prior to the release of his 2020 debut, Kid Krow, where he built a devoted fan base with his confessional indie pop and acoustic balladry. While he already expanded his sound with 2022's Superache, Found Heaven takes the embrace of professionally crafted studio pop even further as Gray frames his vocals in majestic crystal palaces of synthesizers, processed guitars, and layered vocal overdubs. It's a move that might threaten to bury him or wash away his personality if the whole thing wasn't done with such a purposeful sense of glee. Helping him achieve this very specific sound is a cadre of production superstars, including Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, Oscar Holter, and Ilya, among others. Together, they've come up with an album that is at times campy, earnestly romantic, and endlessly listenable. Part of the fun and endearing aspect of Gray's turn towards '80s Euro-pop is just how well he and his production partners captured the studio textures and anthemic energy of the genre. Cuts like the opening title track and "Lonely Dancers" mix pulsing laser-tone synths, dramatic, pounding drum beats, and classically harmonized, widescreen choruses, all bringing to mind a wry blend of iconic '80s bands like Yazoo, Eurythmics, and Bronski Beat. Other pop touchstones crop up elsewhere, as on the orchestral-tinged "Alley Rose" and piano-driven "Forever with Me," both of which evoke the glitter-laden sound of ELO. We also get the cheekily titled "Fainted Love," which sounds nothing like the 1981 Soft Cell song it's referencing but still nails the fluorescent-spotlight dancefloor romanticism that Gray is aiming for and embodies throughout all of Found Heaven.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:38
- Main artists: Conan Gray
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Republic Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2024 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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