''A Different Christmas'' is the debut

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by American singer

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. It was released through

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on November 19, 2021. The EP features guest appearances from

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, and Tiller's daughter,

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. It marks the first time that Tiller has worked with any of the featured artists on the EP. Production was handled by Tiller himself, Poo Bear himself,

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, Carter Lang, J-Louis,

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, Emoko, Nes,

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, Oliver "Junior" Frid, and Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman. The project debuted and peaked at number 194 on the ''Billboard'' 200 for the chart week ending December 4, 2021. The EP was supported by one single, " Lonely Christmas", which features Justin Bieber and Poo Bear, and was released alongside a music video with the release of the EP.

Background and promotion

On November 10, 2021, Tiller announced the project. Within the post, he stated that it was inspired by fellow singers

and

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and their Christmas music that they have released previously. The tracklist was revealed exactly a week later, on November 17, 2021. Tiller told ''

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'' that he came up with the project when thinking about how it feels to spend Christmas alone and it is specially made for his fans who are spending the holidays by themselves. It was also inspired by past events in his personal life. While creating the project, he recalled that he thought about how it feels to spend Christmas alone, which he has done that before. His purpose of the EP is to let his fans know that they are not alone for Christmas even if they are spending it alone. He also wanted to be on different instrumentals than what he regularly sings on. All seven tracks from the EP consist of a "combination of soul samples with his patented

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-like snares

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. The lead and only single, " Lonely Christmas", featuring Justin Bieber and American singer-songwriter and record producer

, was released with a music video on November 19, 2021.

Track listing

Notes * Every track is stylized in

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. For example, " Lonely Christmas" is stylized as "lonely christmas".

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals (all tracks), songwriting (tracks 1–3, 5, 6), production (track 4) *

– production (track 1), songwriting (track 1) * Carter Lang – production (track 1), songwriting (track 1) * J-Louis – production (track 1), songwriting (track 1) *

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– songwriting (track 1) *

Leslie Bricusse Leslie Bricusse OBE (; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films ''Do ...

– songwriting (track 1) * Ben Lusher – songwriting (track 1) *

** Cool – production (track 2), songwriting (track 2), programming (track 2) ** Dre – production (track 2), songwriting (track 2), programming (track 2) *

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– songwriting (track 2) *

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– songwriting (track 2) * Rayshon Cobbs – songwriting (track 2) *

– vocals (track 3), songwriting (track 3) * Ekofo – production (track 3), songwriting (track 3) * Nes – production (track 3), songwriting (track 3) *

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– songwriting (track 4) *

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– songwriting (track 4) *

– vocals (track 5), songwriting (track 5) *

– vocals (track 5), songwriting (track 5), production (track 5) *

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** Dominic Jordan – production (track 5), songwriting (track 5) ** Jimmy Giannos – production (track 5), songwriting (track 5) *

– production (track 5), songwriting (track 5) *

– vocals (track 6), songwriting (track 6) * Kam Parker – songwriting (track 6) * Oliver "Junior" Frid – production (track 6), songwriting (track 6) *

– vocals (track 7) *

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– songwriting (track 7) * Dick Smith – songwriting (track 7) * Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman – production (track 7), bass (track 7), guitar (track 7), piano (track 7) * Cody Sommer – drums (track 7) * Ian Roller-Garelick – saxophone (track 7) * Sean Shackelford – trombone (track 7) * John Panos – trumpet (track 7) Technical *

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– mixing (all tracks), mastering (tracks 5, 6) * 808 Ray – miscellaneous production (track 2) * DJ Riggins – assistant engineering (tracks 3–7) * Jacob Richards – assistant engineering (tracks 3–7) * Mike Seaberg – assistant engineering (tracks 3–7) * Josh Gudwin – miscellaneous production (track 5), vocal production (track 5), recording (track 5) * Ben Rice – miscellaneous production (track 5)

Charts

References

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