''Five Seconds Flat'' (stylized in

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) is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter

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, released on April 8, 2022, by Harbour Artists & Music in association with the

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music distribution company.

Background and promotion

On January 20, 2022, ''Five Seconds Flat'' was announced alongside the release of the single "All My Ghosts". The album was released on April 8, 2022.

''Five Seconds Flat, the Film''

With the release of the album, McAlpine also released a film on April 8, 2022. The film is available to watch on Lizzy McAlpine's official YouTube channel. All but two of the album's songs appear in the film. McAlpine came up with the whole idea for the film and the plot by herself. "I had whole pages of complex explanations about the meaning of the film", she said in a questionnaire after the screening of the film. She came up with the idea of the skeletons in the film "because I feel that heartbreak is like a small death". The idea in this metaphor is that every time she feels heartbroken she dies all over again. So every time in the movie she feels heartbroken she has skeleton makeup.

Critical reception

According to the collection of reviews on ''Album of the Year'', the album received a user score of 77/100 and a critic score of 80/100. In a 4 out of 5 star review, '' Dork'' wrote that "the album is all flashes of clean white sheets, sunlight coming through the blinds, first stirring of your coffee in the morning... Over the course of the album, the 22-year-old finds herself traversing through gut-punching heartbreak: each track feels like another step on tentative feet." ''

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'' praised McAlpine's growth as an artist who "sounds confident and accomplished on her second album" and "showcases her skill as a singer, songwriter and storyteller" with ''Five Seconds Flat''. According to a review by Dartmouth student Elle Muller, the album "builds upon raw lyricism and extends her storytelling through a longer exploration of heartbreak."

Track listing

Notes

* All track titles are stylized in

. * signifies an additional producer

Five Seconds Flat, the tour

With the release of the album came the tour that was announced on social networks on April 7, 2022, and took place from June 8, 2022, to November 25, 2022. The tour had 26 shows in North America and 10 shows in Europe. In most the performances during the tour, the opening act was the singer Carol Ades.

The End of the Movie, the tour

Following her first sold-out tour, McAlpine announced a second solo tour on November 7, 2022, on social media. The tour began on April 18, 2023, and concluded on June 11, 2023. The tour had 18 shows in North America and 7 shows in Europe. Her opening act(s) was announced as Olivia Barton

Charts

As far as individual songs go,

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reached the top of the US Billboard Alternative Streaming Songs list in February 2023 due to its viral consumption on TikTok. This is the highest of any song in her career thus far.

References

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