''Planet Y2K'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist

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, released on November 15, 2019 through

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. Following a public falling out with former record label

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in 2016, Liz released a one-track

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called ''Cross Your Heart''. This experience fueled Liz's creative pursuits in creating her debut album, calling it "a culmination of a lot of work I did independently" As the title implies, ''Planet Y2K'' features "sonic flavors reminiscent of late '90s / early '00s

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scene and features influences frovarious artists of that time period including

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, and Ace of Base

Music

The album opens with a

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- pop and

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cover of

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's 1985 hit "

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". "Self-love anthem" "Diamond in the Dark" features vocals from American pop artist

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and

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from

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. "Lottery" features American

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and rapper

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and has been described as "sound nglike

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". "Intuition" was described by the singer as "so

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". The track was originally written by

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for

in 1993, but went unreleased until Harry brought the demo to Liz. It features "moody

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, '90s beats, and heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics". "Lost U 2 The Boys" is a song about a date gone wrong, inspired by the "island

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" of Ace of Base. The

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"Bubblegum" features "hyperspeed,

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-sounding vocal effects, and rubbery production to back the

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, over-the-top lyrics".

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2019 debut albums Liz (musician) albums Albums produced by Dylan Brady Albums produced by Jimmy Harry