''Poppy.Computer'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter

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. It was released through

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on October 6, 2017, followed by a 34-city, 40-concert

Poppy.Computer Tour The Poppy.Computer Tour was the debut concert tour by American singer Poppy. The tour supports the singer's debut studio album, ''Poppy.Computer'' (2017). Starting in the fall of 2017, the tour played 38 cities, including 40 concerts in North Am ...

Background

''Poppy.Computer'' was written in Los Angeles during 2016 by Poppy and

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, with help from songwriter

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and Chris Greatti of Blame Candy. Near the end of the year, Poppy and Sinclair went to Japan to work with producers on the record, then went back in the spring of 2017 to finish it. On May 6, 2017, Poppy confirmed on

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that her debut album was finished. On the same tweet Poppy also confirmed that there would be a tour to promote the album and that she knows when the album will be released. After being interviewed for an article with ''

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'', the website accidentally leaked the release date of Poppy's album as October 6, 2017, which is also the anniversary of Poppy's

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channel creation. Poppy released five singles from the album. The second single "Computer Boy" has been nominated for Song of The Year at the Unicorn Awards. The third single "

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" was performed live on ''

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''. Music videos were also released for "Moshi Moshi" in November and "Bleach Blonde Baby" in December. The latter was also performed on ''

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'' on January 29, 2018.

Composition

''Poppy.Computer'' has been labelled by critics as an art pop,

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, and

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album The album has been described to be different than her previous work, '' Bubblebath'' (2016), she said "These songs are a collection of writings inspired by enthusiasm and imagination."

Critical reception

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's Neil Z. Yeung noted an "injection" of

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into Poppy's "computer veins", mentioning that the album results in a "winking piece of art pop that sounds like '' Fame''-era

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meets

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''.-era

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going full 'Harajuku Girl ", also suggesting to "think of this as the '

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said that " tadds her airy voice to hyper-stylized, detail-rich gloss-pop", also stating that "''Poppy.Computer''s off-kilter recounting of microcelebrity, hiccuping vocals and intricate production help her neatly avoid that fate".

Year-end lists

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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Charts

Release history

''Poppy.Remixes''

''Poppy.Remixes'' is a remix extended play (EP) by Poppy, released digitally on March 16, 2018 by Mad Decent. The EP contains a remix of "

" and four remixes of "Moshi Moshi", originally from ''Poppy.Computer''.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.

References

External links

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