''Ralph'' is the self-titled debut EP by Canadian singer-songwriter

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. It was released on March 3, 2017 by

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. The EP spawned four singles, "Cold to the Touch", "Something More", "Busy Man" and "Tease".

Background and release

In 2015, Ralph self-released her debut single "Trouble", which got her noticed by and signed to label 604 Records. She then decided to discard her previous songs and started working on a new project from scratch: "I realized I had been emotionally disconnected to my other tracks because I wasn't really writing them, I was just top lining. This moment fully changed the project and I ditched all my old songs and amicably parted ways with the guy I had been working with." After releasing four consecutive singles, she finally announced her self-titled debut EP ''Ralph'', which was released on March 3, 2017.

Singles

The first single "Cold to the Touch" was released on May 25, 2016. The singer had shared a self-made video for the song, which was later removed, due to it receiving an official music video directed by Gemma Warren, almost a year later on May 17, 2017. "Something More" was released on August 3, 2016 as the second single from the EP. The song, which was inspired by

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'', had its music video premiered on October 7, becoming her first official video to be released on

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. On October 24, 2016, the third single "Busy Man" was released. "Tease", the fourth and final single from the EP, was announced on February 14, 2017, through her official

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page. The next day, on February 15, the single was released alongside a music video, also directed by Gemma Warren.

Promotion

On March 22, 2017, Ralph held a launch party at Drake Underground in

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, where she performed a few songs from her EP to a sold out crowd.

Reception

Despite not entering any official charts, the EP had a positive reception on

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. As of September 2017, the songs "Cold to the Touch" and "Something More" had gathered over five million streams on

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Background and release

Singles

Promotion

Reception

Track listing

Release history

References