''I Know I'm Funny Haha'' (stylized as ''I Know I'm Funny haha'') is the fourth studio album by American singer

Faye Webster Faye Connell Webster (born June 25, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. She has released five studio albums: ''Run and Tell'' (2013), ''Faye Webster'' (2017), '' Atlanta Millionaires Club'' (2019), '' I Know I'm Funny H ...

, released on June 25, 2021 through

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Critical reception

''I Know I'm Funny Haha'' received a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from eight reviews on

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, indicating "universal acclaim". Jeremy D. Larson for ''

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'' called it "dazzling" and applauded it for showing "its great depth at its own unconcerned pace". ''I Know I'm Funny Haha'' was listed as the 45th best album of the first half of 2021 by

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. Lead track "Better Distractions" was listed by President

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as one of his favorite songs of 2020.

Accolades

Track listing

A Dream with a Baseball Player

The album's ninth track, "A Dream with a Baseball Player", was released as a single. "A Dream with a Baseball Player" was inspired by Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr., on whom Webster (a lifelong Braves fan) had developed a crush, while watching Braves games regularly after her return from her 2019 tour. Lyrics such as " and I don't speak the same language / But we have conversations in my head... I could just meet him and get it over/ Or I'll just keep wearing his name on my shirt", with the repeated refrain of "How did I fall in love with someone I don't know?" are explained by Webster with "A song about Ronald Acuña Jr., obviously... I guess this song explains what having a crush feels like. Having made up conversations with them in your head even though you don’t speak their language, wearing their team jersey every day, things that make you feel closer to this person that you don’t know at all."

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals, guitar *Anna Bishop – violin *Harold Brown – drums *Mei Ehara – featured vocals *Tressa Gold – violin *Bryan Howard – bass *Jeanette Jang – violin *Noah Johnson – cello *Jordi Lara – cello *Annie Leeth – violin *Stacy Matthews – violin *Elizabeth O'Hara – viola *Adrian Pintea – violin *

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– conductor *Meredith Riley – violin *Nick Rosen – keyboards *Schuyler Slack – cello *Derek Smith – viola *Jocelyn Smith – viola *Matt Stoessel – guitar *Jeremy Wheatley – drums *Henry White – horn

Technical

*Alex Dejong – recording engineer *Joe Lambert – mastering *Drew Vandenberg – production, mixing, recording engineer *Faye Webster – production

Charts

References

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