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I'm Doing It Again Baby!

I'm Doing It Again Baby! is the second studio album and major-label debut by Norwegian singer-songwriter Girl in Red, released on 12 April 2024, through Columbia Records. Serving as the follow-up to her 2021 album If I Could Make It Go Quiet, it has been preceded by the release of three singles between February and March 2024: "Too Much", "Doing It Again Baby" and "You Need Me Now?", a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter. To promote the album, Girl in Red embarked on the Doing It Again Tour, which started on 16 April 2024.

I'm Doing It Again Baby!
The girl in red is in full stride running blurry in the bottom right next to a handwritten black-ink note on white paper: "I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!"
Studio album by
Girl in Red
Released12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)
GenreIndie pop
Length27:51
LabelColumbia
Producer
Girl in Red chronology
If I Could Make It Go Quiet
(2021) 		I'm Doing It Again Baby!
(2024)
Singles from I'm Doing It Again Baby!
  1. "Too Much"
    Released: 9 February 2024
  2. "Doing It Again Baby"
    Released: 7 March 2024
  3. "You Need Me Now?"
    Released: 22 March 2024

Background

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In an interview with NME following the release of her debut full-length studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet, in April 2021, Girl in Red shared how she had already been "working on new sounds".[1] At the Reading Festival in August 2021, she again confirmed that she was working on new music material.[2] In February 2022, following the commercial success of her debut album, the artist signed a record deal with Columbia Records; the company confirmed it to Variety.[3] In the following year, while performing at the All Points East Festival in London, she confirmed that her second studio album would be in production by stating: "This is just the beginning, I'm finishing the best album ever made".[4]

She teased music at the beginning of 2024, a track which she labelled "the song of the summer", with the caption "2024 baby!".[5] I'm Doing It Again Baby! was announced via her social media accounts on 30 January 2024, while sharing its artwork and release date.[6] In addition to the album announcement, the artist shared a snippet of an audio file, hinting that it would be part of a new song on the record.[4]

Music and lyrics

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An indie pop record,[7] the singer described the album as an "elevated" version of her previous project, If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021), and said that it feels more creative and confident.[8] She cited Taylor Swift as one of her inspirations for the album.[8]

"Doing It Again Baby" was named by the artist as "the most fun track" she has ever made.[9] The third track on the album, titled "Too Much", is a song about "being pushed into a corner [and] told that your emotions need to be minimised, or in some cases not heard at all".[10] "You Need Me Now?" is a rock-infused pop song,[11] in which Girl in Red "calls out an ex's bad behaviour".[12]

Promotion

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Singles

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I'm Doing It Again Baby! was preceded by the release of three singles. The lead single, "Too Much", was released on 9 February 2024;[13] it marked her first release since her 2022 single "October Passed Me By".[14] A music video for the song was published on the same day.[15] "Doing It Again Baby" was released on 7 March as the second single from the album.[16] "You Need Me Now?", a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter, was released on 22 March 2024 as the third and final single, alongside an official visualizer.[17]

Tour

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Main article: Doing It Again Tour

To promote the album, Girl in Red will embark on her Doing It Again Tour. Dates in cities in North America, starting in Boston on 16 April and ending in San Francisco on 2 June 2024, were announced on 12 February.[18] American band Momma and Canadian band the Beaches served as opening acts.[19] The European leg of the tour was confirmed on 7 March, with dates in countries including the United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain and Norway.[20] Tickets went on general sale on 15 March via Ticketmaster; people who pre-ordered I'm Doing It Again Baby! were granted pre-sale access for two days before.[21]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[22]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [23]
Dork     [24]
The Guardian     [25]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[26]

I'm Doing It Again Baby! received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, a website that aggregates reviews of music albums, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[22]

Alex Ingle of Dork describes the album as "a coming-of-age story set to music, a celebration of self-acceptance and the exhilarating power of embracing fun. It's a bold artistic statement that proves girl in red is here to stay, ready to conquer the world, one pop anthem at a time."[24] Katie Hawthorne of The Guardian writes that the album "takes big, bold swings" but adds that "some of them miss."[25]

The Line of Best Fit writer Emma Thimgren praised the album and stated that "is undoubtedly refreshing, both for girl in red's music catalogue and the music industry's stagnant fixation on pop-punk", but criticized that "the constant zigzag between tempos and moods is tiring."[26]

Track listing

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All tracks are produced and written by Girl in Red (Marie Ulven) and Matias Tellez, except where noted.

I'm Doing It Again Baby! track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Back"  3:00
2."Doing It Again Baby" 
2:25
3."Too Much"  3:03
4."Phantom Pain"  2:51
5."You Need Me Now?" (with Sabrina Carpenter)
  • Girl in Red
  • Tellez
  • Julian Bunetta[v]
3:06
6."A Night to Remember"  2:50
7."Pick Me"  3:02
8."Ugly Side" 
  • Girl in Red
  • Tellez
  • Tyler Spry[c]
2:55
9."New Love"  2:52
10."★★★★★"  1:49
Total length:27:51

Notes

  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[v] signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Marie Ulven – vocals (all tracks), programming (tracks 1–4, 6–10); piano, synthesizer (1–4, 6–9); guitar (2–4), drums (2, 9), cello (4, 8), clapping (4)
  • Matias Tellez – bass, programming, synthesizer (all tracks); guitar (tracks 1–6, 9), drums (2, 9, 10), banjo (2), cello (4, 8), whistles (4), piano (7–9)
  • Viljar Dunderovic – keyboards (tracks 1, 6, 9)
  • Kid Harpoon – drums (2)
  • Erlend Hisdal – drums (tracks 3, 5, 8)
  • Rob Moose – violin (3)
  • Mari Persen – violin (track 4); guitar, programming, synthesizer, vocals (5)
  • Sabrina Carpenter – vocals (track 5)
  • Tyler Spry – drums, synthesizer (track 8)

Technical

  • John Greenham – mastering
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Matias Tellez – engineering
  • Andreas Aunedi Høvset – engineering assistance
  • James Pinfield-Wells – engineering assistance
  • Kieran Beardmore – engineering assistance
  • Matt Wolach – engineering assistance
  • Quentin Adrianasitera – engineering assistance
  • Tess Greenham – engineering assistance

Charts

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Chart performance for I'm Doing It Again Baby!
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[28] 122
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[29] 37
French Albums (SNEP)[30] 168
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[31] 13
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 12
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 37
US Billboard 200[36] 183
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[37] 44

Release history

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Release dates and formats for I'm Doing It Again Baby!
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 12 April 2024
Columbia [38]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Damian (6 February 2024). "Girl In Red teases new single 'Too Much'". NME. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ Moore, Sam (16 February 2022). "Girl In Red signs new record deal with Columbia Records". NME. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ Willman, Chris (15 February 2022). "Girl in Red Signs With Columbia Records". Variety. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ackroyd, Stephen (31 January 2024). "Girl In Red's new album 'I'm Doing It Again Baby' is coming this April". Dork. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ Ackroyd, Stephen (4 January 2024). "Girl in Red is teasing her 2024 comeback with "the song of the summer"". Dork. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ Schube, Will (30 January 2024). "girl in red Is Doing It Again, Baby (Releasing an Album)". Flood Magazine. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ Robinson, Otis (12 April 2024). "girl in red - I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! review". DIY Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b Daw, Stephen (5 March 2024). "From Taylor Swift to Warhol's Factory, Girl In Red Reveals What Inspired Her New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. ^ Kelly, Tyler Damara (8 March 2024). "girl in red drops new single, "Doing It Again Baby", from forthcoming second album". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ Murray, Robin (9 February 2024). "girl in red's 'Too Much' Is Deliciously Barbed". Clash. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  11. ^ Dailey, Hannah (22 March 2024). "Eras Tour Openers Girl in Red & Sabrina Carpenter Team Up on 'You Need Me Now?': Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  12. ^ Skinner, Tom (22 March 2024). "Girl In Red teams up with Sabrina Carpenter for defiant new single 'You Need Me Now?'". NME. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  13. ^ Rettig, James (9 February 2024). "Girl In Red – "Too Much"". Stereogum. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ Kelly, Tyler Damara (31 January 2024). "girl in red announces second album, I'm Doing It Again Baby!". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  15. ^ Taylor, Sam (9 February 2024). "girl in red has announced her second album 'I'm Doing It Again Baby!' with fab new single 'Too Much'". Dork. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  16. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (8 March 2024). "girl in red Shares New Single 'Doing It Again Baby'". Our Culture. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ^ Carter, Daisy (26 March 2024). "girl in red and Sabrina Carpenter team up on new single 'You Need Me Now?'". DIY. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  18. ^ Harrison, Scoop (14 February 2024). "girl in red Announces 2024 North American Tour". Consequence. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  19. ^ Lapierre, Megan (12 February 2024). "girl in red Books North American Tour with the Beaches, Momma". Exclaim. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  20. ^ Johnson, Laura (15 March 2024). "Girl In Red Tickets For UK And European Leg Of Doing It Again Tour On Sale 10am Today". Stereoboard. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  21. ^ Skinner, Tom (7 March 2024). "Girl In Red announces 2024 UK tour – including huge Wembley show". NME. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  22. ^ a b "I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! by Girl In Red Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  23. ^ Donelson, Marcy (12 April 2024). "girl in red - I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!". AllMusic.
  24. ^ a b Ingle, Alex (12 April 2024). "girl in red – I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!". Dork.
  25. ^ a b Hawthorne, Katie (12 April 2024). "Girl in Red: I'm Doing It Again Baby! review – ambitious alt-pop overshadows candid lyrics". The Guardian.
  26. ^ a b Thimgren, Emma (12 April 2024). "I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! infuses girl in red's diaristic pop with explosively grimy punk". The Line of Best Fit.
  27. ^ "Ultratop.be – Girl in Red – I'm Doing It Again Baby!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  28. ^ "Ultratop.be – Girl in Red – I'm Doing It Again Baby!" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  29. ^ "Albumit 16/2024" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  30. ^ "Lescharts.com – Girl in Red – I'm Doing It Again Baby!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  31. ^ "Album 2024 uke 16". VG-lista. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  32. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 12.04.2024–18.04.2024 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  33. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  34. ^ "Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 16". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  35. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  36. ^ "Girl in Red Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  37. ^ "Girl in Red Chart History: Top Rock & Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  38. ^ Citations concerning I'm Doing It Again Baby! release formats:
    1. "I'm Doing It Again Baby! CD". Girl in Red Official. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
    2. "I'm Doing It Again Baby! Digital album". Girl in Red Official. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
    3. "I'm Doing It Again Baby! Standard Vinyl". Girl in Red Official. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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