In the Meantime is the third studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter… Read Full Bio ↴In the Meantime is the third studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia Cara. The album was released in September 24, 2021, by Def Jam Recordings. Cara collaborated with Jon Levine, Salaam Remi and Joel Little among several other producers on the project. Three singles were released to promote album: "Sweet Dream", "Shapeshifter", and "Best Days", with "Sweet Dream" charting at number 77 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart. In the Meantime follows Cara's 2019 EP This Summer, released on September 6, 2019.
βThis is just a capsule of the last year of my life,β Alessia Cara explained to Apple Music's Strombo about her third album. βThroughout the creation of this process, I hit a few different rock bottoms, and I think through those rock bottoms, I found some sort of catalyst for changing the way that I was living.β It's heavy context for a project that often lands on the ear gently, light-heartedly even, but the contrast is in part the point. On βUnboxing Introβ, she seems to come apart, growing steadily more frenzied as she sings: βNeed some clarity, I miss therapy/Hyperbolic, melancholic/Do I call him? I feel nauseous/Have I lost it? Have I almost hit the bottom?β But the production on βBox in the Oceanβ, which immediately follows, suggests the bottom is a tropical island away from it all rather than the claustrophobic places of her mind encapsulated in the lyrics.
According to Cara, this is by design. She points to the soothing lullaby swing of βSweet Dreamβ as an exampleβa song that details the difficulty of trying to sleep when it feels impossible to quiet the voice in your head. βI try to juxtapose a lot of the heavier themes with some more humorous lyrics or some more fun-sounding things,β she says. βBut ultimately the root of it was a lot of struggle and a lot of difficulty.β
Thematically, conflicts like heartbreak, anxiety, isolation and longing form the bedrock of the album, following up on 2018's The Pains of Growing. The singer typically opts to navigate her woes in words rather than with her voice, but the most arresting moments of In the Meantime come when she allows her vocal tone to do the heavy lifting. On βBest Daysβ, she leaves the poppier backdrops for plodding, minimalist drama, creating the space for genuine conviction when she questions, βWhat if my best days are the days I've left behind?β It's not all doom and gloom, though. βClockworkβ finds her firm in the lessons learned, and tears are transformed into glitter on the chipper closer βApartment Songβ, as if to correspond with the clarity Cara found through her own process. βI feel like on the other end, I found a lot of acceptance,β she says. βI hope I can provide some people some sort of comfort in the commonalities of our pain and the commonalities of the things that we've gone through.β
βThis is just a capsule of the last year of my life,β Alessia Cara explained to Apple Music's Strombo about her third album. βThroughout the creation of this process, I hit a few different rock bottoms, and I think through those rock bottoms, I found some sort of catalyst for changing the way that I was living.β It's heavy context for a project that often lands on the ear gently, light-heartedly even, but the contrast is in part the point. On βUnboxing Introβ, she seems to come apart, growing steadily more frenzied as she sings: βNeed some clarity, I miss therapy/Hyperbolic, melancholic/Do I call him? I feel nauseous/Have I lost it? Have I almost hit the bottom?β But the production on βBox in the Oceanβ, which immediately follows, suggests the bottom is a tropical island away from it all rather than the claustrophobic places of her mind encapsulated in the lyrics.
According to Cara, this is by design. She points to the soothing lullaby swing of βSweet Dreamβ as an exampleβa song that details the difficulty of trying to sleep when it feels impossible to quiet the voice in your head. βI try to juxtapose a lot of the heavier themes with some more humorous lyrics or some more fun-sounding things,β she says. βBut ultimately the root of it was a lot of struggle and a lot of difficulty.β
Thematically, conflicts like heartbreak, anxiety, isolation and longing form the bedrock of the album, following up on 2018's The Pains of Growing. The singer typically opts to navigate her woes in words rather than with her voice, but the most arresting moments of In the Meantime come when she allows her vocal tone to do the heavy lifting. On βBest Daysβ, she leaves the poppier backdrops for plodding, minimalist drama, creating the space for genuine conviction when she questions, βWhat if my best days are the days I've left behind?β It's not all doom and gloom, though. βClockworkβ finds her firm in the lessons learned, and tears are transformed into glitter on the chipper closer βApartment Songβ, as if to correspond with the clarity Cara found through her own process. βI feel like on the other end, I found a lot of acceptance,β she says. βI hope I can provide some people some sort of comfort in the commonalities of our pain and the commonalities of the things that we've gone through.β
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Alessia Cara Lyrics
Apartment Song (Oh) Light in my head Turned on in the morning, what a…
Best Days So much harder to be honest With yourself at twenty-somethin…
Bluebird I wish you bluebirds in the spring To give your heart…
Box In The Ocean (Da-da-da-da-da) (Ba, ba-da, ba-da) (Da-da-da-da-da-da) I d…
Clockwork Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ah Am I a fir…
Drama Queen They tell us love done the right way is drainin' Kissin'…
Find My Boy Find my Find my, find my boy (find my boy) Find my,…
Fishbowl Yeah, yeah, yeah I wanna run and I wanna scream, but…
Lie To Me Ba, ba-da-da-ba-ba Ba-da-ba, ba-ba Ba-da-ba, ba-da-da-ba-ba …
Middle Ground Mm, mm Mm, mm I don't like boys, but I do I just…
Shapeshifter I can't quite put my finger on you You shapeshifter I don't…
Slow Lie Oh I know it wasn't much to ya But you dressed it…
Somebody Else I don't know you, it was nice to for a…
Sweet Dream 4:55, everybody else is snoring My heavy eyes, I can never…
Unboxing Intro Cloudy blue skies (blue skies), over me Echoes of old news…
Voice In My Head There's an evil figurine in my brain Windin' me up and…
You Let Me Down You, evergreen, the fire in my past Can't run free if…