Superache Tracklist
Superache is the second studio album by Conan Gray, released on June 24, 2022. The album was teased using an anagram puzzle on his website, with rose petals on the floor spelling out “Superache”.
In an interview with NME, Gray talks about his second album, stating,
Some days I’m very, very happy and I want to sing about daydreaming about an alternate reality where I can just find some stranger and move to a different country with them. Other days, I am barely capable of leaving my bed. That’s what the album is gonna be like, similar to Kid Krow. I think people can expect the full range of human emotion out of me. I don’t think I could control myself enough to not give people that.
“Superache” Q&A
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Translations
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What have the artists said about writing the album?
Conan Gray:It was a miserable and terrifying album to write, but it ended up becoming an album that felt like a very true representation of myself. Superache is definitely a vulnerable album, but not without its sarcasm. It’s a story of heartbreak, friends, yearning, mourning, and grieving parts of your past you ignored for years.
I’m aware that being a young adult holds levels of extreme feelings that I’ll look back on 10 years from now and laugh at, but I wanted to accept the histrionic nature of growing up on this album.
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What is a superache?
Conan Gray:A superache is something that hurts you so much, it lingers with you for years after. It’s something that can only be healed through years of dramatic mourning, self-sabotage, songwriting, crying to your friends. It’s a super ache.
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What have the artists said about the album?
Conan Gray:This album is for all my fellow people watchers of life, for my fellow hearts that linger a little too long in the hurt. I hope these songs will show that you are not alone.
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What have the artists said about the album?
Kid Krow was my introduction to the world—there’s a lot of teen angst. Superache is a bit more self-aware. I’ve had time to think about life; it’s my early twenties. The overarching theme of this album is lingering pain — this mourning period that almost feels good. You wallow in it, and you cry, and you write all these songs; you’re being really annoying about it all. That’s what a Superache is — I wanted it to have a bit of humor as well.
I hope this album makes people feel less alone in their experiences. That’s why I started writing music: I was a lonely kid and didn’t feel like I could understand other people. Being alive is a confounding thing and you’re allowed to have insane, mixed emotions all the time.
— Via Apple Music
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What was the album rumored to be titled before release?
After the release of “Astronomy,” the album was rumored to be titled Worlds Apart.
Additionally, leading up to the announcement of Superache, Conan turned his website into a countdown to April 11, 2022, the day that he would eventually announce Superache. The website featured a rose graphic, along with the countdown, and the rose’s petals would eventually reveal letters to spell “superache.” The final two petals, or letters, dropped on April 10, as shown here:
Soon after, many fans started to decode the title. The most popular guesses were Pure Aches, Upreaches, and Super Ache. Once the album was announced a day later, it was confirmed that Super Ache was in fact the album title, however, stylized as one word only.
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Is there official animated artwork?
Yes, Apple Music features animated artwork for this release.
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How did this album perform on the charts?
Superache debuted and peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 for the chart week ending July 9, 2022. The album moved 43,000 equivalent album units in its first sales week (22.47 million on-demand streams and 27,000 pure sales).
