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American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story is the second studio album by American recording artist Kevin Abstract, released on November 18, 2016.[1]

American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
Studio album by
Kevin Abstract
ReleasedNovember 18, 2016
Studio
Various
  • Jeff's Studio, South Pasadena, CA
  • Amberwood Studios, South Pasadena, CA
  • White Lines, Los Angeles, CA
  • Red Bull Studios, Los Angeles, CA
  • BROCKHAMPTON Factory, San Marcos, TX
  • Brockhampton Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
  • Indie pop
  • alternative hip hop
  • alternative R&B
Length37:39
LabelBrockhampton Records
Producer
  • Michael Uzowuru (also exec.)
  • Kevin Abstract
  • Bearface
  • Russell "Joba" Boring
  • Albert Gordon
  • Robert Hale
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Om'Mas Keith
  • Jeff Kleinman
  • Roy Blair Ricky Reed
Kevin Abstract chronology
MTV1987
(2014)
American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
(2016)
Arizona Baby
(2019)
CD cover
Singles from American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story
  1. "Echo"
    Released: November 30, 2015
  2. "Empty"
    Released: September 20, 2016
  3. "Yellow"
    Released: November 2, 2016
  4. "Miserable America"
    Released: November 3, 2016

Background


On January 15, 2015, Kevin Abstract informed fans via his Twitter page that his record was to be titled Death of a Supermodel and that it would be released later in the year.[2] This album was then later discarded, however. Abstract then announced that he was working on a different album, They Shoot Horses, a part of the Death of a Supermodel trilogy. In November, the first single from They Shoot Horses, "Echo" was released, along with a music video directed by Tyler Mitchell.

At the end of June 2016, Kevin announced that he had changed the title of his upcoming album to American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story and that it would still be coming later in the year.

The album's second single "Empty" was released on September 20, 2016, alongside a self-directed music video.[3]

The album's release date was confirmed as November 18 on October 24. The album's artwork, designed by Tyler Mitchell and Henock "HK" Sileshi, and track listing were released on October 31.

The album's third single, "Yellow" was premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats One on November 2,[4] followed by "Miserable America", premiered by Shane Powers on Dash Radio the next day.[5]


Reception


American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story received generally positive reviews upon release. Ryan Bassil of Noisey said, "it's one of the most nuanced and touching documentations of the gloriously testing period that forms the experience of growing up and becoming yourself."[6] David Turner of Pitchfork said, "American Boyfriend can feel a bit scattered and unsure, but it’s an album seeking love in a world now primed to find new angles for hate. For that reason alone, it feels welcome."[7]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Empty"
  • Kevin Abstract
  • Michael Uzowuru
  • Russell "Joba" Boring
  • Roy Blair
  • Uzowuru
  • Jeff Kleinman
  • Romil Hemnani[b]
3:14
2."Seventeen"
  • Abstract
  • Uzowuru
2:45
3."Blink"Abstract
  • Blair
  • Abstract
  • Kleinman[b]
  • Uzowuru[b]
2:55
4."Friendship"Abstract
  • Hemnani
  • Abstract
0:23
5."Tattoo"
  • Abstract
  • William Wood
  • Uzowuru
  • Boring
  • Uzowuru
  • Kleinman
  • Om'Mas Keith
  • Hemnani[a]
3:27
6."Yellow"
  • Abstract
  • Uzowuru
  • Boring
  • Uzowuru
  • Kleinman
  • Keith
3:31
7."Suburbian Born"Abstract
  • Robert Hale
  • Abstract
  • Joba
1:09
8."Kin"Abstract
  • Kleinman
  • Abstract
0:29 / 3:26
9."Runner"
  • Abstract
  • Blair
2:57
10."Flintridge"Abstract
  • Abstract
  • Blair
  • Hemnani
0:37
11."Papercut"Abstract
  • Hemnani
  • Uzowuru
  • Kleinman[b]
3:27
12."June 29"UzowuruKleinman0:48
13."Miserable America"
  • Abstract
  • Uzowuru
  • Uzowuru
  • Kleinman
  • Ricky Reed
2:45
14."American Boyfriend"
  • Abstract
  • Ciarán McDonald
  • Uzowuru
  • Bearface
  • Reed
3:58
15."Echo"
  • Abstract
  • Wood
  • Hemnani
  • Albert Gordon
  • Kleinman[b]
  • Uzowuru[b]
2:36
16."I Do (End Credits)"
  • Abstract
  • Jeff Gitty
2:38
Total length:37:39 / 41:36

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