Love Monster (album)
Love Monster is the debut studio album by Australian alternative pop singer-songwriter Amy Shark, released on 13 July 2018 by Wonderlick Entertainment and Sony Music Australia.
Love Monster
Shark said "I think I want to start explaining it like the first two seasons of a great series you've just found. It's full of so much drama. There's first loves, there's rejection and lies and beautiful moments and nasty moments and there's a death. It's a great series."[2]
The album was supported by an Australian national tour throughout August and September 2018.[3]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Love Monster won Album of the Year, Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release.[4]
At the J Awards of 2018, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[5]
Singles[edit]
"I Said Hi" is the album's lead single, released on 13 April 2018. It reached the top 10 and peaked at #6 in Australia. The song is about overcoming adversity and a nod to perseverance. Shark explains: "It's about the struggle of the ups and downs of the industry. It hasn't been a complete Cinderella story for me from day one. It's taken a while."[6]
"Don't Turn Around" was originally released on 8 June 2018 as an album pre-order track,[7] and was later confirmed as the album's second single.[8] In a statement, Shark said: "It's a song that talks about the desire to run into someone you have feelings for, a history with who knows you too well."[9]
"Psycho" was released on 22 June 2018 as an album pre-order track and the album's third single.[10] The song tells the emotional, relatable saga of vulnerability and the complications that often come with falling in love.[11] The track features vocals from Blink-182 frontman and bassist, Mark Hoppus.
"All Loved Up" was released to radio on 3 August 2018 as the album's fourth single. The following week, it was the most added song on radio.[12]
A single edit of "Mess Her Up" was released digitally on 1 March 2019 as the album's fifth single. The digital single included an acoustic version of the track.
The album includes the single "Adore" from Shark's 2017 Night Thinker EP.