Imagination & the Misfit Kid


Imagination & the Misfit Kid is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Labrinth, released on 22 November 2019. The album was recorded in London and New York City and features guest vocals by Sia and Zendaya. The song "All for Us" was performed by the latter in the first season finale of the HBO show Euphoria.

Background

Labrinth announced the album through his social media accounts on 31 October 2019. In the album announcement, Imagination & the Misfit Kid was described as "an adventure is laced together by the story of a journey through art, commerce, and imagination." The album was released for digital download and streaming on 22 November 2019, with the LP released on 28 February 2020.
"Misbehaving" was released as the first single from the record on 15 September 2017. "Miracle", "Mount Everest", "All for Us", "Something's Got To Give", "Where the Wild Things" and "Like a Movie" were released as singles prior to the album release in 2019. "Oblivion" served as the album's eighth single.
Imagination & the Misfit Kid was written and produced entirely by Labrinth, with additional writing by Darren Poole, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ammar Malik, Jason Evigan and Cass Lowe on select tracks. Labrinth wrote "Oblivion" with featured artist Sia.

Critical reception

Alex Green of the Belfast Telegraph, who positively reviewed the album, stated that the album was "simultaneously more experimental and more jam-packed with potential pop hits than his debut", while Damien Morris of The Guardian gave the album one out of five stars, opining that Labrinth's "inventive music is decent in tiny bursts, but wearying at album length". The track "Where the Wild Things" was included on Time magazine's five best songs of the week of 1 November 2019. The list's curator, Raisa Bruner praised the song as "consistently compelling".
Imagination & the Misfit Kid peaked number 71 on the Apple iTunes US Albums Download Chart, and number 78 on the UK version of the same chart.

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Apple Music, track lengths from Qobuz.

Release history