LOOPY

Loopy, stylized as LOOPY, is MIA GLADSTONE’s first studio album, as well as her third studio project overall. It was released in the autumn of 2022. EMPATHY, TALKING ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA, and OPEN LETTER were released as singles before the album’s release. The album is the first of Gladstone’s projects to be fully self-produced.
== Background ==
Gladstone first announced that she was making a full-length project in April 2021 at WYBC Ante-Fling. She confirmed that it would be completely self-produced and that a song titled “WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH” would be on the album. She later confirmed on Twitter that her younger brother, Sam Gladstone, played drums and keys on many of the songs for the album.
Gladstone announced the release of EMPATHY, her first single since the release of CYCLE/S, on April 29th, 2022. She states that with this release, her one and a half-year hiatus from releasing music comes to an end. On May 2nd, Gladstone released a short teaser trailer for the song and announced that the song would feature “one of [her] all time favorite artists”. On May 5th, Gladstone revealed that the artist was Matt Martians. The song was officially released on May 6th, 2022.
In June 2022, on the This Is An Experiment podcast, Gladstone talked about the project. She stated that she wasn’t calling it an album, but rather a ‘producer-project’ and that there will be many features on the project. She also confirmed that her next project would be fully self-produced.
On July 25th, 2022, Gladstone announced the release of her next single “TALKING ONLINE” on an Instagram livestream. Soon after, the single’s cover was released, confirming that Belis would be featured on the song. It was later released on August 17th.
On August 13th, 2022, Gladstone posted a clapperboard for a music video on her story, confirming that “OPEN LETTER” would likely be the next single and that William Alan Harris would be making the music video. It also confirmed that Teezo Touchdown would be featured, however his name was slightly obscured. On August 22nd, 23rd, and 30th, Gladstone tagged three respective post’s locations as LOOPY. On August 26th, Gladstone played a show in New York City, where she played some unreleased songs including HOT AS FCK, IN MY DREAMS, WILL YOU COME AND TAKE A RIDE WITH ME?, and more.
On August 29th, Gladstone tweeted “all I will say is on October 14th people will be fed.” This may indicate the album’s announcement or release day, as it would fit in the 2022 release timeline. The next day, Gladstone posted the same statement on her Instagram story, albeit adding “… but before that… you will be APPETIZED.” This likely indicates one more single before the album’s release, most likely WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH or OPEN LETTER.
On September 4th, Gladstone confirmed on TikTok that I LEFT THE WINDOW OPEN would be the final track on the album. On September 5th, Gladstone stated that the album, which she had been working on for three years, was finally completed. She then retweeted the “October 14th” tweet, essentially confirming the album’s release date. On September 10th, Gladstone announced that she would be releasing SOCIAL MEDIA the next week. In a livestream, she confirmed that the album would be called LOOPY, it would have twelve tracks, and that a song called SWIMMING ON THE FIRST DATE would be featured on it.
A series of shorts titled the Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations was released as promotional materials for the album.
== Track List ==
#SLOW GROW (feat. LIFEOFTHOM)
#SWIMMING ON THE FIRST DATE (feat. Lance Skiiiwalker)
#EMPATHY (feat. Matt Martians)
#SOCIAL MEDIA (feat. Trent the HOOLiGAN)
#OPEN LETTER (feat. Teezo Touchdown)
#WILL YOU COME AND TAKE A RIDE WITH ME
#CORPORATIONS (feat. Maiya Blaney & UHMEER)
#TALKING ONLINE (feat. BELIS)
#WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH I GET SICK TO MY STOMACH
#I LEFT THE WINDOW OPEN (feat. muva of Earth & Semiratruth)
#POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS
== Trivia ==
*The longest track on the album is OPEN LETTER at four minutes and seven seconds (4:07). The shortest tracks are SLOW GROW and WILL YOU COME AND TAKE A RIDE WITH ME, both of which are forty-seven seconds (0:47).
*The album was originally planned to have twelve tracks, but one was removed shortly before the album’s release. The removed song was the only one Gladstone didn’t produce herself and ended up being released as 2011.
== Credits ==
*MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
*William Alan Harris - co-creator
*Sam Gladstone - writing, drums