Submarine

Submarine is the sophomore studio album of American indie pop band , expected to release on the 31st of May, 2024, a sequel to CINEMA and trequel to the Superclean EPs.
== Background and conceptualization ==
 had been working on Submarine for years before its release. The earliest evidence of this is "No One Noticed", a track on the album with roots in development from 2020, that the band had endeavored to release on a project someday. Since the release of their debut LP, they had continuously made various references to working on a new project.
"Run Your Mouth" acts as the album's first single, and it was written in September 2022. It was previewed on the 15th of the same month on 's TikTok, indicating it was undergoing studio treatment, although this post was subsequently removed. The song's title remained undisclosed to fans until its premiere at The Greek Theatre in October 2022. Nearly five months earlier, María had announced plans to introduce several unreleased tracks during their performance at The Greek Theatre. Fans speculated these tracks might be "Song 1" (now known as "Love You Anyway") and "Song 2" ("No One Noticed"). While this might have been the initial intention,Refer to pages Song 1 and Song 2. only "Song 1" was performed alongside the unexpected debut of "Run Your Mouth". Subsequently, the song was performed at other venues as well. It was officially released 8 March, 2024, alongside an accompanying music video.
The "Submarine" title itself wouldn't be explicitly nor publicly announced until 2024, in an email sent out to fans enlisted in ' newsletter. Despite this, it had been hinted at before. On October 29, 2023, María posted an Instagram story with a link to a sign-up page, entitled "THE NEW ERA STARTS NOW". Both the story and the attached website contained an image of the letter S. Its file name, within the website's database, labeled it as "submarine_s_white_v1". As of March 2024, the website still remains. The use of the sign-up form was unknown until fans began to receive cassette tape copies of a "mixtape" featuring unreleased content such as "Run Your Mouth" as track 2. Packages were received in time for Valentine's Day, alongside other teases. A short video of a María singing an unknown song was sent to an Instagram fan-page. More packages were sent to other fans at a later date. The font of the aforementioned S was never reused by the band for promotional content beyond this. Other files on the website indicated it had been worked on for a mere few days until it was released. One of these files included a video snippet of an unprecedented song, likely on the album as well. This video was eventually promoted in the band's Discord server.
The album was considered completed by December 27, as the band finished recording in the studio, while the mixing process finished on January 10, 2024. By this time, the length of the title was hinted at, with the album referred to as part of ' "trilogy" of projects, next to the Superclean EPs and CINEMA album. An album trailer was swiftly announced and released on the 24th of February, including the songs "Echo" in it.
On February 27, an image of the vinyl's front side was posted to Instagram, before being deleted by the band minutes later. An edited version of the image was later uploaded, with the track names blurred out, as opposed to being clearly visible like in the original. This revealed the first 7 songs of the album.
On March 20, a snippet of "Lejos de Ti"Or "Lejos De Ti" (en: "Far From You") (en:"Far from You") would be uploaded to the pre-existing "Submarine" page of the band's website,https://web.archive.org/web/20240409010714/https://www.themarias.us/submarine originally track three of the mixtape sent to fans. The music video was soon announced,https://www.instagram.com/themarias/reel/C5RY94nP8_R/https://www.instagram.com/themarias/reel/C5WqEL3vKjf/ eventually being released on the fourth of April as the album's second single.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpR8DDOK1r0
In April, shows in Mexico were announced, with a wider tour following.[expand]
An instrumental fragment of "If Only" later replaced the snippet of "Lejos de Ti" found on the band's website as they teased a third single.
Later in the month, the track list was mentioned on social media, hinting at a broader announcement soon-to-come.https://www.instagram.com/themarias/reel/C6HLhqHg7rK/ On 25 April, all songs were officially named.https://www.instagram.com/themarias/p/C6MSgkIRnUL/
==Theme==
===Visuals===
It was announced that the visual idea behind CINEMA drew inspiration from the film RED, particularly emphasizing its prominent use of the color. Meanwhile, the second album, Submarine, is said to be inspired by the film BLUE, both directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski.
María has since stated that the cover art for the album is intended to contrast that of CINEMA's, stating it "isolation, expansion and change."
== Track listing ==
No.	Title 	Writers	Producers	Length
1. 	"Ride" 	 	 	1:21
2. 	"Hamptons" 	 	 	3:08
3. 	"Echo" 	 	 	3:29
4. 	"Run Your Mouth" 	 	 	2:40
5. 	"Real Life" 	 	 	3:27
6. 	"Blur" 	 	 	3:45
7. 	"Paranoia" 	 	 	3:52
8. 	"Lejos de Ti" 	 	 	3:00
9. 	"Love You Anyway" 	 	 	3:57
10.	Ay No Puedo 	 	 	3:02
11.	"No One Noticed" 	 	 	3:56
12.	Vicious Sensitive Robot	 	 	3:14
13.	"If Only" 	 	 	2:36
14.	"Sienna" 	 	 	3:45
==Trivia==
*Throughout the album's promotion, had asked fans to sign up for Love Letters various times. However, when the official website was remastered to fit the new Submarine theme, the form to subscribe to this was originally removed. It has since been reinstated at a later date.
==References==
=== Notes ===
Category:Albums
Category:Original albums
Category:2024
Category:Potential future releases
Category:2020
Category:2021
Category:2022
Category:2023