Panorama (Hayley Kiyoko album)

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* Jono Dorr
* Kill Dave

2. "Chance"Released: June 1, 2021
3. "I Care"Released: August 12, 2021
4. "For the Girls"Released: May 20, 2022
5. "Deep in the Woods"Released: June 24, 2022
6. "Panorama"Released: July 29, 2022
7. "Forever"Released: August 12, 2022
8. "Underground"Released: November 7, 2022

***Panorama*** (stylised in all caps) is the second studio album by American singer and actress Hayley Kiyoko, released on July 29, 2022, through Empire and Atlantic.

## Background

Before the release of the extended play *I'm Too Sensitive for This Shit*, Kiyoko had already announced that she had plans to work on her sophomore studio album on December 6, 2018, at the 2018 Billboard Women in Music Awards in an interview with *Billboard*.

At the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on March 28, 2019, Kiyoko confirmed that after touring Europe for both her Expectations Tour and European Encore Tour for the last couple of months, she has started working on new music for her second album. She also stated that the "color palette" of this project is "darker" than her debut album, *Expectations* (2018).

On February 6, 2020, during a livestream on Instagram about her Hue fragrance Kiyoko talked about the album. She revealed that the album has a similar sound to "What I Need":

> I've been working on my new album and this Hue perfume definitely reminds me of my new music. […] I've been working on my album for a *very* long time and I've just wanted it to be perfect, and elevated and epic. I don't have anything mixed [...] but I'm about to get the music mixed and hopefully have some new music for you soon.
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During preparation for the album, Kiyoko was invited by Cartoon Network's CEO Tom Ascheim to write and record the song "I Care", which would be part of the official soundtrack for the 2022 Cartoon Network animated film *Billy & Mandy The Movie: The Quest of the Diamonds*. The song was revealed to also be included as track 10 on the album.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings

*Panorama* received mixed reviews from critics upon release. Writing for *Pitchfork*, Emma Madden said that the album's theme of "embracing the journey and the struggle, rather than the destination, feels as bromidic and remote as a commercial for therapy" and that Kiyoko "hides behind well-trodden pop star guises" on the album, meaning it ultimately "carries the unmistakable metallic tang of reverse engineering". *The Guardian'*s Ammar Kalia called Kiyoko's return four years after *Expectations* "altogether flatter", opining that "where *Expectations* saw Kiyoko taking space to explore her own voice, *Panorama* feels like a leap backwards, trading personality for affectless tracks that fade into the background".

## Track listing

**Notes**

* all tracks stylised in lowercase
* **^[a]** indicates an additional producer
* **^[v]** indicates a vocal producer

## Personnel

**Musicians**

* Hayley Kiyoko – vocals (all tracks), programming (track 13)
* Danja – instrumentation, programming (1, 2, 4–11)
* Nikki Flores – vocal arrangement (1, 2, 4–11, 14)
* Peter Johnson – strings (5, 9)
* Johnny Rain – vocals (6)
* Kill Dave – programming (13)
* Pat Morrissey – programming (13)

**Technical**

* Tatsuya Sato – mastering (1–12)
* Michelle Mancini – mastering (13)
* Rob Kinelski – mixing
* Damien Lewis – engineering
* Chad Jolley – engineering (1–12)
* Jono Dorr – engineering (12)
* Dave Dahlquist – engineering (14)
* Casey Cuayo – mixing assistance
* Eli Heisler – mixing assistance
* Maysun Toffiee – engineering assistance (2, 4–8)

## Charts

Chart performance for *Panorama*
 UK Digital Albums (OCC)