Alive and Unwell

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* Deluxe

***Alive and Unwell*** is the third extended play by singer-songwriter, Leah Kate released on October 28th, 2022. A deluxe version of the extended play was released on December 16th, 2022 with 3 new tracks and a remix of "10 Things I Hate About You".

## Background

### 2021

On November 18th Leah posted a photo of herself on Instagram recording a song. It's unknown what song this was but its possible it could've been "Sleeping with a Psycho" or "Dear Denny" since she began teasing those songs a month after posting this photo.

### 2022

On February 16th Leah posts a photo of her in the studio with Mike Wise working on a song. It's unknown what song they might've been working on but its possible it could've been "10 Things I Hate About You" since the track was released a few months later. On February 23rd Leah announces the original lead single to the EP "Dear Denny" with a photo from the photoshoot and a pre-save link. The song was ultimately scrapped from the EP for unknown reasons.

On March 4th "Dear Denny" gets officially released as the lead single to Alive and Unwell but unfortunately gets scrapped from the EP making it a standalone single, the track has 1,121,122 streams on Spotify as of August 2023. On March 15th Leah announces that she'll be the opening act to Madison Beer's "The Life Support Tour" for Europe on March 28th. 3 days later Leah teases behind the scenes of the cover art for "10 Things I Hate About You" and 2 days after that we got our first official snippet of the track. 1 day later Leah officially announces the track will be out on March 23rd, 2022, the track has 189,573,425 streams as of August 2023 making this her biggest song released to date. 2 days after the release of 10 Things I Hate About You, Leah releases the official music video for the track, its gained 1,637,849 views as of August 2023. On March 28th Leah officially begins touring with Madison Beer.

On April 22nd Leah announces that she will be performing at Hang Out Fest on May 21st, 2022. On May 3rd Leah announces that she will be opening up for Chase Atlantic in the US starting July 6th, 2022.

On May 17th Leah announces that she's signed to 10k Projects & MDDN and is "excited for [their] partnership and future together." On the same day Leah posts a snippet of "Life Sux" on TikTok. The next day Leah posts a photo in the studio, its unknown what she recorded. She also asks where her fans would like her to open up if she did a European tour foreshadowing her upcoming solo EU/UK tour. On May 20th Leah is the cover for Equate Magazine.

On June 6th Leah officially announces her European tour with 18 dates starting October 28th, 2022 and ending November 27th, 2022. On June 11th Leah teases the music video for an unknown song which ended up being "Twinkle Twinkle". 2 days later she officially announces the single will be out June 24th, 2022, the track was ultimately scrapped from Alive and Unwell making it a standalone single, the track has 8,841,891 streams on Spotify as of August 2023. On June 16th Leah posts a snippet of a song titled "SLUT" which never got released. On June 29th Leah does a Genius interview and goes over the lyrics for "10 Things I Hate About You" and what they mean on YouTube.

On July 2nd Leah posts a snippet of a track titled "Girls in America" which never made it onto the EP, however the track eventually leaked in full on SoundCloud on July 1st, 2023 almost a year after the snippet. 5 days later Leah posts a snippet of a track titled "Weak Days" which never made it onto the EP. The snippet was also taken down at an unknown time. The track had a pre-save link but never got released. On July 8th Leah announces the next single "Life Sux". On July 11th she posts a snippet of a song titled "Girl on the Internet" which is her second song to have a pre-save link but never get released. Life Sux eventually got released on July 27th, 2022, the track has 4,765,555 streams on Spotify as of August 2023.

On September 6th Leah posts a snippet of "Monster" the 3rd single from the EP. On September 21st Leah officially announces the EP it was eventually released on October 28th, 2022. Monster officially got released on September 30th, the track has 1,745,919 streams on Spotify as of August 2023.

On October 7th Leah announces the 4th single from the EP "Hot All The Time" which got released on October 14th, 2022 and has 1,376,323 streams on Spotify as of August 2023. On October 19th Leah posts the official track list for the EP. On October 28th the EP officially was released and Leah writes a little speech on Instagram to promote the EP and title track's music video "HOLYYYY SHIT. my EP “alive and unwell” is out everywhere in the world. this year has been the craziest journey for me. I lived out my wildest dreams while hitting my lowest of lows at the same time. alive and unwell is an 8 song journey of how to navigate the not so perfect times. ive spent the last year working on this and I have never been so proud of something I’ve created. so beyond grateful for everyone who listens and supports me, and can relate to these songs that ive poured my heart into. I love you all ♥️ thank you to the amazing people who I got to work on this with [she lists all the peoples Instagrams] I hope you love it as much as I do!! Video out now".

On November 1st Leah is the cover girl of Galore Magazine. On November 16th Leah announces that she will be doing three shows in Australia on December 14th, 2022 and ending December 16th, 2022. On December 5th she teases a snippet of "My Bed" which eventually got released with 2 other tracks for Alive and Unwell deluxe. The track and two other deluxe tracks were also considered for "Super Over" but ultimately were scrapped and repurposed for Alive and Unwell deluxe. On December 9th Leah is the cover girl of TMRW Magazine. On December 12th Leah announces Alive and Unwell deluxe.

### 2023

On February 3rd Leah releases a sped up version of "My Bed" to promote the song after a sped up version gained some traction on TikTok.

## Tracklist

### Cut Songs

* Underlined typing means the track has been fully leaked or released.
* **Bold** typing means that the song, snippets of the song or lyrics have been leaked/posted/performed at some point.

### List

1. **ABCDEF This** (ABCDEFU Cover)
2. **Boys r the...WORST**
3. Down To Earth
4. **Fuckboi Phase**
5. **GIRL ON THE INTERNET**
6. **Girls in America**
7. **I Don't Wanna B Ur Friend**
8. Lose
9. **L.O.V.E (Over Me)**
10. **MOLLY**
11. **Never Needed You**
12. **RIP Our Friendship's Dead**
13. **Roses Are Dead**
14. **Sleeping With a Psycho**
15. **SLUT**
16. **Weak Days**