Autumn Leaves (EP)

## Autumn Leaves

### Producer(s)

Cody Tarpley, Erick Serna, Rebecca Krueger, Jayme Silverstein, Andrew Luce & Linus Hablot & Alan Benjamin Thomas

## Singles

1. Catch Me - October 13th 2023

‘Autumn Leaves’ is Mckenna Grace’s sophomore studio EP, it was released on October 13th 2023 through Photo Finish Records.

## Background

Mckenna released ‘Casual Kisser’ on August 4th 2023 and said that it the start of a new era in multiple occasions. She has teased new songs on her Instagram for a while, leaving people to think that she might be releasing a debut album soon. On September 14th 2023 she posted an Instagram story teasing the instrumental of a song with producer Cody Tarpley. This song ended up being Autumn Leaves. On September 16th 2023 she posted another Instagram story teasing another song file called ‘Autumn Leaves EP V3’. This led fans to think that Grace is releasing a new project. This song ended up being ‘Catch Me’. On September 19th 2023 she created a new TikTok account, this account is for her to promote her music. She also posted a video with the writing ‘For my Fall heartbreak girls ♥️’ in the video she’s singing the lyrics to a studio version of the song ‘Catch Me’ it was believed to be called ‘Autumn Left Me’, which was its original title.. On September 21st she teased another song, this song is November. On September 22nd she posted another fragment of the song that she teased on September 14th which is Autumn Leaves. On September 30th she posted a TikTok video of her posting a new song of the possible name ‘Well Oiled Machine’. This song ended up not appearing on the EP. On October 5th she publicly announced that she’d be releasing Catch Me on October 13th. On October 8th 2023 she posted on Instagram the title of the song ‘November’ along with the cover art of the song, it was thought that it might be a single. However; she did not reveal any release date for it, so it’s possible that the photo she posted was part of the photo shoot for the EP or every song might have a cover art, however she later took it down on October 12th 2023.\*repost\*. On October 10th she posted the title of a new song, ‘What You’ll Never Say’, along with its cover art, however, she took it down on October 12th 2023. And on October 11th she posted the cover art and a snippet for the song ‘Midnight In London’. On October 12th she took that post down too and announced the EP that’d be releasing the same night as Catch Me. On October 13th 2023 the EP was finally released worldwide.

## Release

The EP was released on October 13th 2023 through Photo Finish Records to good reviews by critics. It was only released through digital download and streaming.

Profesional ratings:
 AllMusic
 Clash Music
 The Telegraph
 The Guardian
 The Independent
 NME
 Pitchfork
 Rolling Stone
 Slant Magazine

## Theme

This EP is about relationships and breakups all put in an autumn and fall-themed field.

She said on her website:

‘‘Hi everyone! I'm so excited! Autumn Leaves is OUT NOW!!! This ep is about my first heartbreak, the first time I actually thought I was in love. Though looking back now it was a bit silly, I still felt all those things and my way to process through a hurtful silence was to write. I went from being best friends with someone to not hearing from them for a long time. I think it

was less the "love" I missed, just more the person. Being left without closure is so confusing and upsetting so I channeled all my sad autumn feelings into this ep. I love fall:) and I love some good sad music, so what's better than

an autumn heartbreak ep? This is for anvone who's experienced any kind of heartbreak. ghosting, love, silence, sad Fall, anyone who's still waiting for closure, who holds onto things/memories for far too long, or anyone who doesn't know what to do with that couples

Halloween costume now haha. I hope you like this music

I've been waiting to share for awhile now<3

Thank you for being with me through my music journey,

Mckenna’’.

Mckenna Gracia, via mckennagrace.com

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