In The Moment (album)

This article is about the album. For its title track, see In The Moment (song).

## Singles

1. "In The Moment"
Released: August 8, 2021
2. “Like That”
Released: October 19, 2021
3. "No Love For The Lonely"
Released: February 15, 2022
4. "More" (*promotional*)
Released: May 8, 2022
5. "Bad To You"
Released: June 20, 2022

***“In The Moment**”* (stylized all in lowercase; commonly abbreviated as "**ITM**") is Y/N’s fourth studio album. It was released on June 20, 2022, through Republic Records and Dream Records. The album was recorded between 2016 to June 2022.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 65th ceremony, marking Y/N's first career Grammy win.

Four singles were released from the album, which all the single debuted at number one on the US *Billboard* Hot 100. With this, *In The Moment* joined *Daydream* by Mariah Carey and *Thank* *U,* *Next* by Ariana Grande and Y/N as the only albums by female artists to have multiple songs debut at number one. Y/N is one of the only female artists with multiple number-one debuts; overall both are sixth artist after Justin Bieber and Drake. Topping charts in many countries internationally, the song broke numerous streaming records, including the record for the most streams received by a song in a single day for both female artists on Spotify, and the largest on-demand streaming week ever recorded for both female artists in the US.

## Background

During the a Instagram livestream on July 2, 2021, Y/N confirmed that she already started during Positions and Planet Her working on the next album in June 2020. Tommy Brown shared a short snippet of a song on his Instagram story on July 19, 2021. Later that day, Y/N shared a 15-second-snippet of a song on her Instagram with the caption "he will if you won't get you a jada" which are lyrics from a song, later revealed to be titled "Like That". On June 1, 2022, Grande revealed on Twitter that she was finish the album, but she later deleted the tweet. On June 3, 2018, Y/N confirmed the title of the album, *In The Moment*.

A video on Y/N instagram, was released on June 7, 2022. In the video, a short scene shows a departures board, where some possible tracks from *In The Moment* are listed, including "Terms & Conditions ", "Anyone" and "Talk To Me". Also, another instagram short scene shows the lost in the background blurred. The song titles "What I Like", "Like That", "Rush" and "Jason On Occasion" could be seen. "In The Moment", released in August 2021. On March 6, 2021, Y/N confirmed during a Q&A that she had been working with Pharrell Williams for several months.

On June 10, 2022, Y/N revealed on Twitter that the album was finished. In an interview with *Billboard*, the album was described as " a pleasant listen, as an introduction to the next era of Y/N’s career, it’s solid". On June 12, 2021, Y/N confirmed on Twitter that "Like That" was the second single from the album. The album was a surprise release and the track list wasn’t revealed.

It was revealed on Y/N's official Japanese Twitter account that the album would be released as a deluxe version only. Deluxe Edition of the album featuring the Recovery (Interlude), What I Like, You, Bad To You, and More.

## Recording Sessions

### In 2016

1. Better Days
2. Talk To Me (Mac Miller’s Verse)
3. More (featuring Victoria Monét and Lucky Daye demo)

### In 2017

1. Jason On Occasion
2. R.E.M (Interlude)
3. Recovery (Interlude)

### In 2019

1. Like That
2. No Love For The Lonely (solo demo)
3. No Love For The Lonely (final with Ed Sheeran)
4. Bad To You (demo version)

### In 2020

1. Outgrown
2. Anyone
3. Talk To Me (Y/N’s part)
4. Ridiculous
5. Rush
6. OMG
7. In The Moment
8. Hate That You Made Me Love You

### In 2021

1. Impurities
2. Terms & Conditions
3. Eyes On You
4. What I Like
5. Not Killing It Today
6. Pink Venom

### In 2022

1. You
2. Come When I Call
3. Bad To You (final version)
4. More (final version featuring Bia)
5. Thinkin' Bout One
6. Died
7. Ever Been
8. Witness
9. Everything I Do

## Cover art

Y/N revealed that there wouldn’t be a difference in the version for the physical and digital album cover art.

### Singles

The lead single and title track, "In The Moment", was released on August 8, 2021.

The second single, "Like That", was released on October 19, 2021.

The third single, “No Love For The Lonely", was released on February 15, 2022.

The fourth and final single, “Bad To You", was released on June 1, 2022.

### Promotional singles

A promotional single, "More", was released on May 14, 2022.

## Critical reception

The album received universal acclaim from music critics. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine made an early review of the album. He noted the difference between *In The Moment* with Y/N's previous album *Planet Her* saying that "this time Y/N is swaggering with the confidence that comes with unquestioned stardom." He added that "the album feels slighter than *Planet Her*." Erlewine gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. Sal Cinquemani, writing on behalf of *Slant Magazine*, gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated that *Thank U, Next* is "easily Y/N’s most sonically consistent effort to date, even if that means some of the album’s sleek R&B tracks tend to blur together."

## Commercial performance

After the release of *Thank U, Next*, it reached the top on US iTunes in just 2 minutes, becoming the fastest album in history to hit #1 on US iTunes.

The album debuted at number 1 on the US *Billboard* 200 with 560,000 album-equivalent units being Y/N's third number-one album in the United States. It broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album. All 20 songs from the album appeared simultaneously on the *Billboard* Hot 100 in the week ending February 23, 2019, and 20 of the tracks appeared in the top 20 of the chart. With this, Y/N broke the record for the most simultaneous top 20 songs by a female artist.

The album also broke yet another record of occupying the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, a record that no artist had broke. Only “*In The Moment*” and Taylor Swift’s “*Midnights*” have this title of occupying the top 10.

On the issue date July 2, 2022, every song on the album was charted on the Hot 100. The highest peaked song is "In The Moment" debuting at number 1. The lowest song being "Recovery (Interlude)" debuting at number 20.

## Trivia

* The first song recorded for the album was "Ridiculous".
* The last song recorded for the album was "Everything I Do".
* This is the first album to have every track have a music video.
* "Recovery (Interlude)" never mention the title in the lyrics.
* *In The Moment* surpassed 2.1 billion streams in 4 days.
* Y/N’s favorite songs from the album are “More”, “Talk To Me”, and ”Like That” and a tie between “In The Moment” and “Everything I Do”.
* “In The Moment” is Y/N’s favorite album.
* This is Y/N's first album to not include an alt cover.
* The album has remained in the top 10 for 25 weeks on *Billboard* 200 in 2022.
* The longest song is "More", at 4 minutes and 11 seconds, while the shortest song is "Recovery (Interlude)" at 1 minutes and 14 seconds.
* In The Moment is the most streamed album released in 2022 on Spotify.
* Y/N wrote "Everything I Do" and “You” herself.
* The deluxe edition of the album makes it her longest record and has the most amount of tracks.
* The album debuted at #1 on the US *Billboard* 200. It is Y/N's third album to debut at the top of the charts.
* *In The Moment* surpassed 1.1 billion streams in 4 days.
* *In The Moment* has over 5.1 billion streams on Spotify. It's Y/N's 3th album to achieve this and surpassing “thank u, next”.
* The album debuted at #1 on the US *Billboard* 200. It is Y/N's third album to debut at the top of the charts
* The album has remained in the top 10 for 18 weeks on *Billboard* 200 in 2021.
* *In The Moment* is the third album by Y/N to continuously chart on the Worldwide Apple Music Albums Charts after *Positions*.
* *In The Moment* has been BRIT certified gold.
* *In The Moment* has been certified gold in the UK for selling over 100,000,000 units.
* *In The Moment* remains inside the top 10 on US Apple Music. (200+ days)
* *In The Moment* is the most streamed album that was released in 2022 on Spotify.
* *In The Moment* is the biggest debut for a female deluxe album in Spotify History with a total of 1.9 Billion streams.
* All five tracks on the Deluxe edition peaked in the top 5 on U.S. iTunes Charts. This is a second in Y/N's career.
* *In The Moment* peaked at #1 on Apple Music US Chart.
* *In The Moment* ranked #1 for 10 weeks on the Billboard 200.
* *In The Moment* accumulated a total of 1,203,961,197 streams within its first week on Spotify.
* *In The Moment* is the most streamed female album of 2022 so far Globally and in the United States.
* In The Moment has now spent 20 total weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
* In The Moment spends its 136th week on the Billboard 200.
* In The Moment has sold over 10 million total units in the US.
* The album was nominated at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for "Best Pop Vocal Album", “Album of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance”, “Best Music Video”, and “Record of the Year”.
* This album gave her her first Grammy Award. It also give her six grammys of the nine nominates she had.
* This is Y/N's first album to not include an alt cover.

## Gallery

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## Track Listing

### Cut songs

* Died
* Ever Been
* Hate That You Made Me Love You
* Impurities
* Not Killing It Today
* OMG
* Pink Venom
* R.E.M (Interlude)
* Still On Your Mind
* Thief Looks Like an Angel
* Witness

 Released