Where Were You January 6th, 2021?

**Where Were You January 6th, 2021?** is the debut album by American recording artist ChaosHatesBlazed.

## Background

Oceanview Records was made on March 8th, 2023. In an interview with ROGUE Magazine, Chaos revealed how the label was made, stating "It's a funny and weird story actually. I was in a Discord server with my friend Superstarbarbie and in that server, there was a way to see who had typed to most. When we looked, we saw that I was #5 in that server, so I made a joke about me debuting at #5. After this joke, the thought of making a record label popped into my head. Then I thought, "You know what? Fuck it, I'm making a label". So together, me, Barbie, and a few other friends all came up with the label". The recording session for the album started on the day Oceanview was made, March 8th, 2023. Chaos revealed in a podcast that before making the album, Chaos made a demo CD. Information about the album is sparse, but Chaos said 1 song from the album was on the demo CD. While this hasn't been confirmed, it is theorized that the song was "Chaotic Woman". According to Chaos, the original direction for the album was R&B because it was based off of Chaos's demo CD. Chaos revealed the album artwork, tracklist, and release date on March 12th, 2023, which led to the hashtag "#RELEASETHEALBUMFAGGOT" to trend on twitter. All throughout March, Chaos teased song titles and snippets, while also releasing snippets. The album did have a leak scare after one of the songs mysteriously leaked online, which lead to a lawsuit. The album was released on April 1, 2023 with no issues however.

## Critical Reception

The album received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 94 based on 43 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

NewFlopsWeekly editor Bob White noted that with Where Were You January 6th, "Chaos has shown multiple times that no one can compete. The lyrics on the album are exquisitely written and shows who Chaos is". Bethany Shit from Flopboard included the album in her list of "Best Albums of 2023" list, writing that "This album has been used as the blueprint for other flops to come along and use. The whole album has a concept of flopping, which is something Chaos knows very well about. All 7 songs are easily enjoyable and show deep emotions. It is truly a masterpiece."

## Commercial Performance

On the week of April 5, 2023, the album debuted at #1 with 523,000 copies in its first week. With this #1 debut, Chaos set a record for being the first flop to have an album debut at #1 on the Flop 200 charts. This did however cause some controversy when an unknown artist made claims that Chaos paid off Flopboard to get the #1 positions. Though the rumors were denied by Chaos, they did leave a dent in the charting, as the next week, the album fell to #5. Since it's release, Where Were You January 6, 2021? has sold 2,400,000 copies worldwide.

## Trivia

* The first song made for the album was "Chaotic Woman".
* The last song made for the album was "That / Bitch".
* ! Moonlight's feature on "Horrible Choices" was a last-minute addition.
* Skaura2 was almost scrapped from "See Alright".
* Nicki Minaj had a different verse on "Flop to Flop", but never recorded it.
* The album went through many name changes, such as "Fall In Deep" and "Chaotic Woman"
* "See Alright" was originally titles "Pee Alright".
* The album was finished the night before it was scheduled to release.