Poppy.Computer

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Poppy.ComputerStudio album by Poppy
General information
Featured Artist(s)	Charlotte
Released	October 6th, 2017
Genre	Art pop • synthpop • electropop • bubblegum pop
Length	34:16
Label	Mad Decent / I'm Poppy Records
Producer(s)	Ryosuke "Dr. R" Sakai Titanic Sinclair Chris Greatti
Poppy chronology
Previous	3:36 (Music to Sleep To)
Current	Poppy.Computer
Next	Poppy.Remixes

Poppy.Computer is the debut studio album by Poppy. The album was released on October 6^th, 2017.

Background and Conception

Debut studio album delay (2012-2016)

Since 2012 Poppy has talked about being on the making of her debut album, it is likely that the album recorded in 2012 was scrapped completely and started its recording process in mid-2013 for her project to be released with the record label she signed with, Island Records, however it got delayed from 2015 to 2016 and reducted to an EP which was released on February 12^th, 2016 and titled Bubblebath. She later withdrew Island Records on September 2016 due to misstreatments of the label, and in this same mid-year an ambient album was produced which was released on October 17^th, 2016 titled 3:36 (Music to Sleep To) after she left her label and released it as independent without any record label. Sometime after leaving her label she created her own independent record label titled I'm Poppy Records which she would later use to release music since 2017.

Recording process and tease (2016-2017)

The songs Poppy recorded for her album which was supposed to be released in 2015 were scrapped and not included in this album and Poppy started the beginning process of this album from scratch.

Poppy would go to Japan along with her collaborative partner from that time Titanic Sinclair and their mutual friend Matt Bennett sometime in September 2016 likely after withdrawing Island Records along to begin the recording process of the album. This album would be primarly inspired by her YouTube videos and her self named character and its own lore, and also has inspiration of Japanese kawaii culture as the sound is and as well has inspiration of j-pop and bit-pop. One of Poppy's primarly inspiration was Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's music videos and sound.

Likely on September 2^nd, 2016 Poppy flew to Japan and at the beginning of the month likely its recording process started. On September 20^th, 2016 Matt Bennett uploaded a 9-second video was uploaded to his own Snapchat account stories in which Poppy and Titanic could be seen singing the then-unreleased track "Pop Music" even though its title was never specified in the video, this confirmed the recording process of the album.

Even though previously pictures of Poppy on a studio with unrecognized producers, the first time Poppy stated publicly that she was on the process of making music was on September 22^nd, 2016 when a fan tweeted asking if she was in the process of making music to which she quoted the tweet saying "Yes.🖥✈️🌈", it is really likely that the tweet was refering to Poppy.Computer and not to 3:36 (Music to Sleep To) since in the tweet the first emoji that can be seen is a computer making likely reference to the title of the album, seemingly this could mean that the title was already decided since the beginning of the production process of the album.

On November 19^th, 2016 Poppy would create a Line group chat in which she revealed for the first time that a tour along with an EP and an album was coming next year, as well she specified that music was coming before the tour. It is likely that the EP was the remix EP Poppy.Remixes.

Promotion and wrapping of production (2016-2017)

On December 12^th, 2016 a music video started to be teased when "Poppy Music Video✔️" was posted into Poppy's Twitter account, then on December 17^th, 2016then on January 21^st, 2017 "January 31st 🎶💘👸" would be posted on Poppy's account as teasing the release date of the lead single of the album. The lead single for the album would be announced on January 26^th, 2017, the single artwork was revealed along with its title which was "I'm Poppy" and release date which was set to be on January 31^st, 2017. In the release date of the single however instead the single was not released and only the video "I Have Poppy's New Song", the video featured the character Charlotte saying that she concious that Poppy was supposed to release a song but "she did not" and that she (Charlotte) was going to premiere right there as she then proceeded to play a snippet. After this, the single was instead released on February 14^th, 2017 alongside a lyric video, on December 12^th, 2016 it appeared that a music video for this song was being teased however it appears to be that it was scrapped.

In the exact day April 16^th, 2017 the album was completely finished as Titanic Sinclair stated, however it was confirmed in a subsequent tweet.

Introduction of Computer Boy

Later, Poppy made livestream on May 2^nd, 2017 titled "Call Poppy 805-624-6667" in which viewer would have the chance and "talk" with Poppy by calling the number included in the title and most of the 36-minute livestream, in the livestream Poppy would not actually speak but instead 19 different lines were used to respond the callers as she lipsyncs to the phrases played, and one of the lines was "I went to Japan and made a new album", teasing the then-upcoming release of her album. In the same video the new character named Computer Boy was introduced as he called Poppy two times in the video as he said that he was "trying to help Poppy" as he also said repeatedly the URL "ComputerBoy.Computer" which would let as a promotional tool.

On May 6^th, 2017, Poppy tweeted "Album one is done", confirming for the first time publicly that the first album was finished, in the same tweet, Poppy also confirmed that there would be a tour to promote the album and that she knew when the album would be released. Later, it was confirmed by Titanic Sinclair that the album had been completed on April 13^th, 2017. When asked by a fan if she could release the album herself, she stated that "There's too much fun to be had from now to then." After being interviewed for an article with Wired, the website accidentally leaked the release date of Poppy's album as October 6^th, 2017. This release date coincided with the 6-year anniversary of Poppy's YouTube channel being created.

On September 8^th, 2017, Poppy officially announced her debut album in the video "Poppy.Computer". It was released on October 6^th, 2017 along with audio videos for each songs except for the ones that were already released.

In 2018, Poppy released an EP to go along with the album, Poppy.Remixes, which features remixes of "Interweb" and "Moshi Moshi".

Poppy.Computer Tour

Poppy first announced plans to tour on Twitter in July 2017. On July 14^th, 2017, she announced the tour with ticket presale beginning on July 19^th, 2017 and tickets going on general sale on July 22^nd 2017. The first leg took place in North America between October 19^th, 2017 and November 22^nd, 2017. A second leg of the tour, known as the Poppy.Computer Tour Part 2, featured cross-continental performances in the United Kingdom, United States and Japan. The second leg took place between December 13^th, 2017 and February 20^th, 2018.

Chart Performance

The album was able to enter on two different charts in the United States. It peaked at number 11 on the Heatseekers albums chart, and on number 33 on Independent albums.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Artist	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"I'm Poppy"	Poppy	Poppy, Titanic Sinclair, Ryosuke Sakai	Sakai	3:06
2.	"Let's Make a Video"	Poppy	Poppy, Sinclair, Masanori Takumi	Sakai	2:51
3.	"Bleach Blonde Baby"	Poppy	Poppy, Sinclair, Simon Wilcox	Sakai	3:29
4.	"My Microphone"	Poppy	Poppy, Chris Greatti	Sakai, Greatti	2:51
5.	"Moshi Moshi"	Poppy	Poppy, Greatti	Sakai	3:41
6.	"Computer Boy"	Poppy	Poppy, Greatti	Sakai	2:51
7.	"My Style"	Poppy Charlotte	Poppy, Sinclair, Wilcox	Sinclair	2:37
8.	"Fuzzy"	Poppy	Poppy, Greatti	Sakai	2:50
9.	"Interweb"	Poppy	Poppy, Sinclair, Wilcox	Sinclair	3:49
10.	"Software Upgrade"	Poppy	Poppy, Sinclair, Wilcox	Sakai	3:26
11.	"Pop Music"	Poppy	Poppy, Sinclair, Wilcox	Sinclair	2:45

Singles

"I'm Poppy" was released to digital retailers through I'm Poppy Records on February 14^th, 2017, and served as the first single to the album. Poppy co-wrote the song with Titanic Sinclair and Ryosuke Sakai, and it was produced by Sakai. 

"Computer Boy" was released to digital retailers through Mad Decent along with its music video on May 19^th, 2017, and served as the second single to the album. Poppy co-wrote the song with Chris Greatti, and it was produced by Ryosuke Sakai. 

"Let's Make a Video" was released to digital retailers through I'm Poppy Records and Mad Decent on June 22^nd, 2017, and served as the third single to the album. Poppy co-wrote the song with Masanori Takumi and Titanic Sinclair, and it was produced by Ryosuke Sakai.

"Interweb" was released to digital retailers through I'm Poppy Records and Mad Decent on July 17^th, 2017, and served as the fourth single to the album. Poppy co-wrote the song with Titanic Sinclair and Simon Wilcox, and it was produced by Sinclair.

"My Style" was released to digital retailers through I'm Poppy Records and Mad Decent on September 1^st, 2017, and served as the fifth single to the album. Poppy co-wrote the song with Titanic Sinclair and Simon Wilcox, and it was produced by Sinclair.

Gallery

Physical pressings

Poppy.Computer CD

Poppy.Computer vinyl

Urban Outfitters exclusive pink vinyl

Turntable Lab exclusive vinyl

Back cover

Photoshoot

Picture used for physical pressings of the gatefold of vinyl and also for posters on it, also included in CD pressings and also a behind the scenes picture of "A Microphone".

Trivia

• When "Poppy.Computer" is typed in a web browser's search bar, it redirects to the tour page of Poppy's official website.
  • For over a year, the link redirected to the Poppy.Church box office, where one could buy tickets for upcoming tours.
  • A similar website titled ComputerBoy.Computer was created by Poppy and Super Deluxe. It has since been taken down.
• There are physical copies of the album sold on the official Mad Decent website. Buying the physical CD grants the buyer immediate access to a digital download of the album.
  • There is also a pink vinyl copy of the album sold at Urban Outfitters.
  • This album would mark Poppy's first project to have physical copies released. Her previous projects "Bubblebath" and "3:36 (Music to Sleep To)" were only released on digital format and no physical copies were released.
• Poppy stated in an interview that some of her favorite songs from this album are "Bleach Blonde Baby", "Software Upgrade", and "I'm Poppy".
  • She would later state in a 2020 Reddit AMA that her favorite songs from the album were "My Microphone" and "Pop Music".
• This album is one of Charlotte's favorite albums.
• It is unknown if it was coincidentally or not but the album was released on the same day Poppy's YouTube channel was created.
• The male backing vocals on the album were sung by Titanic Sinclair.
• The outfit that Poppy wears on the cover of the album is the same one she wears in her video "Fame Is Important".
• A link "impoppy.com/nowwhat" was advertised on the inside of the CD casing behind the CD. However, the link initially just redirected to impoppy.com. The link's details and planned intentions are currently unknown.
• In a 2018 interview with the Zach Sang Show, Poppy described Poppy.Computer as "almost the soundtrack to [her] YouTube videos".
• An early scrapped tracklisting of the album was accidentally shown on the CD's sale page, the reasoning of the change of the tracklisting is unknown.
• The album cover art was probably photographed by Titanic Sinclair.
  • This album cover art was re-used for the Poppy.Remixes EP cover art.
• On October 5^th, 2019, nearly two years after the album's release, Poppy unlisted the YouTube audio uploads for "Bleach Blonde Baby", "Fuzzy", "Moshi Moshi", "My Style" and "Software Upgrade" for unknown reasons.