AOTY 2023

mydata

katie dey - mydata
Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
User Score
Based on 184 ratings
2020 Ratings: #394
Liked by 11 people
July 24, 2020 / Release Date
LP / Format
Run For Cover / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Exclaim!
Katie Dey's fourth album makes the post-apocalyptic, internet-obsessed, cyber-cultural, omniscient black hole seem super sexy.
75
Pitchfork
The Australian singer-songwriter eases up on her customary digital glitches and manipulated vocals for a warm record about the difficulty of forging intimacy through technology.
75
Spectrum Culture

mydata is Dey’s strongest album to date. She enlists a variety of glitch-pop wonderment and mixes them all with affective synths. This enrichment makes this go-round more personal too, creating a strong backdrop for the subject matter.

70
No Ripcord

While the rest of the album never quite reaches the highs of its opening tracks, mydata is a thought-provoking listen fit for the internet age both sonically and lyrically.

elitimesfour
90

Katie Day once again stuns and mystifies with the trippy, beautiful and deeply emotionally charged 'mydata', another home run for the incredibly talented Aussie native who has been consistently been dropping some of the most beautiful and emotional bedroom pop albums of the decade. As of now, this may be my least favourite album of hers, but purely because her last two are two of my all time favourite albums of all time, and over time, the less reverb-heavy, minimalist, even more vocal focused ... read more

WithWith
95

im crying
you're crying
we're all crying

BGL13
82

holy shit that was fucking beautiful.
faves:data, darkness, dancing, happiness, loving
least faves: leaving, hopeless

bobbyhabnay
80

(the new) 15 albums till 1000, pt. 7

this album is the onion of the 2020’s. I’m fully serious. Going into it I didn’t know how good will it get, I honestly didn’t have much expectations except a guy on tiktok liking it, but thank you guy on tiktok! this is one of the most listens i have ever had, the mostof the most! if you want a most time too, go to this! seriously tho i love everything here, the pics art cover, the concept, sound… I believe that if ... read more

PoisonouSoybean
100

Always, leaving
Always, leaving
Always, leaving

50

Grating.

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Track List

1darkness
3:01
2dancing
2:54
3happiness
4:03
4leaving
3:58
5hurting
3:27
6word
2:00
7hopeless
1:51
8loving
3:54
9closeness
2:10
10bearing
6:10
11hoping
2:42
12data
3:00
Total Length: 39 minutes
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Added on: June 24, 2020