- 2025-07-07
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MUSIC
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Lauren Spencer Smith Releases New Album “THE ART OF BEING A MESS”
Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer Smith released her sophomore album “THE ART OF BEING A MESS” on June 27, 2025.
It is her first album in two years since the 2023 debut album “Mirror”.
The album comprises 12 tracks, produced by Connor McDonough, David Burris, Eli Teplin, Evan Blair, Gian Stone, LOSTBOY, Mike Wise, Nick Ruth, Peter Fenn, Riley McDonough, Ryan Marrone and Steve Rusch.
The album captures the emotional rollercoaster she experienced while writing her second album.
Each song taps into a feeling, anger, devastation, love, peace, confusion and everything in between, sometimes all at once.
Reflecting on the chaos of being human, each song finds her revisiting real stories and experiences in her life.
Lauren Spencer Smith said of the album. “THE ART OF BEING A MESS is about embracing the highs and lows, the chaos and the beauty in feeling everything, no matter what the emotion is. Life gets messy, and it's okay to be angry, sad, confused-or even unsure of what you're feeling at all. I want this album to feel like a guidebook, helping you understand your own emotions and feeling okay to embrace the journey they take you on.”- Lauren Spencer told Off the Record about the album title, “Honestly, I didn't have the concept initially at all. I was just writing to write. I had been writing for a year, so I was like, “I have a lot of songs. What is the album?” I realized there was really no through line conceptually or even sound wise, a little bit. And then I realized that was kind of the cool thing, that life is so up and down, sometimes we're sad, sometimes we're angry and it's kind of all over the place. So that was kind how I came up with the title at the end.”
She shared on social media, “Feelings are messy and so is life. I hope you know that whatever you're feeling is valid—and that these songs bring you comfort, healing, or, if it's one of the angry ones, some confidence. You can be a baddie and a saddie. We can feel everything all at once. Songwriting is one of the biggest joys of my life. I'm constantly in awe of the insanely talented people I get to work with and learn from. Thank you to every writer, producer, and collaborator who helped bring these songs to life and made space for me to feel all my emotions in the process.” -
Lauren Spencer Smith explained some tracks for the album.
“What a beautiful day” via Off the Record
“Normally I'm very honest and whatever is in my head and whatever I'm going through, I just write. I always try to refrain from saying anything that feels untrue. Or if someone else in the room is like, “what if we said this,” and that didn't actually happen, I'm like, 'we can't say that.' And especially with that song, I was in Nashville writing it. Before that I was in the park crying and I was thinking of this “sad in a park” thing. And we were then like, “oh, sad girl on a bench.” So we kind of just say whatever actually happened. ”
“Sticks & Stones”
“All red (ANGER), big fuck you song.”
“bridesmaid”
“Your best friend and thinking they were gonna be at your wedding. How did we go from being best friends to like absolutely nothing and not talking. And I thought you were gonna be there standing behind me when I married my boyfriend. Everything's fine because I have him, but still sad and confusing. You thought you were gonna be best friends with your best friend forever...”
“Lighting the flame”
“Lighting the flame also just a fuck you song. So it's red (ANGER).”
“parallel universe”
“parallel universe, sad and red (ANGER).”
“IF KARMA DOESN'T GET YOU (I WILL)”
“'IF KARMA DOESN'T GET YOU (I WILL)' taps into a sound that's edgier, darker, and more honest than anything I've released before. It's a reflection of the anger, power, and fire I've felt-and a sign of how much I've grown, both personally and musically. This song is just the beginning of exploring deeper, more unapologetically angry emotions and being honest about the sides of ourselves we don't always show.”
“things you never say”
“Things you never say, sad and purple (CONFUSION). Personal favorite.”
“Long Story Short”
“long story short, all green (HAPPINESS). About my boyfriend. I love him.”
“WORSE”
“This song is called 'WORSE'. This song is basically saying somebody fucked you over. And you wouldn't want them to feel a single ounce of pain that you felt. Instead, you want them to feel it 10 times worse than how you had it. So it's a little fun, it's a little twisty, it's a little evil.”
“Pray” via Off the Record
“Honestly, it's kind of funny we put that song out first because then we put angry songs out afterwards and everyone's like, “wait, what? I'm so confused.” But I feel like the point was to start people off on something that sounds nice, and then kind of flip the switch and go the absolute opposite direction because that's kind of what the whole album is. But honestly, with that song, I just loved the vocals. Even everyone on my team was like, “oh, this song just sounds so big and so fun.” And I kind of wanted to start it off with just a big vocal song.”
“someday...” via Off the Record
“I find songwriting so easy, because it really is like therapy. I love talking. I love talking about my feelings and telling everybody. Thankfully, all of my songwriters are just as emotional as I am. They feel like my therapist, they love to also talk everything through. So I love talking about my feelings, and I love putting them into songs. I think it's a little more scary sometimes to then actually put it out into the universe. Because obviously when you're just writing it in a room, you're like, “oh, who even knows if it's going to be on the album?” And then you're like, 'okay, what is this about? Who is it about? Should I put this out?'” - source : Apple Music
