Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3)

Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3)
EP by
Tkay Maidza
Released9 July 2021 (2021-07-09)
Label
Producer
  • The 23rd
  • Jennah Bell
  • Dan Farber
  • Jonathan Hoskins
  • Two Fresh
Tkay Maidza chronology
Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 2)
(2020) 		Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3)
(2021) 		Sweet Justice
(2023)
Singles from Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3)
  1. "Kim"
    Released: 4 February 2021
  2. "Syrup"
    Released: 8 April 2021
  3. "Cashmere"
    Released: 8 June 2021

Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3) is the fourth extended play as well as the third and final in a trilogy[1] by Australian singer and rapper Tkay Maidza. It was released on 9 July 2021 by 4AD.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2021, the EP won Best Soul/R&B Release.[2]

Reception

Cyclone Wehner from Music Feeds said "Last Year Was Weird (Vol. 3) is about Maidza blossoming as a young black woman as much as affirming her auteur status" and called the volume her most "adventurous and avant-garde volume yet".[1]

MTV said “Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 is nowhere near as aggressive or as explosive as its predecessors, and you notice it immediately.” Saying “Kim” is “Tkay Maidza at her most unhinged, her most unrelenting and, ultimately, her best.”[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Eden"
  • Dan Farber
2:53
2."Onto Me" (with Umi)
  • Maidza
  • Farber
  • Jennah Bell
  • Kendrick Nicholls
  • Sherwyn Nicholls
  • Tierra Wilson
  • Farber
  • Jennah Bell
  • Two Fresh
2:47
3."So Cold"
  • Maidza
  • Farber
  • George Flint
  • Henry Flint
  • Jonathan Hoskins
  • Farber
  • The 23rd
  • Jonathan Hoskins
2:51
4."Syrup"
  • Maidza
  • Farber
Farber2:25
5."Kim" (with Yung Baby Tate)
Farber2:38
6."High Beems"
  • Maidza
  • Farber
  • Mary Lou Williams
  • Anthony Woods
Farber2:37
7."Cashmere"
  • Maidza
  • Farber
Farber3:03
8."Breathe"
  • Maidza
  • Farber
Farber2:50

Personnel

  • Tkay Maidza – vocals
  • Dan Farber – programming, mixing, engineering
  • Jennah Bell – programming (track 2)
  • Kendrick Nicholls – programming (track 2)
  • George Flint – programming (track 3)
  • Henry Flint – programming (track 3)
  • Jonathan Hoskins – programming (track 3)

References

  1. ^ a b "Tkay Maidza – 'Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3'". Music Feeds. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Genesis Owusu, The Kid Laroi, Spacey Jane, RÜFÜS DU SOL big winners at the 2021 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music". Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Consider 'Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3' Tkay Maidza's Victory Lap". MTV. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2023.