''Boo Boo'' is the fifth studio album by

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, released on July 7, 2017 via

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. "Girl Like You" was the first single from the album and was released on June 9, 2017. Toro y Moi cites Travis Scott,

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, and

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as inspiration for the album. Toro y Moi said the album was written to help "cope with an identity crisis caused by his growing popularity".

Release

Toro y Moi released the album on July 7, 2017. One day before the release, Toro y Moi uploaded an album stream and short film to YouTube, which was directed and produced by Company Studio. The short film is a predominantly single-take, rotating evening shot from within the

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of a truck, featuring Chaz Bear sightseeing at

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before driving the truck to Grizzly Peak,

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to view the evening twilight over the

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. The short is periodically overlaid with random scenes featuring Bear at a studio, which location has been featured in prior music videos for "Girl Like You" and "You and I".

Critical reception

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score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ''

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'' writer Tom Breihan named it "Album of the Week" and states ''Boo Boo'' "might just be the best Toro Y Moi album yet, partly because it sounds like all these past strains of his music whirled together and partly because it’s just a great album." Ian Cohen of ''Pitchfork'' writes, "Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bear sounds increasingly comfortable as a lead vocalist and personality on his most personal album to date, as a still-funky but more ambient side of his writing emerges."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. * Chaz Bear – vocals, production, songwriter *Greg Calbi – mastering *Harry Israelson – cover artwork *Patrick Jones – mixing * Madeline Kenney – vocals *Shade Standard – photography

Charts

References

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