''Manic Dream Pixie'' is the debut

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by Australian singer-songwriter

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, released on 28 April 2023 through

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. The EP debuted at number one on the Australian

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. A

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edition of the EP called ''Music Is Universal: Manic Dream Pixie Pride'' featuring previous singles "God is a Freak", "Symptomatic", "Forever Drunk", and "Heavy", was released on 9 June 2023. The EP was nominated for three awards at the

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, and two at the 2024 Rolling Stone Australia Awards. A deluxe version of the EP was released on 26 April 2024 with new song "You're So Lucky You're Gorgeous".

Style

The album is considered to be part of the

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genre. It has also been described as a 2000s pop throwback, with Peach describing her desire to return to "2010-era fun" music such as

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and

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. The song "Favourite Person" is a response to Peach's breakout 2021 single "Josh", with the latter being about a breakup with an ex-boyfriend and "Favourite Person" being intended as an apology for how she spoke about him at the time. "Kinda Famous" was inspired musically by the beat from

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" and lyrically by

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", and is about pursuing romance with a "kinda famous"

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member. The song has also been called a

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" because she manages to be charming despite exhibiting stalker behavior.

Promotion

Singles

The EP's lead single, "Perfect for You", was released on 2 February 2023. The song is about Peach's first date with her girlfriend, which included them listening to the

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" together, inspiring Peach to include an interpolation of "Stars Are Blind" in "Perfect for You". Hilton responded positively to the song, leaving comments on TikTok indicating interest in a future collaboration, and the two subsequently became close friends. The second single, "F U Goodbye", released on 2 March. "Kinda Famous" was released as the third single on 28 April.

Tour

Peach PRC announced a headlining tour of Australia for the album on 2 March. The initial tour schedule included single shows in Melbourne and Sydney which sold out, with more shows at those locations announced subsequently. The first Melbourne show, held at Northcote Theatre, was

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ed on the artist's

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page.

Commercial performance

The EP debuted at number one in Australian

, making it Peach PRC's first entry on the chart. The EP spent one week in the top 50, falling to number 94 the following week.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Liam Quinn – producer, vocal engineer, mixing engineer (2, 5), vocal producer (6) *

Konstantin Kersting Konstantin Kersting, is a multi ARIA award winning producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has worked with a diverse range of artists, including Tones and I, Milky Chance, Mallrat, Spacey Jane, Amy Shark, The Jungle Giants, The Rubens, R3HAB ...

– producer * Earwulf – producer * Kes – mixing engineer (1, 3, 4) * Serge Courtois – mixing engineer (6) * Andrei Eremin – mastering engineer

Charts

References

{{reflist 2023 debut EPs Republic Records EPs Bubblegum pop albums Albums produced by Konstantin Kersting