''Sunset Season'' is the debut extended play by American singer-songwriter and social media personality

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. It was released under

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on November 16, 2018. Sunset Season was primarily produced by

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and co-produced by Conan Gray, who also wrote and composed the five-track EP. Gray released "Idle Town", "Generation Why", and "Crush Culture" as singles.

Background

Gray has cited

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's debut album, ''

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'', as a major inspiration for the EP because of its small-town nostalgia. In October 2018, Gray began the

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tour in support of the project. The tour ran until May 2019. In November 2019, Gray took to

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to celebrate the one year anniversary of the EP's release, stating "can't even begin to explain how much these five songs changed my life, so i’m not even going to try to. just. i'm happier now than i've ever been my whole entire life. so thank u." The tweet featured a

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of the EP's growth on

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, showing that it had gained over 145 million

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in one year.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from

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. *

– vocalist , lyricist , producer , keyboard , additional vocals * Daniel Nigro – producer , bass , guitar , drum programming ,

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, mixing *

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– mixing * Ryan Linvil – drum programming * Kate Brady – additional vocals * Yves Rothman – drum programming

Background

Credits and personnel

Track listing

Charts

References