Louder, Please

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Louder, Please
Studio album by
Rose Gray
Released17 January 2025 (2025-01-17)
GenreDance-pop[1]
Length41:26
LabelPIAS
Producer
Rose Gray chronology
Higher Than the Sun
(2023) 		Louder, Please
(2025)
Singles from Louder, Please
  1. "Free"
    Released: 10 July 2024
  2. "Angel of Satisfaction"
    Released: 14 August 2024
  3. "Switch"
    Released: 18 September 2024
  4. "Wet & Wild"
    Released: 7 November 2024
  5. "Party People"
    Released: 31 December 2024

Louder, Please is the debut studio album by the English singer Rose Gray, released on 17 January 2025 through PIAS Recordings. She co-wrote the album with a variety of collaborators and producers, including Alex Metric, Sega Bodega, Ryland Blackinton, Vaughn Oliver, and Shawn Wasabi. The album was preceded by the release of five singles between July and December 2024: "Free", "Angel of Satisfaction", "Switch", "Wet & Wild", and "Party People".

Background and production

Louder, Please was written over the course of two years before being produced, mixed, and mastered in the following six months.[2]

Release and promotion

The lead single from the album, titled "Free", was released on 10 July 2024.[3] It was followed by "Angel of Satisfaction" on 14 August.[4] On 18 September, Gray announced the album's title, Louder, Please, and uploaded its third single "Switch".[5] A fourth single was titled "Wet & Wild" and released on 7 November.[6] "Party People" was released as the fifth and final single from the album on 31 December 2024.[7] NME included Louder, Please on its list of the most anticipated releases of 2025.[8] PIAS Recordings released the album on 17 January 2025.

A deluxe edition of the album, titled A Little Louder, Please, was released on 24 October 2025. Alongside her announcement for the deluxe edition, she released the single "April". As well as two other new songs, the edition featured collaborations with Melanie C, Jade, Shygirl and Casey MQ. A Little Louder, Please also included remixes and club edits of songs from the album.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2/10[10]
Metacritic77/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[12]
Dork[13]
The Guardian[14]
NME[1]
Pitchfork6.7/10[15]

Louder, Please received generally positive reviews from music critics. On the review aggregator site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, Louder, Please holds a weighted mean of 77 based on 5 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[11] AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a score of 7.2 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus from 7 reviews.[10]

In a review for Dork, Martyn Young wrote that the album "is a sonic journey for head, body and soul to soundtrack all your partying needs for 2025".[13] Michael Cragg of The Guardian believed that hedonism is the main theme on the album and praised the "dance-pop anthems that pierce the heart".[14] Rolling Stone UK included the album on a list of the best releases of the week; its staff said that Gray "cements her place as one of dance music's most exciting new voices", and that the album "could be one of the year's defining dance records".[16] Sydney Brasil of Exclaim! wrote that Gray brings her "own flair to the dance floor" and perceived elements of jungle and house music.[17] NME's Rishi Shah praised the hooks and melodies, and said that the genres of Gray's previous EPs, house and rave-pop, "pierce even deeper into the underground" on Louder, Please.[1] Aimee Philips of Clash finished her review saying that the album "captures the spirit of the dance floor with unflinching authenticity", although it "doesn't reinvent the wheel".[12]

Year-end lists

Year-end lists
Publication List Rank Ref.
Coup de Main The Best Albums of 2025 10 [18]
Dork Albums of the Year 2025 11 [19]
Elle The Best Albums of 2025 N/a [20]
The Forty-Five The 45 Best Albums of 2025 15 [21]
NME 50 Best Albums of 2025 47 [22]
Vogue The 45 Best Albums of 2025 N/a [23]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[24]

Louder, Please track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Damn"
Alvarez2:25
2."Free"
  • Gray
  • Ella Boh
  • Kevin Hickey
Zhone3:11
3."Wet & Wild"
  • Gray
  • Sur Back
Back3:02
4."Just Two"
  • Gray
  • DRIIA
  • Joe Brown
  • Alvarez
  • Sur Back
  • Uffie
  • Brown
  • Alvarez
3:22
5."Tectonic"
  • Metric
  • Rob Milton
3:16
6."Party People"
Bodega3:14
7."Angel of Satisfaction"
  • Blackinton
  • Oliver
3:31
8."Switch"
  • Gray
  • Tranter
  • Sam Homaee
Homaee3:00
9."Hackney Wick"
  • Gray
  • Alvarez
  • Back
Alvarez3:50
10."First"
  • Gray
  • Frank Colucci
  • Brown
  • Max Wolfgang
  • Colucci
  • Brown
  • Alvarez
3:08
11."Everything Changes (But I Won't)"
Shawn Wasabi3:51
12."Louder, Please"
  • Gray
  • Micah
  • Alvarez
  • Phil Scully
  • Back
Back5:30
Total length:41:26
A Little Louder, Please (Deluxe): Disc 1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."April"
  • Alex Drury
  • Gray
  • Metric
3:15
14."Lotus"
  • Drury
  • Gray
  • Twin Lee
  • Metric
  • Lee
3:34
A Little Louder, Please (Deluxe): Disc 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Damn" (club edit)
  • Stubbs
  • Alvarez
  • Gray
  • Alvarez
4:24
2."Free" (Fifi remix)
  • Boh
  • Hickey
  • Gray
  • Zhone
  • Daiana Azar
  • Fifi Poulakidas
  • Juan Armani
3:09
3."Wet & Wild" (Alex Chapman remix)
  • Caroline Leigh Sans
  • Gray
  • Black
  • Alex Chapman
2:52
4."Just Two" (Clementaum's ABRISA remix)
  • DRIIA
  • Brown
  • Alvarez
  • Gray
  • Brown
  • Alvarez
  • Clementaum
4:15
5."Tectonic" (strings version)
  • Metric
  • Gray
  • Metric
  • Milton
3:13
6."Party People" (Karl F Rivas remix)
  • Sans
  • Gray
  • Bodega
  • Bodega
  • Karl F Rivas
4:13
7."Angel Of Satisfaction" (featuring Jade)
  • Tranter
  • Gray
  • Blackinton
  • Oliver
  • Jade
  • Blackinton
  • Oliver
3:31
8."Switch" (Logic1000 remix)
  • Tranter
  • Gray
  • Homaee
  • Homaee
  • Logic1000
3:39
9."Hackney Wick" (strings version)
  • Sans
  • Alvarez
  • Gray
  • Alvarez
  • LUXE
4:04
10."First" (with Melanie C)
  • Colucci
  • Brown
  • Wolfgang
  • Colucci
  • Brown
  • Alvarez
  • Sur Back
3:22
11."Everything Changes (But I Won’t)" (featuring Shygirl & Casey MQ)
  • Wasabi
3:55
12."Louder, Please" (Peach remix)
  • Sans
  • Alvarez
  • Gray
  • Back
  • Peach
3:44
13."I Don't Speak French"
  • Tranter
  • Gray
  • Blackinton
  • Oliver
  • Blackinton
  • Oliver
2:58

Personnel

The credits shown below are adapted from Apple Music.[25]

Charts

Chart performance for Louder, Please
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 50

References

  1. ^ a b c Shah, Rishi (15 January 2025). "Rose Gray – 'Louder, Please' review: transcendence and escapism from London's underground raves". NME. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  2. ^ Hess, Liam (19 September 2024). "Is Rose Gray the Next Big British Pop Star?". Vogue. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ^ Newton, Felicity (11 July 2024). "Rose Gray ushers in her debut album era with euphoric new single 'Free'". Dork. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ Murray, Robin (14 August 2024). "Rose Gray Shares New Single 'Angel Of Satisfaction'". Clash. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  5. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (19 September 2024). "Rose Gray Announces Debut Album, Shares New Single 'Switch'". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Rose Gray has shared her new single 'Wet & Wild', about a crazy night in New York". Dork. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  7. ^ Kelly, Tyler Damara (2 January 2025). "Rose Gray unveils new single, "Party People"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  8. ^ "NME's most anticipated album releases of 2025". NME. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Rose Gray has shared her new single 'April' from the deluxe edition of 'A Little Louder, Please'". Dork. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Louder, Please by Rose Gray reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Louder, Please by Rose Gray Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  12. ^ a b Philips, Aimee. "Rose Gray – Louder, Please". Clash. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  13. ^ a b Young, Martyn (15 January 2025). "Rose Gray – Louder, Please". Dork. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  14. ^ a b Cragg, Michael (17 January 2025). "Rose Gray: Louder, Please review – escapist dance-pop fizzes with inventiveness". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  15. ^ Shah, Rishi (4 February 2025). "Rose Gray – Louder, Please". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  16. ^ "6 albums you need to hear this week". Rolling Stone UK. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  17. ^ Brasil, Sydney (20 January 2025). "Rose Gray Bets on Herself as the Next Big Pop Girl with 'Louder, Please'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  18. ^ "The best albums of 2025". Coup de Main. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  19. ^ "Dork's albums of the year 2025: 20-11". Dork. 5 December 2025. Archived from the original on 23 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  20. ^ Maude, Samuel (22 December 2025). "The best albums of 2025 might prove your Spotify listening age wrong". Elle. Retrieved 23 December 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  21. ^ Ling, Geena; Gunn, Charlotte (3 December 2025). "The 45 best albums of 2025 – as voted by the Forty-Five". The Forty-Five. Retrieved 5 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ^ Gwee, Karen (5 December 2025). "The 50 best albums of 2025". NME. Retrieved 5 December 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  23. ^ "The 45 best albums of 2025". Vogue. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  24. ^ "Louder, Please / Rose Gray / Credits". Tidal. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Louder, Please — Album by Rose Gray". Apple Music (US). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  26. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 31/10/2025 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
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