Champagne Problems (album)

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Champagne Problems
Inna - Champagne Problems.png
Champagne Problems #DQH1 cover
Studio album by
Inna
Released7 January 2022
(Champagne Problems #DQH1)
11 March 2022
(Champagne Problems #DQH2)
Recorded2021
Length23:02
(Champagne Problems #DQH1)
21:27
(Champagne Problems #DQH2)
LanguageEnglish
LabelGlobal
Producer
Inna chronology
Heartbreaker
(2020) 		Champagne Problems
(2022)
Alternative cover
Champagne Problems #DQH2 cover
Champagne Problems #DQH2 cover

Champagne Problems is the eighth studio album by Romanian singer Inna. Its two parts, Champagne Problems #DQH1 and Champagne Problems #DQH2, were released for digital download and streaming by Global Records on 7 January and 11 March 2022, respectively. The first part has been described as a primarily dance-pop record, also encompassing occasional Latin pop and reggaeton influences. Champagne Problems was created over the course of 16 days in a mansion where Inna resided with several Romanian songwriters and producers, including Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, David Ciente, Alexandru Cotoi, Minelli, Moa Pettersson Hammar and Gustav Nyström.

To document the progress made, Inna uploaded daily YouTube vlogs that constituted the second season of her Dance Queen's House series, a format whose first season yielded in the release of Heartbreaker (2020). Commercially, Champagne Problems #DQH1 peaked at numbers 72 and 81 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and Germany Album Download Chart, respectively. In March 2022, Inna performed several songs from Champagne Problems #DQH1 and Champagne Problems #DQH2 during a YouTube concert to celebrate seven million followers on the platform.[1]

Background and creation[]

On 27 November 2020, Inna released her seventh studio album, Heartbreaker;[2] it had been created during a three-week period at a rented Bucharest mansion with two recording studios, in which the singer resided with Romanian songwriters and producers Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, David Ciente, Alexandru Cotoi and Minelli. Inna documented the progress made during daily vlogs on her YouTube channel—which constituted the first season of her series called Dance Queen's House.[3][4][5] A second season of the same format was used to work on Champagne Problems, with the sessions lasting for 16 days in late 2021 and Ciente being excluded in favor of the foreign composers Moa Pettersson Hammar and Gustav Nyström, who were present on selected dates.[6][7][8]

The vlogs ran from 6 to 21 December 2021.[7][9] By the third episode, 20 songs had already been created to select from for the album,[10] and the fourth episode revealed that "De dragul tău", a promotional single released by Inna earlier in 2021, had also been recorded during the sessions for Champagne Problems.[11][12] The final episode on 21 December 2021 presented a pre-order link and unveiled the release date of 7 January 2022 for the album's first part Champagne Problems #DQH1,[9] on which it was issued for digital download and streaming by Global Records.[13] The same label also handled the release for the second part, Chamapgne Problems #DQH2, on 11 March 2022.[14]

Composition and reception[]

Champagne Problems #DQH1 has been identified as a dance-pop effort with occasional reggaeton and Latin pop influences by Matjaž Ambrožič of 24UR, and is entirely performed in English unlike her past works. Ambrožič praised the album's first part as being "solid" and a "pleasing rhythmic pump", further commending the nature of its melodies and Inna's vocal delivery.[15] Adevărul's Maria-Alexandru Mortu categorized the opener "Always on My Mind" as a dance song, speaking highly of its "catchy" refrain and "honest" lyrics,[16] while Jon Caramanica of the New York Times saw the title track as being "immaculate club-pop: ecstatic, bubbly, heartless".[17] Musially, "Champagne Problems" is meant to resemble the spicy taste and is the result of a challenge presented to Inna and her team during Dance Queen's House.[9]

Commercially, Champange Problems #DQH1 debuted and peaked at number 72 on the UK Album Downloads Chart published by the Official Charts Company (OCC) for the week ending 20 January 2022;[18] this became Inna's first entry in a British album chart since 2009's Hot.[19] It also reached number 81 on GfK Entertainment's Album Download Chart on 17 January 2022 as the singer's first-ever charting record in Germany.[20]

Track listing[]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[21][22]

Champagne Problems #DQH1 track listing[13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Always on My Mind"
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:44
2."Champagne Problems"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Shaw
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:47
3."Lonely"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
2:56
4."Love Bizarre"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
3:10
5."Baby"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
3:02
6."Fire & Ice"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
3:10
7."Solo"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:37
8."Ready Set Go"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Moa Pettersson Hammar
  • Gustav Nyström
Cotoi2:36
Total length:23:02
Champagne Problems #DQH2 track listing[14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cryo"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Nyström
Cotoi2:38
2."Millennium"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Nyström
Botezan3:00
3."Take Me Home"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Hammar
  • Barac
  • Cotoi
2:32
4."Kumera"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:47
5."Oxygen"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Hammar
  • Nyström
  • Viky Red
  • Red
  • Alexandru Turcu
2:52
6."Karma"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Shaw
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:47
7."Breathless"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Shaw
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:20
8."Don't Let Me Down"
  • Apostoleanu
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
  • Minelli
  • Barac
  • Botezan
  • Cotoi
2:31
Total length:21:27

Charts[]

Weekly chart performance for Champagne Problems #DQH1
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Germany Album Download Chart (Official German Charts)[20] 81
UK Album Downloads Chart (OCC)[18] 72

Release history[]

Release history for Champagne Problems
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 7 January 2022
Champagne Problems #DQH1 Global
[13]
11 March 2022 Champagne Problems #DQH2
[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Inna - 7 Million Subscribers YouTube Concert | DQH Performance". Inna. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Heartbreaker by Inna on Apple Music" (in Japanese). Apple Music (JP). Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ Chirilă, Raluca (4 November 2020). "Inna s-a izolat în 'Dance Queen House'. Urmărește primul episod" [Inna has isolated herself in 'Dance Queen House'. Watch the first episode] (in Romanian). InfoMusic. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ Chivu, Alexandra (25 November 2020). "Cum s-a descurcat Inna 3 săptămâni închisă într-o casă. Ce au făcut mama sa și iubitul Deliric" [How Inna managed to stay in a mansion for 3 weeks. See what her mother and boyfriend Deliric did] (in Romanian). Playtech. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Inchisa intr-o casa cu prietenii mei pentru 3 saptamani (turul casei)" [Locked inside a mansion with my friends for 3 weeks (house tour)] (in Romanian). YouTube. 3 November 2020. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Dance Queen's House | Season 2 (Trailer)". YouTube. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Landed a helicopter in the backyard | Dance Queen's House (S02E01)". YouTube. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "The biggest scare of my life | Dance Queen's House (S02E02)". YouTube. 8 December 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Cutting the grass before I leave + Season Recap | Dance Queen's House (S02E08)". YouTube. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ "I got saved by my mom + Q&A | Dance Queen's House (S02E03)". YouTube. 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ "I destroyed everything | Dance Queen's House (S02E04)". YouTube. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "De dragul tău - Single by Inna". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Citations regarding the release of Champagne Problems #DQH1 in various countries:
  14. ^ a b c Citations regarding the release of Champagne Problems #DQH2 in various countries:
  15. ^ Ambrožič, Matjaž (8 January 2022). "Najbolj priljubljena vzhodnoevropska pop zvezdnica v resnici nima problemov" [The most popular Eastern European pop star really has no problems] (in Slovenian). 24UR. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. ^ Mortu, Maria-Alexandru (7 January 2022). "Inna lansează albumul 'Champagne Problems': 8 piese compuse în cadrul celui de-al doilea sezon Dance Queen's House" [Inna releases the album 'Champagne Problems': 8 songs composed during the second season of Dance Queen's House]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  17. ^ Caramanica, Jon (7 January 2022). "A Radiohead Spinoff's Snarling Single, and 8 More New Songs". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 - 14 January 2022 - 20 January 2022". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Inna". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  20. ^ a b "Offizielle Download Charts Album - Musik Charts | MTV Germany" (in German). Official German Charts. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Credits / Champagne Problems #DQH1 / Inna". Tidal. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Credits / Champagne Problems #DQH2 / Inna". Tidal. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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