| Brave | |
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| Released | 3 April 2020 |
| Recorded | 2017–2020[1] |
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| Length | 66:16 |
| Label | Hard Recs |
| Producer | John Ford |
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Brave is the debut studio album by English DJ and producer Joyryde, also known as John Ford. It was released by Hard Recs on 3 April 2020. The album consists of 18 songs and features guest appearances from Mika Means, NoLay, Majilla, Youngs Teflon, Fze, and Gold. "Damn" is included as a bonus track, which features Freddie Gibbs.
Brave incorporates five distinct genres of bass house, trap, hip hop, grime, and UK bass. The themes of it reflect Ford's passion for music, energy, attitudes, and culture. Four songs were released as singles in 2019: "I'm Gone", "Yuck", which features Gold, "Madden", and "Selecta 19". Fans believed that "Agen Wida", Joyryde's collaboration with Skrillex, was the album's lead single; the ultimate release of "I'm Gone" as the first single disproved this.
Originally intended to be an extended play, Brave was expanded into an album while Ford was recovering from surgery. He wrote and finished several songs around the time of coping with drug withdrawals as he stopped taking his prescribed nerve damage medication. The album was set for a late-November 2018 release but was delayed indefinitely due to technical reasons. In early March 2020, 17 months after the original release date, Joyryde announced that he had finished production.
Brave received positive reviews from music critics, who noted the attention to quality, detail, and sound design, while a few said that every song had a unique identity. Before its release, the album was listed by multiple online music magazines as one of the most anticipated albums of 2020. "I'm Gone" was selected as one of the best dance songs of 2019 and was voted as the Best Original Track (Solo) of 2019 in the Bass House/G-House/Bassline category by the r/EDM subreddit.