Build a Problem

Build a Problem
Standard and digital edition cover
Studio album by
dodie
Released7 May 2021 (2021-05-07)
Recorded2019–2020
Studio
  • RAK Studios
  • The Pool
  • Tileyard Education
  • Snap Studios
  • Pixel
  • Dodie's bedroom
  • Dodie's lounge
  • Pomplamoose's home studio
Genre
Length37:51
Label
Producer
Dodie chronology
Human
(2019) 		Build a Problem
(2021) 		Hot Mess
(2022)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition cover
Singles from Build a Problem
  1. "Guiltless"
    Released: 24 May 2019
  2. "Boys Like You"
    Released: 27 September 2019
  3. "Cool Girl"
    Released: 19 October 2020
  4. "Rainbow"
    Released: 11 December 2020
  5. "Hate Myself"
    Released: 12 January 2021
  6. "I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You)"
    Released: 16 April 2021

Build a Problem is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter dodie. Previously, dodie released three extended plays (EPs): Intertwined (2016), You (2017), and Human (2019). She had also been releasing songs on her YouTube channel since 2011.

The album was originally set to be released on 5 March 2021. After delaying the album's release multiple times, Build a Problem finally came out on 7 May 2021 through dodie's label Doddleoddle and The Orchard.[3] The album's release was preceded by six singles: "Guiltless", "Boys Like You", "Cool Girl", "Rainbow", "Hate Myself", and "I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You)".

The album received positive reviews and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, dodie's third top ten and highest-charting release.

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  3. ^ Kenneally, Cerys (12 March 2021). "dodie releases Georgia remix of "Hate Myself" and announces new release date for debut album". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 12 March 2021.