The Ascension (Sufjan Stevens album)

The Ascension
An elaborate and colorful pattern like a stained glass window making a circle in the center and top of the image with the album title and artist name running along the side in white text on black bands
Studio album by
Sufjan Stevens
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
Genre
Length80:30
LabelAsthmatic Kitty
ProducerSufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens chronology
Aporia
(2020) 		The Ascension
(2020) 		Convocations
(2021)
Singles from The Ascension
  1. "America"
    Released: July 3, 2020
  2. "Video Game"
    Released: August 13, 2020
  3. "Sugar"
    Released: September 15, 2020

The Ascension is the eighth studio album by American musician Sufjan Stevens. It was released through Asthmatic Kitty on September 25, 2020.[2] The record was influenced by a range of artists, particularly Ariana Grande and her 2018 song "Thank U, Next".[3]

  1. ^ Horner, Al (September 25, 2020). "'I have a sense of urgency': Sufjan Stevens wakes from the American dream". The Guardian. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Monroe, Jazz (June 30, 2020). "Sufjan Stevens Announces New Album The Ascension". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sufjan Stevens on Making Pop Music in a Crisis". Vanity Fair. September 24, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2022.