The Click (album)

The Click
Studio album by
AJR
ReleasedJune 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
Recorded2015–2017
GenrePop[1]
Length48:07
60:57 (deluxe)
Label
Producer
AJR chronology
What Everyone's Thinking
(2016) 		The Click
(2017) 		Neotheater
(2019)
Singles from The Click
  1. "Call My Dad"
    Released: December 18, 2015
  2. "I'm Not Famous"
    Released: March 24, 2016
  3. "Weak"
    Released: September 16, 2016
  4. "Drama"
    Released: May 12, 2017
  5. "Sober Up"
    Released: June 9, 2017
  6. "The Good Part"
    Released: November 24, 2021

The Click is the second studio album by American indie pop band AJR. It was released on June 9, 2017, via the band's label AJR Productions and S-Curve Records, later released internationally through Ultra Records and Black Butter Records. The album follows the trio's previous work, maintaining a pop sound with elements of hip-hop, electronic dance music, and jazz. It includes a sole guest appearance from Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer while taking influence from Fun, Twenty One Pilots, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West.

It was supported by the five-track extended play What Everyone's Thinking in September 2016, which had the singles "I'm Not Famous" and "Weak". All songs featured on it would later appear on The Click, alongside newer singles including "Sober Up". A deluxe edition was released on September 21, 2018, supported by the single "Burn the House Down" and an acoustic version of the band's collaboration with Steve Aoki and Lil Yachty, "Pretender". "The Good Part" was retroactively released as a single in 2021 after going viral. To promote the album, AJR performed the 46-date The Click Tour throughout 2018, additionally publishing music videos for ten of the album's songs.

Upon release, The Click was met with favorable to mixed reviews from music critics, praising the band's lyrics and production with occasional criticism. Some retrospective mentions of the project view it negatively. The album was a commercial success, staying on the Billboard 200 for nearly a year with support from the high charting and streaming performances of "Weak", "Sober Up", and "Burn the House Down". The album received platinum certification in the US, silver in the UK, and gold in Canada with over two billion Spotify streams.

  1. ^ Collar, Matt. "AJR - The Click Album". AllMusic. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  2. ^ BMG (June 8, 2017). "US: AJR release new album The Click". BMG. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Becker, Sarah (April 28, 2024). "Revisiting AJR's overshadowed hit "Let the Games Begin"". AudioPhix. Retrieved April 28, 2024.