This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway

This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Lola Young. It was released on 21 June 2024 via Island Records. It follows her 2023 debut album, My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely. The album contains her UK number-one single "Messy", which was the sixth single, and was met with acclaim from critics; it reached number sixteen on the UK Albums Chart.

It also earned Young nominations for Best New Artist and won Best Pop Solo Performance for "Messy" at the 68th Grammy Awards.

Track listing

Note

• signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

• Lola Young – vocals
• Jared Solomon – bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8), synthesiser (1–3, 6, 9), programming (1, 5, 6, 9), electric guitar (2, 3, 5, 6, 8), drums (2, 3, 9), acoustic bass guitar (7)
• Conor Dickinson – electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9), percussion (4), acoustic guitar (5, 7), bass guitar (5), bass (9)
• Will Brown – keyboards (tracks 1, 5), organ (1, 7), synthesiser (2, 3, 5, 9), drums (2, 4, 6, 9); bass, electric guitar (2); piano (3, 6)
• Carter Lang – bass, drums (track 1); electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, synthesiser (5)
• Buddy Ross – programming, sampler, synthesiser (track 1)
• Matt Zara – electric guitar, piano, programming, synthesiser (track 2)
• Monsune – keyboards, programming (track 5)
• Cass Lowe – electric guitar, programming (track 10)

Technical

• Dale Becker – mastering (tracks 1–10)
• Jasper Ward – mastering (track 11)
• Nathan Phillips – mixing (tracks 1–9)
• David Wrench – mixing (track 10)
• Jared Solomon – engineering (track 2)
• Nate Mingo – mastering assistance (track 4)

Visuals

• Studio Island – artwork
• Sophie Jones – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References