Summer Walker – Over It

Over It (album)
Over It is the debut studio album by American singer Summer Walker. It was released on October 4, 2019, by LoveRenaissance and Interscope. The album has spawned the singles “Playing Games” and “Stretch You Out”, and will also feature the remix of Walker’s “Girls Need Love” featuring Drake. Aside from Drake, the album features collaborations with Bryson Tiller, Usher, 6lack, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Jhené Aiko. Most of the album is produced by Walker’s boyfriend, London on da Track. Walker will embark on the First and Last Tour in support of the album from October 25.

Promotion
An “old school” commercial was released via Walker’s YouTube channel on September 30 to promote the album, which was compared to infomercials for R&B albums from the 1990s. Few days before the actual album release, Walker promoted the album by putting various payphone in various cities painted in the theme of the album. A phone number was to be dialed to listen to the album few days before.

Commercial performance
Over It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 134,000 album-equivalent units (including 14,000 pure album sales). Its debut week marks the largest streaming week for an R&B album by a female artist, in terms of on-demand audio streams.

Critical reception
Over It was met with critical acclaim upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, indicating “universal acclaim.”

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