Who Am I | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Berwyn |
Cover: | Berwyn - Who Am I.png |
Alt: | Berwyn and a young boy surrounded by suitcases, two with the UK and Trinidadian flags on them, in front of a council estate building. |
Length: | 33:52 |
Label: | Columbia |
Producer: | Berwyn |
Prev Title: | Tape 2/Fomalhaut |
Prev Year: | 2021 |
Who Am I is the debut studio album by Trinidad-born, London-based musician Berwyn, released on 12 July 2024 through Columbia Records. It received positive reviews from critics.
On 8 April 2024, Fred Again released the track "BerwynGesaffNeighbours" featuring Gesaffelstein and Berwyn.[1] [2] Berwyn released an alternate version of the track titled "Neighbors" on 26 April 2024.[3] On 14 May 2024, he released the single "I Am Black."[4] [5] [6] On 11 June 2024, Berwyn announced the album's track list and release date, alongside the third single, "Dear Immigration."[7] [8]
Who Am I received a score of 95 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim".
Ed Lawson of DIY described it as a "record that's as skilled in pop immediacy as it is emotional expression; a lyrical gaze that looks as deeply inside as out" and Berwyn "an artist who, on this debut album, can seemingly do just about anything". Ben Devlin of MusicOMH characterised Who Am I as "a relatively brief selection of tracks [that] contains a lot of autobiographical heft, as he works through topics of race, insecurity and excess over surprisingly versatile production". The Observers Damien Morris wrote that it "cuts a prickly path between the experimental rawness of Mercury-nominated mixtape Demotape/Vega and its excellent sequel Tape 2/Fomalhauts smoother entreaties" as well as remarking that "the ferocity of Berwyn's talent and the piercing beauty of his crackling, folk-R&B croon mean these heavy topics are never a burden". Reviewing the album for The Skinny, Rhys Morgan called it "declarative" as "the candid expression of his previous work remains, now finessed into a towering major label debut".
All tracks written and produced by Berwyn Du Bois unless listed.