{{Infobox album | name = FutureNever | type = studio | artist = Daniel Johns | cover = FutureNever by Daniel Johns.png | released = 22 April 2022 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Opera, dance, electro<ref name="gua" /> | length = 44:38 | label = BMG Music Australia | producer = {{hlist|Beau Golden|Casey Golden|Daniel Johns|Dave Jenkins Jr|Jake Meadows|Louis Schoorl|MXXWLL|Peking Duk|Sam La More|Slumberjack|This Week in the Universe|What So Not}} | prev_title = Talk | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = FutureNever | type = studio | single1 = I Feel Electric | single1date = 22 April 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/new-aus-music-playlist-our-favourite-tunes-of-the-week-101/|title=New Aus Music Playlist ADDITIONS – 22/04/22|website=Music Feeds|date=22 April 2022|access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> }}}} '''''FutureNever''''' is the second studio album by the Australian musician Daniel Johns, released on 22 April 2022 by BMG Music Australia. It was announced in December 2021 and initially scheduled for release on 1 April 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Israel |first=Janine |date=7 December 2021 |title=Daniel Johns announces new album FutureNever: 'I'm not anxious about what comes next any more' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/08/daniel-johns-announces-new-album-futurenever-im-not-anxious-about-what-comes-next-any-more |website=The Guardian}}</ref> until it was delayed to 22 April to include the song "Emergency Calls Only".<ref name="RS delay">{{cite magazine|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daniel-johns-new-album-futurenever-34894/|title=Daniel Johns Delays Release of Forthcoming Solo Album, 'FutureNever'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Jenke|first=Tyler|date=8 March 2022|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref> Johns said that he did not want to release any singles before the album, as he intended it to "be enjoyed as an album".<ref name="RS delay"/> Johns missed his own album launch party due to crashing his car in a high-range DUI incident.<ref>{{Citation |title=Inside The Mind of Daniel Johns: Act l - Reclaim Your Art (Docuseries) | date=22 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCkOX3CNuvM |language=en |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-06 |title=Daniel Johns avoids time behind bars, sentenced to intensive corrections order in the community over drink-driving crash |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-06/daniel-johns-corrections-order-for-dui-charge/101212646 |access-date=2022-12-16}}</ref>
At the 2022 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Solo Artist.<ref name="2022ARIAnoms">{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/2022-aria-awards-nominees/|title=Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)|website=The Music Network|date=12 October 2022|access-date=12 October 2022|author=Lars Brandle}}</ref>
At the AIR Awards of 2023, the album was nominated for Independent Album of the Year and won Best Independent Pop Album or EP.<ref name="AIRnoms2023">{{cite web|url= https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/nominees-announced-for-the-australian-independent-music-awards-2023/|title= Nominees Announced for the Australian Independent Music Awards 2023 |website=Music Feeds|date=31 May 2023|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="AIRwins2023">{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/air-awards-2023-winners/|title=King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards |website=Music Feeds|date= 4 August 2023|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref>
In November 2025, Daniel Johns released his short film, 'What if the FutureNever Happened?' at four dates around his home country. <ref>https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/9102794/daniel-johns-receives-inaugural-aria-silver-award-for-futurenever/</ref> At the Sydney event, chaired by Dylan Lewis from Recovery, Daniel hinted he had been making new music and mused, we're going Back to the FutureNever with a second short film and album titled 'FutureNever Forever'. the second album and film would focus more on the Diorama years of Silverchair, where a Magician timefraveller from the future, played by Johns, would assist the alternate reality version of 'Silverchair', 'Mindriot', during his anorexia eating disorder and severe arthritis illnesses to be able to get through it and continue making music. <ref>https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/daniel-johns-unveils-unreleased-music-at-first-in-conversation-show/</ref>
== Reception == {{Album ratings | rev2 = ''NME'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="NME review">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/daniel-johns-futurenever-review-silverchair-3202109 |title=Daniel Johns – ''FutureNever'' review: Silverchair frontman connects the dots in his adventurous career|website=NME |date=11 April 2022|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> | rev1 = ''The Guardian'' | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="gua">{{Cite news |last=Jolly |first=Nathan |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Daniel Johns: ''FutureNever'' review – brilliant songs on a choppy album |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/22/daniel-johns-futurenever-review-brilliant-songs-on-a-choppy-album |access-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> }} Andrew Trendell from ''NME'' wrote, "While there's a lot of Daniel Johns at his best here, this isn't ''The Best of Daniel Johns''. There's rock bravado throughout, but you won't get a whiff of ''Frogstomp''. Styles and eras clash, but ''Neon Ballroom'' it ain't. There is, however, a vulnerability, curiosity and adventure that makes ''FutureNever'' unmistakably Johns."<ref name="NME review"/>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''FutureNever'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Reclaim Your Heart | writer1 = {{hlist|Daniel Johns|Josh Wakely}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Johns|Louis Schoorl}} | length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Mansions | writer2 = {{hlist|Johns|Beau Golden|Casey Golden}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Johns|B. Golden|C. Golden}} | length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Where Do We Go? | writer3 = {{hlist|Johns|B. Golden|Dave Jenkins Jr|Jake Meadows}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Johns|B. Golden|Jenkins|Meadows}} | length3 = 2:57
| title4 = Cocaine Killa | note4 = featuring Peking Duk | writer4 = {{hlist|Johns|Adam Hyde|Reuben Styles-Richards|Sam Littlemore}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Johns|Peking Duk|Sam La More}} | length4 = 3:36
| title5 = Stand 'Em Up | note5 = featuring What So Not | writer5 = {{hlist|Johns|Christopher Emerson}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Johns|What So Not}} | length5 = 3:38
| title6 = I Feel Electric | note6 = featuring Moxie Raia | writer6 = {{hlist|Johns|Laura Raia|Mark Landon|Maxwell Bidstrup}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Johns|MXXWLL}} | length6 = 3:53
| title7 = Emergency Calls Only | note7 = featuring Van Dyke Parks | writer7 = Johns | extra7 = Johns | length7 = 4:38
| title8 = FreakNever | note8 = featuring Purplegirl | writer8 = Johns | extra8 = {{hlist|Johns|B. Golden|Jenkins|Mitch Kenny{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length8 = 4:28
| title9 = D4ngrsboy | note9 = featuring This Week in the Universe | writer9 = {{hlist|Johns|B. Golden|C. Golden}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Johns|This Week in the Universe}} | length9 = 4:03
| title10 = When We Take Over | writer10 = Johns | extra10 = {{hlist|Johns|Schoorl}} | length10 = 2:30
| title11 = Someone Call an Ambulance | writer11 = Johns | extra11 = {{hlist|Johns|Schoorl}} | length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Those Thieving Birds Pt. 3 | writer12 = Johns | extra12 = {{hlist|Johns|Schoorl|Slumberjack}} | length12 = 4:02
| total_length = 44:38 }}
== Charts == === Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''FutureNever'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2022-05-16|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=16 May 2022|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> | 1 |- {{album chart|UKDigital|18|date=20220429|rowheader=true|access-date=30 April 2022}} |}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''FutureNever'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2022/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> | 42 |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''FutureNever''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Silver|type=album|certyear=2025|access-date=8 July 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
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