{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Lowercase title|italic=yes}} {{Infobox album | italic_title = no | name = {{yesitalic|x Infinity}} | type = studio | artist = Watsky | cover = File:Watsky x Infinity cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2016|08|19}} | recorded = 2014–2016 | venue = | studio = {{flatlist| * Seahorse Studios, Los Angeles, California * Grand St. Recording, Brooklyn, New York * Aqua Vibea, Hadley, Massachusetts }} | genre = Alternative hip hop | length = {{flatlist| * 65:42 (standard version) * 75:22 (deluxe version) }} | label = Steel Wool Media, Empire | producer = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Kush Mody * Russell Simmons * Anderson Paak * Frans Mernick * Mikos Da Gawd * Daniel Riera * Wax * Andrew Oedel }} | prev_title = All You Can Do | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Complaint | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Singles | name = x Infinity | type = Studio Album | single1 = Stick to Your Guns | single1date = July 1, 2016 | single2 = Tiny Glowing Screens, Pt. 3 | single2date = July 8, 2016 | single3 = Talking to Myself | single3date = July 26, 2016 | single4 = Midnight Heart | single4date = August 9, 2016 }} }} '''''x Infinity''''', (pronounced '''''Times Infinity''''') is the fourth studio album by American rapper, spoken word artist and author George Watsky, released on August 19, 2016. The album was recorded at Seahorse Studios in Los Angeles, Grand St. Recording in Brooklyn, and Aqua Vibea in Hadley, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/New-Watsky-Album-x-Infinity-Gets-August-2016-Release-20160708#|title=New Watsky Album 'x Infinity' Gets August 2016 Release|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
The album, executive produced by Russell Simmons – who Watsky previously connected with as a guest on Season 6 of Simmons' HBO series ''Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry'' – was produced by Kush Mody and features additional production from Anderson .Paak and drumming by Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots, among other collaborations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/watsky-tiny-glowing-screens-pt-3-video-x-infinity-album-7431107/|title=Watsky Delivers 'Tiny Glowing Screens Pt. 3' Video, Announces New Album 'x Infinity': Exclusive Premiere|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> Unlike Watsky's previous album, All You Can Do, which was almost entirely produced by .Paak, the album contains only one song, Midnight Heart, that features production from him. Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots accompanies Watsky on the drums in Track 13, ''Midnight Heart.''
== Background == On Twitter, Watsky described the album's thesis statement as a message "that embracing our insignificance in the vastness of time & space frees us to be joyful." He stated in another tweet that the album was his first in 2 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/gwatsky/status/766456967736987650|title=W▵TSKY on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en}}</ref>
== Release ==
The lead single, ''Stick to Your Guns'' featuring Julia Nunes, was released on July 1, 2016, as a free download on Watsky's Bandcamp page.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gwatsky.bandcamp.com/track/stick-to-your-guns|title=Stick to Your Guns, by Watsky ft. Julia Nunes|website=gwatsky|access-date=July 9, 2016|archive-date=July 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718070310/http://gwatsky.bandcamp.com/track/stick-to-your-guns|url-status=dead}}</ref> A week later, the second single, ''Tiny Glowing Screens, Pt. 3'', was released alongside the announcement of the album. An accompanying music video was released on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GglsBHdKDBk|title=Watsky- Tiny Glowing Screens Part 3 ft. Camila Recchio & Danny McClain (x INFINITY)|date=July 8, 2016|website=YouTube|publisher=YouTube|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> On August 18, 2016, the day before the album's scheduled release, lyric annotation site Genius premiered the song ''Don't Be Nice'', along with the lyrics for the entire album. This is not the first time Watsky premiered music right before the album through Genius; a similar promotion was done for the release of ''Cardboard Castles'' and ''All You Can Do''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Genius/status/766305874818306053|title=+ all the lyrics to Watsky's new album before it drops #xInfinity|date=August 18, 2016|website=Genius|publisher=Genius|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref>
==Reception==
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''x Infinity'' was met with positive reviews.
Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album a three and a half out of five stars, adding that "Ultimately, this is his brightest, most accomplished release yet." SputnikMusic (Russian) user RedHotRedd gave the album a similar score, saying "It seems as though Watsky really wanted ''x Infinity'' to be his best effort, and it most certainly was."
==Track listing== Track listing and credits from Genius.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/x-infinity/1132708671?app=itunes&ls=1|title=x Infinity by Watsky on iTunes|website=iTunes|access-date=July 9, 2016|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902214145/https://music.apple.com/us/album/x-infinity/1132708671?app=itunes&ls=1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/albums/Watsky/X-infinity|title=x INFINITY Lyrics – Genius|website=Genius|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Tiny Glowing Screens, Pt. 3 | writer1 = {{flatlist| *Watsky * Kush Mody }} | extra1 = Mody | note1 = featuring Danny McClain & Camila Recchio | length1 = 3:53 | title2 = Talking to Myself | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Julian Le }} | extra2 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | length2 = 3:41 | title3 = Chemical Angel | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Le }} | extra3 = Mody | length3 = 2:31 | title4 = Little Slice | writer4 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Frans Mernick }} | extra4 = {{flatlist| * Mernick * Mody }} | note4 = featuring Danny McClain | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Springtime in New York | writer5 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mernick }} | extra5 = {{flatlist| * Mernick }} | length5 = 2:23 | title6 = Pink Lemonade | writer6 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Daniel Riera }} | extra6 = Riera | length6 = 3:17 | title7 = Don't Be Nice | writer7 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra7 = Mody | length7 = 3:18 | title8 = Yes Britannia | writer8 = | extra8 = {{flatlist| * Mody * Watsky }} | length8 = 3:37 | title9 = Love Letters | writer9 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra9 = Mody | length9 = 4:24 | title10 = Stick to Your Guns | writer10 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra10 = Mody | note10 = featuring Julia Nunes | length10 = 4:05 | title11 = Brave New World | writer11 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra11 = Mody | note11 = featuring Chaos Chaos | length11 = 4:04 | title12 = Going Down | writer12 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mikos }} | extra12 = Mikos | length12 = 5:16 | title13 = Midnight Heart | writer13 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Brandon Paak Anderson * Michael Jones }} | extra13 = {{flatlist| * Paak * Mody }} | note13 = featuring Mal Devisa | length13 = 4:37 | title14 = Lovely Thing Suite: Conversations | writer14 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra14 = Mody | length14 = 3:40 | title15 = Lovely Thing Suite: Knots | writer15 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody * Ryan Whyman }} | extra15 = Mody | length15 = 3:06 | title16 = Lovely Thing Suite: Roses | writer16 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra16 = {{flatlist| * Mody * Mikos }} | length16 = 4:09 | title17 = Lovely Thing Suite: Theories | writer17 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody }} | extra17 = Mody | title18 = | length18 = | title19 = | length19 = | length17 = 6:17 | title20 = | length20 = | total_length = 65:42 }} {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | headline = Bonus track | title18 = Exquisite Corpse | writer18 = {{flatlist| * Watsky * Mody * Jonathan Park * Benjamin Laub * Adam Traore * Jones * Rafael Casal * Daveed Diggs * Chinaka Hodge }} | note18 = featuring Dumbfoundead, Grieves, Adam Vida, Wax, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, and Chinaka Hodge | extra18 = Mody | length18 = 9:40 | total_length = 75:22 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2016-09-23|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> | 6 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|58|artist=Watsky|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2016}} |}
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