Radical Romantics

Radical Romantics is the third studio album by Fever Ray, an alias of Swedish musician Karin Dreijer. It was released on 10 March 2023 through Rabid and Mute Records.^[4] The album features contributions from producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, and Dreijer's brother, Olof, with whom they formed electronic music duo the Knife.^[6] Radical Romantics was preceded by three singles: "What They Call Us", "Carbon Dioxide", and "Kandy".

Radical Romantics
Studio album by Fever Ray
Released	10 March 2023 (2023-03-10)
Genre	Electropop[1] synth-pop[2]
Length	44:10
Label	Rabid Mute
Producer	Karin Dreijer Olof Dreijer Vessel Nídia Trent Reznor Atticus Ross Pär Grindvik Peder Mannerfelt Johannes Berglund
Fever Ray chronology
Plunge (2017) Radical Romantics (2023)
Singles from Radical Romantics
"What They Call Us" Released: 5 October 2022[3] "Carbon Dioxide" Released: 10 November 2022[4] "Kandy" Released: 25 January 2023[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.6/10[7]
Metacritic	82/100[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
DIY	[1]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[10]
Mojo	[11]
NME	[12]
The Observer	[13]
Paste	8.1/10[2]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[14]
Slant Magazine	[15]
Uncut	8.7/10[16]

Radical Romantics received critical acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 17 reviews.^[8] Writing for NME, Erica Campbell characterized the album as "a collection of exhilarating pop vignettes examining love as a preoccupation, an unconstrained struggle and most importantly, a myth."^[17]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Karin Dreijer. Vocal production is handled by Johannes Berglund on all tracks.

Radical Romantics track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What They Call Us"	Karin Dreijer Olof Dreijer	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	4:27
2.	"Shiver"	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	4:35
3.	"New Utensils"	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	4:17
4.	"Kandy"	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	K. Dreijer O. Dreijer	4:07
5.	"Even It Out"	K. Dreijer	K. Dreijer Trent Reznor Atticus Ross Johannes Berglund[a]	3:07
6.	"Looking for a Ghost"	K. Dreijer Nídia Borges	K. Dreijer Nídia Berglund	3:39
7.	"Carbon Dioxide"	K. Dreijer	K. Dreijer Vessel	4:51
8.	"North"	K. Dreijer	K. Dreijer Reznor Ross	4:04
9.	"Tapping Fingers"	K. Dreijer	K. Dreijer Pär Grindvik Peder Mannerfelt	3:57
10.	"Bottom of the Ocean"	K. Dreijer	K. Dreijer	7:06
Total length:				44:10

Notes

• ^{^[a]} indicates an additional producer

Charts

Chart performance for Radical Romantics

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]	28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19]	117
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	92
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[22]	12
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23]	7