What Ifs & Maybes

What Ifs & Maybes is the third studio album by the English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan. It was released on 16 June 2023 by Insanity Records and Sony Music Entertainment. Grennan began recording the album in April 2021 and finished in July 2022, during which time he collaborated with musicians including Jamie Scott, Lostboy, and The Six. The album was preceded by the singles "Remind Me", "All These Nights", "You Are Not Alone", "Here" and "How Does It Feel" and was supported by a UK arena tour that began in March 2023. The digital version of the album features collaborations with KSI and Joel Corry.

What Ifs & Maybes
Studio album by Tom Grennan
Released	16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)
Recorded	2021–2023
Length	42:12
Label	Insanity Sony
Producer	Carl Falk Ryan Linvill Lostboy Jordan Riley Jamie Scott The Six Lewis Thompson Andrew Wells
Tom Grennan chronology
Evering Road (2021) What Ifs & Maybes (2023) Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn't Want to Be (2025)
Singles from What Ifs & Maybes
"Remind Me" Released: 18 March 2022 "All These Nights" Released: 15 July 2022 "Not Over Yet" Released: 5 August 2022 "Lionheart (Fearless)" Released: 21 October 2022 "You Are Not Alone" Released: 16 December 2022 "Here" Released: 27 January 2023 "How Does It Feel" Released: 3 May 2023

Background and promotion

In May 2021, Grennan revealed in an interview with Fleur East that he was already in the studio writing material for his third album with Jamie Scott, Mike Needle and LostBoy, despite it being only months after releasing his second album Evering Road. He said "I'm writing and riding the wave that I'm on at the moment. It's been a pretty crazy few months from getting a Number 1 [album] to 'Little Bit of Love' blowing up. I think I'm in the eye of the storm."^[1] Towards the end of 2021, Grennan began writing songs for others, which began with Westlife's single "Starlight".^[2]

Upon the release of the album's second single "All These Nights" being released, which was produced by songwriting collective The Six, Grennan expressed how the song was a teaser for the sound of his third album. On Nick Grimshaw's new podcast "Dish", he stated, "I went away to the countryside and had two weeks away and we would just write. And it came about three in the morning where we were just like, we need excitement. No one needs another bloody ballad in their lives. Do you know what I mean? No way. For me, I was like, I want to have fun and I want to change up my sound. I feel like this whole new record, especially with "All These Nights", is the start where I'm introducing people to my new sound. So, it's exciting, it's fun, it's up-tempo and it just feels like, a different me and I'm excited. Some people might not like it, some people will hopefully love it. But we'll see where it goes."^[3] He also said that the album was mostly finished and that his current partner Daniella Carraturo had been the inspiration behind the majority of the songs.^[3]

During the latter half of 2022, Grennan took part in two collaborations, being KSI's "Not Over Yet" and Joel Corry's "Lionheart (Fearless)", which were both revealed later to be on the Apple Music edition of the album. The latter became the England football team's anthem during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[4] Amongst the collaborations, Grennan announced the album title as What Ifs & Maybes along with a UK arena tour, beginning in March 2023,^[5] which he stated is his biggest tour in his career to date.^[6] He described the album, in reference to its title, as about "going with your gut, not your head, because you never know what's going to happen".^[7] In January 2023, upon the album's fourth single "Here" being released, the album became available for pre-order on CD, vinyl and cassette formats through his official website.^[8]

Track listing

What Ifs & Maybes standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"How Does It Feel"	Tom Grennan Cleo Tighe Carl Falk Ollie Green Tom Mann Liam Payne Jamie Scott	Falk Ryan Linvill	2:23
2.	"Remind Me"	Grennan James "Yami" Bell Peter Rycroft	Lostboy	3:31
3.	"Crown Your Love"	Grennan Jon Green Ben Kohn Pete Kelleher Tom Barnes	Andrew Wells TMS[v]	3:04
4.	"Here"	Grennan Lewis Thompson Jordan Riley Gerard O'Connell James Essien	Riley Thompson Lostboy	3:15
5.	"Before You"	Grennan Mike Needle Mann Rycroft	Lostboy	2:57
6.	"Sleeping Rough"	Grennan Mann Wells	Wells	3:20
7.	"This Side of the Room"	Grennan Scott Needle Daniel Bryer	Scott Martin Hannah Dan Grech[a]	3:05
8.	"Psychedelic Kisses"	Grennan Wells Anthony Rossomando Charley Bagnall	Wells Bagnall	2:57
9.	"All These Nights"	Grennan Needle Scott Rick Boardman	The Six Andrew Wells Needle[v] Scott[v]	2:34
10.	"Problems"	Grennan O. Green Jonny Lattimer	O. Green Linvill	3:27
11.	"Head Up"	Grennan Luke Fitton Wayne Hector	Wells Fitton[a][v]	3:12
12.	"Love Don't Cost a Thing"	Grennan Mann Dan Priddy Mark Crew	Crew Priddy	2:43
13.	"Someone I Used to Know"	Grennan Needle Bryer	Wells Bryer	2:58
14.	"You Are Not Alone"	Grennan Scott Needle	Scott[p][s] Rosie Danvers[a] Needle[v] Tommy Danvers[s]	2:46
Total length:				42:12

What Ifs & Maybes digital bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Unbreak a Broken Love"	Grennan Needle Bryer	Bryer Wells	2:41
16.	"Not Over Yet" (KSI featuring Tom Grennan)	Olajide Olatunji Sara Boe Grennan Boardman Nick Gale Samuel Brennan Thomas Hollings Will Vaughan	Billen Ted Digital Farm Animals	2:35
17.	"Lionheart (Fearless)" (with Joel Corry)	Grennan Needle Scott Gale James Murray Mustafa Omer Joel Corry Thompson Neave Applebaum	Corry Digital Farm Animals Thompson Applebaum Needle[v] Scott[v] Hannah[v]	3:06
Total length:				50:34

Notes

• ^{^[p]} signifies a primary and vocal producer
• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^[s]} signifies a string session producer
• "Someone I Used to Know" is titled "Somebody That I Used to Know" on physical editions.^[9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes^[9] and Tidal.^[10][11]

Musicians

• Tom Grennan – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 2, 9)
• Ollie Green – backing vocals (1, 10), piano (10), synthesizers (11)
• Ryan Linvill – guitars, drums, programming (1, 10); additional instruments (10)
• Carl Falk – guitars, backing vocals (1)
• Cleo Tighe – backing vocals (1)
• Peter Rycroft – programming (2, 4, 5), backing vocals (2, 5); drum programming, instruments (2); drums (4, 5), pianos (4); guitars, synthesizers (5)
• James "Yami" Bell – backing vocals (2)
• Andrew Wells – bass, guitar, synthesizers (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15); acoustic guitar (3, 6), piano (3, 13, 15), percussion (6, 8, 11, 13), backing vocals (6, 8), programming (9), drums (11, 15), string arrangement (13)
• Rob Humphreys – drums (3, 13)
• Lewis Thompson – programming (4, 17); bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers (17)
• Jordan Riley – backing vocals, pianos, programming, drums (4)
• James Essien – backing vocals (4)
• Gerard O'Connell – backing vocals (4)
• Tom Mann – backing vocals (5, 6, 12)
• Mike Needle – backing vocals (5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17)
• Emmanuel Cervantes – drums (6)
• Jamie Scott – backing vocals (7, 9, 17); piano, programming, synthesizers (7); string arrangement (14)
• Daniel Bryer – backing vocals (7, 13, 15); programming, synthesizers (13, 15)
• Dan Grech – additional programming (7)
• Scott Seiver – drums (8, 9)
• Charley Bagnall – synthesizers, backing vocals (8)
• Anthony Rossomando – backing vocals (8)
• Rick Boardman – backing vocals, synthesizers (9)
• Dino Medanhodzic – synthesizers (9)
• Jonny Lattimer – backing vocals (10)
• Wayne Hector – backing vocals (11)
• Luke Fitton – backing vocals (11)
• Dan Priddy – backing vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, programming (12)
• Mark Crew – keyboards, programming (12)
• Jack Duxbury – guitars (12)
• Rosie Danvers – string arrangement (14)
• Wired Strings^[A] – strings (14)
• Digital Farm Animals – backing vocals (16, 17); drums, keyboards, synthesizers (17)
• Sam Brennan – additional guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (16)
• Tom Hollings – bass, drum programming (16)
• Sara Boe – backing vocals (16)
• Paul Hesketh – guitar (16)
• KSI – vocals (16)
• Neave Applebaum – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, programming, synthesizers (17)
• Harrison Atlee – backing vocals (17)
• Leanna Leid – backing vocals (17)
• Liza-Marie Jennings – backing vocals (17)
• Monique Meade – backing vocals (17)
• Zehra Lewis-Wright – backing vocals (17)
• Joel Corry – programming (17)

Technical and visuals

• Dan Grech – mixing (1, 2, 5–7, 10, 13, 14, 15)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (3, 4, 8, 9, 16)
• Chris Laws – mixing (3, 4, 8, 9, 16)
• Mark Crew – mixing, engineering (12)
• Kevin Grainger – mixing, mastering (17)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering (1–13, 15)
• Randy Merrill – mastering (14)
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering (16)
• Andrew Wells – engineering (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15)
• Luke Pickering – engineering (8)
• Dan Priddy – engineering (12)
• Martin Hannah – engineering (14)
• Scott Seiver – drum engineering (9)
• Isabel Gracefield – string session engineering (14)
• Ollie Green – additional vocal recording (1)
• Matt Wolach – mixing assistance (3, 4, 8, 9, 16)
• Kieran Beardmore – mixing assistance (3, 4, 8, 9, 16)
• Charlie Holmes – mixing assistance (3, 4, 8, 9, 16)
• Connor Panayi – strings assistance (14)
• Nathanael Graham – engineering assistance (3, 6, 13, 15)
• Luke Brickett – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for What Ifs & Maybes Chart (2023) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 197 Irish Albums (OCC)[13] 14 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for What Ifs & Maybes Chart (2023) Position UK Albums (OCC)[16] 64

Certifications

Certifications for What Ifs & Maybes

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Wired Strings consists of violinists Patrick Kiernan, Hayley Pomfrett, Ellie Stanford, Sally Jackson, Charis Jenson, Jenny Sacha, Miles Brett, Raja Halder, Martyn Jackson, and Elodie Chousmer-Howelles; violists Nick Barr, Meghan Cassidy, and Emma Owens; cellists Rosie Danvers and Bryony James; and double bassist Richard Pryce.