The Blues (Peyton List album)

The Blues (stylized as the blues) is the fourth studio album by Peyton List. The album was released on February 10, 2019 through Interscope Records. The album was leaked a few hours before its release date.

Background
Before announcing the album, List released five singles, two of which topped the charts in the United States. Shortly after, she announced that she was planning on releasing a new album which contained the five singles.

On February 3, 2023, just a week before the release of the album, List announced she would release one last single from the album, titled What You Meant to Me which was a follow-up to the previous single, Dark Blue Tennessee.

Around the time of the album release, List performed Dark Room at the Grammy's alongside Troye Sivan. She also did a performance of What You Meant to Me.

Singles
Dark Room was released on April 15, 2022. It reached six million streams on Spotify in it's first day. It topped the charts in the Australia, Canada, Croatia, Europe, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Slovakia, United States, Japan and New Zealand and also topped numerous other US charts. It also received a Diamond certification in US.

Red Lips was released on June 10, 2022. The song was sent out to music critics through a CD-R and was leaked online two days before it was officially released. In the United States, the song debuted and peaked at number sixty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100, likely due to the song being leaked earlier.

Rome was released on August 12, 2022. It was List's first attempt at producing her own song and said that she "loved the experience and [I] would love to do it again". It was recorded in her bedroom, using her phone to record the backing vocals. In the United States, it debuted at number ninety-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and slowly climbed the charts to peak at number seventy-eight, lower than the previous two singles. However, on the US Adult Top 40 chart, it peaked at number twelve.

Fall From Grace was released on September 30, 2022. According to List, she wrote the song as a joke back in 2019 but since it didn't fit the style of the third studio album, it wasn't included and hence wasn't recorded until 2022.The song wasn't an instant commercial success, debuting at number 84. It dropped out of the chart at number 99 after just two weeks. However, after the release of the follow-up single Dark Blue Tennessee (ft. Taylor Swift), the song was able to re-enter the chart at number 50 and peaked at 32.

Dark Blue Tennessee, featuring Taylor Swift, was released on October 14, 2022. It is their third collaboration. The song was initially written by Swift in 2000, with List adding two new verses to the song. In 2022, Swift shared the song with List, who had previously listened to the original version and had "loved it to death", and was asked to do her own recording of the song. List agreed and urged Swift to do the song as a duet with her. The song was recorded just a few weeks later and was released two months after that. In the week ending October 28, 2022, just a few hours after an early release, the song shot to number one on iTunes. The song debuted at number one on Billboard Hot Digital Songs selling 140,000 digital copies in it's first week, which became List's third number one on that chart. As a result, the song debuted at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song rose to number one on its second week and has charted in Billboard Hot 100 for a total of fifty-six weeks. It held the number one position for twelve of those fifty-six weeks. It was List's second number one single in 2022.

Promotional single
On February 1, 2023, List announced she would be releasing a new song titled "What You Meant to Me". It became available the next day through digital retailers and streaming services as a promotional single from the album. What You Meant to Me was released on February 3, 2023 as a promotional single. Lyrically, it is a follow-up to DBT. It was written by List while she was on tour for Timeless. It was recorded in early 2022. It sold nearly 30,000 copies in it's first day which led it to debuted at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number 36, being her most successful promotional single by far.