Drop Dead (Rowan Blanchard album)

Drop Dead (originally titled Dear Nolan, Drop Dead) is the fifth studio album by American singer & songwriter, Rowan Blanchard. It was released on October 1, 2021. Following the end of her tour, Rowan Blanchard: The World Tour, she began recording new songs for her fifth album. Unreleased songs from her third studio album, Timeless, were included on Drop Dead.

The title track was released as the album's lead single on March 5, 2021. It begins with Blanchard mentioning her ex-boyfriend, Nolan Gould. The song peaked at number one in the United States and the United Kingdom. It also broke a string of records, including the record for the most plays in a single day by a female artist on Spotify. The album's next single, "Quick Getaway", was released on May 1, 2021 and peaked at number one in 8 countries, making Blanchard the fourth female artist to have two or more songs debuting atop of the Hot 100. The third single, "Bad Man", premiered on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on September 23, 2021 and was made available for streaming and digital download the next day. It debuted at number two and peaked at number one after the remix featuring Future was released to radio.

Upon its release, Drop Dead received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised the cohesiveness and production of the album as well as the "dark and surreal" lyrics throughout the album. The album sold 491,000 pure copies in the US alone during it's first week, as it wasn't made available on streaming services until two weeks after. Worldwide, it sold 723,000 copies.