Everything Means Nothing (2020)

Everything Means Nothing (stylized in all lowercase) is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter and producer Blackbear. It was released on August 21, 2020, through Beartrap, Alamo Records, and Interscope Records and follows his previous studio album Anonymous (2019).

Background and composition

Blackbear described the background of the album in an interview with Paper:

The previous album titles are odes to the internet, but this one in particular is an ode to my real life. Because the album has so much to do with the internet, with the age of social media, I wanted to title it after something real in my life. I realized the real, good things in my life, the real hit records, are my son and my family who loves me, and my team around me that works hard every day. Those are the real things in my life, everything else means nothing. And it's obviously a breakup album, so everything that once was means nothing now, so it's kind of an emo title as well.

Singles

The album was preceded by three singles: "Hot Girl Bummer", "Me & Ur Ghost", and "Queen of Broken Hearts". Those singles were included on the first half of the album released on July 17, 2020 alongside the promotional singles "I Feel Bad", "I Feel 2 Much", and "I Felt That". "If I Were U" with Lauv was also released as the final promotional single on August 19.