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For Your Validation
The album cover of the EP.
Standard cover
EP by
Alessi Rose
Released17 January 2025 (2025-01-17)
GenrePop
Length19:57
LabelAWAL
Producer
Alessi Rose chronology
Rumination As Ritual
(2024) 		For Your Validation
(2025) 		Voyeur
(2025)
Singles from For Your Validation
  1. "Oh My"
    Released: 16 September 2024
  2. "Imsochillandcool"
    Released: 23 October 2024
  3. "Pretty World"
    Released: 4 December 2024
  4. "Start All Over"
    Released: 1 January 2025
  5. "Don't Ask Questions"
    Released: 14 January 2025

For Your Validation is the second extended play (EP) by English singer-songwriter Alessi Rose. Released on 17 January 2025 by AWAL and spanning six tracks, the EP was trailed by five singles including "Oh My", "Imsochillandcool", "Pretty World", and "Start All Over" and featured writing and production contributions from Tommy Baxter, Audrey Hobert, and Charlie Hugall. The EP was promoted by a tour, which sold out within ten minutes, and received positive critical reception.

History

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Rose recorded between January and June 2024[1] and wrote it about the symptoms of her OCD,[2] having also written her first EP - 2024's Rumination As Ritual[3] - about her condition.[2] On 16 September that year, she released the lead single "Oh My", an alt-pop track[4] she co-wrote with its producer Tommy Baxter.[5] Released alongside a video directed by Phoebe Lettice Thompson, the track was written about starting to love someone but feeling insecure and wanting to suit a partner exactly.[6] Dork rated the track as the 92nd best of the year, with Dan Harrison writing that the track "sways into your consciousness with the confidence of someone who knows they’re about to become your new favourite thing",[7] while Stuart Clark of Hot Press wrote in January 2025 that lines like "He gives me head while I've been losing mine" are "guaranteed to make your Aunt Bridie blush".[8]

Rose announced the EP in October 2024 alongside the futurepop track "Imsochillandcool", which was produced by Couros. She wrote the latter with Pura Bliss and about an ex-partner replacing her. Thompson also produced a video for the track.[9] Robin Murray of Clash described the track as "a blast of self-effacing digi-pop dexterity, one that shouts from the heart".[10] Later that month, she announced an eleven-date tour of Europe promoting the EP,[11] which sold out in ten minutes, prompting Rose to book further dates and upgrade several of the venues.[12] In December 2024, she released "Pretty World", which she had written with its producer Charlie Hugall during her first few live shows about the feeling of success she experienced after performing.[13] Jenessa Williams of The Forty-Five described the track as a combination of "country, baroque-pop and the melodramatics of emo".[14]

In January 2025, Rose surprise-released "Start All Over",[1] which Rose and Audrey Hobert wrote about wanting a crush to make the first move. Josh Scarbrow produced the track. Anagricel Duran of NME wrote that the track "opens with a soft, country-reminiscent guitar riff and quickly goes into a pop beat".[15] Rose released the EP on AWAL on 17 January 2025,[16] having by then released the EP's closer, "Don't Ask Questions", as a single. The EP also contained "Oh My", "Imsochillandcool", "Pretty World", "Start All Over", and a brand new song, "IKYK". "Don't Ask Questions" was written about discovering a partner's ex-girlfriend was not similar to her and opting not to investigate further,[17] while "IKYK" was written about unspoken feelings and was described by Emily Savage of DIY as a combination of "vocoder-splashed vocals", "propulsive basslines and cascading percussion".[18]

To celebrate the release of the EP, Rose held a party for a random selection of her fans and fan accounts.[1] Kelsey Barnes of The Line of Best Fit felt that "Don't Ask Questions" was a highlight of the EP,[1] while wrote that the EP brimmed with "uncompromising honesty and infectious wit"[18] and Felicity Newton of Dork described it as a "testament to Alessi Rose’s songwriting prowess".[19] Kiara Mack of UCLA Radio described For Your Validation as a "great pop EP", further writing that Rose's choice to end it "on a note of defeat comes with the refreshing vulnerability of someone who isn’t scared to admit that they don’t have it all figured out quite yet".[17]

Track listing

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For Your Validation track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Oh My"
  • Baxter
3:23
2."Start All Over"
  • Josh Scarbrow
3:26
3."IKYK"
  • Rose
  • Adam Yaron
  • Yaron
2:47
4."Imsochillandcool"
  • Rose
  • Couros Sheibani
  • Sheibani
3:26
5."Pretty World"
  • Hugall
3:41
6."Don't Ask Questions"
  • Wise
3:15
Total length:19:57

Personnel

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Musicians
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Alessi Rose: "When you're in a position that's un-promised, you just get more hungry"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "Alessi Rose has announced her new EP, 'For Your Validation' - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  3. ^ "Hype List 2025: Alessi Rose is on her way to the A-list, and fast - Dork". readdork.com. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  4. ^ Murray, Robin (2024-09-17). "Alessi Rose Shares New Single 'oh my' | News". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  5. ^ "ALESSI ROSE is back with new single 'oh my', • WithGuitars". www.withguitars.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  6. ^ "Alessi Rose has released a new single, 'oh my', ahead of her sold-out UK tour - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  7. ^ "Dork's tracks of the year 2024: 100-91 - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  8. ^ stuartclark. "Jasmine4.t, Search Results, Alessi Rose, The Family Battenberg and Ellie O'Neill dazzle at Eurosonic". Hotpress. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  9. ^ "Alessi Rose has announced her new EP, 'For Your Validation' - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  10. ^ Murray, Robin (2024-10-24). "Alessi Rose Details New 'For Your Validation' EP | News". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  11. ^ "Alessi Rose has booked a UK and European headline tour for spring 2025 - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  12. ^ "Alessi Rose has confirmed new dates after selling out her UK and European tour in 10 minutes - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  13. ^ "Alessi Rose has dropped anti-imposter syndrome anthem 'Pretty World' ahead of her upcoming EP - Dork". readdork.com. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
  14. ^ Williams, Jenessa (2024-12-08). "45s of the week: 5 new songs to hear now". The Forty-Five. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  15. ^ Duran, Anagricel (2 January 2025). "Alessi Rose kicks off 2025 with amorous new song 'Start All Over'". NME. Anagricel Duran | NME. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Alessi Rose - For Your Validation EP - Dork". readdork.com. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  17. ^ a b Mack, Kiara (2025-01-18). "Album Review: for your validation". UCLA Radio. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
  18. ^ a b "The Neu Bulletin (Fuzz Lightyear, DellaXOZ, Chalk and more!)". DIY. 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  19. ^ "Alessi Rose - For Your Validation EP - Dork". readdork.com. 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
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