Turn Off the Light (album)

Turn Off the Light is the second studio album by German singer Kim Petras.[5][6] It was released on 1 October 2019 through her own label, BunHead. The album was originally announced as the EP Turn Off the Light, Vol. 2 – the sequel to Petras' 2018 EP Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1 – although it was ultimately released as a full-length album comprising the eight songs from the first volume and nine new songs recorded for the second volume.[7]

This article is about the Kim Petras album. For other albums and EPs, see Turn Off the Light (disambiguation).

Turn Off the Light
Studio album by Kim Petras
Released	1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)
Genre	Electropop[1] dance-pop[2] dark pop[3] techno[4]
Length	48:58
Language	English German
Label	BunHead
Producer	Made in China Aaron Joseph Vaughn Oliver
Kim Petras chronology
Clarity (2019) Turn Off the Light (2019)

Background

After the release of Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1, Petras initially announced Turn Off the Light, Vol. 2,[7] and even as late as early September 2019, said the follow-up EP would be arriving on 1 October.[6] Instead, on 29 September, Petras announced that she was giving fans "the whole damn story", posting a pre-order link and track list for the full album.[5][8]

Critical reception

Writing for Billboard, Stephen Daw wrote that the album "maintains the club-infused production of the album's first volume", and pointed out that the tracks "There Will Be Blood", "Wrong Turn" and "Death by Sex" sounded "like Daft Punk deep cuts imbued with demonic synths and blood-curling beats".[9] MTV News' Trey Alston noted songs such as "There Will Be Blood", calling the track "an electrifying slice of Petras singing about your demise", alongside "Bloody Valentine", describing the track as an "awesome midnight funk that could get even Frankenstein onto the dance floor", together with "Omen", a "cheery and sinister" song that "sounds like the excitement that vampires get as they stare at exposed necks in the middle of the club".[10] Writing for Paper magazine, Michael Love Michael praised “Wrong Turn”, writing that the “music is appropriately adventurous: a dark, bouncy synthline and Petras' quivering vocal performance keeps momentum going, like victims running from a masked killer”.[11] In separate article, Michael said that the newer sounds were "scarier" as they incorporated "familiar sonic tropes like thunder, dramatic organ, haunted children's choirs, mutated screams, and more unexpected sounds, like knives scraping against each other".[12] Idolator's Mike Nied gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing that it was "tailor-made for fans of tightly produced pop bangers and all things fright-inducing".[13]

Track listing

Adapted from Apple Music.[14]

Turn Off the Light track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purgatory"	Kim Petras Aaron Joseph Lukasz Gottwald Vaughn Oliver	Made in China Oliver	2:08
2.	"There Will Be Blood"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver Jesse Saint John Theron Thomas	Made in China Oliver Joseph	3:17
3.	"Bloody Valentine"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver	Made in China Oliver	2:41
4.	"Wrong Turn"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver John Thomas	Made in China Oliver Joseph	3:20
5.	"Demons"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver	Made in China Oliver	1:57
6.	"Massacre"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver John Thomas	Made in China Joseph	3:26
7.	"Knives"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver	Made in China Oliver	2:20
8.	"Death by Sex"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Lil Aaron Ben Hamilton	Made in China Joseph B Ham	3:22
9.	"Omen"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver	Made in China Oliver	1:39
10.	"Close Your Eyes"	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Sarah Hudson	Made in China Joseph	3:55
11.	"Transylvania"	Petras Joseph Gottwald Oliver	Made in China Oliver	2:59
12.	"Turn Off the Light" (featuring Elvira, Mistress of the Dark)	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Hudson	Made in China Joseph	3:11
13.	"Tell Me It's a Nightmare"	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Hudson	Made in China Joseph	4:08
14.	"I Don't Wanna Die..."	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Oliver	Made in China Oliver	2:06
15.	"In the Next Life"	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Hudson	Made in China Oliver Joseph	3:44
16.	"Boo! Bitch!"	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Oliver	Made in China Oliver	1:21
17.	"Everybody Dies"	Petras Joseph Gottwald John Thomas	Made in China Joseph	3:24
Total length:				48:58

Notes

• "Demons" is stylised as "<demons>".
• "Omen" is stylised as "o m e n" on this album and as "O m E N" on Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1.
• "Transylvania" is stylised as "TRANSylvania".
• "I Don't Wanna Die..." is stylised in sentence case on most platforms and in all lowercase on others.

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15]	14
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	42

References

1. ALi, Jon (4 October 2019). "Queer Necessities: Adam Lambert, Kim Petras and More on Billboard Pride's October 2019 Playlist". Billboard. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
2. Donelson, Marcy. "Kim Petras Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
3. Fontelieu, Jason (October 7, 2019). "Review: Kim Petras delivers spooky fun on 'Turn Off The Light'". The Diamondback. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
4. Berard, Oleva (October 1, 2019). "Kim Petras owns Halloween with 'TURN OFF THE LIGHT'". Substream Magazine. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
5. @kimpetras (29 September 2019). "i have a surprise for u about turn of the light.... i know u were expecting vol 2 but I'm giving u the whole damn story. today's ur last chance to pre-save n add kimpetras.ffm.to/totl" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 September 2019 – via Twitter.
6. Daw, Stephen (4 September 2019). "Kim Petras Is Bringing You More Spooky Tunes With 'Turn Off the Light Vol. 2'". Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
7. Kenneally, Cerys (15 March 2019). "Kim Petras confirms Turn Off The Light, Vol. 2 EP for later this year". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
8. @kimpetras (29 September 2019). "twitter.com/kimpetras/status/1178462263948169221/photo/1" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 September 2019 – via Twitter.
9. Daw, Stephen (1 October 2019). "Kim Petras Rings in the Spooky Season With 'Turn Off the Light' Project: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
10. Alston, Trey (1 October 2019). "Kim Petras Wants To Electrify Your Halloween With 'Turn Off The Light'". MTV News. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
11. "Bops Only: 10 Songs You Need to Start Your Weekend Right". PAPER. 2019-10-04. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
12. Michael, Michael Love (1 October 2019). "Kim Petras Invented Halloween". Paper. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
13. Nied, Mike (1 October 2019). "Review: Kim Petras Ushers In Spooky Season With 'Turn Off The Light'". Idolator. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
14. "TURN OFF THE LIGHT by Kim Petras". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
15. "Kim Petras Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
16. "Kim Petras Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2019.