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{{Infobox album
| name         = Light It Up
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Will Young]]
| cover        = Will Young - Light It Up.png
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|2024|8|9|df=y}}
| recorded     =
| studio       =
| genre        = <!-- Please source genres -->
| length       = 35:49
| label        =
* [[BMG Rights Management]]
* [[Fascination Records|Fascination]]
| producer     =
| prev_title   = [[20 Years: The Greatest Hits]]
| prev_year    = 2022
| next_title   =
| next_year    =
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Light It Up
| type        = studio
| single1     = Falling Deep
| single1date = 18 April 2024
| single2     = Midnight
| single2date = 7 June 2024
| single3     = Light It Up
| single3date = 5 July 2024
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]''
| rev1score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/will-young-light-it-up/|title=Will Young – Light It Up|magazine=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|last=Murray|first=Robin|date=9 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Euphoria''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2024/08/music/albums-will-young-light-it-up/|title=Album review: Will Young - Light It Up|website=Euproria|last=Guiltenane|first=Christian|date=August 9, 2024|access-date=August 15, 2024}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Monstagigz''
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://monstagigz.com/2024/08/11/album-of-the-month-light-it-up-by-will-young-august-2024/comment-page-1/|title=Album of the Month: Light It Up by Will Young (August 2024)|website=Monstagigz|date=11 August 2024|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''Retropop''
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/album-review-will-young-light-it-up/#google_vignette|title=Will Young - Light It Up (review)|magazine=Retropop|last=Gotto|first=Connor|date=5 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Scotsman]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/will-young-light-it-up-review-charming-vocal-chops-4725673|title=Will Young Light It Up review - 'charming vocal chops'|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|last=Shepherd|first=Fiona|date=1 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
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}}
'''''Light It Up''''' is the ninth studio album by British singer [[Will Young]]. It was released on 9 August 2024 through [[BMG Rights Management]] and [[Fascination Records|Fascination]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3vJdmKWko9TEePbLIJLQjn?si=dfr6s9ZVTHy7dH-0SdOWPQ|title=Will Young - Light It Up|website=Spotify|date=9 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> It is the singer's first release since 2022's Greatest Hits compilation, ''[[20 Years: The Greatest Hits]]'', and his first studio album of wholly original material since 2019's ''[[Lexicon (Will Young album)|Lexicon]]''.
==Background==
Upon the release of "Falling Deep", the album's first single, Young announced the parent album's release, stating, "I really hope this is the go-to pop album for a dance, for a cry and for a celebration. I know I do all three with it." He also announced a [[Light It Up (Will Young album)#Tour|tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/will-young-returns-with-new-single-464165/|title=Will Young returns with new single Falling Deep and is 'embracing joyous unashamed pop music'|website=Attitude|last=Tabberer|first=Jamie|date=19 April 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
==Promotion==
On 6 August 2024, Young appeared on [[Rylan Clark]]'s BBC [[podcast]], ''Rylan: How to Be in the Spotlight''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jft8sg|title=Rylan: How to Be in the Spotlight - Will Young|website=BBC Sounds|date=6 August 2024|access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> On 12 August 2024, Young performed a concert at The Wardrobe, Leeds. The gig was praised in a review by The Yorkshire Post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/gig-review-will-young-at-the-wardrobe-leeds-4738083|title=Gig review: Will Young at The Wardrobe, Leeds|website=The Yorkshire Post|last=Steel|first=Andrew|date=12 August 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> On 14 August 2024, Young appeared on the ITV1 daytime chat show ''[[Loose Women]]'' to talk about the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8btli9M64|title=Will Young on Music, Mental Health, and Fostering Dreams|website=YouTube|date=14 August 2024|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> On 19 August 2024, he appeared on ''[[The One Show]]'' to discuss his career and ''Light It Up''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00225v2/the-one-show-19082024|title=The One Show - 19/8/2024|newspaper=BBC Iplayer |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
==Singles==
The album's first single, "Falling Deep", was released 18 April 2024. The official music video, directed by Samuel Douek, was released on the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSil3In4-U8&list=OLAK5uy_na6BpJHUWPEQl5ht3LcvCwi0hgrhwznLQ&index=2|title=Will Young - Falling Deep|website=YouTube|date=18 April 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> "Falling Deep" debuted and peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20240419/7000/|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart on 19/4/2024 19 April 2024 - 25 April 2024|website=Official Charts|date=19 April 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
"Midnight" was released on 7 June 2024 as the album's second official single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3d24mrRftVEcDCu4hJBbLp?si=zjcfT68KRry6yBcm4zPtqA|title=Will Young - Midnight|website=Spotify|date=7 June 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> It reached number 96 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20240614/7000/|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart on 14/6/2024 14 June 2024 - 20 June 2024|website=Official Charts|date=14 June 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
The album's third single, "Light It Up", and an accompanying video again directed by Douek, was released on 5 July 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2E5jd9OTjZ4Rklmy9zpmV0?si=kmwGuw8DT_WLuDxo4cFJ6A|title=Will Young - Light It Up (single)|website=Spotify|date=5 July 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdmGMvZGCu0&list=OLAK5uy_na6BpJHUWPEQl5ht3LcvCwi0hgrhwznLQ&index=3|title=Will Young - Light It Up|website=YouTube|date=5 July 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
On the day of the album's release, Young released a music video for album track "The Worst".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF7d4NmT5IE&list=OLAK5uy_na6BpJHUWPEQl5ht3LcvCwi0hgrhwznLQ&index=6|title=Will Young (Official video)|website=9 August 2024|date=9 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
In the United Kingdom, ''Light It Up'' debuted at number 1 on the Album Downloads Chart, number 2 on the Album Sales Chart and number 5 on the main Album Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/will-young-light-it-up/|title=Will Young - Light It Up|website=Official Charts|date=16 August 2024|access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> It also debuted at number 5 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20240816/9/|title=Official Vinyl Albums Chart on 16/8/2024 16 August 2024 - 22 August 2024|website=Official Charts|date=16 August 2024|access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref>
==Tour==
On 18 April 2024, Young announced he would embark on a UK tour to support the album in the autumn of 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/read-this/will-young-new-album-tour-music-touring-4593367|title=Will Young talks new album, bumper tour - and missing his dogs when he's out on the road|website=The Scarborough News|last=Hollis|first=Patrick|date=18 April 2024|access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Light It Up'' track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 35:49
| title_width   = 21%
| writing_width = 49%
| extra_width   = 30%
| title1 = Falling Deep
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Will Young]]|[[Daniel Davidsen]]|David Brook|Fraser Churchill|Peter Wallevik}}
| extra1 = PhD
| length1 = 3:08
| title2 = Light It Up
| writer2 = {{hlist|Davidsen|Peter Wallevik|Tom King}}
| extra2 = PhD
| length2 = 2:47
| title3 = Feels Just Like a Win
| writer3 = {{hlist|Christian Braid|Danny Burton|Jean-Pierre Sutcliffe}}
| extra3 = [[Jim Eliot]]
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Midnight
| writer4 = {{hlist|Young|Eliot|Mima}}
| extra4 = [[Eliot]]
| length4 = 3:23
| title5 = Me Without You
| writer5 = {{hlist|Davidsen|Wallevik|Nick Bradley|Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi}}
| extra5 = PhD
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = The Worst
| writer6 = {{hlist|Davidsen|Wallevik|Celine Svanbäck|Sam Merrifield}}
| extra6 = PhD
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = No Man's Land
| writer7 = {{hlist|Davidsen|Wallevik|Molly Irvine|Olivia Sebastianelli}}
| extra7 = PhD
| length7 = 3:02
| title8 = Talk About It
| writer8 = {{hlist|Young|Eliot|Mima}}
| extra8 = Eliot
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = Everything But You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Young|[[Andy Cato]]}}
| extra9 = Eliot
| length9 = 4:27
| title10 = [[I Won't Let You Down (Ph.D. song)|I Won't Let You Down]]
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Jim Diamond (singer)|Jim Diamond]]|[[Tony Hymas]]}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Cato|Theo Coecup}}
| length10 = 3:44
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Light It Up''
! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20240816|rowheader=true|access-date=17 August 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|5|date=20240816|rowheader=true|access-date=16 August 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|2|date=20240816|rowheader=true|access-date=17 August 2024}}
|}
==References==
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{{Will Young}}
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[[Category:2024 albums]]
[[Category:BMG Rights Management albums]]
[[Category:Will Young albums]]