Although he found the lyrics to sometimes be simplistic, overall Kohner liked the album and felt that it had an "inspiring" backstory. Kohner also noted the album's "fun riffs", "catchy" choruses, and "clean and crisp" mixing, as well as the "blissful orchestral atmosphere" and prominent use of strings, synths, and drum machine. Kyle Kohner of Riff Magazine described the album as "an earnest attempt at spreading positivity", remarking on the dramatic difference in both the lyrics and "glossy" new sound of I Hope You're Happy compared with their earlier work.James Christopher Monger of AllMusic found I Hope You're Happy to be "teeped in optimism", providing "lush electronic flourishes, sumptuous string arrangements, feel-good choruses, and big, arena-sized hooks"."Daylight" is described as edgy and full of energy, and "I Want to Come Back Home" is described as a pop-y song with a kicking beat for a song with sad lyrics. Final mixing by Tim Palmer and Eric Holtz occurred in March and April 2018, and the album was mastered in mid-April 2018. The remainder of the album wrapped up recording in mid-January 2018, with overdubs and early mixing occurring on Justin Furstenfeld's tour bus for his one-man show to promote his Open Book Winter Album in January–February 2018. A video for the song was released February 22, 2018. As of May 2018, the song has reached number 17 on the Mediabase alternative rock chart. The song "I Hope You're Happy" was the first to be recorded for the album, and was fully mixed and mastered by the end of 2017 in order to push it to radio in early 2018. The first single from the album, the title track, was released January 12, 2018. Although Furstenfeld had co-produced every Blue October album since 2006's Foiled, I Hope You're Happy marks the first Blue October album which Furstenfeld completely produced without any outside co-producers. The album was recorded during the winter of 2017–2018 at Justin Furstenfeld's Up/Down Studios. For this album, Blue October hosted its crowdsourcing campaign independently. The album was crowdsourced, like all of their albums from Any Man in America (2011) onwards. The album peaked at number 28 on the Billboard 200. I Hope You're Happy is the ninth studio album by American band Blue October, released on Augon Up/Down and Brando Records.
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