Happiness Is Going to Get You

Happiness Is Going to Get You was announced by Allie X on October 9, 2025. Having self-produced and written most of the album on the piano, Allie X explained in a statement that the album "explores the idea of existing in multiple places in time, weaving baroque instrumentation with digital production to reflect a world caught between nostalgia, hope, and dread."^[2] In an interview with Paper Magazine, Allie X stated that the creation process of the album was similar to her previous album Girl with No Face (2024), stating: "I really found my voice over the past five years, by working in isolation and taking over creative and managerial control over everything. [...] In that way, [Happiness Is Going to Get You is] similar to Girl With No Face [creatively], since it's rebellious and has the same ethos. Like I'm ignoring all trends, I don't care what anyone else is doing, I don't care what they think of it. For better or for worse. That's how I'm going to sustain my career. It's very important that I found that. Sonically, it's very different. Maybe you could tie it to Cape God. It's more of an organic sound, even though there are synthesizers over all of my work."^[3]

The album was preceded by the release of two singles. The first single, "Is Anybody Out There?", was released on September 12, 2025 alongside a visualizer for it directed by Cal McIntyre.^[4][5] The second single, "Reunite", was released on October 9, 2025, in tandem with the album announcement.^[6] Allie X stated in a press release that the song was about "coming back together as a person when life has broken you apart", further elaborating that the lyricism was a chronicalization of the "celebration of growing up and understanding that my body has always been on my side, despite feeling the opposite for most of my life".^[7]