Happy Birthday (Finn Wolfhard album)
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| Happy Birthday | |
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| Released | June 6, 2025 |
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| Length | 24:39 |
| Label | AWAL |
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| Singles from Happy Birthday | |
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Happy Birthday is the debut studio album by Canadian actor and musician Finn Wolfhard. It was released on June 6, 2025, via AWAL.[2][3][4]
The song selection process for the album involved Wolfhard challenging himself to write fifty songs before 2022 ended.[5][6] An introspective album, Happy Birthday was produced by Kai Slater, and incorporates the musical style of lo-fi alongside elements of power pop.[7] The lead single, "Choose the Latter", noted as a "jangly" indie pop song,[5] was released on March 6, 2025, alongside a self-directed music video.[2][8]
To support the album, Wolfhard embarked on The Objection! Tour in June 2025. The tour began on June 5 in Los Angeles, California, and was scheduled to conclude on September 16 in Atlanta, Georgia. Wolfhard announced fall dates for the European leg of the tour in July.[9][10] The tour comprised 23 dates in total.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| DIY |  [11] |
| Kerrang! | [12] |
| Mojo | [4] |
Consequence described the album as "an album of tape-saturated indie rock that pulls from Elliott Smith, Ben Lee, Daniel Johnston, and some garage-punk loudness for good measure."[1]
Tim Sendra of AllMusic noted, "The only thing holding Happy Birthday back from being classic is its brevity and maybe lack of ambition; other than that, the quality of the songs, the impact of the vocals, the excellent production, and his ability to reference the past without aping it combine to make it a superb start for a promising solo career."[7]
Kerrang! rated the album four out of five, describing it as "only a dyed-in-the-wool music geek could have made, and that's a beautiful thing."[12] DIY, rating it three and a half stars, stated, "the nine song album offers fans a glimpse into the world of Wolfhard, all via fuzzy indie and alternative country."[11]
John Aizlewood of Mojo assigned it a rating of three stars and remarked, "The string-laden but lo-fi 'You' offers yet another direction and the result is an album that, in the best sense of the term, is all over the place."[4]