How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean

How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean
How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean
Studio album by Joan Armatrading
Released	22 November 2024
Length	39:45
Label	BMG
Producer	Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading chronology
Singles from How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean
	"I'm Not Moving"; Released: 2 October 2024; "Someone Else"; Released: 25 October 2024; "25 Kisses"; Released: 31 January 2025;

Released22 November 2024

Length39:45

LabelBMG

ProducerJoan Armatrading

How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean is the twenty-first studio album by British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. The album was released on 22 November 2024 by BMG Rights Management. It was produced solely by Armatrading.^[1] A music video for the album's first single, "I'm Not Moving", was released on 2 October 2024.^[2]

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"25 Kisses"	3:05
2.	"Someone Else"	3:15
3.	"Irresistible"	3:18
4.	"I'm Not Moving"	3:36
5.	"Say It Tomorrow"	3:42
6.	"Back and Forth"	4:17
7.	"Come Back to Me (If Only in Dreams)"	2:56
8.	"Here's What I Know"	3:37
9.	"Redemption Love"	2:24
10.	"How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean"	3:41
11.	"Now What"	1:42
12.	"I Gave You My Keys"	4:12
Total length:		39:45

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[3]	13
UK Albums (OCC)^[4]	69
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[5]	6

v t e Joan Armatrading
Studio albums	Whatever's for Us (1972) Back to the Night (1975) Joan Armatrading (1976) Show Some Emotion (1977) To the Limit (1978) Me Myself I (1980) Walk Under Ladders (1981) The Key (1983) Secret Secrets (1985) Sleight of Hand (1986) The Shouting Stage (1988) Hearts and Flowers (1990) Square the Circle (1992) What's Inside (1995) Lovers Speak (2003) Into the Blues (2007) This Charming Life (2010) Starlight (2012) Not Too Far Away (2018) Consequences (2021) How Did This Happen and What Does It Now Mean (2024)
Live albums	Steppin' Out (1979) Live: All the Way from America (2004) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
EPs	How Cruel (1979)
Compilation albums	Track Record (1983) The Very Best of Joan Armatrading (1991)
Singles	"Dry Land" "Love and Affection" "Down to Zero" "Willow" "Flight of the Wild Geese" "Bottom to the Top" "Barefoot and Pregnant" "Rosie" "Me Myself I" "All the Way from America" "Simon" "I'm Lucky" "When I Get It Right" "The Weakness in Me" "No Love" "Drop the Pilot" "(I Love It When You) Call Me Names" "Heaven" "Temptation" "Thinking Man" "Love by You" "Kind Words (And a Real Good Heart)" "Reach Out" "The Shouting Stage" "Living for You" "More than One Kind of Love" "Wrapped Around Her" "True Love" "Shapes and Sizes" "Everyday Boy"
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