What Ifs & Maybes

What Ifs & Maybes is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan. It was released on 16 June 2023.^[1] Grennan began recording the album in April 2021 and finished in July 2022, during which time he collaborated with musicians including Jamie Scott, LostBoy and The Six. The album was preceded by the singles "Remind Me", "All These Nights", "You Are Not Alone", "Here" and "How Does It Feel" and was supported by a UK arena tour that began in March 2023.

What Ifs & Maybes
Studio album by Tom Grennan
Released	16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)
Recorded	2021–2023
Length	42:12
Producer	LostBoy Lewis Thompson Carl Falk Ryan Linvill Digital Farm Animals Jordan Riley The Six Andrew Wells Jamie Scott Billen Ted Joel Corry Neave Applebaum TMS
Tom Grennan chronology
Evering Road (2021) What Ifs & Maybes (2023)
Singles from What Ifs & Maybes
"Remind Me" Released: 18 March 2022 "All These Nights" Released: 15 July 2022 "You Are Not Alone" Released: 16 December 2022 "Here" Released: 27 January 2023 "How Does It Feel" Released: 3 May 2023

Background and promotion

In May 2021, Grennan revealed in an interview with Fleur East that he was already in the studio writing material for his third album with Jamie Scott, Mike Needle and LostBoy, despite it being only months after releasing his second album Evering Road. He said "I'm writing and riding the wave that I'm on at the moment. It's been a pretty crazy few months from getting a Number 1 [album] to 'Little Bit of Love' blowing up. I think I'm in the eye of the storm."^[2] Towards the end of 2021, Grennan began writing songs for others, which began with Westlife's single "Starlight".^[3]

Upon the release of the album's second single "All These Nights" being released, which was produced by songwriting collective The Six, Grennan expressed how the song was a teaser for the sound of his third album. On Nick Grimshaw's new podcast "Dish", he stated, "I went away to the countryside and had two weeks away and we would just write. And it came about three in the morning where we were just like, we need excitement. No one needs another bloody ballad in their lives. Do you know what I mean? No way. For me, I was like, I want to have fun and I want to change up my sound. I feel like this whole new record, especially with "All These Nights", is the start where I'm introducing people to my new sound. So, it's exciting, it's fun, it's up-tempo and it just feels like, a different me and I'm excited. Some people might not like it, some people will hopefully love it. But we'll see where it goes."^[4] He also said that the album was mostly finished and that his current partner Daniella Carraturo had been the inspiration behind the majority of the songs.^[4]

During the latter half of 2022, Grennan took part in two collaborations, being KSI's "Not Over Yet" and Joel Corry's "Lionheart (Fearless)", which were both revealed later to be on the Apple Music edition of the album. The latter became the England football team's anthem during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[5] Amongst the collaborations, Grennan announced the album title as What Ifs & Maybes along with a UK arena tour, beginning in March 2023,^[1] which he stated is his biggest tour in his career to date.^[6] He described the album, in reference to its title, as about "going with your gut, not your head, because you never know what's going to happen".^[7] In January 2023, upon the album's fourth single "Here" being released, the album became available for pre-order on CD, vinyl and cassette formats through his official website.^[8]

Track listing

What Ifs & Maybes standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"How Does It Feel"	Thomas Grennan Jamie Scott Cleo Tighe Oliver Green Carl Falk Tom Mann Liam Payne	Falk Ryan Linvill	2:23
2.	"Remind Me"	Grennan James Bell Peter Rycroft	LostBoy	3:31
3.	"Crown Your Love"	Grennan TMS John Green	Andrew Wells	3:04
4.	"Here"	Grennan James Essien Gerard O'Connell Jordan Riley Lewis Thompson	Riley Thompson LostBoy	3:15
5.	"Before You"	Grennan Mann Mike Needle Rycroft[9]	Lostboy	2:57
6.	"Sleeping Rough"	Grennan Mann Wells	Wells	3:20
7.	"This Side of the Room"	Grennan Needle Daniel Bryer Jamie Scott	Scott Martin Hannah	3:05
8.	"Psychedelic Kisses"	Grennan Wells Anthony Rossomando Charley Bagnall	Wells Bagnall	2:57
9.	"All These Nights"	Grennan Needle Scott Richard Boardman	The Six Andrew Wells Matt Wolach[m] Needle[v] Scott[v]	2:34
10.	"Problems"	Grennan Ollie Green Jonny Latimer	Green Ryan Linvill	3:27
11.	"Head Up"	Grennan Luke Fitton Wayne Hector	Wells	3:12
12.	"Love Don't Cost a Thing"	Grennan Mann Dan Priddy Mark Crew	Crew Priddy	2:43
13.	"Someone I Used to Know"	Grennan Needle Bryer	Wells Bryer	2:58
14.	"You Are Not Alone"	Grennan Needle Scott	Scott Needle[v]	2:46
Total length:				42:12

Apple Music edition^[10][11]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Unbreak a Broken Love"	Grennan Needle Bryer	Bryer Wells	2:41
16.	"Not Over Yet" (KSI featuring Tom Grennan)	Olajide Olatunji Sara Boe Grennan Boardman Nicholas Gale Samuel Brennan Thomas Hollings	Billen Ted Digital Farm Animals	2:35
17.	"Lionheart (Fearless)" (with Joel Corry)	Grennan Needle Scott Gale James Murray Mustafa Omer Joel Corry Thompson Neave Applebaum	Corry New Levels Digital Farm Animals Needle[v] Scott[v]	3:06
Total length:				50:34

Notes

• ^{^[m]} signifies a miscellaneous producer
• ^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for What Ifs & Maybes Chart (2023) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 197 Irish Albums (OCC)[13] 14 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for What Ifs & Maybes Chart (2023) Position UK Albums (OCC)[16] 64

Certifications

Certifications for What Ifs & Maybes

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Reilly, Nick (28 September 2022). "Tom Grennan announces new album 'What Ifs & Maybes' and UK arena tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. Rees, Natalie (12 May 2021). "Tom Grennan reveals exciting details of third album". Planet Radio. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
3. Griffiths, George (14 October 2021). "Westlife announce new album Wild Dreams and release new single Starlight". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
4. "Tom Grennan teases new direction on third album". music-news.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
5. "Joel Corry Ft. Tom Grennan & Martin Tyler – Lionheart (Come On England)". Day Iron. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
6. @Tom_Grennan (28 September 2022). "My new album "What Ifs & Maybes" is coming in 2023!..." (Tweet). Retrieved 3 February 2023 – via Twitter.
7. Griffiths, George (28 September 2022). "Tom Grennan announces new album What Ifs & Maybes and UK tour dates for 2023". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
8. "Tom Grennan | The Official Store". tomgrennanmusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
9. "ACE Repertory – Before You". ASCAP. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
10. "What Ifs & Maybes, Tom Grennan". Qobuz. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
11. "What Ifs & Maybes (Apple Music Edition)". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
12. "Ultratop.be – Tom Grennan – What Ifs & Maybes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
13. "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
16. "End of Year Albums Chart – 2023". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
17. "British album certifications – Tom Grennan – What Ifs & Maybes". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 January 2024.