Kansas Anymore

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Kansas Anymore
File:Role Model Kansas Anymore Album Art.jpg
Studio album by
Role Model
ReleasedJuly 19, 2024
GenreIndie pop[1]
Length41:29
LabelInterscope
Producer
Role Model chronology
Rx
(2022) 		Kansas Anymore
(2024)
Singles from Kansas Anymore
  1. "Oh, Gemini"
    Released: March 22, 2024
  2. "Deeply Still in Love"
    Released: May 10, 2024
  3. "Look at That Woman"
    Released: June 21, 2024
  4. "Scumbag"
    Released: July 19, 2024
Singles from Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye)
  1. "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out"
    Released: February 14, 2025
  2. "The Longest Goodbye"
    Released: July 9, 2025

Kansas Anymore is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Role Model, released on July 19, 2024, by Interscope Records. Executive produced by Noah Conrad,[2] the album explores indie-folk and country influences, departing from the alt-pop style of 2022's Rx. The album features a guest appearance from Lizzy McAlpine on the track "So Far Gone". Its title is a reference to a scene from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz – wherein, after arriving in Oz, Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland) remarks to her dog Toto: "I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Four singles, "Oh, Gemini", "Deeply Still in Love", "Look at That Woman" and "Scumbag", preceded the album's release. A deluxe edition, sub-titled The Longest Goodbye, was released on February 14, 2025. The reissue features four new songs, including the single "Sally, When the Wine Runs Out", a country-inspired track that went viral on social media, and Role Model's first to reach the Billboard charts.[1] An acoustic version of "The Longest Goodbye" featuring Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey served as the 6th single, released on July 9, 2025.[citation needed]

To support the album, Role Model accompanied Gracie Abrams on the Secret of Us Tour (2024–2025) as an opener at select stops, before embarking on the No Place Like Tour in 2025.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
ACRN8/10[4]
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[5]
DIYStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]
Dork4/5[7]
Pitchfork5.8/10[8]

Pitchfork's critic Brady Brickner-Wood labeled Kansas Anymore as a "step in the right direction" for Role Model, with the album's personality and songcraft being more mature and palatable than any of his past work. He further stated that the album seems "less concerned with landing a hit than it does building a sturdy home to hang out in."[9] Kate Tocke of ACRN called the Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) tracks a nearly-perfect add-on to an already great album that gives fans "more to wonder about and depth about his storytelling heartbreak."[10]

Commercial performance

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Kansas Anymore peaked at number ten on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums chart, and has earned 282,000 equivalent album units, as of September 2025.[11]

Track listing

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Kansas Anymore track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Writing's on the Wall"
  • Shoop
  • Conrad
2:49
2."Look at That Woman"
  • Pillsbury
  • Annika Bennett
  • Jonah Shy
  • Conrad
Conrad2:43
3."Scumbag"
3:03
4."Oh, Gemini"
  • Pillsbury
  • Fitchuk
  • Lombardo
  • Fitchuk
  • Lombardo
2:44
5."Frances"
  • Conrad
  • MacDonald
3:52
6."Superglue"
  • Pillsbury
  • Shy
  • Conrad
  • Harris
Conrad3:20
7."The Dinner"
  • Conrad
  • Linvill
3:08
8."Deeply Still in Love"
Conrad4:02
9."Slut Era Interlude"
  • Pillsbury
  • Jason Vance Harris
  • Vance Harris
  • Conrad
2:06
10."So Far Gone" (featuring Lizzy McAlpine)
Conrad3:16
11."Slipfast"
  • Pillsbury
  • Bennett
  • Shy
  • Matthew Neighbour
  • Conrad
3:12
12."Compromise"
  • Pillsbury
  • Shy
  • Conrad
  • Harris
Conrad3:33
13."Something, Somehow, Someday"PillsburyConrad3:35
Total length:41:29
Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Old Recliners"
  • Pillsbury
  • Conrad
  • Harrison Whitford
Conrad3:41
15."Sally, When the Wine Runs Out"
  • Pillsbury
  • Bennett
  • Whitford
  • Conrad
  • Whitford
  • Conrad
3:38
16."Some Protector"
  • Pillsbury
  • Conrad
Conrad3:37
17."The Longest Goodbye"
  • Pillsbury
  • Conrad
  • Mason Stoops
  • Conrad
  • Stoops
2:43
Total length:55:10

Charts

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Chart performance for Kansas Anymore
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 66
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 76
Irish Albums (OCC)[15] 47
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 92
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[18] 1
US Billboard 200[19] 82
Chart performance for Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye)
Chart (2025) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 21

References

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