Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten (stylised in all caps) is the third studio album by Swedish singer Jonna Lee.
It was preceded by seven singles that were released throughout 2017 and early 2018: "Samaritan", "Not Human", "Simmer Down", "Gone", "Dunes of Sand", "Joy" and "Work".
It was released in full on 10 March 2017[3] for digital download and streaming and its music video was made available on YouTube.
[10] With the announcement of Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten, the album was described as being "a reflection of an anxious age where everyone keeps raising their voice louder, where a song isn't enough, where individuality is sold and promoted as products on social media, making statements to be immortalised and it's [Lee's] own fear not being visible in the shadows".
[14] Lee revealed in a post on Instagram that only her father, sister and the church's janitor were in attendance.
[18] The song "Work" was first intended for iamamiwhoami's album Kin (2012), but only received a finalised chorus for Everyone Afraid to Be Forgotten.
The songs "Gone" and "Like Hell" are full versions of two early clips released by iamamiwhoami in 2010 when their cryptic videos went viral online.
Lyrics to the songs "Samaritan" and "Fold" were included in a cryptic interview published by Bullet Media in 2011.
[21] Later the same day, Lee announced plans for a world tour and asked her followers to help make it a reality.
A third stretch goal, enabling a live version of "Dunes of Sand" to be released was reached on 14 March 2018.
This was followed by a fourth stretch goal enabling a second additional date in Rio de Janeiro to be added to the tour.
"[26] Nadia Younes of The Skinny described the album as "confusing, inconsistent and overly complicated"[27] Rose Kerr of Spectrum Culture declared that on the album, "synth and dance-pop prevail, with an intriguing battle on display between her avant-garde tendencies and more accessible pop" and added that the artist has "chosen not to change her synth-pop style and dramatic aesthetics.