Older is the third studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released on April 5, 2024, by RCA Records.

McAlpine wrote and produced Older in Los Angeles with Mason Stoops, Ryan Lerman, Jeremy Most, Tony Berg, Taylor Mackall, and Ethan Gruska.

The album was preceded by the release of two singles: the title track on February 13, and "I Guess" on March 13; the former was promoted with a televised appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Upon release, Older was met with positive reviews from music critics, with praise towards McAlpine's greater maturity and artistic growth.

[4] Following its success, McAlpine made her debut televised performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and signed a music contract with RCA Records.

Explaining that her relationship with her songs are "a cycle that begins with her liking them before growing bored of [them]", according to the singer, the second tour was "hard" to do.

[16] The album was primarily recorded in Nuffer Ranch in Pasadena and produced by Mason Stoops, with additional production by Ryan Lerman of Scary Pockets, Jeremy Most, and Tony Berg.

[19] This is in contrast to her previous two albums Give Me a Minute and Five Seconds Flat that McAlpine says were "heavily produced and perfected, to the point where I don't even recognize myself in it anymore".

[12] According to Canadian music and entertainment publisher Exclaim!, each song on the record represents a journey — "from trust to heartbreak, from naive to jaded, from love to loss" — and together they form an album of observations on the world.

[28] The penultimate song, "March", is a piano-driven ode to McAlpine's father Mark, with reflections on grief,[29] and feelings of love and loss.

[30] The closing track, "Vortex", is a resolution to Older's tale,[15] where McAlpine motivates herself "to gain the strength to leave a toxic never-ending relationship".

[38] To promote the album, McAlpine embarked on The Older Tour, with dates in Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Paris, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin, and different cities in the United States.

[40] Upon release, Older received generally positive reviews from music critics, with praise towards McAlpine's greater maturity and artistic growth.

[41] Matt Collar of AllMusic described Older as a "lovely and bittersweet experience", with crafting songs that are "as lyrical and delicately rendered as they are affecting".

[21] Matthew Kim of The Line of Best Fit called Older "an ornate exploration of coming-of-age" that can capture a "deeply intimate feel".

[12] However, Kim criticized Older's ornate instrumentation as lacking in some regards as it strips back many of the electronic elements on Five Seconds Flat in favor of simpler acoustic guitar and piano compositions.

[12] Writing for DIY, Rhian Daly stated that the album's songs "grow and swell with poignant instrumentation, but know exactly when to strip things back to just the singer's voice and a guitar, letting her words shine and deliver an emotional sucker punch to the heart", and that they "prioritise artistry over chasing fame".

[8] On the album, BroadwayWorld found McAlpine "stepping into newfound confidence, discovering her voice and defining her artistry with profound simplicity".