Heavy Rules Mixtape

Heavy Rules Mixtape is an extended play/mixtape by Finnish singer and songwriter Alma. It was released through PME Records and Warner Music Finland on March 2, 2018. Songs for the extended play were written and recorded in 2017 and early 2018. The extended play was produced by Axident, Hank Solo, Mag, Jason Gill and features guest appearances by MØ, Tove Styrke and Kiiara.
Background.
Alma released her debut extended play "Dye My Hair" in 2016. In 2017, she was featured on Sub Focus' single "Don't You Feel It" and Martin Solveig's single "All Stars" and released solo singles "Chasing Highs" and "Phases" with French Montana. In February 2018, it was announced that Alma would release "Heavy Rules Mixtape" the following month. Alma said that she decided to release more music, because "I’m going on tour and I have these festival shows and everything, and it feels super horrible to play these gigs and to have so few songs out". In an interview with "Paper", Alma spoke of the recording process, saying:
Critical reception.
"Heavy Rules Mixtape" received positive reception from "Idolator", according to which "it goes hard from the opening track and maintains that quality and energy until the final beat" "Paper" wrote of the release that it is "full-on pop, packed with slick club synths and smart lyrics that build into enormous choruses". "Nylon" wrote that the EP is "one of the finest releases to come out of the pop scene" in 2018. Finnish newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat" gave the release four stars.