Patrick Droney Releases Made You Look Album

After recording his 2023 album Subtitles for Feelings, Patrick Droney turned to photography. His new album Made You Look focuses on his current stage of life. Droney said the record documents his present life rather than attempting to resolve the past or an unknown future, and that he made the album under the influence of real-life experiences.

Made You Look includes Cigarette Break, featuring Stephen Wilson Jr. The album was developed in the attics of old houses, garden apartments and professional studios. Droney also collaborated remotely with musicians in Italy. His 2021 album State of the Heart featured Where You Are and Glitter.

Math of Us was described as the album's featured single. Kelsea Ballerini asked Droney if she could be part of the track. After meeting in Manhattan, Droney and Ballerini recorded the song's vocals on the floor of Ballerini's apartment. The video for Math of Us marked Droney's directorial debut and was filmed in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.