How Did We Get So Dark?

How Did We Get So Dark?
Studio album by
Released16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Recorded2016–2017
Studio
  • ICP (Brussels)
  • RAK (London)
GenreHard rock
Length34:25
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Royal Blood chronology
Royal Blood
(2014)
How Did We Get So Dark?
(2017)
Typhoons
(2021)
Singles from How Did We Get So Dark?
  1. "Lights Out"
    Released: 13 April 2017
  2. "I Only Lie When I Love You"
    Released: 8 June 2017
  3. "How Did We Get So Dark?"
    Released: 20 October 2017
  4. "Hole in Your Heart"
    Released: 20 March 2018

How Did We Get So Dark? is the second studio album by British hard rock duo Royal Blood. It was released on 16 June 2017, through Warner Bros. Records. Critics have considered the album to be stylistically similar to the band's debut album, with Mike Kerr's bass serving as the music's focal point, but incorporating more blues and psychedelic influences.

How Did We Get So Dark? received generally positive reviews from critics. Like their debut album, it debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.