This Summer: Live Off The Floor is the name of the first live album by Alessia Cara. It was released on July 17, 2020 through Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Canada.
Background[]
On June 25 2020, Alessia Cara announced the release of the album, which would feature fresh, newly recorded live versions of all six tracks from This Summer. The album also includes live performances of Cara’s previous hits “Here”, “Scars To Your Beautiful”, and “I Choose” as well as an interpolation of “Summertime” by George Gershwin. Cara stated that all of the proceeds from the album for the next 21 years will be going to Save The Children. She wrote on her social media:
“I put out an EP last September and shortly after recorded a live off the floor version, which was set to come out this summer. Then the world flipped upside down, so I decided to donate all my proceeds from this EP for the next 21 years to Save the Children, a global organization that saves and improves the lives of children who have been denied their rights by ensuring they have shelter, food, protection, healthcare, and education. This includes the 12 million kids currently suffering in Yemen, Indigenous children in Canada, children of colour in vulnerable communities, and anyone who needs help across 117 countries. Recent events have made it even more evident that we need to uplift and care for the youth as much as possible. There are so many kind, colourful, intelligent, and driven kids who don’t have access to the resources they need in order to become the best future leaders or simply live a life they deserve. We won’t see a better world unless the ones who can one day change it are equipped to fulfil their true potential. Thanks to my team for getting on board, and to the wonderful musicians who played on this record. Hope this will be a bit of light in a (for lack of a descriptive enough term) weird time.”
Tracklist[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summertime" | Dorothy Kuhns, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Jon Levine | 0:35 |
| 2. | "Ready" | Alessia Cara, Jon Levine | Levine | 3:03 |
| 3. | "What's On Your Mind?" | Cara, Mike Sabath | Levine | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Like You" | Cara | Levine | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Okay Okay" | Cara, Levine | Levine | 2:39 |
| 6. | "Rooting For You" | Cara, Levine | Levine | 2:50 |
| 7. | "October" | Cara, Levine | Levine | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Scars To Your Beautiful" | Cara, Andrew Wansel, Coleridge Tillman, Warren Felder | Levine | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Here" | Cara, Wansel, Tillman, Isaac Hayes, Robert Gerongco, Samuel Gerongco, Terence Po Lun Lam, Felder | Levine | 3:19 |
| 10. | "I Choose" | Cara, Brayden Deskins, Colton Fisher, Diana Studenberg, Jason Rabinowitz, Levine, Jordyn Kane, Kris Pearn, Mark Mothersbaugh | Levine | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 29:56 | |||