On to Better Things

On to Better Things is the second studio album by Puerto Rican-born American rapper and singer-songwriter Iann Dior. It was released on January 21, 2022, through 10K Projects. Production was handled by several record producers, including Brian Lee, Cashmere Cat, Cirkut, KBeaZy, Nick Mira, Omer Fedi, Taz Taylor and Travis Barker among others. It features guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert and Machine Gun Kelly. The album peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard 200, selling 17,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Critical reception
On to Better Things was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on five reviews.

Kyann-Sian Williams of NME rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that it "bottles up that teenage angst as perfectly as the golden age of pop-punk music". AllMusic's Fred Thomas found "several tracks ("Heavy", "Heartbreak3r", "Regret") follow a similar emo-rap style, but On to Better Things gets more interesting when Dior commits fully to exploring different approaches". Ims Taylor of The Line of Best Fit wrote: "Complicate It", "Heavy", "Heartbreak3r", all standalone fine, but ultimately all bring the same contribution to the shape of on to better things without providing much else. Where he digresses though, he does so excellently, promising that maybe with the challenge of a feature or with the fire to push his sound a bit more, he could be great». Chris Saunders of Clash wrote: "there are moments where Dior shows his undoubted potential and those moments save this album from being completely mediocre, unfortunately, those moments don't come anywhere near often enough". Dani Blum of Pitchfork stated that the artist "stays vague and vacant throughout the album, invested in his feelings but short on interesting ideas".

Personnel

 * Dale Becker – mastering (1, 2, 4–15)
 * Mike Tucci – mastering (3)
 * Hector Vega – mastering (6, 12)
 * Serban Ghenea – mixing (1, 6, 10, 12, 13)
 * Edgard Herrera – mixing (2, 3, 8), engineering (9)
 * Teezio – mixing (4, 9, 14)
 * Adam Hawkins – mixing (7, 11, 15)
 * Benjamin Thomas – engineering (3)
 * Young Era – engineering (3, 10)
 * Ojivolta – engineering (4)
 * Mark Schick – engineering (13)
 * Ryan Cantu – engineering (14)