SWTHRT!

SWTHRT! is American Singer Ellise 's 3rd extended play, following the release of her debut studio album, Chaotic. Not long after the EP's release, an exclusive vinyl with an additional track, "Tongue Tied", was released.

Background
During a Twitch livestream on May 15th, 2021, Ellise mentioned that she would be releasing new music in Autumn.

On May 19th, 2021, Ellise revealed through an Instagram story that she had started recording songs for the EP.

During an Instagram Q&A on June 4th, 2021, Ellise said an Chaotic outtake would be present on the EP, the song was later confirmed to be "Princess".

On the same Q&A she revealed 3 songs on the EP were written during the Chaotic era. These songs were later confirmed to be Make It Through The Night..., Princess and Tongue Tied.

Throughout that same month, she shared multiple photos of her in studio, some of which she was with her brother Lilspirit, which was later confirmed the EP's main producer.

On July 28th Ellise tweeted "just recorded my saddest song but scrapped it bc i remembered this ep is abt being bad bitch lol".

The song was later confirmed to be "Perfect Crime".

On August 3rd Ellise revealed that the EP was finished. Later the same day she shared a photo of her shooting what appeared to be a music video (later to be confirmed, as the Love Sick music video)

On August 20th Love Sick was announced as the EP's first single, it was released August 27th, along with its music video.

Princess was announced as the EP's second single on September 8th, it was released on September 10th along with its music video and an exclusive lyric video.

The EP's name and release date was revealed on Ellise's social medias on September 17th, and the cover art and tracklist were revealed along with the album's pre-save link 2 days after.

The extended play was released October 1st.

On October 15th, a music video for Make It Through The Night... was released, serving as the EP's last single.

Theme
On the EP Ellise is hidden behind an alter-ego called "Sweetheart", an 18 year old girl that likes leaving boys broken-hearted for fun. Ellise stated she first imagined this alter-ego while recording Take Me To Safety, and since then she already wanted to make a project based on Sweetheart, and that's why the EP is named after her. Ellise has stated that "the theme is mostly about being a bad a bitch and finding power in yourself", on a Twitter post on September 23rd, 2021.

Outtakes
Underlined text indicates that this song has been fully leaked.
 * BOY™
 * How to Be a Heartbreaker
 * Loving Him Ain't Easy (Better Than Her)
 * Perfect Crime
 * Sorry Not Sorry

Trivia

 * "Princess" is an outtake from Chaotic.
 * The EP's photoshoot was taken the same day as the 'Love Sick' music video was shot.
 * Ellise confirmed the cover art is inspired by the 2004 hit movie 'Mean Girls'.
 * Ellise has stated on Twitter that she doesn't think Sweetheart is human, "she's more like some type of succubbus disguised as an innocent cheerleader".
 * Ellise said multiple times that she wish she was more like Sweetheart.
 * Ellise revealed on an Twitter that she considered releasing a B Side of this EP, which included 6 new tracks, including a remix for Sweetheart with an unknown artist, the original version of Princess, and a demo of Original Doll, but Ellise decided to focus on her 2nd Studio Album more and scrapped the B Side.
 * When asked why Tongue Tied isn't on the standard version of EP, Ellise answered "All of the songs i wrote for the EP were written as if i was Sweetheart, since the EP is based all around her, but Tongue Tied was written by "Ellise herself", so it didn't feel right to release it on the standard version".
 * The first song written for the extended play was Princess.
 * The last song written for the EP was Original Doll.
 * At one point the EP was called "Sweet Heart".
 * During an Instagram livestream, Ellise revealed that Play Boy replaced BOY™, and that both tracks share an similar theme.
 * Ellise confirmed the title 'Loving Him Ain't Easy (Better Than Her)' on Twitter. After being asked about why the song was scrapped, she said "It is a really personal song about a boy I dated that was on a toxic relationship for 3 years before dating me, it's a really cute/sad? song, but it's just too personal".
 * The stems for all the songs on the album were accidentally shared by Ellise herself through Twitter.
 * These included the stems for Perfect Crime, leading to the song's leakage.