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Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 was released in June 2017.[3]Volume 2 marks Harris's first album in five years.[4][5] The album includes 23 collaborators.[6]
In March 2022, Harris seemingly confirmed on Twitter that there would be a sequel to his 2017 studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 by writing "Vol. 2 is gonna be mad".[7] On 20 April 2022, he officially announced that the album would be released in the summer via his social media accounts. The announcement featured a photo of a billboard with the album's title on it located near Indio, California.[8][9][10] On 23 May 2022, Harris posted a teaser via his social media accounts with the caption "Friday".[11] The teaser contained a snippet of a new song along with an accompanying video that shows an island with purple-tinted water, palm trees, and a pink-hued sky.[12] On 30 June 2022, the release date for Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 was revealed as 5 August 2022,[13] alongside a video trailer revealing the artists making guest appearances on the album.[14][6]
The album's lead single, "Potion", a collaboration with English singer Dua Lipa and American rapper Young Thug, was released on 27 May 2022. It was first teased by Harris on 24 May through the social media application TikTok.[15] "Potion" is Lipa's second collaboration with Harris following "One Kiss", which was released in 2018.[16] A music video was released for the song which features Lipa in four vintage outfits.[17] The album's second single, "New Money", a collaboration with Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage, was released on 1 July 2022.[18] The album's third single, "Stay with Me", a collaboration with American singer-songwriters Justin Timberlake, Halsey, and Pharrell Williams, was released on 15 July 2022.[19] It was teased by Harris on 6 July 2022.[20] A fourth single, "New to You", with Normani, Tinashe and Offset was released on 29 July 2022. All singles were solely produced by Harris.
On review aggregator Metacritic, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 received a score of 60 based on 12 critics' reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[21] Hannah Mylrea of NME wrote that on the album, Harris "meshes a wistful grab-bag of influences – nu-disco, funk, boogie, soul – with his skill for creating a mega-watt pop-hit, taking listeners on a journey on a psychedelic trip you won't want to end".[26]Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone opined that Harris is not "reinventing the dance-pop wheel with Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2—the title alone shows that. But it's a fine wind-down album, one that can be put on shuffle at the end of a long-summer-night bacchanal".[2]
James Hall of The Telegraph described the record as a "hazy collection of groove-driven vocal tracks" that "comes across as even more laid-back than its predecessor".[29] Reviewing the album for The Guardian, Alim Kheraj characterised the album as "slinky disco-pop" but felt that Harris's "luxurious production doesn't disguise the dullness of the songs".[1] Writing for Pitchfork, Owen Myers found when Harris "borrows from disco, electro-soul, boogie, and '80s R&B, the music is so wispy and unobtrusive it has the staying power of vape smoke at Coachella", elaborating that his "synths glide frictionlessly" and "vivid colors become pastel-toned playlist fodder".[27]
