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| single4date = <!-- Because the song was not officially released as a single in 2015, the date that the song was sent to US radio is used. -->December 9, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.plaympe.com/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Daily Play MPE: Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor|date=9 December 2016 |publisher=Play MPE|access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> <!-- Because the song was not officially released as a single in 2015, the date that the song was sent to US radio is used. -->

'''''Death of a Bachelor''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Panic! at the Disco]], and their first as a solo project, released on January 15, 2016 onby [[Fueled by Ramen]] and [[DCD2 Records|DCD2]]. It is the follow-up to the band's fourth studio album, ''[[Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!]]'' (2013), with the entire album written and recorded by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist [[Brendon Urie]], who collaborated with other writers including [[Jake Sinclair (musician)|Jake Sinclair]], [[Morgan Kibby]], [[Lolo (singer)|Lolo]], and [[Sam Hollander]]. It is the band's first album to not feature drummer [[Spencer Smith (musician)|Spencer Smith]] and also follows bassist [[Dallon Weekes]]' departure from the official line-up, subsequently becoming a touring member once again.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Panic! At The Disco announce new album, share first single|url = http://www.axs.com/panic-at-the-disco-announce-new-album-share-first-single-68545|website = AXS|access-date = October 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122042/http://www.axs.com/panic-at-the-disco-announce-new-album-share-first-single-68545|archive-date = December 8, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Panic! At The Disco Have Finally Announced A New Album {{!}} Blunt Mag|url = http://www.bluntmag.com.au/news/panic-at-the-disco-have-finally-announced-a-new-album/|website = Blunt Mag – Alternative Music News, Reviews, and Interviews|access-date = October 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151026020925/http://www.bluntmag.com.au/news/panic-at-the-disco-have-finally-announced-a-new-album/|archive-date = October 26, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

''Death of a Bachelor'' debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with 190,000 album units, earning the bandPanic! its best sales week and first number one album.<ref name="Billboard1">{{cite magazine|title=Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851718/panic-at-the-disco-first-no-1-album-death-of-a-bachelor-billboard-200-charts|magazine= Billboard|date=January 24, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2016}}</ref> The album has been certified double platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales of at least 2,000,000 copies. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for [[Best Rock Album]] at the [[59th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html|title=Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees|date=12 February 2017|access-date=29 December 2017|via=LA Times}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', Urie stated that ''Death of a Bachelor'' was lyrically inspired by his wife Sarah Urie and his lifestyle, stating: "This whole album was written at my house where she and I live and it reflects very much the lifestyle I was living [while writing it], which is so different from who I used to be."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/22/EXCLUSIVE-Brendon-Urie-on-How-His-Wife-Inspired-Panic-At-The-Discos-New-Album-Title-Death-of-a-Bachelor/74404442/?csp=etonline |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151023105047/http://www.9news.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/22/EXCLUSIVE-Brendon-Urie-on-How-His-Wife-Inspired-Panic-At-The-Discos-New-Album-Title-Death-of-a-Bachelor/74404442/?csp=etonline |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Brendon Urie on How His Wife Inspired Panic! At The Disco's New Album Title, 'Death of a Bachelor' |date=October 22, 2015 |work=9News |access-date=October 23, 2015 }}</ref> In an interview with Alt 98.7 mid-2015, he had to say about the album: "It's going to be a little bit different, it's this mix between Sinatra and Queen, if that makes any sense...Every time we do a new album, for me, it’sit's always evolving and changing—in the best way. There's going to be a new energy live."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/04/panic-at-the-disco-new-album|title=Brendon Urie: New Panic! at the Disco Record is On Its Way|work=Fuse|access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

{{blockquote|"Dallon has been playing with us for a long time, and I’mI'm so grateful for that. Sometimes, you try working creatively with people, and it doesn’tdoesn't always work out the way you think it will. In this case, it ended up just being better to have someone to tour with. It’sIt's an oversight sometimes, but you have to have people that you connect with and get along with. Touring can be long and it can be intense – you need people that will see you through that. Dallon has been that for me."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=David|title=PANIC! AT THE DISCO: Death of a Bachelor|url=http://www.mixdownmag.com.au/panic-disco|access-date=January 21, 2016|date=January 6, 2016}}</ref>}}

{{blockquote|"[[Frank Sinatra]] turns 100 this year. I attach his music to so many memories: Opening presents on Christmas day, my grandparents teaching the rest of the family to swing dance, watching “Who''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit”Rabbit]]'' with my siblings (Sinatra makes a cameo in the form of a cartoon sword singing “Witchcraft”"Witchcraft"). His music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it’sit's only right that I return the favor and/or pay it forward. I wrote a new album this year and even in the few songs that don’tdon't sound remotely similar to any of his music I still felt his influence in the writing and the need to relate so personally to each song. “Death"Death Of A Bachelor”Bachelor" is very important to me. It expresses the bittersweet (but mostly sweet) end of an era. A look back at a part of my life now deceased. An “It’s"It's A Wonderful Life”Life"-esque look into a possibly different future. But mostly an appreciation for the present."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Urie|first1=Brendon|title=Panic! at the Disco on Instagram - "Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year..."|url=https://instagram.com/p/7F-DAeiYV6/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/7F-DAeiYV6 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram.com|publisher=Panic! at the Disco|access-date=September 2, 2015|date=August 31, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}}

"[[Hallelujah (Panic! at the Disco song)|Hallelujah]]" was released as the lead single on April 20, 2015, and serviced to [[Modern rock|alternative radio]]. A lyric video was uploaded on the same day and the official music video premiered on July 7, 2015.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxYyHHR0Q1c|title=Panic! At The Disco: Hallelujah [OFFICIAL VIDEO]|date=July 7, 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref> "[[Death of a Bachelor (song)|Death of a Bachelor]]" was premiered on [[Beats 1]] on [[Apple Music]] by [[Pete Wentz]] on September 1, 2015.<ref>[http://www.fuse.tv/2015/08/panic-at-the-disco-new-song-beats1 PETE WENTZ SHARES NEW PANIC! AT THE DISCO SONG, "DEATH OF A BACHELOR"]. Fuse. Retrieved October 22, 2015.</ref> "[[Victorious (Panic! at the Disco song)|Victorious]]", co-written and produced by [[CJ Baran]], was released for digital download on September 29, 2015, as the second single from the album<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/victorious-single/id1041607936 Victorious - Single] iTunes. Retrieved October 22, 2015.</ref> "[[Emperor's New Clothes (song)|Emperor's New Clothes]]" and its music video was released for digital download on October 21, 2015, as the third official single to coincide with the album's announcement.<ref>[http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_announce_new_album_release_video_for_emperors_new_clothe Panic! At The Disco announce new album, release video for "Emperor’sEmperor's New Clothes"]. ''Alternative Press''. Retrieved October 22, 2015.</ref>

| rev5Score = B−<ref name="EWreview">{{cite webmagazine|last=Goodman|first=Jessica|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/15/panic-disco-death-bachelor-ew-review|title=Panic! At The Disco's Death of a Bachelor: EW review|workmagazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref>

''Death of a Bachelor'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. It holds an average score of 69/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews.".<ref name="Metacritic"/> In a positive review, ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented on the album's second single, "Victorious", writing that "[Urie] evokes both the flamboyant swagger of Queen and the mechanized gleam of Daft Punk".<ref name="NYTimesreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/arts/music/review-death-of-a-bachelor-from-panic-at-the-disco.html|title=Review: 'Death of a Bachelor,' From Panic! at the Disco |author=Chinenjan, Nate|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> Evan Lucy in ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' writing, "For all of its precocious, borderline bratty moments, ''Death of a Bachelor'' is a remarkably nuanced affair...it's hard not to break out in goosebumps and marvel at the moving songwriting."<ref name="Alternative Press"/>

Conversely, ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the album "hollow and shapeless", also stating that "Urie affects a Vegas croon, indicating a desire to reinvent himself as an edgy [[Michael Bublé]]", and how "it's unlikely to pay off".<ref name="TheGuardianreview"/> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' wrote, "It's a confusing affair, where [Urie] foolishly tries to croon like Frank Sinatra on the title track and never quite nails down whatever the big idea was supposed to be. Still, there are moments to cherish."<ref name="Q Magazine"/> [[AbsolutePunk]] writer Aaron Mook scored the album a 6/10, noting, "It's been a while since I've heard an album that's so divisive in its quality, so manic on one end and so lazy on the other."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3788097|title=chorus.fm|website=chorus.fm|access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' panned the songs "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" and "Crazy=Genius", stating that "['Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time'] lazily squashes together a sample of [[The B-52's|the B-52s]]' "[[Rock Lobster]]" with lackluster lyrics ("Who are these people/ I just woke up in my underwear") out of tune with their surroundings" and that "'Crazy=Genius'...only serves to remind of how many days have gone by and stand in the way of any musical progress".<ref name="COSreview">{{cite magazine|url=httphttps://consequenceofsoundconsequence.net/2016/01/album-review-panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Panic! At the Disco – Death of a Bachelor {{!}} Album Reviews |author=Buchanan, David |magazine=Consequence of Sound|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016}}</ref>

The album debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with 190,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s. It also earned Panic! at the Disco its best sales week yet for an album, as it sold 169,000 in pure album sales.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851718/panic-at-the-disco-first-no-1-album-death-of-a-bachelor-billboard-200-charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 24, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2016}}</ref> In its second week, the album fell to number 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 while selling 39,000 equivalent album units (down 79 percent).<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Adele's '25' Album Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Eighth Week|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6859436/adele-25-billboard-200-number-1-eight-week|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 31, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref> It was the twelfth best-selling album of 2016 with 506,000 copies sold,<ref name="ussales">{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/top-15-albums-2016-slideshow-wp-000902015/photo-p-album-sold-506k-copies-photo-000902610.html |title=The Top-Selling Albums of 2016 |work=Yahoo Music! |first=Paul |last= Grein |date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080401/https://www.yahoo.com/music/top-15-albums-2016-slideshow-wp-000902015/photo-p-album-sold-506k-copies-photo-000902610.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> which also made it the second best selling rock album of 2016. Including streams and tracks sales, the album has totaled 845,000 units in the United States in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Buzz Angle Music 2016 |url=http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2016-U.S.-Report.pdf |journal =BuzzAngle | publisher =Border City Media |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date =January 10, 2017 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171233/http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2016-U.S.-Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album was also certified [[RIAA Certification|2× platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for combined sales and [[album-equivalent unit]]s of over two million units in the United States.

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