"This Is Acting" is the seventh studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on 29 January 2016 through RCA Records. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single, "Alive" on 24 September 2015. This Is Acting received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.