qualm is the second studio album by german electronic music dj and record producer helena hauff. it was released on 3 august 2018 by ninja tune. the album was critically acclaimed and the track "hyper-intelligent genetically enriched cyborg" was named as one of the best electronic tracks of 2018 by "pitchfork". in comparison to her previous album, "discreet desires" (2015), the tracks on it had more traditional song structure and they were "more poppier."