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Share-Based and Unit-Based Compensation (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2021 USD ($) shares	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2022 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Oct. 14, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Feb. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019 shares	Dec. 31, 2018 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense \| $				$ 2,516	$ 7,339		$ 712
Deferred Compensation, Share-based Payments
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Participation units exchange ratio								0.9009009
Number of participation units outstanding (in shares) \| shares	1,197,250			700,000	10,811,502	700,000	11,800,000
Compensation expense \| $		$ 5,200
Participation units outstanding (in shares) \| shares				0	0		10,700,000
Deferred compensation term						2 years
Fair value of participation units outstanding \| $				$ 4,100	$ 6,700	$ 4,100	$ 900
Opco
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Redemption of temporary equity, percentage	40.00%
Cash paid for redeemed Opco Incentive Units \| $	$ 1,488
Percentage of awards vested	0.33
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares				2,141,778
Compensation expense \| $				$ 1,000
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $				$ 18,600		$ 18,600
Period to recognize unrecognized compensation expense				1 year 6 months 3 days
Shares outstanding (in shares) \| shares	0			2,142,000		2,142,000
RSUs \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares			6,869,070
Performance Stock Units \| Subsequent Event
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares			4,765,378
Preferred Incentive Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares					0		3,350,000
Compensation expense \| $					$ 14,091		$ 9,210
Shares outstanding (in shares) \| shares					76,475,000		76,475,000		82,125,000
Common Incentive Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares				0	0		31,333,000
Compensation expense \| $				$ 42,376	$ 12,447		$ 1,727
Shares outstanding (in shares) \| shares	17,473,362			16,339,000	23,219,745	16,339,000	26,833,000		3,750,000
2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for future issuance (in shares) \| shares				25,816,946		25,816,946
Opco Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Period to recognize unrecognized compensation expense						1 year 9 months 14 days	6 years 9 months
Number of shares authorized (in shares) \| shares										156,000,000
Accelerated costs \| $				$ 47,200	$ 30,600		$ 9,600
Deferred compensation costs not yet recognized \| $				1,900		$ 1,900	10,400
Opco Plan \| Preferred Incentive Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $							9,800
Opco Plan \| Common Incentive Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense \| $				$ 5,700		$ 5,700	$ 13,700