Yep, I'm all for artists not listening so much to their fans and following their gut instinct. Especially someone like JADE who just seems to in tune with pop culture and the kind of artist she wants to be.
Every fan will naturally want to be an A&R but at some point you need to block out the noise.
I guess it's finding the balance as ultimately fans are the ones buying the content. Ariana recently said that fan criticising Positions affected her own opinion of it too, and she cancelled things that she had planned for it. Whereas now it seems she's less bothered about what her fans want and follows her own gut/heart more.