It's taken me a few weeks and some Autumn sunshine to appreciate this but now I find the majority of this album to be excellent. She did herself Dirrty by not putting the bonus tracks on streaming, they definitely improve the experience. Big Star is the one.
I did and I did extensively with going from being indifferent to absolutely loving it to not really caring at all anymore. I sometimes put it on as background noise.
The record company need to ban her from Brooklyn and get an entirely new team. I can’t really see any career longevity into the future if she doesn’t shake things up.
Interesting that she seems to be overtly campaigning for a Grammy after the performance snub the year Melodrama was nominated for AOTY.
David and Lorde gushing over Mitski and David maybe accidentally leaking that they have a collab coming.
Not to bring this up again, but Jacob Antonoff is a fraud! can you come up with something else.gif? At least they came up with the Natasha Godinfield and Britney-inspired Mood Ring.
Releasing Solar Power as the lead single while sitting on something as instant and infectious as Mood Ring was such a misfire. I could definitely see Mood Ring becoming a hit and the campaign going a lot better had it been the lead.
She could even put some music boxes in there and they’ll happily degrade somewhere that isn’t a warehouse.
Speaking of which, today was the first time I saw the music box stocked at my local Walmart. It was $29.99 CDN, double the price of most CDs near it. I felt slight rage when I saw the sticker notifying (warning?) that it does not contain a CD. What a waste and a ridiculous concept.
So much to unpack here. The Gaga and Harry shirts, the compost, her feet looking like there's absolutely no blood flow going on there How did they even recognize her with a mask on?
