Why did Teenage Dream take such a horrible Metacritic score?

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

2 minutes ago, Ndbleo19 said:

I thought that teenage dream was her most famous song.  Wasn't it diamond certified? Don't quote me but I think I read that she only has one diamond certified single which is TD and Gaga has Poker Face and Bad Romance. I think they're the only female pop stars to land diamond certified hits. Personally teenage dream is my favorite track from her. Cute and catchy

I love Teenage Dream but I don't think it's diamond

[JustAnotherDay 8,402]

Honestly, the album is average, is had some basic catchy songs but the order was completely random and made no sense (the song peacock right before Circle The Drain, what) that production is average and isn't that amazing, most of the songs had pretty basic lyrics, honestly Prism is miles ahead of Teenage Dream

[DemeLarell 931]

On 6/20/2016 at 8:27 AM, Britney Spears said:

Well..Nicki got 70+ on metacritic with lyrics like "Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Look at her butt (look at her butt)" Oh I forgot,she raps so she can say whatever the hell she wants and still get positive reviews
 

 

But that's not the only song on her album. She has other songs that make her album worthy of that score. 

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Just now, DemeLarell said:

But that's not the only song on her album. She has other songs that make her album wothy of that score. 

Well I've listened to the album and I can say that some songs are good.But overall it's meh..90% of the rap albums that get released get a 70+ on metacritic with is really sad because most of them are trash

[AlexanderLevi2 5,849]

1 hour ago, Britney Spears said:

Well..Nicki got 70+ on metacritic with lyrics like "Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Oh my gosh, look at her butt
Look at her butt (look at her butt)" Oh I forgot,she raps so she can say whatever the hell she wants and still get positive reviews
 

 

Pinkprint was a solid album that had direction sonically and lyrically while Teenage Dream was just "hits" mashed onto a CD. I actually like Teenage Dream but understand what the critics say about the album.

Make your own opinions and don't get upset when someone else doesn't like an album that you like. 

[President Trump 3,508]

2 hours ago, DevilHeart said:

It depends, Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion got 78.

It simply depends on the people writing the reviews, which is all subjective so nobody should give a sh*t about these critics and make their own opinion. Also, we don't know how it works backstage

Exactly . I was gonna write something like this but decided to insult beyonces lemonade instead 

[DemeLarell 931]

29 minutes ago, Britney Spears said:

Well I've listened to the album and I can say that some songs are good.But overall it's meh..90% of the rap albums that get released get a 70+ on metacritic with is really sad because most of them are trash

Well i guess. Lol i think Pinkprint is her best album to date. Its her most honest album in away. And you have to admit rap lyrics are usually better and more clever than a lot of these pop artist lol 

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

20 minutes ago, AlexanderLevi2 said:

Pinkprint was a solid album that had direction sonically and lyrically while Teenage Dream was just "hits" mashed onto a CD. I actually like Teenage Dream but understand what the critics say about the album.

Make your own opinions and don't get upset when someone else doesn't like an album that you like. 

Well he used the phrase about the "plastic bag" and I used those anacoda lyrics to prove that some bad lyrics don't make an album bad. And honestly having heard The PinkPrint a couple of times ,it's not that great of the album.It's actually confusing I'd say..It's actually pretty incoherent. Half of the album is rap and half of the album is pop (either pop ballads,either actual pop songs). She tried to please with this album both her rap and her pop fans which is not a bad thing but hardly an album that had a "direction" sonically and lyrically.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

7 minutes ago, DemeLarell said:

Well i guess. Lol i think Pinkprint is her best album to date. Its her most honest album in away. And you have to admit rap lyrics are usually better and more clever than a lot of these pop artist lol 

It is definitely her best album but that doesn't make it great  I think that rap albums usually have some very good lyrics and some REALLY bad that could never be in a pop song... I like some songs in pinkprint that are talking about her life (whether she wrote them or not) but some others are REALLY stupid. At least songs like "peacock" (which are obviously dumb) are on purpose dumb and are not taking themselves too seriously... Nicki has a lot of overly sexual and dumbly written lyrics that are just made to make her look fierce and "dope"

[Slayer 9,227]

Because it's an album for 11 year olds.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

1 minute ago, etron said:

Because it's an album for 11 year olds.

What makes an album "for 11 year olds". I'd say that a lot of the messages in the album are pretty inappropriate for children and the lyrics in this album are not relatable to a child.

[Didymus 34,379]

Not only the music was derivative, the biggest problem was that the lyrics were both incredibly childish ànd offensive at the same time.

The critics have always hated on Katy since the beginning, but she's been getting more positive reception over the years. Her Metacritic scores have risen consistently (not far though). Imo the scores have been accurate, actually far more accurate than other pop artists get. 70+ for Ari's last throwaway, really? 70+ for Selena and Demi? Just no.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

5 minutes ago, Didymus said:

Not only the music was derivative, the biggest problem was that the lyrics were both incredibly childish ànd offensive at the same time.

The critics have always hated on Katy since the beginning, but she's been getting more positive reception over the years. Her Metacritic scores have risen consistently (not far though). Imo the scores have been accurate, actually far more accurate than other pop artists get. 70+ for Ari's last throwaway, really? 70+ for Selena and Demi? Just no.

Offensive how exactly

[Didymus 34,379]

3 minutes ago, Britney Spears said:

Offensive how exactly

Glorifying drinking to the point of having a blackout, sexual behavior that's out there to say the least (drunk threesomes in a park; "break[ing] the law" while under influence of alcohol; asking people to take their d-cks out, if they chicken out they're scared pussies; getting involved with a drug addict and not wanting to take care of him later,...). Offensive especially for an album that was supposedly directed towards an audience of teenagers if not underaged children.

[Harry 26,836]

2 hours ago, Britney Spears said:

Exactly my point.When something is shamelessly pop and not too serious musically and lyrically they bash it. Electra Heart too (57 on metacritic)

I'd usually agree but 1989 and Emotion fit the criteria of shameless pop and not too serious and they got good scores.