Sorcerer 12,507 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Or are artists releasing better work? Lady Gaga only got a 71 Metascore for The Fame and Born This Way, which are her breakthrough albums. She gets her highest score with Chromatica at 79, which is preceded by A Star is Born's 78 score. Taylor Swift's Red, considered by Pitchfork and many fans as her best album, only got a 77 Metascore. Meanwhile, she gets the two highest scores of her career with Lover (79) and the highly acclaimed, folklore (94). Ariana Grande received a 64 for My Everything. Her newer R&B-oriented releases produced 81 for Sweetener and 86 for than u, next, her most acclaimed album yet. Additionally, Selena Gomez got her highest Metascore for Rare (76). Discuss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice bear 1 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 veteran artists evolve from their previous works (we hope) so there's context and comparison involved ice heard one side from above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 55,953 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Yes. If you follow metacritic, it's easy to see how scores keep getting higher. With pop stars starting to get scores in the 90a, 80+ is no longer that impressive anymore. However one of the most acclaimed singers in history (Bjork) never had a score over 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWICE on hatius 4,746 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Younger writers. I supposed most of them are more open minded to new sounds and not constantly compare younger artists with the veteran in the past (I'm looking at those OGHs working at slant and NYT who constantly bring up gaga and madonna comparision in their reviews). Please ignore the spelling in username. I am a Beyonce stan afterall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylucifer 5,154 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I think a big part of it is people are more open to different styles of music so I think they are more open which I turn has lead to better scores 'The Life of a Showgirl' is out on Oct 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter 14 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 It’s both metacritic and the artists. Metacritic is now more open-minded and respectful to artists that are pop and hip-hop. The artists we all are familiar of grow and evolve. Making better quality music and maturity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 109,604 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Why do we to assume they are instead of music quality is getting better so they have no choice but to stan? Beaides, isn't it great that pop music is not seen as low brow anymore? Why is this a problem for you? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ dancin' until i'm dead (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I hate the fact that Chromatica and Lover both got a damn 79. Chromatica, to me, is light years ahead of Lover, which is Taylor's absolute worst album. I should become a music critic to fix tragedies such as these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wet Fire 7,510 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Lover 79 and Sweetner 81? The Fame Monster 78 Yes. They are definitely getting kinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcerer 12,507 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 1 hour ago, RAMROD said: Why do we to assume they are instead of music quality is getting better so they have no choice but to stan? Beaides, isn't it great that pop music is not seen as low brow anymore? Why is this a problem for you? I said in the first sentence that it's also possible that artists are releasing better work. In what way did I say I saw this as a problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 109,604 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Sorceress said: I said in the first sentence that it's also possible that artists are releasing better work. In what way did I say I saw this as a problem? Maybe just the way it was worded got me wrong idea. IDK. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ dancin' until i'm dead (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtpopAct2 2,672 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Yeah, I think a big part of it is that people are starting to miss pop music as it hasn’t dominated in while Back then it was popular but cool to hate on it, albums like BTW and Teenage Dream absolutely deserved higher scores. Like I’m sorry I love Chromatica but BTW is still Gaga’s best work. Chromatica score is great, BTW deserves high 80s-low 90s. Can’t believe how much I still use that album, and how I manage to put so many people onto its deep cuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssslyboy 3,273 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 2 hours ago, ice bear said: veteran artists evolve from their previous works (we hope) so there's context and comparison involved This. If they see growth they reward it. Sometimes the album isn’t even a masterpiece but it gets better reviews because of the evolution involved. Also critics seem to retroactively respect artists’ earlier works if the artist has evolved. That’s why when 40th anniversary editions, etc are released they often get wildly better reviews than they did upon initial release. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
svn 2 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Many critics like to see „depth“ in artists’ work. With pop music, they tend to recognize this only at a later point of the artist‘s career. So in retrospect, they might give Gaga‘s earlier work a higher score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonTurnItUp 7,088 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Lover 79, Folklore 94 and thank u, next 86 ASIB 78 and Chromatica 79... They're tasteless Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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