Will DWAS effect the sound of LG7?

[TheARTPOPball 295]

11 hours ago, Nycboy said:

I 100% think the album changed directions at some point in 2024. I feel like at first she was teasing spooky dark pop: the monster and bat emojis, the Paris snippets, her black hair, Disease the song and music video — all of that felt like one vibe. I mean she literally chose to kick off LG7 in spooky season, and kept mentioning Halloween.

Now, the album is being described as chaotic and many genres and she added DWAS. I’m sorry but that’s just a different vibe! She’s talking about her album more than ever and is no longer mentioning anything dark about it or teasing with spooky emojis. The photo from the LA Times article is her DWAS look. That’s very indicative of the albums new direction. 

Let’s say she hypothetically added DWAS to what might have been an industrial dark pop album, then I’m sure other changes were made (aka the chaotic genres) to make DWAS fit in better. Chaotic literally means she opened up the album’s concept to fit in other ideas and sounds. Yes, there is probably still some dark pop on lg7, but if the DWAS Dolly Parton music video aesthetic is now part of LG7, then I’m sorry but to me LG7 is already not a “dark pop album” it’s just a “pop album.”

Thats one thing i have found extremely confusing about this, is the different fashion styles. They couldn't be more different from each other, and she even changed out of the “lg7” look into the DWAS look in carpool karaoke stating the lg7 look “didn't feel right” for the song.
 

It might make people mad to read, but it IS kind of confusing to separate two things in any and every possible way (sound, aesthetic, release dates,) and then randomly mesh them together at the last minute. 

But nonetheless, I'm just curious as to how they are going to go about it. 

 

[chewing on pearls 464]

On 12/20/2024 at 11:26 PM, TheARTPOPball said:

i would hardly consider throwing a random song in a collection of similar songs genre bending. But regardless, im ready to hear the album as it has been pretty much 5 years since Chromatica. 

I understand what you mean... I guess I mean to say that she was teasing multiple genres on the album before DWAS was confirmed to be included, so it doesn't bother me much. And you're right, it's worth considering whether this song replaced another or is just tacked on at the end (she did say part of the album is "all about love", so maybe this is one of those songs). I think I'm just disappointed in some of the discourse around this decision as if it's the worst thing she/her team have ever done, especially considering we've never heard the album and actually know very little about it.  But everyone is allowed to have their own response to this news!! 

[Bloody Matt 5,357]

On 12/20/2024 at 6:35 PM, Nycboy said:

I 100% think the album changed directions at some point in 2024. I feel like at first she was teasing spooky dark pop: the monster and bat emojis, the Paris snippets, her black hair, Disease the song and music video — all of that felt like one vibe. I mean she literally chose to kick off LG7 in spooky season, and kept mentioning Halloween.

Now, the album is being described as chaotic and many genres and she added DWAS. I’m sorry but that’s just a different vibe! She’s talking about her album more than ever and is no longer mentioning anything dark about it or teasing with spooky emojis. The photo from the LA Times article is her DWAS look. That’s very indicative of the albums new direction. 

Let’s say she hypothetically added DWAS to what might have been an industrial dark pop album, then I’m sure other changes were made (aka the chaotic genres) to make DWAS fit in better. Chaotic literally means she opened up the album’s concept to fit in other ideas and sounds. Yes, there is probably still some dark pop on lg7, but if the DWAS Dolly Parton music video aesthetic is now part of LG7, then I’m sorry but to me LG7 is already not a “dark pop album” it’s just a “pop album.”

She already described the album as genre-bending at TCB film premiere so no.

Edited December 23, 2024 by Bloody Matt

[Bloody Matt 5,357]

Also, if I was y'all I would prepare for the possibility of the album not being what we're thinking. The fact that what we heard from the album points to a certain direction doesn't mean ALL the songs are going to sound like that. She also said that herself "After the first few tracks you think you know what you're getting into, but then you don't".