‘Confessions II’ debuts w/ 84 Metacritic score m

[ALGAYDO 34,881]

35 minutes ago, monstertoronto said:

So happy for her. She’s def put in the work to make a real comeback and it really feels like people are behind her this time.  I’ve loved every song I’ve heard so far. Bizarre and Danceteria are peak. Hope she gets a number one album and some Grammys. A first general field Grammy would be incredible. 

She’s never won a GF Grammy before? That’s surprising to me, she wasn’t just a pop icon during her peak but an actual MUSIC icon, I frighten she’d won a few back then. Interesting. 

[lasagna 3,280]

when confessions II (2026) and mayhem II (2026) are nominated for aoty at the grammys and they tie lets manifest

[salty like sodium 2,231]

@Broncomy first thoughts: meh overall. not awful, it's a confession I guess, but obviously not as inspired or groundbreaking as its original. Very few tracks really grabbed me and stood out as superior to the original.

HOWEVER. 

Betrayal is one of the best tracks of her career. I'm sad this isn't the direction she went with for this entire project. It's so unique, fresh, different, and haunting. I LOVE it.

 

[salty like sodium 2,231]

39 minutes ago, ALGAYDO said:

She’s never won a GF Grammy before? That’s surprising to me, she wasn’t just a pop icon during her peak but an actual MUSIC icon, I frighten she’d won a few back then. Interesting. 

it's called patriarchy and sexism. for the longest time only old white men won because only old white men were allowed to vote.  now (almost) only white people win because almost only white people are allowed to vote. beyoncé and bad bunny winning album of the year were pretty unusual events. 

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Haven't heard it yet, as I plan it to do later today but @salty like sodium's comment made me "getting a hint"

[monstertoronto 11,588]

1 hour ago, ALGAYDO said:

She’s never won a GF Grammy before? That’s surprising to me, she wasn’t just a pop icon during her peak but an actual MUSIC icon, I frighten she’d won a few back then. Interesting. 

She’s only won 7 out of 28 nominations. None GF. And a couple are for videos. She’s always been grossly overlooked by the Grammys. Ray of Light did get nominated for AOTY and SOTY I think but didn’t win. It’s a crime that LAP never won 

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1 hour ago, lasagna said:

when confessions II (2026) and mayhem II (2026) are nominated for aoty at the grammys and they tie lets manifest

[elegidadedios 4,768]

38 minutes ago, salty like sodium said:

now (almost) only white people win because almost only white people are allowed to vote

I hope you worded this the wrong way and you meant to say other thing because, otherwise, I'm pretty sure that's a blatant lie. Lol.

[TheOriginalOne 11,525]

A debut album did that 

[Vimo 1,657]

People sleeping on Love without words like WHAT?!

[Natalia Kills 403]

I’ve done 3 listens and it’s alright, I’d give it 6/10.

It’s on the right track to being special, but it lowkey sounds like a really generic circuit party album. It all feels… kinda flat or muted?

Her vocals have been fixed but still have that mature Heidi Montag vibes. I saw her live on the last tour and she sounded pretty good then. 

I feel like it’s needs some dynamism or depth. The original Confessions had that vibe but this feels “filtered”.

Visuals are fun, though!