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princedeeblebleble
1 hour ago, Killa said:

And honestly She could pull songs like candyman and a whole retro 50s modern sound. Not something new but in her veins i think

Nah she doesn't have the vocals to do that. 

3 hours ago, Oriane said:

I disagree, I think it really fits the sound actually! But also, I have synesthesia and blues/southern rock looks very ochre to me, so I'm biased :ladyhaha:

Colour vise yes, but the image itself is so sad next to her other covers :ladyhaha: thou the latest one I don't get why she's in a chatolic school again at basically 30.

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Lizzo's B***h - With such an aggressive title and with the cover art of a middle finger, you'd think it would be full of sassy, bombastic songs and it isn't...was actually quite vulnerable in places and her older stuff would've suited this name better. 

Taylor's Life of a Showgirl - Everything people said above. She may be a performer but she's never presented herself in a way that's specific to a showgirl and the music just sounds like the style she's been giving us for over a decade now with nothing interesting to say. 

Ariana's Dangerous Woman - Suggests a dominantly sexual set of songs especially when coupled with the early imagery of S&M masks (one of the secondary videos for the lead single never got released where she was wearing that too) and what we got was her classic sex kitten submissive sexuality. Good album but the title doesn't really make sense. 

And while I've not heard all of it, from what I have heard of Justin's Swag albums, they sound like bland acoustic songs for the most part and nothing remotely suggesting of coolness or trend-setting. 

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2 hours ago, princedeeblebleble said:

Nah she doesn't have the vocals to do that. 

Colour vise yes, but the image itself is so sad next to her other covers :ladyhaha: thou the latest one I don't get why she's in a chatolic school again at basically 30.

I find the album very sad tbh, The Devil's back always gets me :bradley: She's also clearly depressed in a lot of these songs, even if she's conveying it in an angry way.

Yeah, I see the last album as finding a path through this depression and going back to what she believed in her early life. Sonically, it doesn't sound like Light me up, but spiritually, I see a lot of the simplicity of the first album coming back to this one, so I think it's a bit of a nod to that cover too.

If anything, I'd say that Death by rock n roll doesn't sound like it looks, it really looks like another Gothic album.

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All of this made me think of how I truly want Gaga to pull a misleading title + aesthetic for an album on purpose, to an extreme level.

Like imagine LG8 being titled "A Joyful Look Into The Current World" but the topics are war, politics, power dynamics, savage capitalism, etc 😍

Jk about the last part lol. Not gonna happen. But I'm serious about the first part, it would be a really interesting way of creating a solid narrative. Mostly because I don't particularly think doing so is a bag thing, as long as it has an artistic reason behind It. I'm pretty sure many have done it before (even tho I can't give out an example)

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IllusionLover
20 hours ago, Reject False Icons said:

RED- Taylor Swift very pop singles hipster aesthetic but the album ended up being very country

The Life of a Showgirl - We thought she would spice up her music but ended up more of the same

Queen of consistency :teehee:

Also the MAYHEM photoshoot, the Abracadabra video made more for the meaning of the album than the actual artwork.

 

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12 hours ago, Versace said:

Surprised no one has said The Life of a Showgirl. And this is coming from a Taylor enjoyer. 

The album’s title and visuals were extremely misleading based on the sound. Showgirl where? 

This, and I'm not even talking about the Showgirl cabaret aesthetic, it was also promoted as her next 1989 type of pop Bible and it ended up being just a couple of songs with some guitars in it. Only the first 3 songs are worthy 

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23 hours ago, Purrrrrr said:

ARTPOP

I agree, it had more room to FULLY be experimental by dropping and switching out jewels, Dwuw,  manicure, fashion, and dope for more EDM influences.

I love how she does EDM and wanted more. Justice for TEA 🫖 

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20 hours ago, Versace said:

Surprised no one has said The Life of a Showgirl. And this is coming from a Taylor enjoyer. 

The album’s title and visuals were extremely misleading based on the sound. Showgirl where? 

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IllusionLover
10 hours ago, apollorowling said:

All of Adele. I hate numbers at titles.

Well Adele's is the age she had when she wrote those albums so it's more consistent than the examples here

Ed sheeran on the other hand, what do you mean your discography is: +×÷-=??

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apollorowling
32 minutes ago, IllusionLover said:

Well Adele's is the age she had when she wrote those albums so it's more consistent than the examples here

Ed sheeran on the other hand, what do you mean your discography is: +×÷-=??

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19 minutes ago, apollorowling said:

I'm waiting for π. 

Girl no one wants his ππ :saladga:

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