10 - 6 Worst Albums
10. Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
Yet another album of Lana crying about sugar daddies. There might be two memorable songs on the entire thing! I can see how some might like her aesthetic, but it's not for me. Plz stop, Lana... Just stop.
9. Marina and the Diamonds - Froot
Froot was an obvious attempt to prove Marina's songwriting ability after criticism came her way for working with various songwriting (Dr. Luke among them). There are a few earworms (title track, Blue, Savages), some soulful yearning (Happy, Immortal), and a handful of **** (Gold, Weeds). And 53 minutes? Did a cute pop record with so few ideas really need to drag on for so long?
8. Shawn Mendes - Handwritten
On Handwritten, the guitar-driven songwriting is plain and uninteresting for the most part, and the few tracks that actually contain worthwhile hooks (Stitches, Aftertaste) are few and far between. Unfortunately, Shawn Mendes doesn't have much to offer besides a cute face.
7. twenty one pilots - Blurryface
Do these guys know what they wanna be? Electropop and reagge emit from the speakers; tracks are sung and tracks are rapped. Some contain genuinely great songwriting (Tear in My Heart, Not Today), but the "hooks" on others can be considered lazy at best (Ride, Doubt, Polarize). Maybe next time they should focus on one sound with a singular producer.
6. Selena Gomez - Revival
After being serviced tracks by Rock Mafia, StarGate, and Max Martin, Selena Gomez managed to create something completely uninspired and generic. The whistle on Kill Em With Kindness and "oh-ohs" of Same Old Love can cause a migraine. Sober and Me & the Rhythm take on topics that have been covered more interestingly millions of times before. Body Heat is a disaster. Even the token ballad Camouflage is easy to hate ("I got so much **** to say"--cringe!). Maybe next time
Selena her songwriters will at least make her appear more elegant than trashy.