I feel like I've seen the exact opposite in most pop forums.
I haven't been going to Pop Justice or Pulse lately, I've gathered that from people who I know are Hilary fans and who knew her direction. If those other people expected a dance track then they obviously haven't been paying attention to Hilary at all these last few months.
Actually, I just checked Pop Justice and their negative comments range from boring, repetitive, and weak comeback single etc. The positive ones are saying it's easy and breezy, chill etc. So what forums are you guys seeing where the majority are bashing this direction versus the actual song?