Well, I did love Bionic so I'm all here for this. But, I think X-Tina should realize that after the disaster that was that era, she really needed to come back with an album that would GUARANTEE success. If she has ANOTHER era like Bionic, well.... no need to explain.
All the hate and shade is not necessary! Christina is overly confident and the most hated female pop star clearly... but y'all are over process what she says. Y'all are so quick to bring up iTunes and chart positions, when she is talking about her music. I think what she means by "Lotus takes risks which might go over people's heads" is she might confuse alot of people of who she really is musically because the album might contain different genres of music and talk about different subjects whether it's sex, her childhood, or even her song Max. She says the same thing in every interview about all her albums it nothing new!
Lotus is Christina's "Charmbracelet." This is not yet the "Emancipation" kind of comeback that we've been waiting for. It's actually harder than everybody thinks to come back from a colossal flop. Mariah and Christina know that.