EMOTION is such a confused album. Do you want to make smash hits for young girls like Taylor does or do you want to impress indie critics? What kinda neither here nor there mishmash that doesn't satisfy on either level?
There's an art in making good bubblegum music. Her appeal is more towards nostalgic people who yearn for a true resurrection of '80s pop than it is Taylor and Kiddy's audience.
The only song on E.MO.TION that is shameless radio bait is "I Really Like You," and considering Scooter Braun wasn't going to let her release the album until she had a single that had the potential to come close to "Call Me Maybe"'s success, you can't really fault her for that.
Carly is the one that officially broke into the critic bubble with "vapid" bubblegum pop! And now it's cool for artists to release poppier albums (think Julia Holter/Tame Impala/Grimes) poor everyone else who tried to do that but didn't.
she kinda ENDED the acclaim of the try-hard wannabe-artistique cringe-worthy dummies like Lana, Florence, etc
Also she inspired genius shamelessly-pop lyrics to be part of indie music again.
I feel you
honja isseodo neoui songiri neukkyeojyeo
haru jongil nareul manjyeo
I feel you
ppajyeoissneunde heeonaol suga eopseo
neoege dallyeogal saenggakppuni eopseo
jeomjeom deo ppajyeoman ga
jeomjeom deo michyeoman ga
jeomjeom deo eotteohge na
baby
There's an art in making good bubblegum music. Her appeal is more towards nostalgic people who yearn for a true resurrection of '80s pop than it is Taylor and Kiddy's audience.
The only song on E.MO.TION that is shameless radio bait is "I Really Like You," and considering Scooter Braun wasn't going to let her release the album until she had a single that had the potential to come close to "Call Me Maybe"'s success, you can't really fault her for that.
your type is worse than irly and panders more to the mainstream
"Your Type" could be a hit if any other artist recorded it, but it doesn't exist just to be a single. It's a genuinely great song with great lyrics and a great hook.
Not that "I Really Like You" is a bad song, but it's easily one of the weakest on E.MO.TION and it sticks out like a sore thumb as a song that obviously made the cut to promote the album.
so cuteee