i feel like all she ever does is try to please us fans tbh. people always go on and on (on twitter) about how they miss the rated r era, i see this multiple times on my tl every day. she thinks about our opinions as fans too much imo, that's how we ended up with the flops that are man down and ckb as singles- she let fans pick. and now there's a chance this edginess could be the direction of her new music
not that i mind her going back to this darker music/ era etc.
i just want her to take control of her career, and do what SHE wants. creatively and otherwise. and not even care what we think. its like she thinks if she doesn't do what we want, we won't be fans anymore. when that's not the point at all. the point is that she should be herself, do what she wants, and trust that we will like it. because us as fans already ADORE her, therefore our judgement of her music, preformances etc are already skewed. the true opinion of the public =/= stans opinions.
sorry for this essay, i've wanted to get this off my chest for a while now