The music. She tried showing off she's a vocalist and oversang on over 50% of the album. Tell me a song a normal person could sing at a karoke bar or even in their car without killing themselves
It's hard to really pin-point what it is about her that makes her unappealing. I think it's mostly her attitude. She comes off very bitter and aggressive. Her music doesn't really stand out either, she needs to take a break from Max Martin.
In regards to her voice, shes very similar to Xtina in that she doesn't seem to understand that sometimes less is more. In CFTS she starts to get it with the very light verses, but then the last chorus comes in and she's back to yelling. She's always done that but it worked before with the pop-rock sound. Now that she's gone full pop, she either needs to tone it down or go back to more rock oriented songs.
Regardless, CFTS was actually a very good song. I expected it to do better.
I know I'm just echoing what a lot of people have already said but as someone who liked Unbroken and DEMI, this new CD was just simply not good. At all. And her personality is so unlikeable. I'll never buy an album of hers for this reason, unless she really surprises me.
Bad timing: CFTS should have been released in May/early June and Confident could premiere at the VMAs
+ her sexy moves look a bit forced, especially live
She is hard to like due to her personality. She is boring and can be annoying at times. She screams too much. She tries too hard. She isn't that attractive. I think that's it. Like she just doesn't have the qualifications to be the star she wants to be
I liked the album, for me it's her best.
I think people were expecting something different from her, maybe more pop/rock, like half the comments on any of her videos are about how her voice is too good for pop music.
And it's not as tragic as all of you are claiming, she's first and second singles were ok, Stone Cold is yet to show its potential after the add dates
And if she screams as some of you claim she does her voice would be gone right now
CFTS is probably the only Demi song I've played more than 5 times. Biggest down for me is her personality, she's always either attacking or victimizing herself. Vocally she can be a bit screechy at times. The VMA CFTS performance actually kinda ruined the song for me. I don't know? My roomier is always trying to get me into her but I just can't :/