1975 have some great tunes.

Apparently after Brat she fell into creative exhaustion and even felt like she potentially wouldn't want to make music any more, “I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone, trying to get every last drop of liquid life out of an idea I had already been sat with for years prior."

I guess it's unsurprising that these newer singles don't have the same pizzazz.

Album Rating: 5.0

rock music had the juice but the other two singles have been dreadfully boring.



"Apparently after Brat she fell into creative exhaustion and even felt like she potentially wouldn't want to make music any more, “I sort of felt like I was squeezing blood from a stone, trying to get every last drop of liquid life out of an idea I had already been sat with for years prior.""



i guess things work different in the pop world but brat is like barely two years old and charli being in and/or soundtracking like a dozen films since then makes her feel extremely omnipresent + so much pop music feels directly in conversation with brat still. could've easily waited another year or two and not forced(?) something out if that's how she felt. i don't think anyone necessarily misses her or is starved for new material right now.

The problem is the streaming era - everybody can barely wait for the next thing, to the point that as soon as they get the next thing they then immediately wonder what that very same artist's *next* next thing will be.

It wasn't like this when we were forced to wait to pick up CDs from the local store or for a popular single to appear on radio/MTV if it wasn't out yet. Albums would drop and if you were lucky you'd get it ASAP - sometimes you couldn't afford it or it was sold out, and you either bootlegged or were forced to wait until you could buy it later.

Streaming completely removes that natural 'space' and makes everything stack against each other like sardines. People want things instantly and it must feel like you're drowning 24/7 to be faced with that level of demand, even if the demand is positive.

Album Rating: 4.5

taking too much inspo from her husbands mid band [2]

Album Rating: 4.0

Streaming era does suck for most artists, and Charli is likely included. That said, she can afford (both culturally and financially) to wait between releases. She’s not going to lose her fan base in the mean time.

Yeah the pop industry seems pretty brutal, I remember seeing a singer a few years back state in an interview that she had been told by her management team something like "You have a shelf life. Unless you're lucky, you're probably only going to be relevant for 3-5 years. Make the most of it while you can."

Yeesh.

that’s very sound advice.

Album Rating: 3.0

i think it's cool that she's still experimenting with different genres but kinda wth are these new singles

Album Rating: 3.5

Maybe I'm just weird, but I prefer the new songs to most of Brat. Tracking around 4.0 level for me.