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Post by katy on Dec 17, 2018 13:09:18 GMT
Personally I’m thrilled with the direction she’s taking. I was so bored of her previous image and the style of song she churned out album after album. I never listen to GL or AL and don’t often listen to the older albums - I love LG, UMS and TBDT but I just can’t relate anymore. She desperately needed to grow up with her audience (realistically that should’ve happened two albums ago but nevermind..).
I don’t think HAW is dramatically different from what she’s released in the past anyway, just significantly better quality lol.. TMIO different for her but not in a bad way - think it’s a huge step in the right direction.
Surely one of the reasons the GP (and some fans) got so bored of her is because she never mixed things up. She kept releasing the same stuff but the quality was getting worse each time.
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Post by Sarah93 on Dec 17, 2018 13:56:00 GMT
I feel like this is another "Girlfriend"/TBDT album situation, where everything is going to change. And whenever there is a change, people either love it or hate it, and it's okay, you can't please everyone.
Personally I really like the new direction, I love when artists are versatile and open to new directions. Beside, I think her lyrics have upgraded a lot, and she's clearly getting for the mature woman image luckily. As some have said, her image of being stuck in the past, the Girlfriend pt. 2 that her record labels kept asking didn't work clearly nor fit anymore for her image nor for the music industry that's changed over time. Some may say this new sound doesn't fit in the current music industry, but I disagree, because it's got lots of Ed Sheeran/James Bay/Shawn Mendes' vibes in my opinion, plus a touch of good old Avril and a bit of 60s vibe to give it a new and fresh touch, which fits very well in my opinion and maybe who knows, she's going to stir the music industry in a new direction like she did back in 2002 opening new roads for artists
So in overall, I'm really positive about the new album and I'm open to anything because clearly the quality is gonna be great
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Post by Hellelujah on Dec 17, 2018 17:39:17 GMT
If the leaked genres are true I see a lot of meltdowns coming there are just 1 rock song and it is Indie, the most upbeat is Dumb Blonde which I don't think some of you will love it just because the title, and it also looks like the only pop-rock song is HAW.
HAW is probably her last pop rock song, probably a lead like a buzz between her old music and new music
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Post by Sara on Dec 17, 2018 18:34:23 GMT
I don't think Avril has an old or new genre of music. After TBDT she started experimenting with different genres, she likes making variegated albums. Simply now it's doing it more maturely.
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Post by yex on Dec 17, 2018 19:14:26 GMT
In my opinion I think that she should preserve its essence although she brings songs with new influences. Pop-rock is a very broad genre and it can be much more developed, as shown in this year's albums of Against the Current or 5 Seconds of Summer. If suddenly in February I feel that I am listening to a Rihanna's album instead of Avril Lavigne, I will be disappointed. You can innovate a lot by staying in your musical genre. Tell me it's over for me it's too radical, it's a good song, but I still don't identify it with her.
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Post by kai2k on Dec 17, 2018 19:18:14 GMT
In my opinion I think that she should preserve its essence although she brings songs with new influences. Pop-rock is a very broad genre and it can be much more developed, as shown in this year's albums of Against the Current or 5 Seconds of Summer. If suddenly in February I feel that I am listening to a Rihanna's album instead of Avril Lavigne, I will be disappointed. You can innovate a lot by staying in your musical genre. Tell me it's over for me it's too radical, it's a good song, but I still don't identify it with her. I agree. It sounds like she's covering someone else's song.
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Post by heaven on Dec 17, 2018 19:25:35 GMT
In my opinion I think that she should preserve its essence although she brings songs with new influences. Pop-rock is a very broad genre and it can be much more developed, as shown in this year's albums of Against the Current or 5 Seconds of Summer. If suddenly in February I feel that I am listening to a Rihanna's album instead of Avril Lavigne, I will be disappointed. You can innovate a lot by staying in your musical genre. Tell me it's over for me it's too radical, it's a good song, but I still don't identify it with her. Didn't she do it with The Best Damn Thing? And fans bashed this album just because the songs weren't personal to her, don't forget it, but it represents her pop-rock with a little of experimental- And i guess it's time to understand that she doesn't have the right voice to do pop-rock again, at least not the one most of the fans want her to make. She would sound so damn forced and so innatural.. With her new timbre she has to make soft genres, she isn't that rebel bad girl anymore. She finally got it and you all should too. It's 2018 and it's time to stop with TBDT type of drama.. If Taylor fans accepted electropop of reputation, how could you not accept a jazz vibe song? Come on!
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Post by Crush on Dec 17, 2018 20:22:04 GMT
I feel like Dumb Blonde is also about Lyme. I think it’s going to Target the doctors and anyone who told her she was stupid or just a pop star and couldn’t possibly diagnose herself. That’s a really sweet interpretation, I hope you’re right. I’m a bit nervous for Dumb Blonde and Bigger Wow for obvious reasons haha, but hey I won’t know until they’re out
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Post by Erik on Dec 17, 2018 21:22:54 GMT
I feel like Dumb Blonde is also about Lyme. I think it’s going to Target the doctors and anyone who told her she was stupid or just a pop star and couldn’t possibly diagnose herself. That’s a really sweet interpretation, I hope you’re right. I’m a bit nervous for Dumb Blonde and Bigger Wow for obvious reasons haha, but hey I won’t know until they’re out Idk why people still bringing up Dumb Blonde, we already know what the song is about and its not an another Girlfriend or HTNGU situation where she sings about literally nothing.
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Post by Crush on Dec 17, 2018 22:20:33 GMT
That’s a really sweet interpretation, I hope you’re right. I’m a bit nervous for Dumb Blonde and Bigger Wow for obvious reasons haha, but hey I won’t know until they’re out Idk why people still bringing up Dumb Blonde, we already know what the song is about and its not an another Girlfriend or HTNGU situation where she sings about literally nothing. I would assume that not everyone frequents these threads that often Good to know though, thanks.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Dec 17, 2018 22:21:12 GMT
I don’t get why people are still “nervous” about Dumb Blonde. She already explained what it’s about. It’s not about being like Paris Hilton or Elle Woods. It’s about not being stereotyped just because she’s blonde or having people assume she is stupid just because she is blonde and likes pink. It’s saying that you can be a blonde woman who likes pink and girly things and still be an intelligent person.
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Post by biggerwow on Dec 17, 2018 22:47:13 GMT
I don’t get why people are still “nervous” about Dumb Blonde. She already explained what it’s about. It’s not about being like Paris Hilton or Elle Woods. It’s about not being stereotyped just because she’s blonde or having people assume she is stupid just because she is blonde and likes pink. It’s saying that you can be a blonde woman who likes pink and girly things and still be an intelligent person. Agreed but I do take it like being like Elle Woods. You basically just described her character in Legally Blonde. Also I think Paris is smart business woman despite her flaws. ☺️ Sidenote but if the song does well it could be featured in the new Legally Blonde movie. That is if they do end up making it.
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Post by Crush on Dec 17, 2018 23:02:56 GMT
I don’t get why people are still “nervous” about Dumb Blonde. She already explained what it’s about. It’s not about being like Paris Hilton or Elle Woods. It’s about not being stereotyped just because she’s blonde or having people assume she is stupid just because she is blonde and likes pink. It’s saying that you can be a blonde woman who likes pink and girly things and still be an intelligent person. It’s pretty obvious that there are a good amount of casual fans as well as busy people on this site, who can’t watch or read every single Avril interview or keep on top of these threads. For example, I’ve been busy this past week visiting my mom in the hospital and taking care of my brother who just had surgery. I don’t have time. I visit here to relax and look forward to something. If someone doesn’t want to explain something again (which is understandable) to those who don’t know all the details, they can simply let them find out for themselves or drop a link.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Dec 18, 2018 1:55:31 GMT
I don’t get why people are still “nervous” about Dumb Blonde. She already explained what it’s about. It’s not about being like Paris Hilton or Elle Woods. It’s about not being stereotyped just because she’s blonde or having people assume she is stupid just because she is blonde and likes pink. It’s saying that you can be a blonde woman who likes pink and girly things and still be an intelligent person. It’s pretty obvious that there are a good amount of casual fans as well as busy people on this site, who can’t watch or read every single Avril interview or keep on top of these threads. For example, I’ve been busy this past week visiting my mom in the hospital and taking care of my brother who just had surgery. I don’t have time. I visit here to relax and look forward to something. If someone doesn’t want to explain something again (which is understandable) to those who don’t know all the details, they can simply let them find out for themselves or drop a link. I wasn't talking about you specifically. Loads of people here in general keep acting like Dumb Blonde is the next HK. It was written in a leaked press release some time ago what the song was about and Avril herself talked about it in a recent interview I believe. There's not keeping up with stuff and then there's making statements about a song without even looking up the info that exists about it. Plenty of people here have seen the info about Dumb Blonde and know what it's about, yet continue to act like it's going to be another motherfucking princess song.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 4:28:43 GMT
I think what’s fun is not knowing how the song will sound even knowing the title.
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