AL7 Album Speculations Thread

It's just sad we're discussing that she should have chosen the underwater pictures which are also pretty bad executed....seriously the photography for HAW was one of the worst things i've seen in the celebrity world regarding music or cover arts and all that stuff. It's just bad. really bad.

I don't mind the color palette they chose for the cover, that's the least important thing when you have such a bad photoshop work.... i guess it's so dark bc it's supposed to be at night (?) at least that's how i always looked at it.

I don't think she floating or standing in the water like Jesus lol. I'm assuming that the water it's not deep, that's all, if you look at the picture the guitar is slightly underwater form the buttom. So yeah... I don't even mind her being "naked" which she probably wasn't and they just photoshopped her underwear.

But the light coming from underneath her....that kinda of light make everyone look bad. Her head is way too big...and well...the photoshop job is terrible. Seriously, AL5 is ugly as hell...but at least it's not technically bad...

I mean, if you're actually gonna make a nude photoshoot underwater...do it right. This is a single cover art. It's not even close to being one of the best photos underwater that i've seen. But something like this would've worked 10.000 times better than the crappy photoshopped thing we got. Jesus...basically all the photoshoot they did underwater was out of focus...



I can also garuantee you that this singer has absolutely no money compared to Avril and she still managed to deliver a beautiful cover. This is how you show vulnerability with the same elements (except the guitar, which is also stupid considering there's only one acoustic song in the whole album but OK...)

Edit: not actually AL7 related but sorry, but i guess it's the thread to discuss what they should not do as well. So, sorry for going off topic.

Yeah, i mean, i wouldn't have a problem with only a photoshoot for the booklet BUT at least make good quality pcitures for it, not blurry pics that looks like they have been shot with a Nokia from 2006. You could also make the same theme but different locations. Like, the HAW single cover and the booklet are different type of pictures even tho it maybe was the same location but you get the idea. Water themed photos is not just underwater. And the underwater shots from the music video are also different. But the booklet is pretty boring, and has literally only 7 pictures...like WTH xD and all the pictures look basically the same. It was a pretty lame work after a 6 years hiatus if you ask me...but maybe i'm too used to kpop albums where they give you like 50-100 pictures photobook with extra stuff in it (that's where taylor got her idea for reputation special edition idk what). But anyways.

And well...the photos only represent 2 songs from the album if not only 1 of them. It's a pretty messy album in terms of themes. Drowning, asking for help to God, a captive bird, toxic relationship with Devil and vampire symbolism, cheerleaders boybashing-female empowering anthem...self-love song, a bunch of cute love songs, and a warrior themed song....LIKE the booklet literally only represents the head above water song. but that was not the case anyways xD

I actually don't hate the idea of the cover, the composition is pretty ok for an album cover actually... IN FACT it's probably her most technically correct composition for an album cover, it's centered, enough space for the title, it's simple but effective HOWEVER....the execution of taking the picture and then editing and retouching it is TERRIBLE. I don't even midn the black-white-sepia tint or that it's dark...but Jesus, that hard was to hire a good retoucher for the era? 🤦‍♂️

Because UMS only got one hit (MHE)... and LG is just iconic. TBDT also got only one hit BUT it's more remembered than ums bc well...how can anyone forget pink Avril? xD it was pretty iconic too, broke youtube's records and it was also closer to the digital era, not to mention GF was the FIRST video to hit 100M views in history SO...that's a pretty big deal. 

UMS is somehow burried under those 2 eras. The album is more iconic in the fandom but the general public don't really care about it sadly. It's also my favorite era D: (don't know if the album) but the era yes. Professional Rocker Ramona is the best Avril 😂😂

What? I'm sorry, but hard disagree to this. The album clearly express a journey from a bad place, illness, toxic relantioship, to empowerment, overcoming, fallin in love again and meeting herself on a good place. While only HAW express herself in the lowest point of the illness, both Birdie, IFILWTD and TMIO kept the feeling of feeling trapped. She has said plenty of times that Lyme actually helped realise who in her life was good and who was a devil. "A pretty bird, you can't sing, but I buy you diamonds and ruby rings", she clearly correlates her lowest point in life with her lowest point in "love". DB and ITWIM clearly showcase her taking agency and realising she is stron enough. Crush, Goddess and LMI kept refering to the demons and the toxic relantioship she had and her insecurities. IWIM and Warrior clearly showcase her progress from asking god to help her to being able to stand for herself.

HAW is one of her most consistent album thematically wise. And the only one that kinda tells a story from beggining to end. GL is the only other album that comes to mind to be consistent on its theme (being it love and goodbye for the 80% of the album). TBDT has a bunch of boy-bashing songs, and UMS kinda has a feeling of "lost in life, lost in love" in its first half, but both then do a 180° degree in some parts. And both LG and AL touch a broad area of themes, one with better results that the other, as LG at least feels like "thoughts of a not ordinary teen-age girl".

So yeah, HAW is pretty consistent thematically wise. At worst, it lacks a couple more songs that directly address the illness (like a song talking about her feelings about not perfoming again or about some of the bad days she still has even if she is healthy right now). But the title of the album is "Head Above Water", not "Still Drowning In Water".

Talking about her description for new album, everytime she uses "personal". Omg, she is running out of vocab. I always like "Okay, the only thing we look up to will forever be in her music, told us to not worry about it". God, a lot of words over used, to a point she starts treat her music become more commercial service rather than telling us about her story where we get inspired in life

Evan is following Avril again on IG. We’ll have to see if she follows back, but I wonder if they’ll work together for the album