AL7 Album Speculations Thread

Wait, when did that happen?
I remember watching WTH in HD.
This leads to another question, why was WTH at first promoted as "the first 3D music video" but the 3D got never released?

Hello Kitty controversy? You mean the racism accusations? I think that's far in the rear view mirror, most people probably couldn't even recall it, quite frankly. It was an awkward use of certain Japanese cultural artifacts for sure, but it's not like this was some intentional dogwhistling or anything similar. From today's perspective it's maybe even milder than Fallon's use of blackface to portray a celebrity just a decade ago. 

Now about Dr. Luke, I think this is a difficult situation. Proving abuse like this can be a daunting task because of the likehood that there's no substantial evidence and useful witness accounts, and furthermore because a lot of things can be used to undermine the credibility of your character. Most recently Kesha ended up in legal trouble because when talking to Lady Gaga she made allegations of severe harm against Katy Perry perpetrated by Luke, which Perry then denied in court. Now, Dr. Luke may use this is proof that Kesha is making things up, and she could very well have done so, but there's also a distinct possibility that even if Kesha's saying some inaccurate things or falsehoods, she still may have indeed experienced abuse from Dr. Luke. There are these so-called "character assassinations" that are a very common method to undermine victims of sexual and other abuse, especially since these victims are usually less agile in the legal system - the perpetrator concentrates on digging up flaws of the victim in order to portray him/herself as an upstanding, truthful, decent citizen, and their accuser an unreliable, lying, problematic wreck of a person, all based on elements from their lives that ultimately may have nothing to do with the accusation in question, and this is what may have happened to Kesha. Or, of course, maybe he is innocent, though based on descriptions of other artists he certainly doesn't seem all that pleasant of a person from our (admittedly rather limited) perspective, to say the least. It's a very tough situation indeed .

Yes it's true those controversies were mild at best and probably long forgotten by now. But still, I think most of the general public thinks of Avril as a joke, she hasn't been taken seriously in years, and stuff like that coming out in the press didn't help at all. The only interest people have in her these days is the lookalike theory and that's just plain sad.

My point is that she's on the cusp of what could be a pretty respectable comeback, she should try to do everything in her power not to ruin it because of something like this.

Does any one really pay any attention who writes on songs (I mean the general public, not fans) anyway?

I don’t see why she would work with him again only in that they made a hit album together years ago. However it was at a time when Dr Luke was producing everyone’s albums around that time; Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Kesha etc.. and was a popular person to work with because he was successful. . just in the same way as Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic wrote everyones songs at a certain point in time, Leona Lewis, Beyoncé, Jordan Sparks.

I've started checking the writing credits of basically everyone now. I think because it's very easy to do on Spotify. It's right there at the end of the menu for every song. Also, a lot of detailed interviews have become the norm where artists talk about who they worked with and the process. It's not like before where it was less likely to hear about it in interviews. I think it's because a lot of producers / writers have become famous like Julia Michaels or Marshmello. There's also Taylor Swift who is hard not to see fan comments about who she wrote with. Jack Antonoff never been so popular or when her fans started with the who is William Bowrey theories. Or like Billie's brother getting so much interest because he writes her songs.

Idk how other people are though. I bet most don't care lol I just really enjoy new music and learning about the process.

I'm sorry to go a little bit off topic from the Dr.Luke thing but Avril just started following stylish Ashton Michael on IG. This guy has been working with MGK lately and is the one who picked all his outfits lately.

Now the only thing I'd say about Dr.L is that I'm not a fan of Kesha but I will always believe a woman instead of believing a man no matter what. I'm also the kind of guy that can or try to differentiate a person as a professional and as a human being. I know and we all may agree he's really good at what he does. Now I just really hope Avril will never work w/ him again not even for just a song. Not bc of music issues but I will be really sad if something similar could happen to her. After all she's been through with "the devil J.R" and how abusive he's been, I assume she's learnt how to deal with this type of "men".

I think the Dr. luke thing is the "off topic" now.

About the stylist, is she basically going to use all of the same resources as mod sun and mgk? I know she's going to put her own spin but she's lucky she's the only girl. It all sounds so cliquey. But maybe she's just cool with these people and that's why the follow.