AL7 Album Speculations Thread

Yeah, she said this year, but it means nothing. Like really, nothing. It would be so great to have an album this year, but I am not that excited tbh and I feel a bit bad because so much of you are so really hyped, but I just... I'm not. I just know how it goes when it comes to her releasing albums. She goes back as she has some new ideas (or who knows why) and most of the times her original visions are almost completely scrapped. GL, AL, HAW. What we get is no consistency, no energy, no passion for the songs.
Sorry for the negativity. I am not trying to drag anyone down. I'm just standing on earth and leaning on my experiences (from the last 12 years).

On the other hand I do care about her releasing music and I'm waiting for it, that's why I'm here. But I'm not letting my expectations high anymore.

I think it should be released in July just so she can follow the pattern of not releasing 2 albums in the same month 😁

I’m hopeful this time Avril won’t scrap the album and keep going back to the studio. She’s definitely got to be aware of how artists are releasing music these days, with the way Taylor just dropped 2 albums in one year with almost no advance promo. I remember Avril tweeting about folklore so she definitely knows. Now Avril doesn’t exactly have the power to drop an album out of nowhere and have it hit #1 with zero promo or lead single, but Taylor specifically talked about how she was going to wait a year to release it and then realized that would be kind of stupid when the album is done. 2020 greatly changed the way artists release music. There’s no reason to wait anymore.

I think she might wait to start promoting her own stuff so as not to draw attention away from Flames and Mod’s album, but a lead single might be likely around March or even April. With album to follow in summer or fall maybe? With the way she is talking about things, I definitely think we’ll get the album this year. Though we know we’ve been burned before (“It’s going to be an amazing 2017!”) She’s been in the studio very consistently for a couple months now, so I think at the pace she’s going it’s perfectly doable to have the album out this year.

If they decide to reschedule shows for 2022, then a fall album release with maybe spring/summer tour would probably work pretty well.

I've just heard this song, released today, and I think it could be a perfect comeback single for Avril. I just hope her first single to be at least this good (and more or less this style):

I wonder when or if she'll tell us in what stage of the recording process she is currently in. Like before the hype, her social media promises mean very little to me. I do get excited but mostly because you guys' energy is infectious

With AL, I remember her talking about finishing up ad-libs right as she was going off to France I think for a while. But then of course when she came back, she went back to the studio. So I don’t know if her updates on her progress really mean anything when she can potentially go back and do more.