[ALBUM] AL8 Speculation Thread

GL it's an interesting case because pop music was going to a complete overhaul. Pop rock was dying down to be replaced by edm. Even her contemporaries like pink and kelly went more electronic to survive that switch. Everything worked against her and that hiatus completely changed her career, even her way of thinking changed a lot, and I feel like she became more insecure with her own ideas from that point till she started working on LS, then she restored the confidence and faith on herself and what she really wanted to do with an album.

MHE nope..she even wanted this to be her first single(her favourite of the record)..but RCA didn't. WTH on the other hand..was the case

I blame the labels but she's not perfect either. There are some songs on GL/AL that I can't believe stayed. Or that some of those songs were the best she could come up with if the label told her to go back to the drawing board. Especially since HAW had some of the same issues albeit a better album overall. It seems like she had almost no label interference then. Although she did say professional songwriters sucked so maybe something did happening but I'm willing to bet she just hates professional environments. I don't think it's easy working with Avril Lavigne. It seems to be her way or the highway and you could hear it in her songs. Makes me wonder what her relationships are like which is why I still believe she should have a personal life aspect to her documentary and include Lyme since don't well all want the answer to our theory every time she performs live. Is Lyme affecting her performances? Or she really doesn't want to play a long setlist anymore because everythign has to be singles 🤔

Ok so Im listening to UMS and i just love how angry it is but also sad with slipped away. aand i thought... this is what Av should do for AL8, And maybe some trap elements too in it Try something new while resorting to her best album. She just went through an angry break up, shes being thrown around in public being called a slut and whore by her ex's friends. The media was all up her ass. This is her reputation/UMS 2.0 era, like come on Av give us something angry. Plus a sad ehartfelt balald. Imagine this AL8 is her Reputation era, and Taylor releases reputation TV and Avril is on it. That would be insane.

I recall (though I may be wrong) MHE coming at the end of the UMS sessions because the label felt they needed a song for the radio and asked her to keep writing. It definitely wasn't on the original tracklists that leaked, I remember that. Just because she ended up really liking the song doesn't mean it wasn't something that only happened because the label requested it. That's how a good compromise works. The label wanted something to be a radio hit and she agreed, writing something with that in mind that also fit the feel of the album and that she enjoyed too.

was "don't tell me" on the original track list? ('cause if it was....then it's weird that the label didn't want MHE to be the lead single)

If I remember correctly, There was a poll on her website asking which song should be first single, after listening to a snippet of "Daydream" and "Don't Tell Me".
DTM won and was released as first single. Weirdly, Daydream was not even included in the album and it never leaked.

Avril wanted MHE to be the first single, but the label didn't want it - so it was released as 2nd single and it had even more success.