[ALBUM] AL8 Speculation Thread

I think there may have been some inkling of an attempt for a Christmas boost with O Holy Night, but there isn't much impact for any year since then, a Christmas album or single sounds good in theory, but I don't know how it would do in practice.

I believe she could, like we got Baby It's Cold Outside 😌
She just needs to get the timing right otherwise, yeah, it's going to be a mess.
I don't mind if it happens when she gets older and maybe more serious

Exactly! I think it can highlight her voice and since I’m not Christian either, I don’t have a religion but I do like Christmas songs so it would be nice to listen to her songs during the holidays while being around the table with friends and family and I would hear her voice. But the timing has to be good indeed, what you say totally makes sense!! After a new album or before a whole new era.

My two cents on the topics recently discussed:

- Avril has grown so much in her career I cannot understand people don't seeing it? HAW, her 6th album, has some of the finest writing of her whole career, only challenged/surpassed by LG, and I mean almost all songs (songs she probably got more help, songs that were her concept and songs she mainly/exclusively wrote). Not trying to say she is the best, but she got better for sure. Even AL5, which can be a hit or miss in every aspect, is still a step up from UMS and GL in terms of lyrics. Vocally she has improved a lot, even if we get disappointing performances during the tours. Again, HAW probably has her best studio vocals. Some of her best live vocals were seen in early GL promotion, as well as the online performances during covid (HAW-LS hiatus).

- She will always go back to the LS-type of sound. Two years ago people were salivating at the idea of Avril doing pop-punk. LS was extremely well received by both fans and critics when it came out, and a lot of the reception wasn't based on writing or quality of the songs, but in the aesthetics of the album, the collaborations and the general idea of her being bratty and punk and upbeat. She has been casted in this role for the general audience, we like silly rhymes and bratty lyrics over some loud guitar, and she knows it. She probably enjoys making those songs, and she will always capitalize on that.

- Now, I truly hope we get more exploration going forward, she has proven before how she can defy expectations (No album from TBDT to HAW was a safe bet, even if we got girlfriend replicates ever since in every album)

Edit: Didn't read that the discussion should be taken into another thread before posting, sorry!

Assuming new music is coming out this year, she's likely to go this year.

Wonder if it’ll give us a bit of an idea of what she’s going for style wise this era. Maybe not as I find generally her pre-era starting looks end up being nothing like how she dresses when it starts, but who knows. Interested to see the outfit either way

That seems like a very random place to promote new music honestly. Do artists still really use interviews or random industry events to announce things? I think they just post on social media now, at least that’s how Ariana announced her new single and album. But it could vary from artist to artist I guess.