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Post by TomX on Feb 28, 2024 13:38:16 GMT
A collab with Olivia has turned out to be a need at this point!
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Post by TomX on Feb 28, 2024 2:07:52 GMT
I’m sorry but that’s NOT the case with UMS. She literally always said she was much more hands on with the creative process and writing , and the overall sound. She knew exactly what she wanted for that album and her label gave her total freedom. She even tried to push MHE as the lead single , which is the most mainstream song on the album, and played most of the tracks on either piano or guitar on her live shows. She actually loved UMS back in the day, but she was done with the darkness it entailed by the end of the tour and wanted to go for something lighter , and that’s where TBDT came in.
If anything, LG was that album that she almost had no creative input in,, which is fine because she was very young and still trying to figure things out. If anything, LG was the album that made her decide to go into a darker and more rock sound on the next one. In fact, she ditched LG for being too pop during the UMS era, and did the same with UMS for being too dark in the TBDT era, but you can tell she now cherishes that first album a lot and always speaks highly of it.
It’s very common for artists to compare their new work with its predecessor anyways, it’s not so much about how she “was over” an album and more about how that new album stood out and had its own identity.
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Post by TomX on Feb 26, 2024 0:46:21 GMT
Can we talk about how they missed a great opportunity to sell the Bite Me leather jacket with the lyrics and album tracks on it? I would’ve snatched one of them right away off her webstore.
Would’ve also been cool to get limited edition replicas of the white guitar with the tracklist written on it.
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Post by TomX on Feb 25, 2024 19:34:00 GMT
She just posted a Bite Me Tour 2022 mini documentary!
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Post by TomX on Feb 25, 2024 3:07:49 GMT
On the brink of the album’s two year anniversary, I had a listening party and keep thinking how good of an album it is to this day, even years after the hype died down. During the bridge of Avalanche, I just had to say “god, she didn’t have to go this hard and she still did it”. I still freaking love this album and consider it her second best work to date without a doubt. This is Avril at her finest sonically (literally no other sound goes better with her), and while it might not be her best lyrically (I consider it a step down from HAW in that regard) it’s still Avril being unapologetically herself and just giving us that much needed lyrically lighter album after the heaviness of HAW. The album could’ve used a couple of more mid tempos and ballads. Honestly, IAM would’ve fit perfectly somewhere in between the first 5 songs, with another mid tempo to cut the uptempo-ness, and it could’ve been my all-time favorite album from hers. The aesthetic is also one of her all-time best and I love everything about it. The color, the outfits, the album cover and even the hidden meaning behind the shadow of the balloons of the lovers kissing (I just know it wasn’t a coincidence lol) We got signed CDs, great clothing merch, different CD versions, cassettes, cool bundles, and around 5 vinyl color variants. Such a pity she didn’t put them on pre-order from the get go, since it would’ve given her a much higher debut on BB200. The era itself was a completely different thing, and neither the tour nor the promo or execution after album release week were decent enough or did justice to what it deserved. With all this being said, happy 2 year anniversary to Love Sux, the album which put her in the spotlight after more than a decade and consolidated her as the ultimate queen of pop-punk. May the next record be on the same level (or at least half good tbh). I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy a new release of hers so much as I did this one, and I’ll be forever grateful this album exists. Once again, long live the Love Sux era. Time flies right! It's such a good album for me too. The lyrics may not be the most poetic (which it didnt need to be since she wanted a light-hearted album) and there isn't a song that stands out like Girlfriend/Complicated/Sk8er Boi did before, as a whole album I think it works. Cohesive and the energy, the attitude, it's so Avril and so infectious in a good way. To me it's like an older sister of TBDT, with more life experience and reflection on the pain that life brings in an unapologetic and rebellious way. It's definitely in my top 3 Avril album: TBDT - HAW - Love Sux. I still come back to this album frequently to this date. I do think Bite Me, along with Avalanche, are the strongest songs in the album, and Bite Me is the best choice they could’ve done for a lead. I even think it’s her best lead single to date. But yeah, it didn’t really make as much noise as those songs did back in the day, but I blame it more on timing, due to the fact that it was released when both Taylor and Adele were occupying like 50% of the BB100 chart with their album tracks. She didn’t really stand a chance to get a solid charting position. If she had released it halfway through the year, I’m pretty sure she would’ve had at least a Top40 hit.
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Post by TomX on Feb 25, 2024 2:10:55 GMT
On the brink of the album’s two year anniversary, I had a listening party and keep thinking how good of an album it is to this day, even years after the hype died down. During the bridge of Avalanche, I just had to say “god, she didn’t have to go this hard and she still did it”. I still freaking love this album and consider it her second best work to date without a doubt. This is Avril at her finest sonically (literally no other sound goes better with her), and while it might not be her best lyrically (I consider it a step down from HAW in that regard) it’s still Avril being unapologetically herself and just giving us that much needed lyrically lighter album after the heaviness of HAW.
The album could’ve used a couple of more mid tempos and ballads. Honestly, IAM would’ve fit perfectly somewhere in between the first 5 songs, with another mid tempo to cut the uptempo-ness, and it could’ve been my all-time favorite album from hers.
The aesthetic is also one of her all-time best and I love everything about it. The color, the outfits, the album cover and even the hidden meaning behind the shadow of the balloons of the lovers kissing (I just know it wasn’t a coincidence lol)
We got signed CDs, great clothing merch, different CD versions, cassettes, cool bundles, and around 5 vinyl color variants. Such a pity she didn’t put them on pre-order from the get go, since it would’ve given her a much higher debut on BB200.
The era itself was a completely different thing, and neither the tour nor the promo or execution after album release week were decent enough or did justice to what it deserved.
With all this being said, happy 2 year anniversary to Love Sux, the album which put her in the spotlight after more than a decade and consolidated her as the ultimate queen of pop-punk. May the next record be on the same level (or at least half good tbh). I don’t think I’ll ever enjoy a new release of hers so much as I did this one, and I’ll be forever grateful this album exists. Once again, long live the Love Sux era.
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Post by TomX on Feb 23, 2024 17:27:00 GMT
Who would even want this? I really hope she's not planning on releasing a GH. It would crush what's left of my hopes of getting a 20th UMS edition. There's no way she'll be releasing a GH, UMS 20 and a possible new album this year. She could release a GH literally any year, maybe even for her 25th anniversary, but the UMS celebration is now or never. If she releases this, it's a terrible sign for UMS.
I don't believe she's out of ideas and that being a reason for her doing this whole GH thing tbh. I think the album is done by now, and she's waiting for a good momentum. Probably after the tour. While I could see her releasing a GH now and the new album closer to the fall, I don't see UMS 20 falling anywhere in between if that's the case. It's really unfair this album is being paid dust by her team when 90% or more of the fandom considers it her best work to date, aside from the fact that it's a classic beloved album.
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Post by TomX on Feb 21, 2024 17:56:08 GMT
Rap Star is clearly scrapped since it's about her thing with Homer at the time. Not confirmed, but it seems pretty obvious. Why would she release it now?
Boy At The Rock Show could be for Mod maybe? While they were still together, but not sure about this one.
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Post by TomX on Feb 21, 2024 14:43:20 GMT
The lyrics, the production. Darn, sounds terrible. Thank god these are scrapped. Can't say much about Rap Star since it's just her voice and an acoustic guitar?
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Post by TomX on Feb 21, 2024 14:31:01 GMT
I can't find them either, not even on the leak website I usually find them in.
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Post by TomX on Feb 19, 2024 17:02:05 GMT
What I don't really understand is the collective hype of making them both collab having such completely different sounds. Even her duet with Nicki M. made more sense than anything she could pull off with Billie IMO. Other than Happier Than Ever, which is probably the only pop-rock song on her catalogue, the rest of her songs sound nothing like Avril's. I get that their overall image is pretty similar and the comparisons they draw are pretty cool, given that they both started as teenagers and had their own style and tomboy-ish attitude, but other than that, musically, I don't see how a track between them would work.
That's why I think if she's taking a more Happier Than Ever approach on this new era, it would make more sense for them to collab than on something sounding like Bad Guy lol.
I still love how supportive they are of each other and hope that they can collab in one way or another, maybe a clothing line? Would be interesting!
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Post by TomX on Feb 19, 2024 14:33:31 GMT
Billie’s new album is rumored to be more rock-oriented. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had a collab with Avril:
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Post by TomX on Feb 18, 2024 12:47:19 GMT
No way this is true lol.
Also, they say her relationship with ModSun lasted for 10 months, when it was two years. This is completely unreliable information.
Also, that's NOT the guy she's kissing on her lock screen on those paparazzi pictures we got of her not even a month ago. And they say they've been dating "for like 5 months" lmao.
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Post by TomX on Feb 15, 2024 20:06:44 GMT
If she posts a tiktok, I hope it is something more like her telling the story behind the song (just like the trend) rather than those crappy videos mimicking it like she did with IAM or FAH. They were terrible. Sorry 😶 Or she could put on the famous black wig and make history.
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Post by TomX on Feb 15, 2024 12:10:41 GMT
I cant believe her team didnt post the song on her stories or Avril playing a goddamn 15secs of Nobodys Home. Whyyy don’t you use the hype for once! 😭 And on the brink of the album's 20th anniversary...
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