Feel like her potential actually WAS achieved on those records. They're really great!
Sure, nobody gave a fuck... and, sure, she kinda started ironing off idiosyncrasies by the end of the Kiddo campaign with things like the Brit cover (though Sway was still a great record even though it was seemingly purpose built for providing only the most efficient pop possible). The last record has bits that I enjoy, but also a bunch of faceless/tasteless whatever. I feel like she went so far down the road of paring everything down that what she/we was/were left with was ultimately quite hollow.
Feel like she has more great music in her though.
― mr.raffles, Saturday, 23 September 2023 17:29 (seven months ago) link