Inferno Euphoria

brat seems like it will be her greatest work and she may never top it i fear

Look, we get it. The intention behind the cover is apparent. It fits the 2000s underground dance CD handout vibe she's going for. The references are understood. It doesn't make the cover any less hideous, and her fans are well within their right to criticise it, especially when contemplating buying the physicals. You lot who love it can have it, and let's hope there really are more variants for the green repulsed. 

the album leaking months in advance would go so well with the whole bootleg CD limewire 2008 vibe waittttt 

this is exactly the kind of sound what are you looking for, check it out
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lSMigPVVCU

She said this about the song:
https://twitter.com/draghanite/status/1762149588432228383 

Apart from the cover art, both Gesaffelstein and Hudmo had production credits on Yeezus. Also having these 2 as producers makes my delusional ass want to hear Charli on Arca production even more

We need some more Charli emojis in here. This ain't Analboards Lanaboards anymore this is Charliboards now. 

this is just her aphex twin - minipops 67 (120.2) moment let her be silly

Also also I can't wait to listen to Von Dutch in full for the first time tomorrow idk why you guys couldn't just wait 2 more days to stream it but it's charli fans so I shouldn't be surprised 
Crash artwork is her Tame Impala - Currents like it will just never be topped

ig thats why she did the cover that way tbh, but yea im still mad cuz i had hopes for something like crash

I absolutely hate that album cover but love it at the same time. Like if it was any other artist or album I would hate it, but for some reason it just makes perfect sense… Especially the mockup with the picture disc too…

You're joking right

can’t we all just bully her into changing it like it worked with Ava Max 

We won with 15 songs tho

that better be a placeholder cover

Just a reminder that Charli herself shouldn't get any heat for the release schedule, vinyl production, or vinyl pricing. She doesn't have any control over that. This is all Atlantic's doing. Charli just provides us with the best music possible 

I think they're saying there will be a PVC bag that the gatefold comes in, sort of like the new Allie X release

All of us today, apparently.

I dont disagree at all.
I have been asking these same questions about the scheduling / release of the singles, the songs she sang since Tove Lo tour. None of it made sense from a calculated scheduled planned release.
 
She only made no-budget videos (that ended up being amazing anyways?!) after so many people were asking over and over again about visuals. They were rushed / made last minute and dropped quickly only because so many people were asking. None of it was planned. Or at least thats how it seemed. If she can make something like those videos on a rushed timeframe and no budget, why didnt she just do that from the beginning, and use the video drop as promo for the single in the first place? Why wouldn't you have done this for the lead single of the album? I was so, so, so confused to see no Out of Time video. Literally was just checking all her socials like "where tf is it?". It made no sense.
 
There WERE video visuals shot for every song of the album. How could that not have been turned into a video for Out of Time? Was there really not time to lip sync the song into a camera from a few different locations / outfits while you were doing all of those shots? Like idk I'm in the creative industry and have edited video before, but I'm not a musician or know what its like to deal with a label so idk what limitations she has.
 
In my mind its absolutely never a good idea to perform a song before it has been dropped. The whole point of the Tove Lo tour should have been to promote and emphasize you have a new album coming out. She had like 4 songs unreleased for Tove Lo. Why didn't she just drop the first single before this tour and then sing that one song and MENTION during the opening that it was for your upcoming album and your new single...
 
I would say she's just not thinking ahead enough in this marketing / business mindset, as a lot of artists do.... but I don't know. Shes a very good creative director. She has a great vision for how she wants her albums to be presented. You'd think she'd think about this too. But a lot of artists are not good at marketing/business things. So I really don't know where she falls in that aspect in actuality, but it feels like she isn't thinking about it critically. Not to mention the last live I watched of hers, she was talking about "i cant just drop songs whenever i want to, because im on a label everything has to be a rollout". And its like, okay Cathy, maybe there is a reason for that. They aren't always right, look at Von Dutch being "rollout"'ed into the fucking ground and now nobody wants to listen to that song... but theres a middle ground.
 
As far as advertising, I really think she is doing all that she can with what she is given. Shes went on some podcasts, she has done a lot of interviews, photoshoots, etc. theres not much else she can do but pray for a tiktok viral moment. Again, as someone in the creative industry, that literally is the make or break point right now, and that fucking SUCKS because there genuinely is no way to 100% guarantee a viral moment. Gimme More remix keeps trending every now and then and she has recently hinted at actually getting it released.... but can she? Having all the music accounts talking about a Britney Spears remix with her name attached to it would certainly put a lot of new eyes on her. But Britney is such a monolith. The only thing I think that she should consider is looking into getting on a late night talk show performance slot, like Rina Sawayama did in the past.
 
And with No Comma, I do actually think that snippet dropping randomly worked for her. Unfortunately shes not such a big artist that it made a trending buzz. But it definitely seemed to make a lot of people on twitter get energized for new stuff from her. Performing Love to Make is so, so weird. If its not releasing why perform it except just out of boredom? Like is she just really bored of Starfucker songs at this point considering how long she was recording these songs? But again I would have never performed No Comma until the single was out. She has multiple pride shows in the summer months after the single is supposed to drop. Can you really not wait like 3 months and just slot something else in instead?? Now we've heard the song in full. 
 
As for the comparisons, I absolutely see and understand where the anger is coming from and I actually do think its justified. I think anyone in her position would be rightfully angry just constantly everywhere hearing about Kim Petras, Ayesha, and Charli and Ava Max and WHOEVER random person some f-- is yelling at her about this week. Its completely taken over her tweets, instagram posts, tiktoks, her livestream chats. Like GODDDD these people are so annoying. But you're right. This happens all the time in pop music and is happening right now with other artists... shes just really gotta not mention it and not give anyone fuel to keep talking about it tbh. Thats all she can do and not let it bother her so much. 
 
As far as "doing something the other girls cant catch up to", honestly I do think she is trying to do that. I don't think Starfucker did that (sonically). But look at James Dean and No Comma. These songs definitely don't fit on Kim or Charli or anybody elses records. I do think she is trying to clear a space for herself by honing in on this punk/grunge 'dirty' element influencing her work and performance style recently that the other girls are not doing. She just has to put out that record. And like we said, be methodical and mindful about how its being released.

This post is edited from the original post.
 
I'm going to present a few points here and I'd like you to comment just to help me understand what Slayyyter wants for herself. 
 
About comparisons. 
I can't imagine an era in which there were major pop singer brands that weren't either compared or rivaled. Britney and Christina. Madonna and Cher. Madonna and Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Even Sharpay Evans and Gabriela from HSM. I'm not saying it's right to do it, but on the pop scene, it's always happened. What I can imagine Slayyyter feels is that she doesn't want to be compared to Kim Petras and Ava Max, because Slayyyter must believe that her pop is better. Which I also agree with for some things. The content that Slayyyter has is much more interesting than what even big pop singers do? Absolutely. But if she doesn't want the general public's opinion to be in comparison, then do something that the other girls can't catch up with. Slayyyter didn't even took a risk with writting. Her songs with raps about sex and stuff is cute campy but is not smart or deep level on writing... the pen is not penning like some demo songs (Dangerous and Swimming Pool got the best bars and en-tundras FOR ME).
 
I don't want her to feel dumb about my analysis, but I see that she's capable of much more. Alternative singers (Fiona Apple, Polacheck, Sky Ferreira, etc) who haven't had a taste of fame like Doja Cat or Billie Eillish, don't care if their fans' validation follows the academy. By that I mean critical approval. Starfucker didn't even tickle the music media. Apart from the fans and those who love pop, who has talked about the album? Fantano doing reels on youtube? A tweet from Pop Crave? And that brings me to my next point...
 
I don't feel that Slayyyter is taking her career seriously just for the schedule.
What's the point of an artist performing a song for months on a tour that opened with Tove Lo and only releasing it after a year? She performed Erotic Eletronic at a party with Aquaria. She performed I Love Hollywood. She performed My Body. And no album out. No announce to make. But why? She has the right to do what she wants, but it certainly affected her performance because of the time these songs weren't on digital platforms, which also implies piracy (not her fault, but a consequence). It feels like she had no plan at all.
 
Then there's Out Of Time as the lead single. A song like a promo with just a few videos on youtube, twitter and instagram. 5 months after its release, a performance on Vevo. I understand the issue of spending money on visuals, but she had an amateur video. Then Miss Belladonna, another single with no video clip with bad promo on social media. Erotic Eletronic. And not to mention that in May she performed James Dean at the Boiler Room in New York. But it wasn't until November that we had the track. Seriously, people, let me know if I'm the only one bothered by this and I'll stop.  
 
Now, I don't want to put all this on her back. Because she has a team with a lot of people working on it, but she's apparently not doing it in an organized way.  I remember halfway through Club Paradise, the costumes weren't the same, she lost her suitcase in Europe, she was already using another set list for the show, she changed the remixes. It's the same with Club Valentine, one hour there's a Gimme More remix, the next there's not. Out of nowhere No Comma, the demo of Love To Make. And then out of nowhere No Comma and her hair flapping like a rebel on stage. I can see that she can have a lot of fun, but she doesn't seem to be taking things seriously. I hope that one day she'll be able to perform with a live band and just let her mouth do the talking. 
 
I'm more of a metalhead. Bands like Deftones, Babymetal, I Prevail and even Poppy are my favorites. So I'm getting used to a roll out of circular eras of artists with a loyal fan base. Since 2019 I've been hooked on Slayyyter because she has a genius mind. I'll be supporting all day till the day I die. Forever Slayyyter.
 

LIZ's ‘Just Like You’ 10th Anniversary Edition

Side A:
Y2K
Say U Would
All Them Boys
Don’t Say ft. Tyga
Do I Like U

Side B:
Stop Me Cold
Turn Around
All Good ft. Vic Mensa [originally from Cross Your Heart]
U Over Them [stand alone single]
XTC [debut single]
 
 

She just... randomly dropped the German version of Thousand Pieces?
https://open.spotify.com/album/7Itq48oKL1MTHG2hLud7bc?si=UVw5V3uoTK27gmVgfbKgog

Tbh I'm more excited about the album announcement / tracklist reveal than I am about Von Dutch itself. Don't get me wrong I will be streaming- I think it's a really fun song, but with so much of it being teased for so long I know exactly what we're getting here. (I really hope her "lying era" includes telling us Spring Breakers isn't on the album, it'd be a damn shame if her best song in years is relegated to a B-side of a lead single)
 
I've seen a few theories that the album will be nonstop / kinda mixed like a DJ set and I think that's a really cool idea. A lot of the stuff she's previewed has been around the same BPM and littered with vocal samples that are either shared with or reference other tracks. Maybe it's just a live thing and I'm reading too much into it but like the "girl", "right now", etc. could be a clue. 

"2:46
bop, super repetitive (no new lyrics), i personally love this but i feel like reactions will be split"
-GardenPanty on ATRL who from what ive seen is pretty reliable? unless not lmao  neways im grateful for anything longer than 2:30 like anthems is 2:52 and that song is like the perfect length for the type of track it is