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You spilled for me the last thing she dropped from her “golden era” was Gingerbread Man! I might have things I like from her latter eras but it hasn’t been the same at all

I started stanning Melanie like she could do no wrong, and that’s on me of course but it’s interesting how my relationship with her music has developed! At first I loved everything she did and though of her as some kind of mastermind when it comes to writting the thing is when she dropped Piggyback I noticed a shift in her writting and after K-12 I started to see her as this trainwreck you can’t take your eyes off (the disappointment hit hard)… I tried to convince myself it wasn’t that bad because her making such an awful album wasn’t an option… when she released AS EP I already had lost any interest and the recent leaks… some are good some aren’t but for sure it won’t be as impactful for me as CB era was Like I don’t take her that serious anymore and I think she can even be funny! Like those lyrics… made me laugh for sure and I don’t mean that as an insult at all!!

I agree a lot with you, specially in the K-12 part (I also would have included the outtakes) the thing that makes K-12s lyrics even worse is to have in consideration that came after Crybaby, wich, say what u want but had genius writting… a disappointment through and through! I wonder if Melania feels proud of that one

Maybe the intention isn’t but I don’t know… with that subject to use orange juice as a metaphor for vomit… it’s a little too graphic for me, maybe not insensitive rather distasteful?

I like the song as a whole… but that bridge… girl that’s too much, as someone who cringes so hard with ASMR I find it extremely triggering

“Stop calling up my phone tryna say that I've been out of line When all I ever asked was to go to the bathroom” it’s bad also in Lunchbox Friends the “they want a fat ass in their brand new jeans”… she really had a thing-y for the fat ass goddamn awful and Orange Juice as a whole… the metaphor is so straight up insensitive and out off line I don’t know why hasn’t people clock that before I mean Ms Potato Head was also a little camp with a similar subject matter, but the writting at least was good on that one

I Don’t revisit the album much except for a few songs so I haven’t listened to it in a while but OMG it’s worse than I remembered… those lyrics are on some Madonna “I’m so Stupid” level…

the instrumentals are fine in some songs… but the lyrics… the more I hear them… I feel my brain rotting… SHE REALLY DID COMMIT TO THE KINDERGARDEN THEME, THE LYRICS FEEL LIKE A TODDLER HAS WRITTEN THEM “I’m scared I will get thrown away like a banana peel” I could make a top 5 with her worst lyrics for each song, seriously

im just revisiting K-12… OMG it’s bad! like Class Fight is horrible “Kelly had a fat ass and trouble was cooking” might be her worst ever… I remember when someone leaked the album and I heard it for the first time I thought it was a joke or something, I couldn’t believe otherwise Also The Principal… “what if I told ur mother, her son was a cruel motherfucker” “it’s not just me, it’s everybody who thinks that ur fucking ugly when u come and hurt us” Also the outro… like… what was she thinking?? I CRINGE SO HARD I did gaslight myself to like it, but there’s no salvation for those lyrics and for that I honor her

My favourites from CB… almost all of them… Cry Baby, Carrousel, Soap, Alphabet Boy, Pity Party, Tag Your It, Mad Hatter, Pacify Her and Cake I do enjoy and Potato Head, Milk and Cookies and Play Date but I don’t seek them out as much

I actually agree with u, if u add Trainig Wheels to that list those are most definetly the songs I skip the most Most people have a sweet spot for that song because it’s her first single, music video, the introduction to Crybaby… but let’s be honest, it doesn’t have the replay value other songs have like Piry Party and Soap… idk

I might be one of the few who enjoys Alphabet Boy I see… It took me a while to get into it but… those adlibs in the bridge totally sold it to me

Detention has one of the catchiest choruses of the album I agree! Probably would have gotten a viral moment if played right the thing for me personally is the concept is sooo weak and the lyrics so bad… like she could have done a sexy song about meeting with a boy in detention, yet the final result doesn’t make any sense (also a message already used in Show & Tell and Nurces Office)…

I agree with Sippy Cup and Teddy Bear, Dollhouse I don’t listen that much but I think it’s undeniable the lyrics are genius there (there’s a reason why that’s her trademark song) TB has a really strange beat I never could get into… I don’t know why it sounds odd to me like anything else in CB

I get that but still… so bad! So many school themed titles and she chooses that? To me sounds like she wanted to make a feminist song (I don’t have anything against it if done right) to seem woke and pull the metaphor out of her ass. Like I said it reminds me a lot of Marinas lasts efforts… and that’s not a compliment And I loved the snippet when she teased it… but the result… there’s no salvation for that song, the chorus and verses and bridge sound so disjointed

I really don’t understand the fuss with Strawberry Shortcake… like the writting there is so bad!! Too in the nose and the metaphor does nothing (also Wtf has a SS to do with school)… the message also… well! A Marina-esque horrible “feminist” anthem For example Drama Club feels much more organic and well written (I don’t get the hate honestly, the chorus might be a little repetitive but at least it’s catchy and the verses are good), the metaphor actually adds something to the song and message is quite good! Also along with Detention might be one of the few from the album to have a hard hitting beat to make u dance

Am I the only one who thinks her unreleased are usually… not good… like I can live without them haven’t listened to a lot of her outtakes for this same reason, any recommendations or good ones?

I don’t know… not to be shady towards Ava or anything but… she’s still developing and getting bigger! When Madonna asked for the sample to be used, she already had 20 years of career behind and a big name for herself… I mean it’s Madonna! So it makes sense that for the few people they would let have it it would be her… Also the song was going to be a huge success (and was) so they would be stupid to let that slide and don’t get all that coin

Don’t worry! It’s so obviously fake it’s painful to watch Like why change Sirens title to Fountain when it’s much less appealing and interesting… also the “description” of the back cover doesn’t sound right but… after watching the front cover anything is posible I guess…

Yeah, it’s also the way u sample songs… if it’s too in the nose… ew I don’t mind a subtle melody here and there but artists these days are getting really comfortable and lazy… they just release the same exact instrumental and change some lyrics, that’s all

She did say they even refused at first until she played it to them and insisted… I mean not letting her release that iconic song would have been a travesty! I’m okay with Ava not releasing more samples honestly it’s getting reeeeally tired these last years! The only one of her samples I enjoy is probably MH&MH (the adlibs in the last chorus really save the song)

Amanita… Pale Flesh… Ruptured… guess we are getting creative Also, for all the people thinking she will re-name the songs or change the titles… I don’t remember in which interview but she did say she stars off thinking a list of song titles and then composed the songs around them (when asked about her writting process) so I don’t think there will be any of that… but we’ll see

Maybe ur right, after all English is not my first language… but still I understand Cry Baby era songs better… maybe it’s the wording or the way sings I don’t know

sometimes it adds to the story… like in Tag Your It but in Lunchbox Friends doesnt make sense… she literally said in an interview the strange voice was supposed to represent other characters point of view or talking… yet in the LF music video she sings the whole part… if it’s for stylistic reasons I guess it’s fine but something in the way they produce her voice recently bugs me… it’s like she doesn’t pronounce the words and it’s really difficult to understand what she’s saying… or maybe that’s just how she sings… Either way I always have to look up the lyrics

I don’t think people see it as a bad song… it just sounds a little bland and manufactured considering her previous work! More so considering her collaboration with Rina was over hyped. I don’t know… I enjoy it if it comes off but I don’t seek it. One of the main things that disappointed me of the Crash album is the overuse of samples honestly… Charli is a great songwritter so she doesn’t need to borrow other melodies (I’m not against samples, if done right they can serve so hard like Hung Up or Midnight Sky, to mention some) but in this case it’s almost like she didn’t even alter the instrumental in any way… and the lyrics sound similar to me!