ONTD

IMO, all Christina ever had going for her was some pretty impressive vocals. Her songs were catchy but never fantastic and she always came across as way too full of herself and with her, unlike other pop stars it came off as pretentious and not ~edgy~

It was only a matter of time before she stopped being even remotely relevant.

I really like Lotus. I wish I could understand the hate.

LOL ur icon

see i want to like christina but she is.....really unlikable. it's not about confidence, because you can be confident but not an asshole. she seems to have no self-awareness or sense of humor about herself anymore and her attitude is generally off-putting. and her personal taste level (re: style )is also really suspect and i think that's also reflected in her music lately. like...i dunno how to explain it, she's always been tacky as fuck but in like the stripped era it at least seemed genuine? her music felt honest and even though she looked a mess, it still felt authentic..as in she meant it. now it just feels like she's trying too hard.

why do i even care? it's not like i own a single album or song of hers! haha. i dunno, i just have always rooted for her i guess.

I downloaded about half the album. I just can't get into the rest of it, but it might be good driving music, if you know what I mean.

I'm sure she could still keep putting out albums for as long as she wants. Who really cares if she "flops" on the charts.

eh no one expected it to do well. If it weren't for ONTD i wouldn't even know this album exists.

its because shes lazy as fuck and doesnt wanna promote her music.... rihanna is on a goddamn 7 day 7 country tour tryin to promote unapologetic and this bitch cant be bothered to do some interviews.

she really does. i might not love her music or anything, but i gotta respect her hustle.

I feel bad that she flops but then she doesn't really seem to care of put any effort into promoting her shit. Also her management team is so bad at picking singles so that doesn't help either.

She's not meant to be a pop star. Perhaps she should dye her hair to make her entire braindead label understand that since the gaining weight thing didn't work.

i listened to the album and it's so sad. there are maybe 3 solid tracks? most of it just feels like a throwaway reject song or something. and just LISTENING to her just..irked me? there is this AIRINESS to the strength in her voice that she had on stripped that returned with more force on B2B that just COMPLETELY disappeared with this album. it's like she didn't give a damn and just threw tracks together for shits and giggles. i was never a hardcore fan but i did enjoy her music i'm legit disappointed in this release.

and was she always this fuckin' obnoxious or did this shit happen over night?

I pretty much expected this which is sad because I really like the album. :(

"What's stopping people from buying this album?"

Ah, I don't know, but my guess is that it's got something to do with that screaming thing she does. And she does it on nearly ever track. Just screaming. Not singing. Screaming. And I don't know about you, but I only feel that people should scream over emergencys, for boot camp, or ice cream. Anything else is just noise that hurts my ears.

Better luck next album!

i bet if she did a collab w/ flo rida, even THAT wuld bomb

& he never NOT has hits!!!!!

no they aint

She needs to be dropped by her label. They aren't giving her what she needs as an artist and she's obviously become too complacent and needs a wake-up call. She has it in her to be great again.

To me it's a real shame that someone like Chris Brown can do what he did and still sell.


Christina's past successes worked bc non-stans/casual fans liked it and bought her albums. She doesn't have that same strong huge fanbase like britney (whose stans proclaim they will proudly buy an album of her breathing just to get her #1) or fan bases that will blindly support anything. I remember my co-worker was so obsessed with her but he hated NMT, so he refused to buy Bionic.

She needs to get her ass out and promote to the masses and listen to some handlers. Post B2B, she's been visually daunting.
Let's be honest, the album isn't any worse than BTW or Femme Fatale.
That said, I loved like 5 songs off of it!


Edited at 2012-11-15 09:57 pm (UTC)

I think it's a mixture of things. She was huge in the TRL days because of the platform she had - they used to dedicated a WEEK to new albums, specials galore, plus she was apart of that era. She made the mistake with not realizing the change. She no longer has that platform, being on The Voice isn't enough. Other singers move quicker and are much more involved in social media. On top of that, her lead in single wasn't the best choice - and if it's true that Make the World Move is her second single, I'm convinced she's trying to fail. Cease Fire, Circles and Let There Be Love are radio worthy, yet I DOUBT she'll release any of those. Just poor planning and too hectic of a sound on her album. She needs to sit back, do a Kelly Clarkson - release a radio friendly album after a fail (even if a select few enjoyed it), get BETTER songs, get a better publicist/manager and then give her own sound a go again. She has to earn that right.