I don't think you should be setting your hopes that high. Max Martin doesn't strike me as "shiny disco throwback." I think we'll be lucky if she doesn't have more than one song about how she can be a TOTAL BITCH SOMETIMES. LIKE A BITCH. BITCH BITCH BITCH I'M A BITCH I'M A LOVER. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLBITCH.
Anyway, Kelly's strongest suit, regardless of what's going on behind her, is more often than not her earnestness, which is what put a lot of people off the last album I think -- it was near-total earnestness less mitigated by killer hooks. (I say "less" instead of "not" because people seriously undersold how hooky My December is.) Not that the two are mutually exclusive, but they're often perceived to be -- this was a stupid narrative that kept getting pushed on her last time out. I'm just hoping this isn't the bullsh1t "reaction" album, in which she decides to throw all hints of seriousness out the window. I don't really trust Kelly's sense of "humor" in her music, though she seems funny enough in interviews etc.
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Anyway, Kelly's strongest suit, regardless of what's going on behind her, is more often than not her earnestness, which is what put a lot of people off the last album I think -- it was near-total earnestness less mitigated by killer hooks. (I say "less" instead of "not" because people seriously undersold how hooky My December is.) Not that the two are mutually exclusive, but they're often perceived to be -- this was a stupid narrative that kept getting pushed on her last time out. I'm just hoping this isn't the bullsh1t "reaction" album, in which she decides to throw all hints of seriousness out the window. I don't really trust Kelly's sense of "humor" in her music, though she seems funny enough in interviews etc.