discussion What's the most obvious exemple of Poptism ?

[Alyssa Edwards]

 

What say you Atrl'er ?

[dreampop]

define poptism 

[Filpo]

Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, 83 on Metacritic.

[GentleDance]

 

 

[Alyssa Edwards]

2 minutes ago, dreampop said:

define poptism 

 

Something other artists would enjoy if they released this

 

 

[scenekiller]

12 minutes ago, Filpo said:

Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, 83 on Metacritic.

This.

[TaylorNation]

those generic and faceless Selena Gomez albums getting any sort of positive reviews

[G.U.Y_Del_Rey]

25 minutes ago, Filpo said:

Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, 83 on Metacritic.

 

19 minutes ago, GentleDance said:

 

 

 

It seems that these days any girl at her peak can get "universal acclaim", back in the 2000s and early 2010s, these albums would've been lucky to scrap a 70. Honestly if feels like the redneck reviewers really fear the gay stans of these girls.

[Alyssa Edwards]

2 minutes ago, G.U.Y_Del_Rey said:

Honestly if feels like the redneck reviewers really fear the gay stans of these girls.

[gatito]

7 minutes ago, Alyssa Edwards said:

Ajay being forced to revisit Chromatica at gunpoint from some little monster basement 

[Solaria]

Familia getting a 7.3 on Pitchfork

[Jotham]

1989

 

EDIT: Oh mess I thought this referred to albums that helped create poptimism, not necessarily albums that don't deserve their high scores. 1989 100% deserves its high score.

Edited April 28, 2022 by Jotham

[Arrows]

Ariana, Selena, Camila, Justin and Dua being acclaimed.

 

Love some of their music to varying degrees, but let's be honest, the vast majority of it is very empty.

 

[Delirious]

2 hours ago, Filpo said:

Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, 83 on Metacritic.

 

2 hours ago, GentleDance said:

 

 

This tea

[Delirious]

1 hour ago, TaylorNation said:

those generic and faceless Selena Gomez albums getting any sort of positive reviews

Also this. Revival is a million times better than Rare and yet ...Rare is general is a bad album.

 

It's extremely extremely safe

[Dystopian]

future nostalgia and sour. they would have teenage dreams score if they were released in 2010.

[gustavothehuman]

Rare getting a +70 on Metacritic.

Anything by Camila getting a +70 on Metacritic.

Future Nostalgia getting a +80 on Metacritic.

Sour getting a +80 on Metacritic.

The truth is that critical acclaim = fan base most likely to send you death threats nowadays. Hence why Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons and other GP-oriented artists get bullied left and right. As a Swiftie it would be hypocrite of me to say Taylor didn't benefited from that, but I think her only overrated album was Lover. Folklore, Evermore and Red all deserved their +80 scores, I would add 1989 in that group too.

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by gustavothehuman

[terrorblade]

literally any pop girl album released post... 2017? 18?

like Loser & Traumatica both getting a 79

[Sweet Sexy Savage]

Anything by Camila getting a 60+

[smartalek22]

I still don't know what Poptism is can someone explain

[Alyssa Edwards]

2 hours ago, smartalek22 said:

I still don't know what Poptism is can someone explain

Being reviewed by "prestigious" publications and taken seriously for making pop music. Whether it's absolutely terrible/generic af or not, you can get awesome scores because some people are trying to rectify the sh*t that pop music has taken for decades.

 

It's your job to decipher which scores were given honestly and which ones are given MASSIVE boosts to rectify the actual faults of the past so much that it becomes an insult/joke to the readers.

 

 

[TrueBlood]

13 hours ago, smartalek22 said:

I still don't know what Poptism is can someone explain

It's Carly Rae's fault for releasing the best pop album known to mankind. After Emotion, suddenly pop music became a critics favourite. The poppier, the better.

[Rei]

Future Nostalgia and Thank U Next.

 

Had they been released in 2011 they would’ve received a 40.

 

K bye for now, Sunshine. <3

[loliza]

kinda all the reviews for selena's albums. Don't get me wrong she has some amazing songs, but a good album as a whole well that's another thing

[Exquisite]

Don't agree with everyone saying FN