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Dark-themed albums that changed a career trajectory


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For better or worse:

 

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Does Erotica count, definitely changed Madonna's career if it does. 

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Dangerous Women

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Emotion 

 

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Ultraviolence.

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ULTRAVIOLENCE

 

BLACKOUT

 

TURN OFF THE LIGHT

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changed Kelly's career from the typical label muse to anti-popstar that rebelled against biggest mogul!

 

 

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Reputation really isn’t a “dark themed album” :toofunny3:

 

It just has a more heavy electropop sound, black and white theme, and I guess LWYMMD. But really… it’s just not that.

 

If anything folklore is what fits the bill. It goes infinitely deeper and ‘darker’ subject wise or even sound wise (nothing on reputation is haunting in the way Epiphany is) and the album photoshoot gives very Midsommar horror in the day vibes. But I’m not sure if it’s what you’d call a dark album either, so.

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3 minutes ago, supertiffany said:

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changed Kelly's career from the typical label muse to anti-popstar that rebelled against biggest mogul!

 

 

 

please, this plain jane has never been a muse, an anti pop-star or a rebel, i keep seeing her name everywhere here and only here, stop it for once and for all.

 

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another plain jane

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The Fame Monster :jonny6: changed the entire game

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4 minutes ago, shyboi said:

 

please, this plain jane has never been a muse, an anti pop-star or a rebel, i keep seeing her name everywhere here and only here, stop it for once and for all.

 

 

another plain jane

Haha, you need a hug. Or you need to expand your horizons. Either way, you’re opinion is sad. Which must mean you’re sad. And if you’re sad doesn’t mean you have to be mean. So be kind. And simmer down. Thanks.

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Just now, Julianna Calm Down said:

Haha, you need a hug. Or you need to expand your horizons. Either way, you’re opinion is sad. Which must mean you’re sad. And if you’re sad doesn’t mean you have to be mean. So be kind. And simmer down. Thanks.

 

I needed this, thank you :swan: An act of kindness can really change your day, blessings.

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14 minutes ago, shyboi said:

 

I needed this, thank you :swan: An act of kindness can really change your day, blessings.

Glad we could connect in such a wholesome way. Take care of yourself. There’s room for everyone. 😘

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1 member left, 1 almost died from an overdose, 1 suffered from alcoholism and 1 from depression. It's a miracle the band survived.

 

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David Bowie was at his lowest: fat, nasty and addicted to cocaine. Career in shambles. He came on this ***** mad as hell!

 

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Sinatra broke up with the love of his life and recorded the first concept album in history as a rebound.

 

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Inspired by Bowie's Low and substance abuse, Trent Reznor recorded the definitive soundtrack of depression. A must-listen for every alt-pop girl.

 

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Cynical. Nihilistic. The foundation of electronic music.

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Halcyon 

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Ultraviolence.

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The DREAMING Y'ALLLLLLL

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1 hour ago, supertiffany said:

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changed Kelly's career from the typical label muse to anti-popstar that rebelled against biggest mogul!

 

 

oh YES THIS TOO :clap3:

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6 minutes ago, LustSpell said:

Ultraviolence.

BTD + Paradise we’re pretty dark as well 

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1 hour ago, supertiffany said:

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changed Kelly's career from the typical label muse to anti-popstar that rebelled against biggest mogul!

 

 

Her best album. I badly need it on vinyl :giraffe:

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1 hour ago, supertiffany said:

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changed Kelly's career from the typical label muse to anti-popstar that rebelled against biggest mogul!

 

 

Didn’t she release my life would suck the album after this??? She released cookie cutter music since

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2 hours ago, JoeAg said:

The DREAMING Y'ALLLLLLL

Not with songs like Suspended In Gaffa, Sat In Your Lap, There Goes A Tenner:toofunny3:

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1 hour ago, Raptus said:

Not with songs like Suspended In Gaffa, Sat In Your Lap, There Goes A Tenner:toofunny3:

the three upbeat songs on the album, and two of them are super existential

 

I will give you There Goes a Tenner, it's definitely an outlier and a bit lighthearted. but she REALLY tapped into some solipsistic and epistemological stuff elsewhere. songs like All the Love, Leave It Open, and Get Out of My House are all super intense. Houdini reckons with death too, in an unusual but still very effective way. add all of those lyrics to the actual sonic landscape and you get a markedly dark album, particularly compared to everything that preceded it :giraffe:

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