base talk Billboard: Olivia Rodrigo avoided the sophomore slump. Pressed?

[sasashite]

To say she avoided a slump is to say that GUTS is bigger or just as big as SOUR, which is not true. She didn't flop though.

[St. Charles]

It's still a slump because it's a decline. It's just that it's still successful. 

[sunbathinganimal]

[poki]

2 hours ago, naval23 said:

Her "Happier Than Ever" and "Under My Skin" aka critically acclaimed era where they became an artist

Critics actually sabotage Avril like mad 

 

Metacritic scores:

Love Sux - 74

Let Go - 68

TBDT - 66

UMS / AL5 - 65

GL - 58

HAW - 55

 

Guts would probably get ~65 as well back in the 2000s. Critics really didn't like rock ladies back then. Even Evanescence's The Open Door only got a 61. 

[poki]

GUTS is a successful era but SOUR was a colossal success of an era. 

[Dula Peep]

probably just Swifties who are pressed...