Nefertiti0 Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Saweetie’s debut album, previously titled Pretty B*tch Music, has been delayed every year since 2021. She acknowledges that she can be quite the overthinker, but intuitively, she knew her earlier compilation of songs was not album-ready. She has been jaded by the critiques on whether she is a talented artist worthy of her spot that she has to navigate every time she releases new work. “I don't mean to dampen the mood,” she says. “But this is, realistically, how my career has been. We were constantly criticized for every drop. I was just very insecure. I'm a confident woman, but I was a very insecure artist.” Saweetie is feeling super confident in her pen, and finally ready to release her long-awaited debut album. The two tracks, “Shot O’Clock” and “Birthday,” were put out to gauge the temperature of her audience and won’t be on the LP. Technically, Saweetie says, she has an album already, but the final version depends on the singles that she releases ahead of it. It’ll have a new title that she doesn’t know yet. So really, it’s still a work in progress. Some evolutions can’t be rushed. “As an artist, the frequency changes. The music I created up until now, in three months I could listen to it and I could be like, ‘I'm not that girl anymore.’” When it comes to the common thread throughout her new music, she’s leaving that up to the audience to pull out. What she does know for sure is that the album is a compilation of who she is in all her moods: “The theme is just Saweetie.” “Everything now just feels like, ‘Make it go viral, go viral, go viral.’ Okay, cool, go viral. But if your only intention is numbers, what about the art or the reason why we're here today?” She started to feel like being hyper-visible (The Icy Life YouTube vlog series, deals with McDonald's, MAC Cosmetics, and Crocs ...) was overshadowing her craft. “I just feel like nobody was caring about my music,” Saweetie says of the people around her at that time. “To me, music is sacred. It's coming from your spirit. You can't just go finish an album in a week. That’s why it’s taking me so long. That’s why I haven’t dropped an album yet.” https://www.allure.com/story/saweetie-cover-interview
glitch Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Soooo why did she say "Pretty ***** Music" at the start of her most recent single
Blue Monday Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Pretty ***** Music was an iconic album name and literally the only interesting thing left about this project; what she said essentially translates to "I need a hit to launch my album" which is too bad because that time has passed
Gossip_Boy Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Yeah, this album ain’t ever seeing the light of day.
G.U.Y. Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Is there a thread on "Saweetie vs Normani: who will release first"?
hotfire2012 Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Pretty B*tch Music was so iconic!!I really wonder If it ever gets released though....
GeminiCat Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Her team fumbled royally not dropping after that Tap In-Back to the Streets-Best Friend run. Album not seeing the light of day, her music career is pretty much a wrap.
Galah Posted February 29 Posted February 29 Honestly I kinda respect her for that (if it’s true and not just a cover up for “the label won’t let me drop an album until I get a hit”). Not comparing them artistically or in terms of talent because I do think Meg is far superior, but Good News was literally a compilation of songs that didn’t feel like an album, released just to get her the BNA Grammy. Luckily she made up for it with SFTH because Traumazine wasn’t much better imo. I’m rooting for her and hope she includes the 2020-2023 songs in a deluxe or something because Back to the Streets and Tap In are kinda still some of her biggest bops I still return to. Best Friend too ofc!
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