PoisonedIvy Posted October 7 Posted October 7 (edited) For example, I think Taylor's best career decision was deciding to re-record her catalogue. It has payed off tenfold and elongated her peak while padding her legacy. Her worst career decision was ME!, easily. Edited October 7 by PoisonedIvy
Robburro Posted October 7 Posted October 7 The Best Damn Thing is the best AND worst career Avril made tbh Sonically wise was the right direction. Aesthetic wise? hell no 1
Alldeezy Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Denis: joining Sumerian sure it did give him the chance to do one era with asking Alexandria but then they sabotaged his career to the point he couldn't drop albums or tour after that. Eventually drag me out and asking Alexandria left as soon as there contract was over Jordan worst career move was growing that moustache. That way he had me simping SO HARD up till that 💀 I'm sure I can't be the only one.
Charmed Life Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Best: Deciding she was going to rule the world 4 decades ago. Worst: Leaving Warner for Interscope (thankfully, she's back with them) 1
3R1K Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Miley's worst was releasing MC&HDP after a huge success she had with Bangerz. Even tho I love the album, it totally killed all the momentum she was building from 2012 to 2014. But it was not a very good time for her so I totally respect it 1
wastedpotential Posted October 7 Posted October 7 3 minutes ago, Arrows said: Best: folklore Worst: ME! x2
Cruel Summer Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Well look at that, I came to say the same thing! I suppose that as alternatives I can submit something a little different. Best: My first thought was still sort of the re-recordings, but I'd say turning the re-recording project into the Eras meta-era complete with the biggest tour of all time without stopping her new release stream. This, I think, took her over the event horizon into a world where her legacy and status are concretely solidified. Taylor's 2023 and 2024 are essentially the two biggest individual years for any mainstream pop artist in history, when you break down the numbers, and this is why. But in the end, this is only possible because of another decision she made, so it gets #2 for me. The real best decision of her career, IMO, was Folklore. She took the fact that something else - the pandemic, in all its tragedy - stopped the whole world for a moment and turned us inward on ourselves and made the most critical 180 degree pivot of perhaps any mainstream artist's career. The sounds, themes, and plans of Lover - which I'll talk about more in a moment! - were immediately banished in favor of an album that seemed like it came from not the Taylor Swift we had at the time, but a Taylor Swift who'd gone off on a journey to find herself after Red. Folklore changed the narrative surrounding her artistry and her place within modern pop culture so substantially and so immediately that its surprise release is the single thread and root back to which all her immense success in the past four years and three months tie. She collapsed the concept of Taylor Swift inward on itself and remade it into an unparalleled music industry juggernaut. Worst: I'd have to say most of Lover as an era, and not just Me!. I think the entire vibe, aesthetic, and energy of that era and album were a miscalculation - a misreading of what people wanted from her as an artist founded upon the faulty, but entirely understandable, assumption that she'd reached the beginning of the end of her status as a dominant industry force. In retrospect, it doesn't feel like she really accepted that she was on the downswing, as she feared, but like she was fighting against it with the dramatic imagery reinvention post-Reputation, the more vocal political moments, singles that played into her own tropes too hard (Me! and YNTCD are basically caricatures of Shake It Off and Blank Space). It was all just a complete misfire, and I believe it could have permanently damaged her career had she not done a complete 180 with Folklore. 3 1
Jon Snow Posted October 7 Posted October 7 (edited) best: surprise dropping self-titled worst: tidal Edited October 7 by Jon Snow 1
Kayseri Mantisi Posted October 7 Posted October 7 i probably don't remember all right now but best: making Joel Little agree with her ideas during Pure Heroine + not listening to Max Martin's advice about Green Light & Melodrama + breaking her no features rule with Girl So Confusing + using different producers for L4 worst: taking 4 years to drop Solar Power even though it was finished & managing to do it during COVID
Selegend Posted October 7 Posted October 7 (edited) Worst: Saying 'Yes' about performing at the 2019 AMAs when she wasn't mentally ready (the fact that her manager even double checked the decision, it's on her doc imo) Best: Rare Beauty + Acting career. Turning her successful to the point where everyone who denies it is a fool. Edited October 7 by Selegend 1
Jimmy. Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Best: PF/RR. It done a lot of damage for her reputation as a rapper at the time but also made her a real global name and opened up a lot of career opportunities for her. Worst: Deciding to do a damn Thanksgiving Turkey giveaway 1
Truth Teller Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Best : Lady Marmalade. Lightning in a bottle moment in all aspects, perfect transitioning point from her bubblegum era to a more mature image Worst : Accelerate
PerfectCure Posted October 7 Posted October 7 54 minutes ago, Robburro said: The Best Damn Thing is the best AND worst career Avril made tbh Sonically wise was the right direction. Aesthetic wise? hell no It was a good decision, the bad part was when she took 4 years to release another album... during her peak...
Ger.vaz Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Shakira: best: "hips don't lie" to Save oral fixation 2 and maybe waka waka (I hate the song though) worst: to leave her career on hold cause of pique and CRTFY, I mean, you've got Rihanna and use that awful chorus? Make it make Sense 1
Robburro Posted October 7 Posted October 7 4 minutes ago, PerfectCure said: It was a good decision, the bad part was when she took 4 years to release another album... during her peak... but it wasn't her fault, RCA didn't agree with the original Goodbye Lullaby and etc the album was ready to go during early 2010 and RCA made her redo the album at least 2 times Avril decisions =/= label decisions
ATRL Moderator MissedTheTrain Posted October 7 ATRL Moderator Posted October 7 Taylor Best: It's hard to pick one single thing, because I think there was a perfect storm of great moves starting in 2020. Surprise dropping folklore, a sonic pivot that focused more on her songwriting rather than getting radio hits, doing it again with evermore, re-recording her catalogue (people giving albums like Red another look, detached from a lot of the misogyny she faced at the time of the original release, gave it a whole new world of praise), and then doing The Eras Tour. Worst: ME!, but honestly a lot about Lover. She was trying too hard to be what she thought people wanted from her, overcorrecting to the extreme with cotton candy colorful visuals because she thought the GP didn't love the darker vibes on reputation. There's great stuff on Lover and I do think it's overall a good album, but there's some stuff that just reeked of her trying to get a new all-ages-friendly radio hit. ME! is the epitome of that and the worst of it. Kelly Best: There's a few different ways this can go. Even though it's not what the fans like, I'd say The Voice was a smart move because it opened the door for her talk show, which has been a big success. Worst: You could say My December, but I don't think Kelly wanted the level of fame and success she had with Breakaway and was fine to not try and keep it going. Gaga Best: This might be a hot take, but Cheek to Cheek. It laid the groundwork for the GP turning back around and liking her again, respecting her talent and bringing her to A Star Is Born. Worst: Putting R Kelly on Do What U Want
wish Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Best: - releasing Don't Smile At Me EP instead of rushing a debut album - touring extensively in 2017-2019 to build a strong fanbase - releasing When The Party's Over as a single, this was pivotal for her - releasing Everything I Wanted during her peak - releasing Happier Than Ever (song), the savior of her most underrated era - releasing What Was I Made For, also very pivotal for her career - no pre-singles for Hit Me Hard And Soft - releasing Birds Of A Feather, her most universal pop hit maybe ever Worst: - releasing Bad Guy remix with Justin Bieber - releasing Lost Cause as a single - Lost Cause MV, very off-brand at the time - directing her own music videos - not releasing Billie Bossa Nova as a single - dating #that guy in 2021 - dating Jesse Rutherford in 2022-23
UseYourIllusion2002 Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Best: I'm not sure, tbh I'd say True Blue. Changing her image and leading the album with Live to Tell was such a huge risk, especially when her previous singles were Dress You Up, Into the Groove, and Gambler The album ended up being more successful than the already massive Like a Virgin and prevented her from becoming another 80s dance fad. But who knows how things would've gone if her image/music followed the same vein as Madonna/Like a Virgin for a third album. She always had that it factor that the other dance pop stars didn't. Worst: I want to say the Sex Book, just because she was so massive in the early 90s and it did hinder her success for a bit. But it definitely added to her legacy. So i'll go with American Life since she was never able to recover in the United States and it didn't contribute to much to her legacy in the way Erotica and the book did. She had finally gotten the public back in her favor just two eras before. Plus, Erotica is an amazing album. 1
Devin Posted October 7 Posted October 7 worst acting tidal jeans whiskey hair care verizon perfume jewelry hats 2
PerfectCure Posted October 7 Posted October 7 43 minutes ago, Robburro said: but it wasn't her fault, RCA didn't agree with the original Goodbye Lullaby and etc the album was ready to go during early 2010 and RCA made her redo the album at least 2 times Avril decisions =/= label decisions Yeah but the aesthetic of the album was not a bad decision per se. It was the most trendy thing at the time, even if she lost a bit of credibility from the emo side of her fandom
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