Gwen felt insecure and sad about flops; asked Adam Levine how he was getting hits

[LittleStarmen]

she needs the harajuko girls

[noonbob]

Bouquet is a cute little book of poem's dedicated to her current happiness, which is cute.

Though she really shouldn't expect mega success because it's not hit material.

I LOVE Gwen and want all the success for her, but this is not what people wanted.

 

Going back to her singles over the last decade and....

 

 

...I HATED this with a passion  Haven't given it a listen in years but playing it now omg what I would do for an album like this 

 

Baby Don't Lie will always be that girl though, imagine the album we could have got from that era.

[Truth Teller]

1 hour ago, Paddy said:

I wish Gwen was more successful because she is talented, but this album is not it and I think it's her fault. 

 

Writers block? Get writing camps, they'll inspire you, help you, and you can still change the lyrics and get that writing credit you want. At least the songs would be finished and a lot to choose from to create a strong album. 

 

I think Gwen wanted and hoped her husbands fans would back her up if she released country album. Obviously they are not there for her. So basically nobody really cares for this album. I do think she deserved better with TIWTTFL but this new album is meh. Somebody Else's is the only good song the rest is not very good and in a few weeks it'll be forgotten. 

 

What she should have done was go back to the producers of LAMB and ask them if they want to work with her again even just for a song or two, but they'd deliver the hits and the rest can be fillers. 

I don't think Gwen can do writing camps tbh, certainly not a Beyonce / Rihanna writing camp. Hitmakers would not go to a Gwen writing camp when she hasn't had a big mainstream hit on her own since 2007. Her realistic options is to either collect demos from all over the place (which would give another "Rare" but of significantly lesser quality) or assemble a group and write the whole album with them in a short time. I think she made the right choice. It's just that this is the music and lyrical content that she has in her right now and people don't like it (a bit unfairly, imo)

 

As for the LAMB reunions, Dallas Austin has retired and she's already tried Pharrell and it didn't work. Andre 3000 is going through a whole different phase musically and I'm not sure if she'd bring back Tony Kanal and on what terms they are. Which leaves Nelle Hooper. They've made a lot of great music together but would 2 or 3 Hooper sessions really turn everything around for her and recapture all the magic from 20 years ago? Didn't work for Nelly & Timbaland or Katy & L*ke

[Illuminati]

Gwens solo career has been uninspired from the start, like kawaii mama was singing about writer's block in the very first single

[Paddy]

17 minutes ago, Truth Teller said:

I don't think Gwen can do writing camps tbh, certainly not a Beyonce / Rihanna writing camp. Hitmakers would not go to a Gwen writing camp when she hasn't had a big mainstream hit on her own since 2007. Her realistic options is to either collect demos from all over the place (which would give another "Rare" but of significantly lesser quality) or assemble a group and write the whole album with them in a short time. I think she made the right choice. It's just that this is the music and lyrical content that she has in her right now and people don't like it (a bit unfairly, imo)

 

As for the LAMB reunions, Dallas Austin has retired and she's already tried Pharrell and it didn't work. Andre 3000 is going through a whole different phase musically and I'm not sure if she'd bring back Tony Kanal and on what terms they are. Which leaves Nelle Hooper. They've made a lot of great music together but would 2 or 3 Hooper sessions really turn everything around for her and recapture all the magic from 20 years ago? Didn't work for Nelly & Timbaland or Katy & L*ke

I wouldn't expect a writing camp of Beyonce or Rihanna level with Gwen, but I am sure there are many talented artists writers knows of that would love the chance to make something for Gwen. She could kick start their careers. I mean hypothetically if the music was really good and people paid attention to it. TBH I think Gwen is sabotaging herself, and I know it makes no sense as she is out there and promoting on QVC but besides that...? crickets. I truly think she did this album hoping country and her own die hard fans would support no matter what. I myself gave the album a chance, I wanted to like it, but it's not clicking with me and not just because it's country, but it feels uninspired, flat, just exists for the sake of existing. 

 

As you say, she could have gotten demos of unknown names, they could have still work on the songs and make them fit together, maybe a good strong demo would actually inspire her. It's like she did this album without vision. She did country because perhaps it feels like home to her now with Blake, or because everyone is doing it now, but there was no vision beyond it. Maybe she just needs to fulfil a contract and release something... who knows. But it's shame. When TIWTTFL came out, I remember I felt bad because it was a good album, just bad singles in my opinion, but she deserved the attention. She was out and promoting, nobody knows she has a new album out, unless they follow her or watch QVC... 

[Truth Teller]

Just now, Paddy said:

I wouldn't expect a writing camp of Beyonce or Rihanna level with Gwen, but I am sure there are many talented artists writers knows of that would love the chance to make something for Gwen. She could kick start their careers. I mean hypothetically if the music was really good and people paid attention to it. TBH I think Gwen is sabotaging herself, and I know it makes no sense as she is out there and promoting on QVC but besides that...? crickets. I truly think she did this album hoping country and her own die hard fans would support no matter what. I myself gave the album a chance, I wanted to like it, but it's not clicking with me and not just because it's country, but it feels uninspired, flat, just exists for the sake of existing. 

 

As you say, she could have gotten demos of unknown names, they could have still work on the songs and make them fit together, maybe a good strong demo would actually inspire her. It's like she did this album without vision. She did country because perhaps it feels like home to her now with Blake, or because everyone is doing it now, but there was no vision beyond it. Maybe she just needs to fulfil a contract and release something... who knows. But it's shame. When TIWTTFL came out, I remember I felt bad because it was a good album, just bad singles in my opinion, but she deserved the attention. She was out and promoting, nobody knows she has a new album out, unless they follow her or watch QVC... 

Omg that's the one I meant when I said "Rare" nnn 

[Gelato]

there is a very small audience (mostly gay men) that will give a new gwen stefani album a chance in 2024

 

by making said album country that niche audience is virtually entirely gone

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

The sooner fans accept that Gwen never wanted to make solo music in the first place, the better

 

Like- she's always talking about writer's block in every solo albums she's released

[Abracadabra]

Hasn't Gwen had writers block on every one of her solo albums? And also on Push & Shove? Even WYWF was about that. Atp I think it's part of her artistry

[Skirt]

She looks amazing, haven't listened to her new stuff but all the songs she released after TIWTTFL were garbage so I'm not tempted either. 

[attention]

make me like you had hit factor all over it, i'm surprised it didnt take off even if it leaned towards radio fodder quality that maroon 5 is known for

[vipanonymous]

She needs Justin Tranter. Truth was a good album.Bouquet is gonna bomb on BB200. I'm thinking lower 60.

[Rico Shameless v2]

If she wants hits she needs to relinquish the idea of needing to write her own stuff and get a team of producers and writers to curate the Gwen Stefani album. Same issue with Christina.

[ImpressMeMuch]

Isn't the point that she moved on from that mentality and that resulted in the new album?

[Reginald]

9 hours ago, noonbob said:

 

This I didn't like Spark The Fire at the time, but in retrospect it fits well with her sound.

Someone get Pharrell on the line, this is a pop emergency

 

 

Edited Sunday at 06:58 PM by Reginald

[Elementary]

1 hour ago, Reginald said:

This I didn't like Spark The Fire at the time, but in retrospect it fits well with her sound.

Someone get Pharrell on the line, this is a pop emergency

 

 

Gurl the bar is in hell if we're scrapping for STF in 2024…

[Pop Life]

She should just accept that she has nothing left to say. She's reached the point in life where she has what she wants and that's a happy marriage. I think that was always the end goal for her and it would explain why she felt so comfortable taking that long break at the height of her success.

Edited Sunday at 09:20 PM by Pop Life

[ozlovezashlee]

Did y'all even watch the interview? 

[Sugar-Rush]

10 hours ago, Abracadabra said:

Hasn't Gwen had writers block on every one of her solo albums? And also on Push & Shove? Even WYWF was about that. Atp I think it's part of her artistry

This. Hell the WYWF video was all about her writer's block.

[MatiRod]

The irony is that "One More Night", Maroon 5's longest-running #1, sounds like a No Doubt song 

[ozlovezashlee]

Quote

The "Hollaback Girl" singer admitted that she's not looking for a "hit" while opening up about the disconnect that she's felt while working with contemporary pop songwriters. She said, "A lot of the pop writers that I'd worked with started getting really different from the way I write. I was like, 'Why are you counting syllables?'"

"Or they were trying so hard to go for a hit," the Grammy winner continued. "Where I'm like: 'I'm not chasing that.'"

https://people.com/gwen-stefani-isnt-chasing-hits-opens-up-new-music-8629081

[James_Dean]

12 hours ago, noonbob said:

Bouquet is a cute little book of poem's dedicated to her current happiness, which is cute.

Though she really shouldn't expect mega success because it's not hit material.

I LOVE Gwen and want all the success for her, but this is not what people wanted.

 

Going back to her singles over the last decade and....

 

 

...I HATED this with a passion  Haven't given it a listen in years but playing it now omg what I would do for an album like this 

 

Baby Don't Lie will always be that girl though, imagine the album we could have got from that era.

Spark The Fire was always a bop  idc 

[ImpressMeMuch]

3 hours ago, Reginald said:

This I didn't like Spark The Fire at the time, but in retrospect it fits well with her sound.

Someone get Pharrell on the line, this is a pop emergency

 

 

The gays let her down when she needed them most

[allforyou]

Let Me Reintroduce Myself was definitely a good song that deserved better, on the other hand Slow Clap was absolute garbage and it bombed for that reason. I'm still curious on what the 2021 album would've sounded like but it probably wouldn't have been great.

[Shelter]

Going to Adam for help 

 

She needs some collabs with younger artists.