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She probably has a team of yes men.

Came for Allie X.

I always thought Gaga sounded more like Gwen Stefani than herself on Summerboy, and it's especially apparent in her performances now since her voice has gotten so much more theatrical.

I personally loved this photo:

What are some albums that have fantastic photoshoots but the covers feel uninspired? I'll start. The photoshoot for Jennifer Lopez's 2007 album Brave had a very glamourous late 70s disco-chic meets late 2000s accessible maximalism vibe. It felt like it was shot in a very opulent hair salon and it helped capture the musical direction of the album as well, with the album shifting between disco-tinged dance bangers and more anthemic hip-hop inspired numbers. Sadly for the cover they went with quite an awkward shot of two mirrored iterations of Lopez awkwardly staring at each other. The font choice also did not help and ruins the immersion achieved by the visual storytelling of the photos. Unsurprisingly, Brave was a major commercial disappointment as well. Whilst the cover probably did not affect all of its outcomes, I can't imagine someone wanting to buy a CD with that cover. What are some albums you think had very inspired photoshoots but did not get covers that reflected that?

Potential deserved.

The greatest song of the 2010s actually if you think about it.

Kylie > Robyn >> Shania.

You're white?!

You forgot their best song:

Quiet is Camila's best song, whereas the other Quiets aren't even the best song on their respective albums (hello Ice and Everything You're Not).

Fergie's 2016 single M.I.L.F. $ is having a moment on Twitter right now as people reminisce on the song's quirkiness ten years on. Do you remember this mid-2010s bop? I recall the music video doing quite well on YouTube back in the day, and the song is quite the guilty pleasure now.

This classic

I think radio liked Avril as a more palatable younger option compared to her peers, which is why songs like Complicated, I'm With You, and My Happy Ending were big adult contemporary and HAC radio smashes whilst contemporaries like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera struggled to even make the top 20 there with their songs. Pop rock made her sound more mature, and the times she strayed to pop-punk before i.e. with Sk8er Boi, she hadn't found much cross-format airplay support. She also had never had any rhythmic support (which was competing with CHR as the biggest radio format at the time in terms of audience impressions). This was also Girlfriend's issue. It went to number only on pop radio, whilst stalling at number 13 on HAC (around the same position as songs as like Don't Tell Me, Nobody's Home, and Keep Holding On, all of whom peaked much lower than Girlfriend on pop radio and had much less sales). Even on pop radio it wasn't a dominant hit; it spent a sole week at number one and it was only fourth in terms of audience impressions that week. It also had very little longevity, exiting the top ten just three weeks after hitting the summit. Its relatively moderate radio performance also explains why its Hot 100 longevity was also so unimpressive; it spent its first 18 weeks in the top ten but left the chart just 6 weeks later. To sum up, Girlfriend was not a radio favourite because of its pop-punk sound, leading to it not having a lot of cross-format play and even the format that did support it did so half-heartedly, compromising its longevity and leading to a mediocre airplay performance relative to the songs' downloads success and its cultural recognition.

And then Marcia Cross next