Hello, serious question here. And I apologize if this has been discussed many times before.
Metacritic 74/100
AllMusic - 4/5 stars
Billboard - 83/100
Clash Music - 7/10
Consequence of Sound - A
Entertainment Weekly - A
The Guardian - 4/5 stars
Los Angeles Times - 3/4 stars
New York Daily News - 2/5 stars
Pitchfork - 7.1/10
PopMatters - 7/10
Gentlemen, enlighten me - how does this happen? I mean really, how in the fuck does this happen? This was just the same stale and soulless attempt in covering up what is ultimately a piece of shit just like her music has always been. "I'm a sad girl I'm a sad girl I'm a blahblah" gimme a fuckin' break with those 8/10 stars, I may not be an expert or a music professor but I at least have enough of an understanding to recognize this for what it actually is. There has to be some sort of lobbying business going on here right? I mean that's all it can be, is the reviewers and their respective employers getting paid to give high scores in order to promote and invoke some power of mass suggestion to effectively mind control people into spending their money on this. Spending money! On this!
Am I the asshole here? Like I said I'm no expert so again; sorry if this is a known thing or an ancient topic or something.
And also, have an awesome weekend!