people who think that my way and expectations should have been pre-release singles (probably for their upbeat nature) are creating an image for the album that would have been completely misleading about its thesis. drop dead and the cure work as pre-release singles with both being the "openings" of their respective halves "girl so in love" and "you seem pretty sad". my way is an excellent song channelling insecurities and comparing yourself to other girls while being in a relationship, but it's also very similar thematically to obsessed which was the single for "guts (spilled)", so it's repetitive. expectations is, in my opinion, a stark outlier for the album and is definitely more similar to those angry post-breakup songs that we have a myriad of from many artists. while it stands as an intriguing song hiding insecurities and unhealthy coping mechanisms from the aforementioned breakup, it would have been severely misleading as a pre-release single. it is perhaps the least self-reflective song written on the album, expressing anger and frustrations about an ex and putting up extremely high walls for any future prospects. this song as a lead single or second pre-release single would give an idea for this album that is more dramatic and punchy than it actually is (it would also be fuel for paternity testing olivia's songs by "confirming" her breakup with louis partridge which we have known about for a while, but that's besides the point). olivia talks about in interviews about how she's very interested in how love makes you insane and sad in ways you don't realise, and though this is one of her examples of it, it makes perfect sense that she wouldn't lead with it in order to capture a more melancholic, introspective take on the demise of her relationship.
amandla
andulkaphoto
turnnoffyourmind
blakekathryn
vaporwave
