More than missing the point
Listen, I'm not a Halsey fan. But I have had chronic pain and the fact that both Pitchfork and Anthony Fantano have called her latest album which is all about her getting her cancer diagnosis "edgy" "childish" "too much" "angsty" "dramatic" and "insufferable" is UNHINGED.
Saying that these songs, about a mother scared to leave behind her 3 year old and how lucky she is to be alive is "giving main character syndrome" is genuinely depraved. It is so insanely cruel I am genuinely shocked that someone with a following like this who is considered to be a relatively reliable reviewer would post.
Seriously, imagine telling a cancer survivor that they are "playing the victim." Songs on the album talk about how people (specifically men) called her dramatic when she started having health issues. Now, both Pitchfork AND Anthony Fantano call her album where she talks about it "too much" and "dramatic." She literally talks about how people assumed she was on drugs when she was getting medical treatment.
Anthony gave Katy Perry's latest album a higher score than Halsey's, which he gave a ONE.
