You're not alone! :) I absolutely love this new album, the songs are beautiful and emotional and mature. But they're the complete opposite of their original sound which was cheerful and exciting and fun to dance to. I love the new sound but in a different way. I will probably never be able to dance crazily to FOUR but I also don't have the same emotional connection with the previous albums as I do with this one. It's bittersweet, almost. And this is just my take, obviously everyone is different
I hope it’s okay to post this? (tell me if it’s not and i’ll delete this)
But yup, you’re right. I can’t even sing to most of these songs :D idk, I just feel like crying while listening to the new album and it’s definitely not something I expected. One Direction’s music used to make me smile and dance and I got so inspired by UAN that I actually managed to lose weight listening to it, even though I’m someone with no self-discipline at all. I just got so much energy out of their previous albums that FOUR feels all new and strange to me.
Anyway, I guess I just need some time to adapt myself. And who knows, maybe those extra tracks are more like the original sound :)
