Every time I listen to Wish List I think of the Guardian writer that slammed everything about the song and TLOASG and whoever reposted it on here saying they agree.
But not because they're wrong (which they are) but because they only looked at the song as what it's presented as, but not the actual point of the song.
First, the album is about fame and being famous. And not like reputation on ignoring your fame or having your infamy impact something real; but the opposite. It's about your fame and it's success removing you from having real things.
So in Wish List, she's not clowning what other people want-- she literally says "I hope they get what they want, they deserve what they want" which everyone seems to blatantly ignore. She's not being facetious. Think about what she's comparing: the desires of normal, not rich or famous, people and the things they wish they could have in life. She's listing what normal people have on *their* wish list that famous, rich, successful people already have: stability, being professional, having a crazy fancy night out, achieving critical acclaim for their work, yachts, designer, notarity.
All things people online and those who DONT HAVE IT, want.
Well her side of the song is that she has all of that, and wants what NORMAL people have. She wants someone to spend her life with and live in peace. She wants what we all have without the added scrutiny, fear, anxiety, and threat of the world ruining it or taking it away.
Normal people want fame and fortune. The fame and fortune want normal.
THAT'S the point. THAT'S her list. And to the critic that chastised the entire album for being simple writing...she wrote the song plainly for you to understand and you STILL missed it. So guess it's not the fault of her craft, is it?

















