You’ll Always Be Mine

Yeah, I don't like this very much. It bored me to death. His writing in this album just feels even more trivial than normal (and it's normally trivial). Anson is known for writing songs about literature/media and now when he's just here writing about his love life... it's like... I don't feel that intrigued? He didn't tell me much. It was just basic love/heartbreak songs that anybody in the world could've written. The music is lovely to the ear for the most part, it's just not that striking. I forgot almost every song after it stopped playing tbh. It's not like there's nothing good on here, but it just felt like a downgrade from his last album. His last album wasn't deep or serious by any means, but it at least had a little to say and it's music was far more interesting and impactful. Also, each song is really short which is kind of a red flag to me in a pop album (but really any album in general) because it sticks out to me that they just had so little to say that they didn't even put a bridge into the song to expand on the topic (whcih not every single song in the world needs a bridge or long verses- but these could've benefited from longer and more meaty verses and/or bridges). I enjoyed A Girl I Knew, Amsterdam, and You'll Always Be Mine. I like those because they're all little sad piano ballads and that is in fact my favorite breed of song.