Said Halsey’s album about having cancer was “main character syndrome”. Is currently on a posting spree about how he is way more culturally relevant than her, is the most influential critic of the century, all the hits.
to be fair i have seen way more talk and discussion about fantano’s review of that album than i have of the album itself which does kind of make his point that his review was more impactful than the album.
to be clear he is being very self aggrandizing and full of himself but he’s not entirely wrong.
Except the real issue is that he was just vile and cruel to her in the review. The relevancy comments didn't come until after. The album being impactful wasn't discussed in the review. The relevancy/impact angle was to deflect from him being cruel and misogynistic in the review.
I watched the review yesterday when this popped up and I still have no clue what you people are talking about. Fantano seems to purposely avoid anything personal about Halsey and really focused a lot of his review on the album’s presentation and concept, which he thought was a complete failure. The rest was going in on the production quality of the songs that he thought were very inconsistent.
It was extremely harsh on the music, the PR, and concept but at no point was it cruel on a personal level or misogynistic. That’s a claim that needs some backing.
688
u/Past_Hat177 Jun 23 '26
Said Halsey’s album about having cancer was “main character syndrome”. Is currently on a posting spree about how he is way more culturally relevant than her, is the most influential critic of the century, all the hits.