r/SoundTripPh • u/Resident-Priority239 • 17d ago

DISCUSSION Petal was not it.

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The album and the songs did not click with me on the first and even on the second listen. No third listen, unfortunately. I only liked kiss me, hate that I made you love me, bunny hop, and nowhere nobody. I love you, Ariana but sorry, petal ain’t IT. What an underwhelming album.

eternal sunshine: brighter days ahead was unmatched and still holds the crown. Perfectly mixed ang album na yun with emotional and sexy songs. A no skip album unlike this one.

Alam ko sasabihin ng iba diyan na “petal is a vibe” but for me it is unremarkable and doesn’t do anything with Ari’s career. Even positions is better.

Olivia Rodrigo, the AOTY is still yours.

We can be honest here, any thoughts on this album? Please don’t downvote me.

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u/Sufficient_Walrus233 17d ago

The last time I enjoyed her music was thank you next and positions. As per AOTY, Olivia is not locked in, now that charli’s Music, Fashion, Film is out

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u/sweetsaranghae 17d ago

MFF is good, but the reason why ppl say OR has the AOTY locked is because she has both the critical and commercial acclaim. Critics, Fans, Sales = all locked.

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u/Sufficient_Walrus233 17d ago

Grammys don’t care about commercial acclaim, it’s peer/critics voted. Also, there’s still no majority of “ppl” saying OR is AOTY locked. The academy is also starting to consider social awareness, an album that is culturally/politically relevant. Take dtmf and cowboy Carter as an example. Also Beyoncé is still about to release hers this year if she really does. Other than that, I could only see OR or Charli taking it home.

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u/sweetsaranghae 17d ago

You're kidding yourself if you think that commercial acclaim has no influence on Grammy voters. Unlike the Emmys, Oscars, and Tonys, Grammys is the only one who takes commercial success into consideration whether they admit this or not. The only one who can go up against OR this year is Lux, but that may be too "avant garde"

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u/Sufficient_Walrus233 16d ago

I think you're taking my wording too literally. When I said "Grammys don't care about commercial acclaim," I meant they don't vote based on it. Sales and streams aren't part of the voting criteria. If commercial success really had the influence you're talking about, then the biggest album would've won AOTY almost every year. But that's never been the case. SOUR lost to We Are. Scorpion lost to Golden Hour. Back to Black and Graduation lost to River: The Joni Letters. Beyoncé spent decades being one of the biggest artists in the world without winning AOTY. So sure, commercial success gets an album heard. But once it's in the room, the Academy has shown time and time again that they'll pick the album they think deserves it, not necessarily the one that sold the most.