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Originally Posted by C-4
We all want Alizée to be successful and well-received world-wide.
(Sorry for the long post, but I just thought you might undertand the logic.) 
Stephen |
I'm sorry but I don't agree with that first statement. It doesn't bother me one way or the other whether or not she's famous world-wide just as long as she's happy and continues to make music that I enjoy. She can do both of those things with or without being world famous.
Ok, just to clear up any misunderstandings here, I wasn't suggesting that being a commercial success was automatically a bad thing or that 'commercial' pop music is all rubbish. I would argue however that much of it over the past 20 years or so is very forgettable. My take on it is that some of the music that I like to listen to could not be classed as commercially successful but that doesn't spoil my enjoyment of it and neither does it prevent those artists from continuing to make music. And let's face it the last three albums that Alizee has made since splitting with MF & LB have not been commercially 'successful' and yet here we are anticipating yet another new album. So the lack of commercial success to date does not seem to have deterred her from continuing to make music. In fact she has made more unsuccessful albums (3) than she has successful (2). I didn't like Psych very much but I really do like UEDS and '5' so I am quite happy with her commercially unsuccessful output.
As for this latest single, 'Blonde', it's a bit of fun and there's nothing wrong with that at all. I can see it appealing to very young teenage girls and perhaps that's the target demographic post DALS, judging by the people in the photographs of the autograph signings at the time. I can't, however, imagine it ever being on 'repeat' in my car
Having said that I'm sure there will be some tracks on the new album that I will enjoy
