For those unaware, it's about the song Both Ways fetishising bisexual women.

Rude Hours - "i'll probably do your ass in the car"

 

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I’ve not heard the album yet but I don’t think anything we’ve heard so far has been that dreadful :lol:

 

I still feel he has a fanbase though and may surprise and go top ten. It is his debut album after all and sales this year have been that low anyways it’s not like they’re picking up that much in Q4.

He also done a signing today in Newcastle and there was a lot of people there. The whole shopping centre was pretty busy too with people trying to sneak pics etc too.

 

Signings will be really beneficial as well I think. Idk why I’ve just always felt debut week wise this would do better than suggested on here :lol:

I mean a LOT of the lyrics are very questionable, and it's right that people are calling them out. But the irony of Harry stans starting the hashtag on Twitter when Harry legit advocates for treating people with kindness... lmao.

oh my that review :D haven't laughed so much in ages

 

it's actually from the same reviewer that did an iconic review of Divide for Pitchfork

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22960-divide/#

Metascore of 44 so far (based on 5 reviews), oops!

 

I'm quite shocked that at no point between the creation & the release of Both Ways, no one involved thought "hmmm, this isn't a good message...". It'll be interesting if he acknowledges the criticism.

at least we were spared a Cheryl duet :D

The singles tacked on the end of this are definitely the saving grace on this. It’s not terrible, but it’s just very meh? A lot of the tracks are dreary especially Hips Don’t Lie what the hell is that �� and the lyrical content is a choice. Live Forever is probably my favourite amongst the new ones

The lyrics throughout the album are really bad, nowhere more evident than in Both Ways :drama:

 

That aside it's a decent enough listen, though unremarkable really. Live Forever is by far my highlight from the new songs!

Album: LP1

 

iTunes:

#11 Canada

#14 United States

#18 United Kingdom

#20 Australia

#141 Australia

 

Apple Music:

#35 United Kingdom

#40 Canada

#41 Ireland

#48 New Zealand

#62 Australia

#94 British Virgin Islands

#96 United States

 

doing good on Apple Music, so far...

Fine Line is the #3 album on Apple Music without being released. Stormzy's new album is also top 10. They have 3 and 4 tracks out each, respectively. Liam's Apple Music position isn't great when he has a whopping 17 tracks...

Excited to see how badly this flops, I only listened to 'Live Forever' and that's being dubbed the best? Yikes, the cheap production jumped out on that one!

Fine Line is the #3 album on Apple Music without being released. Stormzy's new album is also top 10. They have 3 and 4 tracks out each, respectively. Liam's Apple Music position isn't great when he has a whopping 17 tracks...

 

being top 40 with no hit singles, tv promo and his itunes drops after 1 day is good for him, it will be out of everywhere next week... so?

 

;)

 

For those unaware, it's about the song Both Ways fetishising bisexual women.

And what's wrong about that?

And what's wrong about that?

Literally everything...

And what's wrong about that?

This is a highly ignorant post - bisexual women do NOT exist for gratification for men, and Both Ways is in very poor taste because that's exactly how it presents a bisexual woman.

God I never thought I'd end up in this part of the forum :kink:

 

I heard both ways after I saw the controversy surrounding it become quite prominent on my twitter feed, I can't believe a song like this exists in 2019 tbh, it's just so gross and insensitive :') I would have thought someone on his team would have flagged the lyrics, I mean look at the amount of backlash Rita Ora got for "Girls' despite being a bi woman herself because of how it presented girls only being interested in other girls for male attention etc ofc nowhere near to the degree Liam's track has as this is ten times worse, especially coming from a guy.

 

The issue with fetishizing bi women like this is that it reduces a completely valid sexuality down to ignorant stereotypes and misogynistic ideals... It's why people don't think bisexuality is a real orientation.

I’ve loved almost all of his singles but he is very cringe - he can’t pull off the ‘hip’ persona he is trying to with his music. It’s not believable at all. Such a shame because I love his voice.

His XF audition shows he has a great voice, but his label are trying to turn him into this Bieber/Timberlake type figure that hasn't been "cool" for like 10 years now. The album is embarrassing when compared to the likes of Harry and Niall's stuff