Pitchfork is facing outrage from Halsey’s fans due to the way the publisher reviewed her latest album, Great impostor.
In a review published on their website on October 28, the publication gave the album a score of 4.8 out of 10. This score placed it in the unfavorable review category. It has also become her lowest-rated album since its release, surpassing 4.9’s Wasteland.
After the review hit the internet, many fans shared their disappointment in the score as they praised the album and criticized Pitchfork in the process.
“What the hell is this disrespect,” one person commented.
“#Pitchfork that’s clown behavior,” another shared.
“Second lowest review is 80. Pitchfork is not serious,” another said.
The second lowest rating is 80. The pitch is not serious.
— o (@sirprismo) October 29, 2024
“Luckily the pitchfork’s opinion doesn’t matter!” added another one.
Luckily pitchfork’s opinion doesn’t matter!
— Fairy Soirée 🇵🇸 (@lewisquartzz) October 29, 2024
“Wow… this review is just SMALL with bad intentions. TGI is not a perfect album by any means, but their summary seems too brief and too focused on the flaws with the willful ignorance of the larger context. The way it was written treats her lupus and cancer diagnoses as some incidental footnotes in the making of this album that’s sobering but the way they recast her legitimately traumatic experiences through various illnesses as bland ‘tortured artist’ suffering is just plain gross and hurtful. ..” another person quipped.
Oh… this review is just SMALL with bad intentions. TGI isn’t a perfect album by any means, but their summary seems too brief and too focused on the flaws and willfully unaware of the larger context. The way it was written treated her lupus and cancer diagnosis as…
— Thakur Shail Singh 🇮🇳 (@sthakur8) October 29, 2024
In the past, Halsey has called out Pitchfork about the scores they give her albums. In January 2020 when Halsey released her album, maniashe rated the publication on the score they gave the album, which was 6.5 out of 10 when the album averaged 80 points compared to most other publications.
“Can the basement they run P*tchfork collapse in,” she tweeted at the time.
Great impostor sees Halsey grapple with heavy topics like death and dying as she reflects on her life over the decades and draws inspiration from some of her icons like Dolly Parton and Cher, who whom she dressed up as to promote the album.
Prior to the album’s release, Halsey shared that she had suffered several health complications, including seizures, as well as issues with lupus and a rare T-cell disorder.
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