Same. This show has been something of a beacon of light for me in an otherwise dark period in my life. It's a bit eerie how much I see myself in Rebecca at her worst, though. My life has been playing out a lot like hers these last few episodes (not to much this latest one but still) and watching Rebecca "cope" with…

It's felt that way for a while. Hopefully now with his main ally out and being now seemingly on the minority of the last vote, Jeremy will be picked off in the next episode or two, but who knows. Strangely no one seems to have picked up on his obvious potential as a threat.

Don't forget Shania. She did it three(!) times.

I've found Jeremy eminently unlikable ever since his first season where he treated and spoke about his wife as though she was some defenseless invalid with no agency of her own. It reeked of chauvinism.

Have you listened to the Susanne Sundfør album? It mostly got roundly ignored by American publications but it's quite excellent. I've been recommending it to everyone who liked the Natalie Prass album, though admittedly they're not that similar.

Agreed, Annie is excellent. The only problem with her is that she releases so infrequently and she keeps such a low profile that it's really hard for anyone to keep up a following. Even a lot of my most pop-adoring friends have never heard of her.

Her lyrical voice doesn't even skew all that young or anonymous. Sure, "I Really Like You" could well slot in on almost any one of Disney's current stars' albums, but the sentiments expressed in it are fairly universal and it's also got lines like "who gave you eyes like that / said you could keep them," lines that…

I wasn't comparing the two releases or the caliber of either's overall work (that wouldn't be fair to Robyn), only their overall indie buzz and critical following.

She's had poptimists on her side for a while now (since Call Me Maybe, really), and the underdog narrative that came from her album and subsequent singles mostly being slept on by critics and the general pop-consuming populace alike has only bolstered that.

To be fair, most of the boring, young, attractive female nominees who seemed mostly up for voting to fill some attractiveness quota didn't get selected.

Shirin's speech was so much more tryhard than Jenn's.

What's the story with Buffy?

No one should ever have to settle for Meghan Trainor

You mean Dev Hynes and Ariel Rechtshaid?

"…as much alike than…"

This is more or less my understanding of the creation process as well. I imagine it varies by songwriter and production team, but Stargate's (who co-produced "Break the Rules") was detailed in the New Yorker's profile of Ester Dean a couple years back. It's fairly interesting.

None of the songs she's written for either have been released.

This is probably my favorite mainstream pop album since Kiss (still waiting for that review, AVC!). All the songs work for me on some level, even Break the Rules (although I find more issue with its production than anything). Doing It, Boom Clap, Sucker, and Die Tonight are all, like, EOY-list material.

If you look at the liner notes on any of her albums she's usually the only writer and usually the only topliner (person responsible for lyrics + vocal melody). On this latest album she's mostly just credited alongside Max Martin and Shellback (who've written hits with pretty much everybody) or Ryan Tedder.

It is. "Le wrong generation" confirmed.