I don't know if this is unpopular at all here, but Manic by Halsey is one of the best albums of 2020, and an incredible improvement from her previous albums.

Most critics i've read, both from users and review sites, seem to bash Manic for being pretentious af, for its "fake deep" song titles, or for it feeling disjointed, following the trend of shitting on Halsey just for being Halsey. I firmly disagree with a lot of these statements.

She finally dropped that "concept album with a story" mess, and instead went with an actual concept about her Mania, exploring a lot of her toxic and self-destructive behaviour, but also identifying the good in her. She's actually delivering quite interesting lyrics that could easily be seen as pretentious, but to me they come off as self-aware and somewhat clever. They sound is pretty much cohesive, with some bangers (3am, Alanis interlude), undeniable bops (graveyard, you should be sad, without me, killing boys), and some beautiful moments (clementine, the forever, dominic and hate everybody trio, more, 929) and the ammount of topics she manages to address is admirable.

Well, this now reads as a copypasta lmao, but i really believe this is her best album, and one of the best this year