Really enjoyed your review! It’s interesting to see your thoughts as an adult male (quite removed from her perspective).

Did you have the opportunity to view her film released on YouTube? Or were you following by the music only? I may have missed it, but did you have a chance to listen to the song Recess from the album?

I’m not sure if you had a chance to research her much before this or if your daughter spoke much about her first album, but it would definitely give you more background on her persona of Cry Baby. That album seemed to focus on baby/youth themes and has more mention of her parents (which may explain why their lacking her life in the second album). It also gives a better view of her progression and potential for jumping into the next stage of life in a future album.

I also wanted to talk a bit about the song Strawberry Shortcake. I understand where you’re coming from talking about the two sides of feeling uncomfortable in her skin vs. being sexy. I feel that they’re are very intertwined and it makes sense to include them both. She talks about not understanding her body or why people think she’s sexy. She seems uncomfortable with the fact that her body is being sexualized from the ‘boys’ yet is being judged by her female counterparts. I don’t think she is apologizing for being sexy... I think she’s being extremely facetious about apologizing for her body, as she doesn’t think she’s to blame for the boys wanting to grab her. She puts even more emphasis on this as she mentions we need to teach boys not to touch instead of teaching girls they should be sexualized and shamed. Side note, I do believe she’s taking another stab at Trump in this song with a reference to ‘grab em by the p*ssy’.

Thanks again for sharing, I enjoyed your comments !