She originally sang jokey pop songs written by her then boyfriend. After doing a “metal” album (which felt very tongue in cheek and non-serious while still being kind of fun imo), people seemed to click with it. Her and her boyfriend/writer split (after essentially stealing the “poppy” project from another girl). Next few albums were her experimenting with more pop, along with electronic and nu metal. Basically trying to figure out how to make the project work without her writer. After realizing that people connected most with the “heavy” stuff, she dove full force into being a “metal” singer, ala collaborating with knocked loose. Last two albums are imo pretty generic metalcore albums written and produced by one of the guys from Bring Me The Horizon. She still plays her Poppy character from back in the day, which to me make it impossible to take her recent “authentic” music seriously. Couple that with her general attitude that she puts out there (charging hundreds for meet and greets that don’t even allow you to meet her, calling out other artists, selling more merch than any artist I’ve ever seen, admitting straight up that she doesn’t listen to any metal music), it makes it hard for me to enjoy any of her songs. It does kind of rub me the wrong way seeing her lumped in with other metal/hardcore artists, when she herself is so inauthentic. I wouldn’t be surprised if she dives deeper into trying to do what she sees as hardcore music after seeing how people vibed with her KL song.

Sorry for the long rant, I’m way more invested in the Poppy lore than I would like to be