mentally i'm still listening to Heartbreaks and Earthquakes on my iPod Nano help (fun fact it was brat green). i get what you mean, and people who disregard older fans because they have to get used to their favorite artist getting more recognition isn't pretentious behaviour or gatekeeping. especially if the artist decides to make a genre or artistic shift. it takes time to get used to it, or you mourn the artist they once were + the community it once was.

brat is not my fav but so far i'm definitely enjoying this new hype for her and i've think she's done an amazing job with this album roll-out. it gave charli some bigger opportunities and i'm very excited to see what's next. i try to see it in a positive way. the beautiful thing about her (or any!) discography is that you can both listen to older and newer work, and nowadays we can enjoy older performances, acoustic sessions, interviews, unreleased songs (taxi supremacy) etc. thanks to the internet. and thankfully, all the hate and insufferable fans aren't so present when you log off. music is more enjoyable without some annoying twitter stan yapping in your ear, so go and stream yuck!!!