Originally Posted by
ejluther
A great transitional song, for sure - a look back while also looking forward with some regret and sadness. If it had been billed as DR solo, I think it would have worked fine, but sending the wrong message/approach for a first solo single. ANMHE worked so well - and should have been her first solo single - because it was a triumphant anthem about moving forward and upward. SWBT as the first solo single about something ending would have been a soggier, sadder start. I think that’s why ROAT didn’t work so well, it was too world-weary to feel like an exciting solo debut, IMO.
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