Quote Originally Posted by Ollie9 View Post
As she performed “So Close” at Central Park seems likely she really loved the song. It’s hard to imagine what she saw in such dross with ‘Murror Mirror” and “Muscles” at least appealing to the youth market.
It was a confusing time to be a fan.
i'm not totally opposed to it at least being on the album, although it should have had a totally redone production and vocal. I might be giving her way to much credit on strategic thinking but with the Silk Electric project, it seems as though she said "ok i've had an amazing run of super hot albums and i've been at this for decades. for this next album, i want to specifically experiment. every song i want to be different in genre, tone, etc."

so you had:

muscles - Michael Jackson [[he's a genre unto himself lol)
who - disco/dance
so close - doo wop
fool for your love - hard rock
i am me - reggae
anywhere you run to - pop
in your arms - operatic ballad
still in love - power ballad
love lies - rock ballad
turn me over - kitsch