like you listen to the whole thing and it’s got this vibe or story going on but then you look up the lyrics or whatever and it’s still vague as hell im not saying every album needs a manifesto but sometimes it feels like the artist is just too afraid to commit to telling us what’s going on im over here piecing together fragments of liner notes and random interviews trying to figure out if this is about climate change or their ex. and dont even get me started on ones that are like ‘oh its up to interpretation’ when its clearly not, they just didnt wanna spell it out. im not asking for a powerpoint presentation but a little clarity would be nice. also shoutout to the ones that do it well, where you can tell there’s a story or theme without needing a wiki page to decode it. those are the real ones