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(TheAlmost Famousstar is not sure what took her so long, according to her Spotify artist page.)
Emily Palmer Heller:I was honestly surprised that this was a debut for Ms. Hudson!
She just seems like the kind of celebrity kid whod have already put out an album for funsies.
Plus, shes been in musicals and has that classic I-can-do-anything confidence that made her mom such a star.
(See the 1972 folk-pop albumGoldie.)
That, to me, is beautiful.
But Jason, I get the sense that you are not charmed by this Target-core aesthetic.
Jason P. Frank:Sorry, I want a little more from utter and complete vanity projects.
There is no reason for this to exist, so its fair to ask for it to justify itself.
And I dont mean I want it to be better.
Good is not the goal here.
I want it to beweirder.
Hudson, meanwhile, debuts with the kind of music that cant be taken any way at all.
The only reason were talking about it is the actress behind it.
All I wanted from the music was a sense of passion that showed why she bothered to do this.
But, Emily, its clear Im grading on a curve brought on by the projects lack of necessity.
Just taking the song on its own merits, what do you find enjoyable about this?
EPH:It is precisely its complete lack of merit that makes me like this song.
Between Fabletics and her family-based podcast, Hudson has established herself as a kind of exceptionally glamorous normie.
If it was weirder, it wouldnt feel authentic to her brand.
I find the complete lack of edge or grit sort of fascinating.
Its what we love about nepo babies, right?
Watching them navigate these largely frictionless lives is part of the fun.
Separating Hudson from the song which I maintain I shouldnt have to do!
it just sounds like something Id hear in a Kroger.
It leaves my brain the second it stops playing.
But for those three minutes and 48 seconds Im living, laughing, loving.
The overly earnest lyrics also just tickle me.
I love when something silly is played completely straight.
There is no wink here, no hint of irony or even fun.
I get those vibes from Talk About Love.
But I fully admit that I have bad taste.
As someone with famously good taste, c’mon explain to me why this song is objectively bad.
But youre right, Emily, none of that is the point.
I think it does come down to a matter of taste.
In my mind, I compare Hudson to her sister in nepo-dom, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Shes another woman with two famous parents who breezes through life without any apparent difficulty and who guest-starred onGlee.
Shes playing life on easy mode, then not doing anything interesting with it.
Cant we ask for a little bit more from our nepo babies?
Emily, what am I missing about the Kate Hudson persona?
Id love to love her, but this song just brought up all my residual anger.
(Im in the middle of aGreekrewatch, so my answer is clear.)
Im just so delighted by her completely vanilla appeal.
Shes an enigma precisely because theres nothing to grab onto with her.
Its like the opposite of staring into the abyss.
Staring into the sun, perhaps.
But while wearing cheaply made but trendy sunglasses.
