(It's fine - a tad too bleak to become a holiday classic - but I don't think it needs to be on "LP1.") Or maybe it's that a Christmas song, "All I Want (For Christmas)," was shoved onto the end of it. Perhaps the worst part of all of this is that Payne spent three years on this album. Whether you feel that way or not, the song is inarguably bad. Many of the songs have unclever, crude lyrics and some even venture into offensive territory - "Both Ways" was criticized by many as being biphobic. Perhaps the entire album is best summed up by the track "Heart Meet Break." Its main lyric, "Heart meet break, lips meet drank," is an example of how lyrically weak, lazy, and cringe-worthy this album is most of the time. The lyrics are weak and Payne's smooth vocals are buried beneath autotune and obnoxious, pulsating beats. Some of the singles - like "Stack It Up" and "Strip That Down" - are fun and perfect for dancing to, but nearly every other track blends into an incomprehensible mix that should play in the background of a club scene in a low-budget film.
The record just seems confused - is it R&B? Pop? A hybrid? None of the above? With its massive tracklist, this album is harsh with not a single true ballad to soften out its edges. This brings me to the first downfall and red flag of "LP1" - none of the head-bopping, vibe-filled tracks from the EP made it onto the album. I'm usually not one for upbeat, club music - and "First Time" is not revolutionary, nor particularly clever - but the EP is catchy and fun and I played it on loop for months after it was released. His first project, the four-track EP "First Time," dropped in August 2018. Notably, this was not his first post-1D solo venture. Sadly, his debut album does him no justice. But if "LP1" is the first time you've heard his vocals, you'd never know. Of the members of One Direction, Payne's voice is one of the strongest.
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