He had more than one single and his album was every bit as pop as his singles

Yeah but escape to la , faith, snowchild etc are definitely not reaching for those audiences that really made his singles #1s

The album was enjoyable for the same people the singles worked for.

There was no disconnect.

I hated the singles and loved the rest

So there’s one at least

should've stayed in his R&B phase tbh

can't stand his pop stuff. same for Ariana

Journals is the best s*** he made to this day

Needs better writers

Yeah you’re one person.. more than likely the minority.

who else can he reach up to for better songwriting?

dude is super rich, he already got good writers, he's most likely just ruining other people's ideas at this point.