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What does it mean?
The speaker recalls concerns that the album STS would sound like an industrial or electronic record.
In plain terms
People worried STS would be an electronic album before it came out.
What can you take from it?
Expectations about genre can differ from reality.

Where it applies

  • album releases
  • music criticism

Putting it to work

  • tracking industry rumors
  • comparing expectations

Questions to consider

  • How often do genre predictions miss the mark?

Another view

Pre-release concerns may not reflect the final product.

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