As I said in the interview with Rockcritics, re: teenpop I've staked out territory on both sides of the confessional/bubblegum divide (divide is the wrong word, perhaps "sphere"?) and enjoy both for various reasons. Occasionally they overlap, but for the most part I keep my enjoyment of, e.g., A*Teens distinct from my enjoyment of Ashlee. The problem with AnCo is that they're trying for Ashlee (that is, not-humorless earnestness) and end up sounding much dumber than they would if they just said some dumb shit. Whereas I think Ashlee doesn't pull off dumb shit nearly as well as serious shit, though she pulls off dumb shit more convincingly than AnCo pull off serious shit.