"Whereas Superstar cast Rose as a boisterous and often unhinged popstar, The Art of Forgetting drops any hits of artifice or tongue-in-cheek satire, sketching a portrait of Rose at their most vulnerable and reflective. In turn, the manic and swaggering rock cuts that colored Superstar and their preceding record, LONER, give way to thoughtful and layered shades of art pop, fused with some soaring arena-worthy highlights".