B-side themselves: why so many pop stars are releasing offcut albums

From Drake to Carly Rae Jepsen to Bad Bunny, 2020 has been dominated by records breathing life into leftover songs In 2002, Alanis Morissette released Feast on Scraps, a collection of unused songs recorded for her fifth album, Under Rug Swept, released 10 months earlier. Its (ironic, don't you think?) title seemed to sum up the will-this-do status of the leftovers album, typically released to fulfil record contracts, posthumously, or as niche collectables for diehard fans. As the CD single has d...