Understandable as to why a lot of people don't like this album, it's poppy compared to what they did before, but to me this album's great, and I think they took a break of making metal albums and songs, so to me it's also ok that they made a pop album. At least they've moved on to different genres, Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco did the same as Linkin Park, Brendon used to make Rock albums, in 2005 - 2016, and made a pop album in 2018, I'd say he prob took a break with making Rock albums and songs too.
I don't really give a shit if people dislike this album, just because of how poppy it is, plus, the members can do anything with making songs with different genres, if they wanna make a pop, or an R&B album, they can do that. If they wanna move on with making metal albums, and songs. They can do that. It's their decision to make.