[8] DeAsia Paige for Pitchfork wrote that "Fousheé confronts a catharsis filled with unyielding rage, sass, lust, and anguish" across the album's twelve tracks while stating that the punk songs are "bold and mesmerizing, almost imposing, and it often makes the album’s R&B songs feel obsolete".

Concluding her review, Paige stated that "Fousheé’s voice is liberating and her songwriting bleeds with emotion" and that she has proven "that it’s possible for pop-punk and R&B to exist in the same space".

[2] Writing for Variety, Jem Aswad stated that Softcore is "the kind of kaleidoscopic, multi-genred, disruptively creative album that makes you feel like the artist was hiding something, or at least holding back."

Aswad continued, "it sounds chaotic and it is, but what makes Foushee truly different is her songcraft", noting that "here those talents are mostly in the service of treading the line between beauty and noise".

"[1] Writing for The Telegraph, Thomas Hobb wrote that "Softcore is such an unpredictable thrill ride" while stating that Fousheé "needs [to] build on all the experimental ideas and not let them fizzle out too quickly in pursuit of the next trip."