YourEvilTwin 1,336 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Saw this tweet, and was surprised by all the comments. Isn't it the case that Radio 1 has to play all the top songs on the chart anyway, with the exception of political songs during election seasons? So why do they refuse to play it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNotHere1997 25,824 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Because it's a country rock by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. And they are a CHR radio station, with audience of 15-29 age group. People will skip their station if they hear Shallow, so that's gonna affect them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahrahWitch 6,939 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 They'll only play what they think will get Younger people to tune in to. Their loss, the songs a massive hit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince 4,688 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Because she's now over 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophonic 7,011 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 but she has a new radio pop peak at 34 (+2) maybe its still rising on there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith ink 1,482 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, prince said: Because she's now over 30 I dont think her age is whats keeping radio stations from playing shallow. Its the fact that shallow is a country song and that it sounds so didfferently from what their audience (teens) expects to hear from them. Sia is approaching 40 when radio spammed her hits a few years back. Whats your point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxi 4,999 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Gaga's voice is too powerful for radio and they only care about generic souless shallow songs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatfoxyfeeling 12,425 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 It's got nothing to do with her age, it just doesn't fit the demographic that listen to Radio 1. It's already a hit, LG6 lead single will snatch the radio too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whore 11,447 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 They’re trying to save the country from national scalping via radio waves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockPop 7,747 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 23 minutes ago, gabrielflorin01 said: Because it's a country rock by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. And they are a CHR radio station, with audience of 15-29 age group. People will skip their station if they hear Shallow, so that's gonna affect them. Nothing affects them. It's not a commercial station so they don't have to please advertisers with ratings. Besides which, I pay my license fee to them and shallow is the most popular song in the country right now... how can they lose listeners by playing what's popular? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreu 37,216 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Maybe teen want pop was true after all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagadonna 10,801 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 47 minutes ago, gabrielflorin01 said: Because it's a country rock by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. And they are a CHR radio station, with audience of 15-29 age group. People will skip their station if they hear Shallow, so that's gonna affect them. 22-29 won't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAGAXABO 376 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, YourEvilTwin said: Saw this tweet, and was surprised by all the comments. Isn't it the case that Radio 1 has to play all the top songs on the chart anyway, with the exception of political songs during election seasons? So why do they refuse to play it? The song is literally EVERYWHERE here in the UK though... Number one this week! ❤️🕺🏻 Monster in Scotland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyalty 3,904 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 The song went number 1 here so that’s enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamourpuss 29,062 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Because they are ageist. The likes of Fearne Cotton only want to play what's cool. If it's something like Mumford and Sons, Kings of Leon, or some shitty indie band they'll play it. I remember when she played You and I for the first time and she was like "I don't think I like it because it sounds too country". I was like bitch, for a start that's not even country and secondly maybe if you were open minded to other genres your music taste might expand. (I haven't listened in years until recently. It's alot of mumble rap now but my point still stands unfortunately). Madonna said they were ageist and wouldn't play her music and I really agree with her. Radio 1 is like a cool kid who doesn't want to be seen with her parents because they'll ruin their reputation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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