Is it inappropriate to release music in the current situation?

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

No.

Not everyone has the power that Gaga has to unite all those huge business names and raise $100M. Pretty sure every musician has donated which is the most they can do.

[MonsterOfSpain 8,318]

I definitely wouldn't do it if I was an artist but not because I find it disrespectful, but because of not being able to promote anywhere or even distribute physical copies and also because people aren't really paying attention to anything other than the virus right now... bling not the music  

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,303]

The thing about Sam Smith delaying is the original title of the album. It itself probably wouldn't be seen as appropriate right now. And he's not a huge name, so he needs strong promo anyways. 

[Ryusei 61,110]

7 minutes ago, bionic said:

artists would undoubtedly but what of the factory workers for CDs packaging, delivery people etc?

thats where releasing differently comes into play. if you're gonna release just do it digitally, you can always sell physical copies and merch at a later time. 

[bionic 50,018]

Just now, justhislife said:

The thing about Sam Smith delaying is the original title of the album. It itself probably wouldn't be seen as appropriate right now. And he's not a huge name, so he needs strong promo anyways. 

Kylie Minogue did similar in the 90s after Princess Diana was killed...Her album was titled Impossible Princess and she retitled it but don't think the album was delayed...obviously different circumstances

[AlexanderMagno 10,746]

Of course not. Artists who are postponing are the ones focused on their promotion  

By releasing music, what are they doing? Diverting attention from the pandemic? Of course not, the pandemic is the one that is diverting attention from their albums. Are they affecting the evolution of the disease in any possible way by releasing new music? I don't see how.

Instead of releasing new music, they can focus on charity events and raising money for the pandemic? Wrong. The music is already done, releasing it will not affect their availability to do charity events or raise money in any way.

[RahrahWitch 6,985]

Not really no, but it depends on the song/album.

With Gaga she has/had a vision and has been working on this for years, she wants to push it back so she can give the full experience which is totally understandable.

Sam smith's album was named "To die for". That most deffinitly would have been inappropriate.

[ShayCristoforo 10,607]

Music gives us something to enjoy. And I think we all need that right now.
Something, ANYTHING. We're desperate to distract and escape, even just for a few moments. 

[yxi 4,999]

Music heals too, i am here to defend it.

[bionic 50,018]

1 minute ago, AlexanderMagno said:

Of course not. Artists who are postponing are the ones focused on their promotion  

By releasing music, what are they doing? Diverting attention from the pandemic? Of course not, the pandemic is the one that is diverting attention from their albums. Are they affecting the evolution of the disease in any possible way by releasing new music? I don't see how.

Instead of releasing new music, they can focus on charity events and raising money for the pandemic? Wrong. The music is already done, releasing it will not affect their availability to do charity events or raise money in any way.

I agree. Releasing is a click of a button that the artist themselves won't even do

[TheAlexer 1,343]

buT WHat AbouT the pEOPle wHO hAvE To DeLivER THe PHySICAL CoPIes

Girl.. Just release it now digitally and move the physical release to a later date. It's not that hard

[Bling 31,370]

My username shows I'm still salty so 

[bionic 50,018]

Just now, TheAlexer said:

buT WHat AbouT the pEOPle wHO hAvE To DeLivER THe PHySICAL CoPIes

Girl.. Just release it now digitally and move the physical release to a later date. It's not that hard

ITA and it doesn't phase me but I'm sure for some artists physical sales take up a large portion of their sales figures...Even if we're being all "music not the bling", record labels won't see it that way

[AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,303]

4 minutes ago, AlexanderMagno said:

Of course not. Artists who are postponing are the ones focused on their promotion  

By releasing music, what are they doing? Diverting attention from the pandemic? Of course not, the pandemic is the one that is diverting attention from their albums. Are they affecting the evolution of the disease in any possible way by releasing new music? I don't see how.

Instead of releasing new music, they can focus on charity events and raising money for the pandemic? Wrong. The music is already done, releasing it will not affect their availability to do charity events or raise money in any way.

The music itself maybe, but a lot goes into the back end that we don't know about. They still do post-release promo. Reacting to sales and such. It's not just a text or handled by the manager, it involves conference calls. And yes it goes into your second sentence, but they aren't easily separated. Any sort of project that came about before the pandemic is a project that counts towards an artist's album count in their contract, and the label didn't just invest money into that particular project, but also any sort of upfront payment. I could imagine Charli XCX's new quarantine album does not count towards her album count and there are no label resources poured into it. 

[bionic 50,018]

2 minutes ago, justhislife said:

The music itself maybe, but a lot goes into the back end that we don't know about. They still do post-release promo. Reacting to sales and such. It's not just a text or handled by the manager, it involves conference calls. And yes it goes into your second sentence, but they aren't easily separated. Any sort of project that came about before the pandemic is a project that counts towards an artist's album count in their contract, and the label didn't just invest money into that particular project, but also any sort of upfront payment. I could imagine Charli XCX's new quarantine album does not count towards her album count and there are no label resources poured into it. 

Isn't that the labels own fault for not supporting an artist working from home?