Helix 1,485 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Well I guess it's at least top 40 of something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
technologic 25 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Not bad for her standards 🩸 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMonster 14,718 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said: I'm so confused about this album in so many ways. Smile is listed on Wikipedia as a single, but so many are saying that it's just a promo single. Is there going to be an official video for it as Katy suggested? It seems like an official video so I don't know why it's listed as a performance video. Is NRO technically considered the real lead single? Is this circus theme going to be present on more songs than just this one and the cover? Is she even planning on touring at any point with this? I can't help but feel that this album was chosen to be released now to allow her to use her pregnancy and the pandemic as excuses for why it isn't successful and why she doesn't tour with it. They remind me of Madonna vs. Cyndi Lauper in the 80's and Britney vs Xtina in the 90's. All of them started out at the same time, they were compared constantly in the early days and one of the two became super successful legends who continue to have some level of success today whereas the other one had all their hits at the beginning of their career and then it fell away from them quite quickly. And the thing was, when Gaga was going through a downturn in 2013 and Katy had just achieved her ninth #1, it was kinda decided around this point that Katy, whether you liked it or not, was going to be the one to have the decades-long career and Gaga was just a flash in the pan. Then Gaga made a bit of a gradual return to form with Joanne and wowed at the SB and then Katy released Witness and the tables turned in a way no one could've predicted. Now Katy is struggling to even chart, which is worse than I could've ever predicted. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel for her. I thought she'd struggle to get top ten hits post-Witness but she's not even charting most of the time and her videos are performing terribly too. For this to happen just over a decade into your career when you used to be a chart monster is unbelievably sad. She must wonder constantly what she did for her fans to desert her like they have. Her downfall should be studied, honestly, because it's something that I think had a lot of factors that go beyond merely that haircut. I agree with everything you said. I think Katy's decline has a lot to do with changing trends in music. She aligned herself to pop music, through and through. And when pop music was no longer 'popular', she kept doing 'her thing' and became extremely stagnant and 'uncool', as a result. When pop music started to perform better again (2019/20), Katy's output felt uninspired and boring because she never stopped doing it. Contrast that with Gaga, and Chromatica was really a moment because she hadn't released music like that for seven years. Even Taylor switched up her pop formula post-1989 with Reputation, which wasn't in line what 2010-2015 sounds. subtext / fantasy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Well the song is kinda boring no lie and extremely repetitive Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born in Chromatica 7 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 And I thought this would be her best selling single in a while. My prediction was a little off . FaShIoN iS mY pAsSiOn! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakariah 11,722 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, OMonster said: I think Katy's decline has a lot to do with changing trends in music. She aligned herself to pop music, through and through. And when pop music was no longer 'popular', she kept doing 'her thing' and became extremely stagnant and 'uncool', as a result. When pop music started to perform better again (2019/20), Katy's output felt uninspired and boring because she never stopped doing it. Contrast that with Gaga, and Chromatica was really a moment because she hadn't released music like that for seven years. Even Taylor switched up her pop formula post-1989 with Reputation, which wasn't in line what 2010-2015 sounds. YES, this was exactly what i’ve been thinking. As far as we know, katy can only do pop music, and nothing else, there’s no evolution hence consumers will eventually get bored We’re only a decade into her career, can you imagine if she continues doing the same type of music for the bext 10-20 years? I love katy but she needs to evolve her sound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I feel bad for Katy, but not for the fans that always bullied Gaga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nswain1110 3,084 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I love that he's reviewing the production so intensely and thoroughly (and favorably!), but he's paying absolute dust to the songwriting and lyrics - I'm 30 minutes in and not one word has been said about the lyrics. YES I KNOW that's he's a producer and he's obviously OBSESSED with production elements, so he's talking about what he's passionate about, it's just slightly monotonous to hear him dissect just the production for an album that's so much more dynamic than just that. HOWEVER, I'm enjoying the review nonetheless!!! This album slaps just as hard now as it did in 2011!! Thanks for sharing :-) EDIT - okay he threw me a bone, and just talked about what he thought Judas meant/was about :-) Now he's raving about the vocals on Hair! Yes Blake!!! Follow me on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/natethetrailhunter/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smith 5,499 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 8:53 PM, ProjectJoanne said: Well, it's a promo single, what can you do? a-yo debuted at #66 there is only one bitch // the real one // B R I T N E Y Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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