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Post by irice22 on Aug 11, 2014 12:58:36 GMT -5
This sounds really petty on Calvin's part. Even if Ora did something awful, you're not just hurting her in this instance. You're also hurting the people on her team and the people who worked to make this performance possible.
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Post by kanimal on Aug 11, 2014 13:03:45 GMT -5
This sounds really petty on Calvin's part. Even if Ora did something awful, you're not just hurting her in this instance. You're also hurting the people on her team and the people who worked to make this performance possible. Again, there has to be more to the story. Why didn't she have another song to perform? Why couldn't they shotgun a Black Widow performance? Why did Becky G say she was added to the show the day BEFORE this happened (even though FOX didn't confirm Becky's performance until Sunday afternoon)? Why was she seemingly not even AT the show? Some of these questions can be answered from a business strategy standpoint, but there are still so many things about this that make me think it wasn't a case of Calvin Harris deciding at the last minute to sink a performance of his OWN song (and thus affect exposure for his own work).
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Post by Glove Slap on Aug 11, 2014 13:20:23 GMT -5
I don't think Calvin really cares about how he comes across and seems to be acting essentially out of hurt. I do agree that something really big probably went down regarding their breakup. The fact that this happened out of the blue pretty much shows that they have either no contact anymore or something additional happened recently.
It's not like he's strapped for cash, so the loss on potential royalties from this isn't much compared to what he'll get out of his own material (which has been more successful than this), royalties on past material, and appearance fees. He's also probably not going to get much heat for this decision since it's not like he's dragging her through the press or social media and her reputation in general isn't good.
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Post by kanimal on Aug 11, 2014 13:44:09 GMT -5
I don't think Calvin really cares about how he comes across and seems to be acting essentially out of hurt. I do agree that something really big probably went down regarding their breakup. The fact that this happened out of the blue pretty much shows that they have either no contact anymore or something additional happened recently. It's not like he's strapped for cash, so the loss on potential royalties from this isn't much compared to what he'll get out of his own material (which has been more successful than this), royalties on past material, and appearance fees. He's also probably not going to get much heat for this decision since it's not like he's dragging her through the press or social media and her reputation in general isn't good. Agree with the first thing. There were rumors about her getting up close and personal with Bieber at the time of the breakup. And let's not forget this is someone who allegedly hooked up with Jonah Hill (yuck - and I say that as much from knowing he's not a nice person as I do from looking at him) AND responded to allegations that she cheated on Rob Kardashian with a bunch of dudes by basically just saying they weren't exclusive. Also note that the show opened with Calvin Harris' "Summer" playing (following the Demi cold open). If Calvin Harris truly pulled the plug at the last minute and thus sent FOX producers scrambling, why would they play his song?
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Post by divasummer on Aug 11, 2014 19:55:44 GMT -5
So does that means he owns the rights to this song??? I can't imagine a big label letting this go down like this.
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Post by Soldado de Juguete on Aug 11, 2014 22:37:04 GMT -5
I'm really into this song lately!! It's so good
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 12, 2014 5:44:50 GMT -5
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 12, 2014 9:10:22 GMT -5
Well, at least that update suits IWNLYD chances of becoming a real hit at this point.
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 12, 2014 11:23:07 GMT -5
At 1:30 Rita basically confirms Calvin DID block her TCAs performance.
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Post by kanimal on Aug 12, 2014 11:41:53 GMT -5
At 1:30 Rita basically confirms Calvin DID block her TCAs performance. Since when was Ryan Seacrest such a hard-hitting interviewer? I love how he (albeit passively and courteously) takes her to task on this. On the one hand, she says she wasn't at all surprised that he said no. On the other hand, she still rehearsed, prepared and promoted the appearance as if it wasn't going to be a problem. Hmm..
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 12, 2014 11:48:31 GMT -5
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 12, 2014 11:49:18 GMT -5
Maybe she thought that if he didn't denied it right away, he wouldn't do it few days before the show? Honestly the fact that she saw that coming means that she really f***** up, and she knows it, imo.
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Post by kanimal on Aug 12, 2014 12:10:34 GMT -5
Maybe she thought that if he didn't denied it right away, he wouldn't do it few days before the show? Honestly the fact that she saw that coming means that she really f***** up, and she knows it, imo. Well, I think she was trying to frame it more like "Calvin's a great songwriter but a vindictive person. So of course he'd say no" rather than "I did something horrible to him, so he's justifiably hurt." But based on her reputation and all the Bieber rumors, I think it's safe to assume she wasn't an innocent victim in the breakup.
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Post by jjose712 on Aug 12, 2014 12:35:30 GMT -5
This whole drama makes the song way more interesting.
I don't follow her socialite life, but she needs to be more careful, because everytime a blind item about a singer sleeping with (insert here actors, producers, songwriters, etc) her name appears everytime
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 16:50:11 GMT -5
This whole drama makes the song way more interesting. I don't follow her socialite life, but she needs to be more careful, because everytime a blind item about a singer sleeping with (insert here actors, producers, songwriters, etc) her name appears everytime I agree, this publicity/drama probably will be for the best and it will boost the song.
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Post by mluv on Aug 12, 2014 17:05:23 GMT -5
All publicity is probably good.
The rumors out there for her isn't just that she cheated but that she sleeps with them to further her career. Wasn't she supposed to have cheated with Jay Z? Anyways, Calvin probably thinks she was never sincere and is some kind of user. it's funny how all her exes are so bitter. Rob Kardashian went to twitter that one time saying "She cheated on me with nearly 20 dudes while we were together, I wonder how many she will sleep with now that we apart? (sic) But I mean 20?!!!” and "How can a woman who is so busy trying to start her own career have time to be with so many dudes all while in a relationship?!”
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Post by Hussy on Aug 12, 2014 17:06:11 GMT -5
I'm very much single now but i go out a lot
WOW Rita !!!!
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Post by kanimal on Aug 12, 2014 17:07:34 GMT -5
All publicity is probably good. The rumors out there for her isn't just that she cheated but that she sleeps with them to further her career. Wasn't she supposed to have cheated with Jay Z? Anyways, Calvin probably thinks she was never sincere and is some kind of user. it's funny how all her exes are so bitter. Rob Kardashian went to twitter that one time saying "She cheated on me with nearly 20 dudes while we were together, I wonder how many she will sleep with now that we apart? (sic) But I mean 20?!!!” and "How can a woman who is so busy trying to start her own career have time to be with so many dudes all while in a relationship?!” Still amazed that her response was basically "I didn't think we were exclusive." As in, she wasn't really even denying the claim.
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 12, 2014 17:41:01 GMT -5
All publicity is probably good. it's funny how all her exes are so bitter. Nah, I think she's lucky that not all her exes are so bitter, If all of them spoke the truth about her, the real drama would begin. Bruno didn't mention her even once, although she was trying to provoke him by reffering to him as a manwh*** whenever she could. I think Drake didn't talk about her either. Still amazed that her response was basically "I didn't think we were exclusive." As in, she wasn't really even denying the claim. Good for her, living in denial is unhealthy.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Aug 12, 2014 18:08:47 GMT -5
I probably would have never checked out the song if it wasn't for the drama, but I totally love it. Honestly, the whole situation is probably bringing more attention to the song than a performance would have.
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Post by PopLuva on Aug 12, 2014 20:08:57 GMT -5
Wasnt she just dating tommy hilfigers son? Now shes single again lol.
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Aug 13, 2014 5:23:50 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on Aug 13, 2014 15:01:12 GMT -5
I'm gonna need radio to let this song be great and give it a chance! :(
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 14, 2014 5:35:27 GMT -5
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Post by jjose712 on Aug 14, 2014 6:09:48 GMT -5
I'm gonna need radio to let this song be great and give it a chance! :( Well, radio is giving it a chance (like it did with her previous releases), but in sales she always underperform, and no matter how interested is radio on a song, if after a while the song doesn't react with good sales, radio stop playing it. Compare this with Human by Christina Perri, that song sold way more than this and radio didn't gave it a chance (peaking way lower and with a lot less weeks on chart). So it's not radio not supporting her
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 6:43:23 GMT -5
Moves up nine spots to reach #90 on the BB Hot 100.
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Post by Dielawn on Aug 18, 2014 15:53:47 GMT -5
Why is this song so low on the Hot 100?
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 19, 2014 5:38:05 GMT -5
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Post by jjose712 on Aug 19, 2014 7:47:42 GMT -5
Why is this song so low on the Hot 100? Because the sales are low. Right now is three spots behind Waves, a song that has 5 times less airplay than I will never let you down
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Post by poplife on Aug 19, 2014 10:21:18 GMT -5
This should be smashing. :(
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