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Post by kmbgs on Apr 24, 2014 11:25:47 GMT -5
Thread's been locked before. Flop. Joking aside, I agree they should have gone with "Blow", although I'm not surprised if this becomes another " Halo
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Post by Duca on Apr 24, 2014 11:38:43 GMT -5
This might be the worst song on the album but the music video is one of the strongest. Obviously designed to smash (it was written for Rihanna and offered to Katy Perry before Beyoncé got it, after all,) but given her recent track record on Pop...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 11:46:37 GMT -5
I don't see it doing that much. There's very little difference topically between this and Marina & the Diamonds' 'Primadonna' and Lily's 'The Fear', although Beyoncé is more established so who knows? That in mind, Marina's was right in line with pop trends at the time so it should've been an even exchange. I'm not so much digging it for that, because I think the whole social commentary thing is pretty insightful.
I dunno, I just don't hear the hit everyone does with this song.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 12:23:17 GMT -5
I don't see it doing that much. There's very little difference topically between this and Marina & the Diamonds' 'Primadonna' and Lily's 'The Fear', although Beyoncé is more established so who knows? That in mind, Marina's was right in line with pop trends at the time so it should've been an even exchange. I'm not so much digging it for that, because I think the whole social commentary thing is pretty insightful. I dunno, I just don't hear the hit everyone does with this song. It's because you never had to feel the pain of being pretty. This was made for all the hot Becky's that have to put of with the struggle of being prettier than the rest. Sad thing is the ugly a of the world outweigh the pretty people so I could see a lot of ppl being bitter towards this song or not connecting because they are ugly. Hope I'm wrong though :/ Perform is B! Billboard awards are coming up.
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Post by Lahey's Lucky Star on Apr 24, 2014 12:26:34 GMT -5
I don't see it doing that much. There's very little difference topically between this and Marina & the Diamonds' 'Primadonna' and Lily's 'The Fear', although Beyoncé is more established so who knows? That in mind, Marina's was right in line with pop trends at the time so it should've been an even exchange. I'm not so much digging it for that, because I think the whole social commentary thing is pretty insightful. I dunno, I just don't hear the hit everyone does with this song. It's because you never had to feel the pain of being pretty. This was made for all the hot Becky's that have to put of with the struggle of being prettier than the rest. Sad thing is the ugly a of the world outweigh the pretty people so I could see a lot of ppl being bitter towards this song or not connecting because they are ugly. Hope I'm wrong though :/ Perform is B! Billboard awards are coming up. I believe it's about the issue of image and how it develops a person's self-consciousness.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 12:28:00 GMT -5
Tell it like it is boo drag that trash to the landfill!!!
@yonkab I don't give a shit, it sucks.
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Apr 24, 2014 12:40:05 GMT -5
I can see this being a MASSIVE hit or HUGE flop... If Bey stops now, she can still come back but if she sends another underperforming single to pop she may not be able to recover from that....short of being really lucky and even then it'll be for one more album and a half much like mariahs' comeback.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 13:13:30 GMT -5
Tell it like it is boo drag that trash to the landfill!!! @yonkab I don't give a s**t, it sucks. *insert bey puking gif* I'm glad Adonis knows what's up though. Us pretty ppl need to stick together.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 13:15:41 GMT -5
I'm glad Adonis knows what's up though. Us pretty ppl need to stick together. ...He literally just said she might be over if this isn't a hit lmao.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Apr 24, 2014 13:47:35 GMT -5
I use this choice. Come through Queen! Just add up to those two million album sold.
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Post by Kurt on Apr 24, 2014 14:05:56 GMT -5
For what it's worth, the latest Columbia promo email (Monday) still says "Partition" is next for pop. *shrug* We'll see if it changes next week - wouldn't really surprise me.
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Post by Duca on Apr 24, 2014 16:19:03 GMT -5
On VEVO:
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Post by slamina on Apr 24, 2014 16:27:27 GMT -5
Yass! Hope this smashes!
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Apr 24, 2014 16:42:23 GMT -5
I love this song and I'm not ashamed to admit it, even if it was made for pop radio, I don't care.
I admit I was hoping for Blow as the next single but this is definitely up there and I'm excited to hear it on the radio.
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Post by popbox on Apr 24, 2014 16:50:03 GMT -5
Blech. This is the one song on the album I've never really been able to get into at all. For supposedly being "made for pop" it's surprisingly weak on hooks and not very catchy. Can't see it doing better than XO. I'm telling y'all Blue is the sleeper pop hit on the album. Would have been great for summer too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 16:52:41 GMT -5
This has always been one of my favourites from the album.
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Post by surfy on Apr 24, 2014 17:12:50 GMT -5
I don't get all the hate for this, it's so beautiful! I love it so much! Hopefully it can be a hit so she can gain traction on pop radio again!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 17:30:09 GMT -5
I'm glad Adonis knows what's up though. Us pretty ppl need to stick together. ...He literally just said she might be over if this isn't a hit lmao. I said I was pretty I never claimed to be smart. I'm illiterate so I see words like smash and just assume he was speaking the truth. My apologies
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Post by sundaymorningguy on Apr 24, 2014 17:41:43 GMT -5
I like this song for her vocals and the harmonies, but I can agree with everyone that it is pretty basic lyrically. If I want a feel good song I will go listen to TLC's "Unpretty". My favorite music video of hers this era though. This or Jealous should have been the first pop single though not XO.
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Post by jamrock16 on Apr 24, 2014 19:06:03 GMT -5
Love this song but it should not be a single. Once again they are setting themselves up for failure at pop radio, what is wrong with them?! If IIWAB, BTINH and XO struggled on pop radio (shoot pop was even hesitant to send Halo to #2 with it's excruciatingly slow climb), I don't see how they think "Pretty Hurts" will fare any better. This song is simply not catchy enough and I think pop will have no problem giving it the cold shoulder.
And I'm still pissed that they didn't go with "Partition"!
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Post by Adonis the DemiGod! on Apr 24, 2014 19:51:30 GMT -5
I'm glad Adonis knows what's up though. Us pretty ppl need to stick together. ...He literally just said she might be over if this isn't a hit lmao. How many flop and underperforming singles can you send to pop before they stop bothering at all?
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Post by Hussy on Apr 24, 2014 19:56:49 GMT -5
Poor Partition, didn't get the chance to smash on pop :(
anyways, i LOVE Pretty Hurts and its video totally slays. I hope it does something on Pop though
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 20:00:34 GMT -5
...He literally just said she might be over if this isn't a hit lmao. How many flop and underperforming singles can you send to pop before they stop bothering at all? Technically speaking this era only XO was sent(in pretty sure DIL was never technically sent to pop). Does Pretty Hurts even have an adds date? B needs to get on her shit.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Apr 24, 2014 20:02:44 GMT -5
The singing in the video :'(
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Apr 24, 2014 22:08:14 GMT -5
Part of me wants this to flop for Beyonce and her team to realize that pandering to the Pop format with (the weakest tracks on the album) bland tunes is not going to work. They know that. 'XO' already bombed. This one should fair a lot better than that piece of s**t.
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Post by lookinghot on Apr 25, 2014 0:38:53 GMT -5
great track, here's to hoping pop embraces this. It will probably blow up this summer though.
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Post by popbox on Apr 25, 2014 0:42:53 GMT -5
Part of me wants this to flop for Beyonce and her team to realize that pandering to the Pop format with (the weakest tracks on the album) bland tunes is not going to work. They know that. 'XO' already bombed. This one should fair a lot better than that piece of s**t. I doubt that. CHR is all about hooks, of which even XO's is stronger than this one's. There's nothing wrong with Beyonce going pop, she's been doing it her whole career. The problem is up until 4 she was really good at doing it, and since then she's not. She only does really bland and boring pop songs these days. I almost feel like she's just thrown in the towel to Rihanna on that front, and decided she'll just focus on urban.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Apr 25, 2014 1:13:49 GMT -5
They know that. 'XO' already bombed. This one should fair a lot better than that piece of s**t. I doubt that. CHR is all about hooks, of which even XO's is stronger than this one's. There's nothing wrong with Beyonce going pop, she's been doing it her whole career. The problem is up until 4 she was really good at doing it, and since then she's not. She only does really bland and boring pop songs these days. I almost feel like she's just thrown in the towel to Rihanna on that front, and decided she'll just focus on urban. The songs w/the strongest hooks that should be sent to Pop are ironically the Urban material. I was all for 'Pretty Hurts' months ago, but I am extremely tired of them pushing out the most obvious songs, especially for Pop. It's clear if she wanted to have a smash on Pop, she can do that (look how far 'DIL' gone w/o a push). She knows the fornula to make a Pop hit. It's also known that she truly doesn't care for Pop radio any longer. W/that mentality, what's the purpose of "catering" to Pop if you're half assing it? I'm just venting rn. Annoyed w/this whole era.
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Post by Spidey on Apr 25, 2014 1:26:10 GMT -5
It's not my favorite song on the album by any means, but I would love to see it smash.
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Post by evergreen on Apr 25, 2014 1:32:01 GMT -5
This track sure gets a lot of flack here. This was the obvious choice for pop when the album dropped, but I'd love to see her do something left field and release "Jealous" or "Haunted".
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