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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 5, 2015 5:19:14 GMT -5
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Jul 5, 2015 9:21:41 GMT -5
Guys, it has pretty limited airplay and Demi has never been a strong digital seller. There's no reason to freak out right now. She's typically sold well in her first week for her lead singles though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 11:32:47 GMT -5
Au$tin's right everyone, y'all need to R-E-L-A-X. It'll do fine, it just started it's run.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 5, 2015 11:54:51 GMT -5
Guys, it has pretty limited airplay and Demi has never been a strong digital seller. There's no reason to freak out right now. She's typically sold well in her first week for her lead singles though. This seems a bit different, though. She usually has steady build-up to her lead singles, or in Skyscraper's case a lot of positive feedback from celebrities on Twitter. This one seemed much more sudden of a release, which probably played in to its digital sales, especially when there's a major holiday on its release weekend, causing lower traffic to iTunes and an influx of older and already established hits. Also, digital sales have just changed so much since even 2 years ago when Heart Attack was released. This song has had extremely positive feedback and is moving up extremely fast on radio in a fashion similar to Heart Attack. This should have no problem rebounding in digital sales.
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Post by upsidedown on Jul 5, 2015 13:19:00 GMT -5
Not trying to be negative, just real, no matter how you spin it, the fact that this is almost out of the Top 15 mere days after its release is NOT good. Even Selena's song stayed Top 10 (still) and its a piece of sh*t. Demi is usually huge out of the gate so I'd say this is at least a bit worrying. Radio is latching on though so that's a plus.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 13:27:55 GMT -5
This will buff out. I have a very difficult time thinking Demi dropped this without a game plan for future promo etc. At the very least, I hope not-- this is way too good to underperform.
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Post by Au$tin on Jul 5, 2015 13:41:53 GMT -5
Not trying to be negative, just real, no matter how you spin it, the fact that this is almost out of the Top 15 mere days after its release is NOT good. Even Selena's song stayed Top 10 (still) and its a piece of sh*t. Demi is usually huge out of the gate so I'd say this is at least a bit worrying. Radio is latching on though so that's a plus. It's already gaining again. Good lord, everyone is ready to throw in the towel mere days into its release. Selena has always been a stronger digital seller than Demi, nothing new there.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Jul 5, 2015 15:19:48 GMT -5
Radio supports her even without strong Itunes sales so even if this does flatline a bit on Itunes I still expect an easy top 5 on radio. They also haven't even started promo so too soon to say sales will be disappointing though.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Jul 5, 2015 23:03:51 GMT -5
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Post by KissMyAxe on Jul 5, 2015 23:09:15 GMT -5
I really hope Austin's right but i do have a feeling that this won't be anywhere as big as Heart Attack, there's something missing
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jul 6, 2015 6:34:55 GMT -5
Not trying to be negative, just real, no matter how you spin it, the fact that this is almost out of the Top 15 mere days after its release is NOT good. Even Selena's song stayed Top 10 (still) and its a piece of sh*t. Demi is usually huge out of the gate so I'd say this is at least a bit worrying. Radio is latching on though so that's a plus. The music video's yet to be released and she could perform it somewhere so she could add momentum to the song later on... I wouldn't worry it about it yet.
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Post by musiciscool on Jul 6, 2015 9:31:13 GMT -5
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Post by NeRD on Jul 6, 2015 9:53:36 GMT -5
I'm interested to see how radio will respond to its ITunes collapse next week.
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Post by DJDaveMick69 on Jul 6, 2015 10:00:30 GMT -5
Wow (I stand corrected of my "won't debut as high" as Selena comment)--this could be another top 10 debut on the Billboard HOT 100. There may be a few weeks of downturn, but I think it will be one that lasts on the chart for awhile. More power to Demi!
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 6, 2015 11:16:27 GMT -5
Is it just me or does she sound a lot like Avril on the chorus? Apologies if this has been mentioned. I've seen some people mention Katy Perry (who the record overall does evoke) in her singing, but there was someone else I was trying to pinpoint.
As for the song, it starts off good but it never really sticks. It's not a very well written song and that is its biggest achilles heel. I think she could do a song like this and carry it convincingly, but she needs a good song first. Heart Attack could be called bland, but it was well written.
In the end, despite its intentions and potential, it's a C+ Katy Perry knockoff, complete with a D+ level Bangerz alternate cover. It has its charms, but it's easily her weakest single post Skyscraper.
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Post by Albie on Jul 6, 2015 11:37:37 GMT -5
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Post by cause_for_celebration on Jul 6, 2015 12:00:43 GMT -5
LOVING this!!!
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Post by 14887fan on Jul 6, 2015 12:13:20 GMT -5
I'm a fan of this. It's fun. She seems a lot more confident in herself right now than she ever has before, which is great because I would never peg her as an artist singing a song like this back during her Unbroken era.
Curious to see where this goes in the long run. I could see it smashing, and I could also see it fizzling out. I'm well aware of how ambiguous that sounds, but (as of now) I only see it being one of those two extremes.
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Post by Mack on Jul 6, 2015 12:39:59 GMT -5
Is it just me or does she sound a lot like Avril on the chorus? Apologies if this has been mentioned. I've seen some people mention Katy Perry (who the record overall does evoke) in her singing, but there was someone else I was trying to pinpoint. I've seen people mention her sounding like both Avril and Taylor, but I think she sounds just like Selena on the verses and Katy on the chorus; I don't hear Avril at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 19:58:12 GMT -5
16th on iTunes currently. :'(
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Post by Az Paynter on Jul 7, 2015 6:07:50 GMT -5
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Post by The Upper Hand on Jul 7, 2015 15:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by wjr15 on Jul 7, 2015 15:48:25 GMT -5
That was a fun lyric video. Makes me wanna go to the beach now
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 15:57:24 GMT -5
whew lord that live performance was awful. I imagined as such with those verses, but damn.
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Post by surfy on Jul 7, 2015 15:58:20 GMT -5
I LOVE THAT LYRIC VIDEO!!! <3
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Post by hitmakaontharise on Jul 7, 2015 17:03:11 GMT -5
i know she'll perform this at the teen choice awards
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Jul 7, 2015 17:13:41 GMT -5
Didn't 'Neon Lights' sell like crap but went Top 5 (?) on CHR? Not worried at all.
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Post by musiciscool on Jul 7, 2015 17:48:11 GMT -5
That is a very well done and excellent lyric video! I love the beach and the pool scenes. Demi being in it is also a plus for me.
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Post by Kurt on Jul 7, 2015 17:54:56 GMT -5
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Post by Mirago on Jul 7, 2015 21:30:33 GMT -5
It's all about having Summer in the title at the best time of year possible! Driving bass line helps too - go Lovato!
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