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Post by someguy on May 5, 2024 2:05:13 GMT -5
Initially, I like this but don't love it. That's coming as a huge Miranda fan, but I'm sure it will grow on me in time. I feel like she has done this theme better already in the past. That being said, I do like it and I hope it takes her back to the top 10 at least. I am still really looking forward to her next album.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 5, 2024 10:16:12 GMT -5
Top 50 debut:
0 49 MIRANDA LAMBERT Wranglers 854 0 854 2.787
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Post by LBTrocks on May 5, 2024 13:26:07 GMT -5
This was instant for me. Dark edgy jams for the win! Miranda excels at this style.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 5, 2024 15:17:32 GMT -5
I LOVE this. Huge bop. Definitely right within MirLam's wheelhouse of what she does best, and it's been awhile since she offered country radio a sassy burner like this. I think it'll do well as a single.
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Post by recordyear on May 7, 2024 0:21:24 GMT -5
Second most added with 89 adds and total historic adds on country radio this week.
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Post by taylor on May 7, 2024 9:45:24 GMT -5
With 89 adds and having already debuted in the Top 50 on Mediabase before it had even officially impacted, Iād say this is off to a rather strong start. Sheās definitely back, and it feels like this is what radio has been wanting from her for awhile; as she hasnāt given us a rowdier song like this as a single in YEARSāpretty sure itās been since āLittle Red Wagon.ā Iām excited to see how things go from hereāhoping this cracks her Top 10 lead curse.
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Post by zdm1998 on May 7, 2024 9:54:00 GMT -5
I'm just concerned about the streaming/sales. Down to 105 on all genre iTunes, and only 73k views on the Youtube lyric video. I feel like it should be making more noise.
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Post by 3chords on May 7, 2024 10:14:25 GMT -5
Idk what they have going on at the label side with promotion for it but I feel like social media wise almost nothing is being done right now and like we got way more promo for her other leads so idk what their goal is here. Itās like they just released it and said okay, thatās done. I feel like they could do a lot more they just donāt have any content ready?ā¦. and Miranda isnāt the girlie whoās gonna get on her phone and make it herself lol.
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Post by abbeyjones11 on May 7, 2024 10:49:13 GMT -5
I really want to like this, but it just feels like something is missing.
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Post by bboat11 on May 7, 2024 20:15:02 GMT -5
For context, as a miranda fan, I didnāt buy it on iTunes or watch the YouTube. I feel a bit unattached to it because she didnāt write it. And if sheās not gonna write it then it needs to be stellar like House or MBH and other fans I talk to share the same sentiment. I think they probably could have done more on Instagram promo yesterday also. They posted one reel first thing in the morning and I donāt think it really circulated at all. "I only support her when she's writing her own music" is such a weird flex. Good music is good music. I'm sure that all these "other fans" you're speaking about would not want Miranda to fall off the face of the planet when her songwriting muse dries up someday, Clint-Black-style. Assuming they are actually fans of her music and of her voice, of course. Just because an artist doesn't write a song doesn't mean they don't connect to it, or that the music is missing their perspective.
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Post by raylatch98 on May 7, 2024 21:38:05 GMT -5
I am curious to see where this falls on the chart once the debut week is over airplay wise. I do agree though that the sales/streaming feel faint. Given its gain according to the Daily Mediabase thread (104 spins the past two days) I have to think this week it will debut in the Top 40 on country radio Billboard wise, and then a week from Friday it will be in the 50s. From there will be the real test to see if radio is all about this song.
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Post by 3chords on May 7, 2024 22:45:37 GMT -5
For context, as a miranda fan, I didnāt buy it on iTunes or watch the YouTube. I feel a bit unattached to it because she didnāt write it. And if sheās not gonna write it then it needs to be stellar like House or MBH and other fans I talk to share the same sentiment. I think they probably could have done more on Instagram promo yesterday also. They posted one reel first thing in the morning and I donāt think it really circulated at all. "I only support her when she's writing her own music" is such a weird flex. Good music is good music. I'm sure that all these "other fans" you're speaking about would not want Miranda to fall off the face of the planet when her songwriting muse dries up someday, Clint-Black-style. Assuming they are actually fans of her music and of her voice, of course. Just because an artist doesn't write a song doesn't mean they don't connect to it, or that the music is missing their perspective.
Yikes, wasnāt meant to be a flex at all. Iāve been streaming the song since it came out but didnāt feel the need to buy it on iTunes and since that was mentioned in another post thatās why I brought it up. I just meant not all fans buy everything all the time. Iāll buy the album there when it comes out of course. And the song is totally fine, obviously Miranda loved it because she has in fact set her exesā jeans on fire as evidenced in Ghostā¦ Iām just missing something in the lyrics that draws me to her other stuff (maybe her humor?) and I think she could have added something to the writing. One of my other friends I was speaking of just has an issue with the production being too loud and her voice not being clear enough that a couple people have mentioned here also, but that actually doesnāt bump me at all. Iām flying to see her in Texas in two weeks, Iām sure it will have grown on me by then!
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Post by bboat11 on May 8, 2024 1:48:42 GMT -5
"I only support her when she's writing her own music" is such a weird flex. Good music is good music. I'm sure that all these "other fans" you're speaking about would not want Miranda to fall off the face of the planet when her songwriting muse dries up someday, Clint-Black-style. Assuming they are actually fans of her music and of her voice, of course. Just because an artist doesn't write a song doesn't mean they don't connect to it, or that the music is missing their perspective.
Yikes, wasnāt meant to be a flex at all. Iāve been streaming the song since it came out but didnāt feel the need to buy it on iTunes and since that was mentioned in another post thatās why I brought it up. I just meant not all fans buy everything all the time. Iāll buy the album there when it comes out of course. And the song is totally fine, obviously Miranda loved it because she has in fact set her exesā jeans on fire as evidenced in Ghostā¦ Iām just missing something in the lyrics that draws me to her other stuff (maybe her humor?) and I think she could have added something to the writing. One of my other friends I was speaking of just has an issue with the production being too loud and her voice not being clear enough that a couple people have mentioned here also, but that actually doesnāt bump me at all. Iām flying to see her in Texas in two weeks, Iām sure it will have grown on me by then! That makes more sense. Without any mentions of streaming and stuff, your first post made it sound like "since she didn't write it, I won't support it." I'm sorry if I took that and ran with it further than you meant!
The way I see it, plenty of incredible artists have built game-changing careers without writing the majority of their own material. Look at George Strait and Reba McEntire for example! I can understand if an artist's personality feels like it is missing from a song, but for me that's more of a production or arrangement thing, and the very last thing I would ever notice is who the songwriters are. It's interesting how we all approach music differently and notice different things about it that shape how we feel about it.
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Post by 3chords on May 8, 2024 8:10:46 GMT -5
Yikes, wasnāt meant to be a flex at all. Iāve been streaming the song since it came out but didnāt feel the need to buy it on iTunes and since that was mentioned in another post thatās why I brought it up. I just meant not all fans buy everything all the time. Iāll buy the album there when it comes out of course. And the song is totally fine, obviously Miranda loved it because she has in fact set her exesā jeans on fire as evidenced in Ghostā¦ Iām just missing something in the lyrics that draws me to her other stuff (maybe her humor?) and I think she could have added something to the writing. One of my other friends I was speaking of just has an issue with the production being too loud and her voice not being clear enough that a couple people have mentioned here also, but that actually doesnāt bump me at all. Iām flying to see her in Texas in two weeks, Iām sure it will have grown on me by then! That makes more sense. Without any mentions of streaming and stuff, your first post made it sound like "since she didn't write it, I won't support it." I'm sorry if I took that and ran with it further than you meant!
The way I see it, plenty of incredible artists have built game-changing careers without writing the majority of their own material. Look at George Strait and Reba McEntire for example! I can understand if an artist's personality feels like it is missing from a song, but for me that's more of a production or arrangement thing, and the very last thing I would ever notice is who the songwriters are. It's interesting how we all approach music differently and notice different things about it that shape how we feel about it.
Oh absolutely. Drunk is great and did a ton for her recently. House is an all-timer because of how well written it is and MBH has tons of detail and humor and kitschy-ness that Iām just missing here. Which is surprising because Audra is funny, so itās obviously just not what they were going for and thatās fine.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 8, 2024 10:51:32 GMT -5
For context, as a miranda fan, I didnāt buy it on iTunes or watch the YouTube. I feel a bit unattached to it because she didnāt write it. And if sheās not gonna write it then it needs to be stellar like House or MBH and other fans I talk to share the same sentiment. I think they probably could have done more on Instagram promo yesterday also. They posted one reel first thing in the morning and I donāt think it really circulated at all. "I only support her when she's writing her own music" is such a weird flex. Good music is good music. I'm sure that all these "other fans" you're speaking about would not want Miranda to fall off the face of the planet when her songwriting muse dries up someday, Clint-Black-style. Assuming they are actually fans of her music and of her voice, of course. Just because an artist doesn't write a song doesn't mean they don't connect to it, or that the music is missing their perspective.
I can see where in theory music written by the artist is more personal and such, but if we didn't know who the writers were for songs I wonder if people would be able to tell what songs an artist wrote and which they didn't.
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Post by 3chords on May 8, 2024 14:25:54 GMT -5
"I only support her when she's writing her own music" is such a weird flex. Good music is good music. I'm sure that all these "other fans" you're speaking about would not want Miranda to fall off the face of the planet when her songwriting muse dries up someday, Clint-Black-style. Assuming they are actually fans of her music and of her voice, of course. Just because an artist doesn't write a song doesn't mean they don't connect to it, or that the music is missing their perspective.
I can see where in theory music written by the artist is more personal and such, but if we didn't know who the writers were for songs I wonder if people would be able to tell what songs an artist wrote and which they didn't. Yeah this is interesting, probably not. And thereās obviously Miranda written songs Iām not in love with, this one seems like it was just so easily in her wheelhouse and I was underwhelmed with the lack of detail in the verses.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 8, 2024 15:09:02 GMT -5
I can see where in theory music written by the artist is more personal and such, but if we didn't know who the writers were for songs I wonder if people would be able to tell what songs an artist wrote and which they didn't. Yeah this is interesting, probably not. And thereās obviously Miranda written songs Iām not in love with, this one seems like it was just so easily in her wheelhouse and I was underwhelmed with the lack of detail in the verses. I think this is objectively a poor Miranda single, but then for me her lead singles are often among the lesser songs on the album. We'll see how this new album is, but I haven't loved a Miranda album since The Weight of These Wings.
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Post by abbeyjones11 on May 8, 2024 18:42:10 GMT -5
I've always loved and appreciated a good mix of songs written by artists themselves and songs written by others. I think that we've been in an era where a good number of artists are so involved in writing (and producing) their music that it comes as a surprise when they release a single that they didn't write. Regarding this song specifically, the songwriters and that Miranda didn't write it isn't the issue for me. It's just simply not connecting with me right now...maybe it will eventually. š
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Post by kluen on May 8, 2024 20:52:25 GMT -5
The way I see it, plenty of incredible artists have built game-changing careers without writing the majority of their own material. Look at George Strait and Reba McEntire for example! I can understand if an artist's personality feels like it is missing from a song, but for me that's more of a production or arrangement thing, and the very last thing I would ever notice is who the songwriters are. It's interesting how we all approach music differently and notice different things about it that shape how we feel about it.
I basically agree with you. My opinion about artist writing their own material is that the important thing is if it is a good fit. I mean,taking Loretta Lynn for example,we all know she can write her own songs and she has a certain image,a persona. So even songs like One's on the Way which she doesn't write but the theme of the song fits her image so perfectly. If we don't check,we would just assume that she wrote it. So in this case,it doesn't matter if she writes it or not. People think if artists write their own stuff,it would sound more real,which is a good thing. I think if a songwriter knows an artist so much and tailors a song for him,which would feel like real too. And Speaking of Reba,the song that she did write herself "Only in My Mind" does not feel any different than other songs to me. And I remember that she said in her memo that originally she did not want to record "Whoever's in New England" because she could not relate. But with the right production and interpretation,this song became a career-defining single for her.
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Post by 3chords on May 9, 2024 13:11:59 GMT -5
She just said in an interview the sound of her album is āhonky tonk as hellā, so Iām assuming wranglers is an outlier. Like someone said above, her leads do usually end up at the bottom of my album rankings.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 9, 2024 19:20:34 GMT -5
She just said in an interview the sound of her album is āhonky tonk as hellā Omg I need it NOW. ššš
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Post by taylor on May 9, 2024 19:26:40 GMT -5
She just said in an interview the sound of her album is āhonky tonk as hellā, so Iām assuming wranglers is an outlier. Like someone said above, her leads do usually end up at the bottom of my album rankings. With Jon Randall at the helm, I have to say Iām not surprised. Iām thinking weāre gonna get another Palomino sonically, in this case. Which is fine by me! Iām perched for the announcementāhopefully I can get tickets to see her if she tours. Last time she was anywhere near me was the Wildcard era in January 2020.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 9, 2024 19:45:50 GMT -5
She just said in an interview the sound of her album is āhonky tonk as hellā, so Iām assuming wranglers is an outlier. Like someone said above, her leads do usually end up at the bottom of my album rankings. With Jon Randall at the helm, I have to say Iām not surprised. Iām thinking weāre gonna get another Palomino sonically, in this case. Hmmm, I know he was involved with the production of Palomino, but "honky tonk as hell" isn't an accurate descriptor for how that album sounded at all, so I'm guessing it'll be a pivot in sound. Miranda Lambert never makes the same album twice, and they always have a cohesiveness to each project. While not honky tonk in sound, either, "Wranglers" is already the most 'rowdy' tune MirLam has given us since Platinum. I'm excited to see where she goes. I know there's been some discourse around the lead single not feeling very "her" but I couldn't disagree more, and I would've been surprised to see she didn't have a hand in writing it because it just feels like textbook Miranda, but definitely not a retread of any of her previous burners.
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Post by kluen on May 9, 2024 20:30:09 GMT -5
She just said in an interview the sound of her album is āhonky tonk as hellā Omg I need it NOW. ššš WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pls drop another song from the album soon.
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Post by recordyear on May 10, 2024 21:11:48 GMT -5
Debut at #37 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart this week.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 11, 2024 12:43:14 GMT -5
Great start. But I'm also glad this got more of a "normal" debut and didn't end up catastrophically high to where it would spent like 4-5 months attempting to reach a new peak after it fell back, lol.
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Post by recordyear on May 16, 2024 7:30:38 GMT -5
Extended version will be released tomorrow.
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Post by marcyjames on May 16, 2024 9:54:33 GMT -5
Extended version will be released tomorrow. Assuming itās what I just heard, itās 15 more seconds of music with no additional lyrics. Not sure what the point is.
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Post by 3chords on May 16, 2024 10:44:13 GMT -5
thatās weird and pointless. could they just be trying to get it out again after ACMs?
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Post by abbeyjones11 on May 16, 2024 10:59:37 GMT -5
So, the first release was a radio edit?
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