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Post by maine on Feb 10, 2015 0:01:21 GMT -5
Kinda figured that would be the case considering the iTunes listing I saw last week. On another note, a couple other future track titles thanks to me accidentally coming across them on last.fm: "Good To Bad," "Gasoline," and "Summer Love, Summer Night." (All four songs - those plus "Goodbye" - were listed with the artist as Fancy, so maybe the album release will revert that or these were sent out before the name "change.") I still don't get the listing considering his artist is just Fancy. It'll just end up confusing people. |
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Post by tamed09 on Feb 10, 2015 0:32:13 GMT -5
Can't get enough of this
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Post by The Upper Hand on Feb 10, 2015 18:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by Fancy on Feb 10, 2015 19:03:23 GMT -5
this reminds me so much of another song, but i can't put my finger on it. really loving it though.
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Post by maine on Feb 10, 2015 19:12:04 GMT -5
this reminds me so much of another song, but i can't put my finger on it. really loving it though. "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado? That's what the beat reminds me of at least. |
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Post by getonthebus on Feb 11, 2015 14:16:41 GMT -5
The "Goodbyeees" in the chorus remind me of the Nahs in Last Goodbye.
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Feb 11, 2015 14:52:14 GMT -5
Vocals are giving me Anastacia teas.
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Post by The Upper Hand on Feb 12, 2015 14:27:30 GMT -5
Currently #164 on iTunes US.
It just needs some promo.
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Post by maine on Feb 12, 2015 14:35:06 GMT -5
Currently #164 on iTunes US. It just needs some promo. That's pretty good considering he is completely unknown. It's featured as a Hot Track, and that is usually pretty good promo (this week's "Can't Stop", "Honey, I'm Good.", "Never Stop (Wedding Version)" are climbing rapidly because of it). |
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Feb 12, 2015 17:38:11 GMT -5
My jam.
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Post by Unhinged on Feb 13, 2015 14:13:57 GMT -5
Just bought this on iTunes, love it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 9:03:36 GMT -5
Kicks off with three adds this week. They've left the label unlisted on AllAccess/Mediabase and listed him as "Who Is Fancy." But after a bit of internet sleuthing on mine and Adam (UTR)'s part to confirm what I'd initially figured last fall, we can answer that question: he's singer-songwriter Fancy Hagood. lol I can see why they're not revealing his identity until this song hits. His image definitely doesn't fit the sound:  |
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Feb 15, 2015 9:05:50 GMT -5
Wow. Unexpected.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Feb 15, 2015 9:33:15 GMT -5
Attractive he's not.
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Post by jjose712 on Feb 15, 2015 9:48:21 GMT -5
I thought it was pleasant but not eventful at first, but by the end of the song i changed my mind and i can see this being a grower.
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Post by jjose712 on Feb 15, 2015 9:56:39 GMT -5
Well, lately looks are not that important to have success (fortunately) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 11:55:13 GMT -5
Well, lately looks are not that important to have success (fortunately) This whole marketing campaign suggesting " everyone is fancy" seems like a set-up for the reveal that he doesn't look like he sounds or like the type of act who would typically record that kind of music. I think Adele (who is gorgeous but definitely doesn't have the conventional female pop star image) set off this whole trend of major pop stars who are more "normal" and don't represent the "ideal" (which includes Sam Smith and Meghan Trainor, as well). This seems like a blatant attempt to capitalize on that trend. There are a lot of people who will strongly identify with that concept, because your average person doesn't look like a pop superstar. |
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Feb 15, 2015 12:09:39 GMT -5
I think he looks average. A better haircut and a more flattering angle would considerably improve things. |
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Post by Fancy on Feb 15, 2015 12:16:03 GMT -5
top 50 pop!  54 49 WHO IS FANCY Goodbye 478 270 208 4.473 |
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Post by jjose712 on Feb 15, 2015 13:15:48 GMT -5
I think he looks average. A better haircut and a more flattering angle would considerably improve things. It'll be better if he doesn't hire Sam Smith's hairstylist or things could be worse. To be honest i don't think he is ugly at all, simply he is not your typical hearthrob. And of course he doesn't look like his music suggest which is always tricky (i still remember some harsh comments about Sam Smith being a chubby whitey instead of chocolate god) |
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Post by frashcoholic on Feb 15, 2015 20:30:27 GMT -5
man,, this is my SONG!!
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Feb 15, 2015 22:59:04 GMT -5
I think he looks average. A better haircut and a more flattering angle would considerably improve things. It'll be better if he doesn't hire Sam Smith's hairstylist or things could be worse. To be honest i don't think he is ugly at all, simply he is not your typical hearthrob. And of course he doesn't look like his music suggest which is always tricky (i still remember some harsh comments about Sam Smith being a chubby whitey instead of chocolate god) A friend of a friend who I occasionally communicate with regarding music releases who works for a club promotion service told me that at one point in time, some at the label had considered hiring a model to mime to Sam Smith's vocals a la Black Box/C+C Music Factory/Milli Vanilli in the videos and live performances because they felt he was unmarketable. However, the songs he had out at the time blew up so fast that it was deemed unnecessary to do that. |
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Post by jjose712 on Feb 16, 2015 5:37:53 GMT -5
It'll be better if he doesn't hire Sam Smith's hairstylist or things could be worse. To be honest i don't think he is ugly at all, simply he is not your typical hearthrob. And of course he doesn't look like his music suggest which is always tricky (i still remember some harsh comments about Sam Smith being a chubby whitey instead of chocolate god) A friend of a friend who I occasionally communicate with regarding music releases who works for a club promotion service told me that at one point in time, some at the label had considered hiring a model to mime to Sam Smith's vocals a la Black Box/C+C Music Factory/Milli Vanilli in the videos and live performances because they felt he was unmarketable. However, the songs he had out at the time blew up so fast that it was deemed unnecessary to do that. I don't know if that's true because Sam received an Brit choice of the critics before having any hit single (by then he only released Latch and Lay me dow which was more a buzz single than anything). Him blowing the chart is quite recent because Money on my mind was released less than a year ago. But if someone in the label really thought that was a good idea he/she needs to be fire, because that won't be a Black Box or C and C music factory situation (the guy still recieves backlash for that idea) it would be a Milli Vanilli situation. I understand someone on the label thinking Sam was not marketable as pop star but being a pop star is not the only way, and it was pretty clear from the beginning that he was going to have appeal to the adult market. The fact that teen girls love him is a surprise the fact he is able to sell like there's no tomorrow is not that surprising. I remember a journalist making a review of the billboard top 50 back when Stay with me wasn't even top 20 saying that there was a sense of inevitability in Sam's success that he didn't see since Mariah. And yes, his looks are not marketable and being gay was poison at least to radio airplay till recently, but he only needed one tv performance to break into the US market (compare this with the effort Ed Sheeran which is a singer of similar success had to do to achieve the same). And even if he fails in the US market it was clear he was going to be big in the UK market. With the social media is impossible to carry that kind of strategy, only in a short amount of time, and the bad press for the label would be inmense. Anyway there's no reason to not hire a good stylist, because the fact that Sam always look way better in his pics for magazines should make his people think about changing some things in his hair and wardrobe And i don't know if the strategy with Who is fancy has to do with his looks, sometimes create some buzz is good to start the career of a new artist. Let the music speak first could be a good idea for everybody who has more to offer than good looks |
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Feb 16, 2015 14:06:01 GMT -5
And i don't know if the strategy with Who is fancy has to do with his looks, sometimes create some buzz is good to start the career of a new artist. Let the music speak first could be a good idea for everybody who has more to offer than good looks It will be interesting to see how this all plays out once the big reveal happens. |
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Post by The Upper Hand on Feb 16, 2015 16:11:34 GMT -5
Currently #148 on iTunes US.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 20:08:51 GMT -5
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Post by tamed09 on Feb 16, 2015 21:08:06 GMT -5
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Post by getonthebus on Feb 16, 2015 21:19:44 GMT -5
He looks like a 2006 Rascal Flats reject in that picture. With better styling he should be fine. If Ed Sheeran can be a pop star, so can this guy.
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Post by SuperLaLaLa~ on Feb 17, 2015 19:48:58 GMT -5
24 more adds this week
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