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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 13:28:58 GMT -5
the talking in the background of the video is SO ANNOYING
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 25, 2015 13:31:42 GMT -5
Broke the Spotify one-day record both the US and WW.
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Post by popbox on Oct 25, 2015 14:05:25 GMT -5
the talking in the background of the video is SO ANNOYING Yeah, it was a rather aggravating way to hear the song for the first time. Thankfully her singing voice could part the red sea, so it drowns out a lot of it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 14:11:02 GMT -5
I havent seen this kinda one sided lovefest on Pulse ever. Y'all walking around with Adele is Jesus shirts. Can't complain however because atleast this time Pulse posters are stanning for good music!
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 25, 2015 14:15:02 GMT -5
Who's Jesus?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 14:16:30 GMT -5
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Oct 25, 2015 14:26:24 GMT -5
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Post by popbox on Oct 25, 2015 14:26:40 GMT -5
Imagine if Focus has similar talking going on in the background of the video. With Ariana's wispy thin vocals I'd have no idea what she's saying in the song.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 25, 2015 14:40:31 GMT -5
HELLO. IT'S ME. A FLIP PHONE. Why is there a flip phone in Adele’s new video?! The director explains by John Walker October 23, 2015 12:47 p.m.
I anticipated that Adele’s new music video would leave me speechless. Instead, it left two words hanging on the tip of my tongue:
Flip phone.
The music video for “Hello”—a track off her upcoming third album, 25—opens with the singer struggling with bad reception as she talks to someone on her flip phone. Her flip phone! In 2015! Just, like, why? Who put Adele up to this? Was it Motorola? The Chocolate? As a longtime flip phone devotee who held on to his LG VX8300 until about midway into 2011, I felt compelled to find out.
My immediate thought was that the flip phone was an artistic choice, either on the part of Adele or the music video director. The truther that I am, I theorized that they wanted to incorporate a phone call into the “Hello” narrative but did not want anyone to misinterpret the phone’s usage as an instance of product placement—which is so pervasive in music videos these days. So, they settled on a phone that is so outdated and so non-smart that nobody could mistake it for a sponsored prop.
Fusion style writer Tahirah Hairston thought of another reason why Adele might be using what looks like a burner phone in the clip. As she told me over Slack: “Maybe it’s this whole thing where they are really drug dealers on the run, and now they’re not talking but can’t leave the woods because they don’t want to be found.” And earlier this morning, our Pop & Culture director Dodai Stewart wrote that perhaps Adele has “no need for your faddish, constantly-in-need-of updates operating systems” as it is very possible that she is actually a witch.
I would be 100% on board with either of those readings. I would be on board with any explanation for the flip phone that wasn’t “the video for Adele’s first new song in four years contains product placement for a flip phone.” I mean, is there even a flip phone company with enough money to catch Adele’s eye? Could the “Hello” video possibly be sponsored by burners?!
Adele as she appears in her new music video, "Hello" (XL Recordings/Columbia Records)
Thankfully, I was able to settle the matter with the “Hello” video director Xavier Dolan himself.
“The use of flip-flop phones is coherent with the rest of my work,” Dolan told me in an email sent by his agent. “I can’t get my head around filming iPhones—they’re too real, too identifiable with our everyday lives. Same for cars. I feel bad filming Toyotas and Kias. As soon as you film these elements, it’s like you’re shooting whatever commercial. I find them to be non-narrative elements.”
So, the flip phone’s appearance was an artistic choice after all? Which means that Adele’s new music video wasn’t sponsored by a flip phone company? Thank god. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some rain to which I must cancel setting fire.
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Post by maine on Oct 25, 2015 14:43:04 GMT -5
Is it weird that I didn't even notice the flip phone at all? lol
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 25, 2015 14:47:29 GMT -5
Is it weird that I didn't even notice the flip phone at all? lol Not at all. It fit into the scenes flawlessly.
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Post by Dylan :) on Oct 25, 2015 14:51:27 GMT -5
Is it weird that I didn't even notice the flip phone at all? lol Not at all. It fit into the scenes flawlessly. I noticed it, but no different than if it was another phone, I didn't think anything of it until others mentioned. You're right, it fit perfectly, and I love his reasoning for using it
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Post by NeRD on Oct 25, 2015 15:11:11 GMT -5
Just wondering something. Why do you have to put on title Number 1 everywhere? people can easily come check the thread out and find out themselves. Just saying. If this is me being a troll then you are wrong because this is not trolling at all. No other threads have anything saying what position they are each week etc. So why does this one need it? Lmao
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Post by Juan Carlos on Oct 25, 2015 16:40:12 GMT -5
From Billboard: "Hello" has sold 450k in two days in the US so far.
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Post by NeRD on Oct 25, 2015 16:48:53 GMT -5
From Billboard: "Hello" has sold 450k in two days in the US so far. She's so coming for one million in one week.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 18:39:36 GMT -5
HELLO. IT'S ME. A FLIP PHONE. Why is there a flip phone in Adele’s new video?! The director explains by John Walker October 23, 2015 12:47 p.m. I anticipated that Adele’s new music video would leave me speechless. Instead, it left two words hanging on the tip of my tongue: Flip phone. The music video for “Hello”—a track off her upcoming third album, 25—opens with the singer struggling with bad reception as she talks to someone on her flip phone. Her flip phone! In 2015! Just, like, why? Who put Adele up to this? Was it Motorola? The Chocolate? As a longtime flip phone devotee who held on to his LG VX8300 until about midway into 2011, I felt compelled to find out. My immediate thought was that the flip phone was an artistic choice, either on the part of Adele or the music video director. The truther that I am, I theorized that they wanted to incorporate a phone call into the “Hello” narrative but did not want anyone to misinterpret the phone’s usage as an instance of product placement—which is so pervasive in music videos these days. So, they settled on a phone that is so outdated and so non-smart that nobody could mistake it for a sponsored prop. Fusion style writer Tahirah Hairston thought of another reason why Adele might be using what looks like a burner phone in the clip. As she told me over Slack: “Maybe it’s this whole thing where they are really drug dealers on the run, and now they’re not talking but can’t leave the woods because they don’t want to be found.” And earlier this morning, our Pop & Culture director Dodai Stewart wrote that perhaps Adele has “no need for your faddish, constantly-in-need-of updates operating systems” as it is very possible that she is actually a witch. I would be 100% on board with either of those readings. I would be on board with any explanation for the flip phone that wasn’t “the video for Adele’s first new song in four years contains product placement for a flip phone.” I mean, is there even a flip phone company with enough money to catch Adele’s eye? Could the “Hello” video possibly be sponsored by burners?! Adele as she appears in her new music video, "Hello" (XL Recordings/Columbia Records) Thankfully, I was able to settle the matter with the “Hello” video director Xavier Dolan himself.
“The use of flip-flop phones is coherent with the rest of my work,” Dolan told me in an email sent by his agent. “I can’t get my head around filming iPhones—they’re too real, too identifiable with our everyday lives. Same for cars. I feel bad filming Toyotas and Kias. As soon as you film these elements, it’s like you’re shooting whatever commercial. I find them to be non-narrative elements.”
So, the flip phone’s appearance was an artistic choice after all? Which means that Adele’s new music video wasn’t sponsored by a flip phone company? Thank god. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some rain to which I must cancel setting fire.Yep only idiot might think that flip phone company is sponsoring this video, but I guess the author of this article was really after Adele's money himself as this article has no other reason other than to cut piece of this enormous public attention to this Adele singer, who in my opinion is kinda alright, nothing more.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 25, 2015 19:05:59 GMT -5
What other singles have debuted with a million? Obviously Candle in the Wind and maybe We Are the World. Anything else?
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 25, 2015 19:17:59 GMT -5
What other singles have debuted with a million? Obviously Candle in the Wind and maybe We Are the World. Anything else? "Candle In The Wind '97" debuted with 3.5 million (per Wikipedia) sold in the first week! (I was one of the ones who bought it)And Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" sold 1.9 million in its first 11 days.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 25, 2015 19:23:05 GMT -5
I can just imagine the pop bars if CITW were released in the digital age, lol. Like the #2 song 0.00001, and the #100 song 0.000000001
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Post by Keelzit on Oct 25, 2015 19:39:38 GMT -5
Such a great time to be a chart watcher! I wonder if this will be able to outsell Born This Way's first 7 days sales. Has an official number of that one's first week sales ever been confirmed or are estimates based off of its first 2 chart weeks the only info available?
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Oct 25, 2015 20:03:11 GMT -5
I can just imagine the pop bars if CITW were released in the digital age, lol. Like the #2 song 0.00001, and the #100 song 0.000000001 Ha! Imagine if we had pop bars back then - considering how record companies limited stock/didn't release singles back then. Of course we'll never know, but an not insignificant number of ppl bought it because it was a physical momento/keepsake - something that wouldn't translate to digital. As far as 'Hello' it will be interesting to track streaming - obviously huge curiosity factor. Repeated viewing/listening will determine whether it's an 'event' single aka Madonna's GMAYL or another iconic addition to what is becoming a timeless pop catalog. I do believe like Sade & Enya before her, ADELE is producing a body of music that won't feel dated.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 25, 2015 20:39:57 GMT -5
Such a great time to be a chart watcher! I wonder if this will be able to outsell Born This Way's first 7 days sales. Has an official number of that one's first week sales ever been confirmed or are estimates based off of its first 2 chart weeks the only info available? BTW debuted with 448k.
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Post by Keelzit on Oct 25, 2015 20:50:26 GMT -5
Such a great time to be a chart watcher! I wonder if this will be able to outsell Born This Way's first 7 days sales. Has an official number of that one's first week sales ever been confirmed or are estimates based off of its first 2 chart weeks the only info available? BTW debuted with 448k. If I remember correctly it was released on a Friday so 448k is what it sold in its first 3 days, not its first week.
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Post by BDGeek on Oct 25, 2015 20:59:42 GMT -5
How 2016 in music will look:
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 25, 2015 21:12:57 GMT -5
How 2016 in music will look: So
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Post by matty005 on Oct 25, 2015 21:16:39 GMT -5
How 2016 in music will look: Considering Adele won't be nominated for Grammy's next year because it's past the deadline, this is more appropriate for 2017. Also, it's stupid.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 25, 2015 21:18:06 GMT -5
This is barely budging on iTunes. I haven't even seen a +0.3 from anybody, despite the red updates.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 25, 2015 21:27:07 GMT -5
If I remember correctly it was released on a Friday so 448k is what it sold in its first 3 days, not its first week. That's correct. 900+k total is what it sold with a full week added on, so it's 10 day total.
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Post by Au$tin on Oct 25, 2015 21:27:29 GMT -5
How 2016 in music will look: Considering Adele won't be nominated for Grammy's next year because it's past the deadline, this is more appropriate for 2017. Also, it's stupid. For real. Adele's and Taylor Swift's reigns aren't happening at the same time (1989 is on its fifth single and won't likely have more than one more) and their materials won't be nominated against each other anywhere.
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Post by Mack on Oct 25, 2015 21:31:01 GMT -5
I've never been a big Adele fan, but fuck if this song isn't amazing.
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