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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Sept 9, 2016 10:36:57 GMT -5
Um, while this might be her best song yet, I am not getting the craze. I understand that it hits close to home for some of you, but other than that... I hear a simple ballad, with ok vocals. I think the emotional connection has something to do with people loving this. I'd say it's just ok. Might love it later As someone with two happily married parents (and who didn't care much for RaeLynn's past efforts), I absolutely love this song. I think the songwriting is stellar on this and you can hear the hurt in RaeLynn's voice when singing this. I don't have as big of an issue with her voice as others do on the board, but I think her emotional delivery of the lyrics and melody here is what really sells it for me. Obviously, to each their own, but I thought I'd share love for this from someone with a perfectly happy home life. :)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 9, 2016 10:41:10 GMT -5
Um, while this might be her best song yet, I am not getting the craze. I understand that it hits close to home for some of you, but other than that... I hear a simple ballad, with ok vocals. I think the emotional connection has something to do with people loving this. I'd say it's just ok. Might love it later As someone with two happily married parents (and who didn't care much for RaeLynn's past efforts), I absolutely love this song. I think the songwriting is stellar on this and you can hear the hurt in RaeLynn's voice when singing this. I don't have as big of an issue with her voice as others do on the board, but I think her emotional delivery of the lyrics and melody here is what really sells it for me. Obviously, to each their own, but I thought I'd share love for this from someone with a perfectly happy home life. :) Same. I can't personally relate to this song at all but I frequently get goosebumps and occasionally tear up when listening to it. It really hits hard, lyrically and vocally, for me (I've grown to love RaeLynn's voice -- I didn't care for her at all on The Voice and it wasn't until GMG came out that I changed my mind on her).
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Post by carriekins on Sept 9, 2016 10:43:57 GMT -5
As someone with two happily married parents (and who didn't care much for RaeLynn's past efforts), I absolutely love this song. I think the songwriting is stellar on this and you can hear the hurt in RaeLynn's voice when singing this. I don't have as big of an issue with her voice as others do on the board, but I think her emotional delivery of the lyrics and melody here is what really sells it for me. Obviously, to each their own, but I thought I'd share love for this from someone with a perfectly happy home life. :) Same. I can't personally relate to this song at all but I frequently get goosebumps and occasionally tear up when listening to it. It really hits hard, lyrically and vocally, for me (I've grown to love RaeLynn's voice -- I didn't care for her at all on The Voice and it wasn't until GMG came out that I changed my mind on her). Not to pile on, but it's the same for me, as well. I think this is her best effort vocally, but even aside from that, the lyrics and her emotive quality on this one are pretty stellar. It's a raw and vulnerable delivery, and I think it really sells the heartbreaking situation.
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Post by hosssulpizio on Sept 9, 2016 15:57:30 GMT -5
I can't relate to this song either, but it's still a good song. So glad we will finally be seeing an album release from RaeLynn. "WildHorse" is a perfect name for the album.
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Post by g8erboi on Oct 20, 2016 10:32:28 GMT -5
Does this have a chance to be in it for the long haul and become a hit? It looks like it has been making steady increases in the past few days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 10:39:57 GMT -5
Does this have a chance to be in it for the long haul and become a hit? It looks like it has been making steady increases in the past few days. It ha seen a nice increase which is definitely encouraging. This will for sure last through the holidays, the testing isn't encouraging from what I remember but Raelynn is getting some strong conversions.
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Post by g8erboi on Oct 23, 2016 8:44:39 GMT -5
Has gained around 2 million audience impressions in two weeks <3
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 23, 2016 11:18:00 GMT -5
Has gained around 2 million audience impressions in two weeks <3 Mainly thanks to big market adds and conversions in Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Minneapolis and Phoenix.
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Post by g8erboi on Oct 26, 2016 12:57:42 GMT -5
sabre14 do you think this could be at least a top 20 single when all is said and done?
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 26, 2016 13:06:53 GMT -5
sabre14 do you think this could be at least a top 20 single when all is said and done? It could. It's gained 2.6 million in audience the past three weeks and has gotten 11 adds the past two. I'm going to be concerned with long range testing since the early Bullseye callout sent back less than favorable numbers but I think the passion is there and the sales have been great, even with heavy Sirius/XM play. It's early but the past 3 weeks have been great for "Love Triangle."
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Post by travelrocks24 on Oct 26, 2016 18:14:16 GMT -5
sabre14 do you think this could be at least a top 20 single when all is said and done? It could. It's gained 2.6 million in audience the past three weeks and has gotten 11 adds the past two. I'm going to be concerned with long range testing since the early Bullseye callout sent back less than favorable numbers but I think the passion is there and the sales have been great, even with heavy Sirius/XM play. It's early but the past 3 weeks have been great for "Love Triangle." When I see responses in terms of testing, I question the people that are listening to the music and wondering if they know what is actually good. It seems every song that is big or should be tests poorly.
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Post by rsmatto on Oct 27, 2016 15:24:17 GMT -5
It could. It's gained 2.6 million in audience the past three weeks and has gotten 11 adds the past two. I'm going to be concerned with long range testing since the early Bullseye callout sent back less than favorable numbers but I think the passion is there and the sales have been great, even with heavy Sirius/XM play. It's early but the past 3 weeks have been great for "Love Triangle." When I see responses in terms of testing, I question the people that are listening to the music and wondering if they know what is actually good. It seems every song that is big or should be tests poorly. Plenty are used to only party and fluffy songs. So that's all they want and react negatively to songs like this.
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 30, 2016 20:25:36 GMT -5
"Love Triangle" is up three spots and cracks the Mediabase top 40 this week, at #39. :)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 20:30:54 GMT -5
"Love Triangle" is up three spots and cracks the Mediabase top 40 this week, at #39. :) Which means those CT40 spins are coming. I really do like this song (still not big on Raelynn's vocals) and it's nice to see a ballad by a female singer who really hasn't seen a lot of success ("God Made Girls" sold very well, just radio support as we all know was rather middling) make both the BB and MB Top 40.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 19:47:46 GMT -5
With the announcement that Raelynn's album will be delayed til 2017, I thought it would be a good time to bring this thread back up.
Count me shocked that the album is being delayed, their seemed to seem a general interest in the album based on presales and "Love Triangle" has really seen a bad slowdown and Raelynn as of today has a bullet of -3 while songs from Darius Rucker and Runaway June continue to further their distance from "Love Triangle" so it doesn't look like Raelynn will be passing anyone anytime soon. With this song appearing to be struggling a little bit I figured the label would just be all in for the album to be released in December.
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Post by seak05 on Nov 21, 2016 20:33:35 GMT -5
With the announcement that Raelynn's album will be delayed til 2017, I thought it would be a good time to bring this thread back up. Count me shocked that the album is being delayed, their seemed to seem a general interest in the album based on presales and "Love Triangle" has really seen a bad slowdown and Raelynn as of today has a bullet of -3 while songs from Darius Rucker and Runaway June continue to further their distance from "Love Triangle" so it doesn't look like Raelynn will be passing anyone anytime soon. With this song appearing to be struggling a little bit I figured the label would just be all in for the album to be released in December. I was very surprised as well because the album was actually doing well in pre-sale on itunes, and she had a performance booked on Ellen. But it was just announced that she's going on tour with Blake again this spring (actually Blake's loyalty to his past contestants is probably my favorite thing about him), so they might be thinking that will get her more exposure. Also wouldn't totally surprise me if they added a duet with Blake to the album.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 20:35:46 GMT -5
With the announcement that Raelynn's album will be delayed til 2017, I thought it would be a good time to bring this thread back up. Count me shocked that the album is being delayed, their seemed to seem a general interest in the album based on presales and "Love Triangle" has really seen a bad slowdown and Raelynn as of today has a bullet of -3 while songs from Darius Rucker and Runaway June continue to further their distance from "Love Triangle" so it doesn't look like Raelynn will be passing anyone anytime soon. With this song appearing to be struggling a little bit I figured the label would just be all in for the album to be released in December. I was very surprised as well because the album was actually doing well in pre-sale on itunes, and she had a performance booked on Ellen. But it was just announced that she's going on tour with Blake again this spring (actually Blake's loyalty to his past contestants is probably my favorite thing about him), so they might be thinking that will get her more exposure. Also wouldn't totally surprise me if they added a duet with Blake to the album. I guess I can understand that, but at the same time I have this feeling "Love Triangle" won't hold out on the chart that long, it's not an old song at all but at the same time if they intend to push it back to 2017, I really hope it's March or April they release the album then.
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Post by travelrocks24 on Nov 21, 2016 21:16:44 GMT -5
Wow, she has been pushing the album on social media and giving a song or two to get automatically when you pre-order.
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Post by g8erboi on Nov 21, 2016 21:38:47 GMT -5
Goodness... the album is getting pushed back all the way until June? Makes me wonder if they're going to stick with "Love Triangle" for the long haul or put out a new single in the first of the year (probably duet with Blake). Hopefully their decision to delay the album does more good than harm.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2016 21:49:08 GMT -5
Raelynn manage to move up to #32 on MB and is now approaching the Top 30 on both charts (I have her at #31 or #32 on BB tomorrow).
This song has grown on me a lot. Something about this song is heartbreakingly beautiful. Raelynn's voice still isn't quite my cup of tea, but this song has been one I've been constantly rooting for and with Top 30 within grasp, Raelynn might be able to snag her second Top 30.
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Post by g8erboi on Dec 4, 2016 23:06:29 GMT -5
I'm so pleasantly surprised at how well this has been doing! *knock on wood* With the quality of the lyrics and instrumentation, and the fact that it's sung by a (somewhat) new female artist, I expected it to not make it past the 50s. Thank you country radio for proving me wrong! Now that her debut album is delayed a few months back, hopefully this can keep chugging along and possibly reach the top 20 or beyond. Very ecastic for RaeLynn and her label for the progress this is making!
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Post by seak05 on Dec 18, 2016 16:43:30 GMT -5
Pandora has named Raelynn one of it's 25 artists to watch for next year (all genre).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 13:57:35 GMT -5
Raelynn manage to move up to #32 on MB and is now approaching the Top 30 on both charts (I have her at #31 or #32 on BB tomorrow). This song has grown on me a lot. Something about this song is heartbreakingly beautiful. Raelynn's voice still isn't quite my cup of tea, but this song has been one I've been constantly rooting for and with Top 30 within grasp, Raelynn might be able to snag her second Top 30. Wow has it been over a month since I said this?! Well Raelynn since that day (December 4th) has only managed to gain 600k in audience and 219 spins. That's not encouraging for about a 7 week stretch. The album is so far out but this song especially since the new year has basically been doing nothing and while Raelynn will avoid go recurrent on Billboard, "Love Triangle" is showing signs of struggling. With the album over 5 months away and this song already flailing, it seems. I wonder if the label might get the album sooner out there or if they decide to release another single.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 21, 2017 20:01:01 GMT -5
Raelynn manage to move up to #32 on MB and is now approaching the Top 30 on both charts (I have her at #31 or #32 on BB tomorrow). This song has grown on me a lot. Something about this song is heartbreakingly beautiful. Raelynn's voice still isn't quite my cup of tea, but this song has been one I've been constantly rooting for and with Top 30 within grasp, Raelynn might be able to snag her second Top 30. Wow has it been over a month since I said this?! Well Raelynn since that day (December 4th) has only managed to gain 600k in audience and 219 spins. That's not encouraging for about a 7 week stretch. The album is so far out but this song especially since the new year has basically been doing nothing and while Raelynn will avoid go recurrent on Billboard, "Love Triangle" is showing signs of struggling. With the album over 5 months away and this song already flailing, it seems. I wonder if the label might get the album sooner out there or if they decide to release another single. Well, considering the Christmas holiday caused this one to lose 250 spins in a two day span, it's understandable it hasn't done much since December 4th -- a better indicator (despite it being a smaller sample size), is to compare where it was on January 1st. "Love Triangle" has gained 100 spins and 400k in total audience since then (three weeks)...not exactly stuck in the mud but not really moving much either. The Bullseye scores for this continue to be abysmal -- below a 50.0 positive score (lowest of the top 40 songs qualified) and a 27% dislike (highest of any song surveyed)...that's with a full survey size of 200 people. I'm betting local testing isn't too different from that. I'm sure Warner Music Nashville is plugging the sales to programmers and the song is very strong -- that with label pressure is keeping this one alive, and the reason it has gotten this far. I'm hoping "Love Triangle" can hang in there and get a bit higher but the testing will hold it back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 20:08:23 GMT -5
Wow has it been over a month since I said this?! Well Raelynn since that day (December 4th) has only managed to gain 600k in audience and 219 spins. That's not encouraging for about a 7 week stretch. The album is so far out but this song especially since the new year has basically been doing nothing and while Raelynn will avoid go recurrent on Billboard, "Love Triangle" is showing signs of struggling. With the album over 5 months away and this song already flailing, it seems. I wonder if the label might get the album sooner out there or if they decide to release another single. Well, considering the Christmas holiday caused this one to lose 250 spins in a two day span, it's understandable it hasn't done much since December 4th -- a better indicator (despite it being a smaller sample size), is to compare where it was on January 1st. "Love Triangle" has gained 100 spins and 400k in total audience since then (three weeks)...not exactly stuck in the mud but not really moving much either. The Bullseye scores for this continue to be abysmal -- below a 50.0 positive score (lowest of the top 40 songs qualified) and a 27% dislike (highest of any song surveyed)...that's with a full survey size of 200 people. I'm betting local testing isn't too different from that. I'm sure Warner Music Nashville is plugging the sales to programmers and the song is very strong -- that with label pressure is keeping this one alive, and the reason it has gotten this far. I'm hoping "Love Triangle" can hang in there and get a bit higher but the testing will hold it back. The sales while not that bad aren't too good either. She's basically on level with her close chart competition (Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay and Dylan Scott). She's as of the last Kworb update is in the 200s on iTunes which while not bad, is nothing to write home about. Hearing the bad testing (wish MB would update their callout) is definitely why I can see this song scraping the Top 30 and nothing more. I don't know maybe I'm a little pessimistic. Good to hear Bullseye is still showing latest callout scores.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 21, 2017 20:32:14 GMT -5
Well, considering the Christmas holiday caused this one to lose 250 spins in a two day span, it's understandable it hasn't done much since December 4th -- a better indicator (despite it being a smaller sample size), is to compare where it was on January 1st. "Love Triangle" has gained 100 spins and 400k in total audience since then (three weeks)...not exactly stuck in the mud but not really moving much either. The Bullseye scores for this continue to be abysmal -- below a 50.0 positive score (lowest of the top 40 songs qualified) and a 27% dislike (highest of any song surveyed)...that's with a full survey size of 200 people. I'm betting local testing isn't too different from that. I'm sure Warner Music Nashville is plugging the sales to programmers and the song is very strong -- that with label pressure is keeping this one alive, and the reason it has gotten this far. I'm hoping "Love Triangle" can hang in there and get a bit higher but the testing will hold it back. The sales while not that bad aren't too good either. She's basically on level with her close chart competition (Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay and Dylan Scott). She's as of the last Kworb update is in the 200s on iTunes which while not bad, is nothing to write home about. They're not amazing, breathtaking sales but not everything can be. Not every song on the Country single chart can be in the top 200 of the all-genre chart, regardless of chart position. If we're critiquing single sales, for a song that's in the top 260 of the all-genre chart, even though it's only on the cusp of the top 30, and the album has already been released weeks ago, then in my judgement, we're being too harsh. Like I said, I would be pontificating sales for this if I was promotion staff for Warner. Look at "Bar At The End Of The World"...that's barely inside the top 400 of the all-genre chart and its already soared to the top 25 (yeah, I know, it's Kenny...). "If The Boot Fits" isn't even in the top 400 of the all-genre chart and that's a top 10 single. "Roots" is selling awful...yet that's in the top 35. Look, I'm not saying the sales for this are stupendous, but it's one of the key selling points to radio stations if you're attempting to make them convert this song. Some songs test well but don't sell; some sell well but don't test well. Some are both; some are neither. It's all about spinning a stat in your direction when you're promoting singles and sales are for this one. A promotion tactic certainly isn't going to be testing and unfortunately for RaeLynn, it's probably not the fact she's a female solo artist with a straight up sentimental ballad, either.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 20:37:46 GMT -5
The sales while not that bad aren't too good either. She's basically on level with her close chart competition (Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay and Dylan Scott). She's as of the last Kworb update is in the 200s on iTunes which while not bad, is nothing to write home about. They're not amazing, breathtaking sales but not everything can be. Not every song on the Country single chart can be in the top 200 of the all-genre chart, regardless of chart position. If we're critiquing single sales, for a song that's in the top 260 of the all-genre chart, even though it's only on the cusp of the top 30, and the album has already been released weeks ago, then in my judgement, we're being too harsh. Like I said, I would be pontificating sales for this if I was promotion staff for Warner. Look at "Bar At The End Of The World"...that's barely inside the top 400 of the all-genre chart and its already soared to the top 25 (yeah, I know, it's Kenny...). "If The Boot Fits" isn't even in the top 400 of the all-genre chart and that's a top 10 single. "Roots" is selling awful...yet that's in the top 35. Look, I'm not saying the sales for this are stupendous, but it's one of the key selling points to radio stations if you're attempting to make them convert this song. Some songs test well but don't sell; some sell well but don't test well. Some are both; some are neither. It's all about spinning a stat in your direction when you're promoting singles and sales are for this one. It's certainly not testing and unfortunately for RaeLynn, it's probably not the fact she's a female solo artist with a straight up sentimental ballad. Yeah the sales are the strong point I think. My point was more that out of all of the songs on the sales charts Raelynn's doing so so on sales. It's the part to brag about along with the solid amount of YouTube views the music video (over 3 million). My massive point was that the sales were pretty even with the songs near it (except Parmalee as you mentioned) I do agree though about Parmalee and especially Granger Smith (seriously hope that song leaves very soon). Granger Smith has testing I guess, but what does Parmalew, have? As I said in that thread earlier it's testing numbers on MB aren't even that good!
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 24, 2017 0:24:01 GMT -5
Ad for "Love Triangle" from Warner Music Nashville in Country Aircheck tonight. I think this can hang in there for a few more weeks yet but like I said earlier up the thread, it's going to be difficult to get this a lot higher, given it's age/fatigue and testing.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 24, 2017 0:37:52 GMT -5
They better release her damn album this spring then if this isn't going to turn into a big hit. I'm really sad that this is testing poorly. I wanted this to at least get to where "God Made Girls" did. Such an incredible song. I hate callout research. :'(
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 12:36:24 GMT -5
I know that Raelynn has her album coming out next month, but I am seriously wondering if this will make it to the album release date. It just seems like every day "Love Triangle" is struggling to just keep its bullet on Mediabase and I won't be shocked to see this miss the Top 30 on MB and I doubt Raelynn will be in the BB Top 30 as she should be at #35 tonight and at this point this song seems to be spinning its wheels.
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