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Post by Juan Carlos on Oct 9, 2016 16:04:13 GMT -5
Lead single from Little Mix's upcoming fourth album called "Shout Out to My Ex", which will be released next Sunday after the first performance of the track at The X Factor.
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Post by Gray. on Oct 9, 2016 18:03:26 GMT -5
They always have stellar singles despite generally lackluster albums. "Black Magic" was a really great pop song, so I'm looking forward to this.
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Post by leonagwen on Oct 11, 2016 11:23:34 GMT -5
Hopefully it gets released in the Usa
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Post by Juan Carlos on Oct 16, 2016 17:15:03 GMT -5
The X Factor performance:
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Post by Taylor. on Oct 16, 2016 17:41:17 GMT -5
The chorus sounds identical to Ugly Heart. But I like it.
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Post by leonagwen on Oct 17, 2016 7:27:15 GMT -5
#1 on UK itunes, #13 on Usa itunes!
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Post by maxsultan on Oct 17, 2016 10:38:44 GMT -5
This sounds so much like Ugly Heart but I do like it.
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Post by Gray. on Oct 17, 2016 17:38:56 GMT -5
The chorus sounds identical to Ugly Heart. But I like it. The comparison video that Idolator posted is out of control. This is so similar. But I loved "Ugly Heart", so I like this too. :kii: |
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 17, 2016 18:11:15 GMT -5
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Post by Dylan :) on Oct 18, 2016 9:59:32 GMT -5
#11 on iTunes and #126 on Spotify
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Post by leonagwen on Oct 18, 2016 10:11:44 GMT -5
Hopefully this will be their break thru Usa big hit.
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Post by nissl on Oct 18, 2016 12:03:34 GMT -5
I'm starting to wonder if this is going to be sent to US radio. I don't think it was in their plans. The sound doesn't really fit any better than Black Magic (which has more or less the same production and writing team). My sense is that they were planning to use this as a safe hit to sell tickets and albums to the UK/Australia/etc. through Christmas, then come with a big US collaboration + production to go with their opening slot on the Dangerous Woman tour early next year.
But the numbers look pretty tempting, don't they? It's holding remarkably well with no promo and it's absolutely crushing in all of their base countries, not to mention performing well in regions like Scandinavia and South America which were always marginal at best for them.
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Post by AP on Oct 18, 2016 12:26:16 GMT -5
I doubt this will be their US breakthrough. As mentioned above, SOTME and Black Magic are pretty sonically similar and I'd argue Black Magic is the stronger song of the two.
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Post by Gray. on Oct 18, 2016 15:04:34 GMT -5
I doubt this will be their US breakthrough. As mentioned above, SOTME and Black Magic are pretty sonically similar and I'd argue Black Magic is the stronger song of the two. I could see this being a middling, sleeper hit for them, but I highly doubt it's going to make them huge in the U.S. if "Black Magic" failed to do so. This is a good pop song, but it's relatively faceless and not different enough from their prior material to make me think this is what's gonna do it for them. |
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Post by TroublemakerOlly on Oct 18, 2016 21:16:17 GMT -5
Digitally serviced with 4 versions: Clean, Explicit, Clean Radio Edit and Explicit Radio Edit.
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Post by karatekid on Oct 18, 2016 21:58:15 GMT -5
what an anthemic chorus.. i could see this being big if it gets exposure.
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Post by matteeeb on Oct 18, 2016 22:13:00 GMT -5
Still cant get over the fact that Black Magic didn't go atleast top 10. That song was pop perfection :(
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Post by skizzo on Oct 18, 2016 22:18:21 GMT -5
Yeah its baffling how Pop radio ignored a perfect pop song...
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Post by nissl on Oct 18, 2016 22:18:33 GMT -5
Yeah, they had to try this. Black Magic was just slightly short of having the numbers to be a hit (right, experts?) and this track's opening has completely blown it away everywhere, including North America. They needed to hop on it before the video release on Friday.
I'm praying that radio will still give them a fair shot with their (probable) planned US-friendly second single if the public spits this one out.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 18, 2016 22:26:32 GMT -5
Rooting for this
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Post by missgenericnickname on Oct 18, 2016 23:01:47 GMT -5
I feel like this is going to have a lot of trouble getting famous because there's a lot of people taking Zayn's side in the issue
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Post by itsaboutart on Oct 18, 2016 23:42:35 GMT -5
I like it. Buts it's a blatant ugly heart rip off which takes away from how good of a pop song it is.
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Post by leonagwen on Oct 20, 2016 14:38:19 GMT -5
The music video is coming out tomorrow.
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Post by nissl on Oct 20, 2016 16:44:20 GMT -5
It's out in an hour!
They seem to be getting good international traction despite the lack of promo, still top 30 iTunes (though falling) and #72 US Spotify. Also #35 on global Spotify which is already a record for them even though they haven't started their UK impact week yet. :)
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Post by nissl on Oct 20, 2016 18:21:17 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 18:34:37 GMT -5
I loved "Black Magic," but this is the worst.
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Post by irice22 on Oct 20, 2016 18:46:04 GMT -5
If this becomes a hit and "Ugly Heart" could not I'll be pissed. This is like a watered down version of that song.
... Which means I still kinda like it.
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Post by irice22 on Oct 20, 2016 18:46:28 GMT -5
I mean but seriously, is this just "Ugly Heart" with different lyrics?
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Post by EPG on Oct 20, 2016 19:03:54 GMT -5
When I first heard this, I instantly thought of "Ugly Heart." That s**t is STILL my jam. I really like this, too. It's just a slightly more amped up "Ugly Heart," and I will not tolerate this becoming a hit over UH. Btw, Simone Battle >>> Everyone in "Little Mix" and "GRL." Still miss her.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 19:11:21 GMT -5
Least favorite single from them to date tbh, but it isn't bad by all means.
Just a lot weaker
Speaking of singles, to this day, I still wish RED PLANET was a single
Awesome song + T-Boz
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