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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2022 20:32:19 GMT -5
She looks cute. But does she look thrilled? Not really. Lol
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Post by George on Sept 30, 2022 11:02:50 GMT -5
Album comes with a zine:
Also, she’ll be a judge on the next season of Australian Idol:
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Sept 30, 2022 11:08:25 GMT -5
This is also releasing the same day as Taylor Swift’s new album, so don’t expect high numbers for this one upon release. Was anybody expecting big numbers from this? I dont think Taylor's album is going to change anybody's expectations.
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Post by George on Oct 10, 2022 3:02:31 GMT -5
New song preview:
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Post by Bhad Bill on Oct 11, 2022 9:30:03 GMT -5
So hyped for the Natti Natasha track! That’s my girl.
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Post by George on Oct 12, 2022 2:16:30 GMT -5
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Post by George on Oct 14, 2022 15:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by George on Oct 15, 2022 10:08:15 GMT -5
Target CD will have the bonus track “Remind Me” Target Vinyl will have alternate cover:
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Post by Troublemaker on Oct 15, 2022 10:20:26 GMT -5
Damn! This era is about to be worse than her last huh?
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Post by George on Oct 15, 2022 20:47:33 GMT -5
She’s been doing a lot more promo in recent weeks.
“Bad For Me” peaked at #15 on Hot AC, which is better than her previous album’s lead single (“Nice to Meet You”) but not as well as its original lead (“No Excuses”).
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Post by theflying on Oct 16, 2022 9:55:26 GMT -5
I feel like she knows this is gonna flop into Oblivion and that makes me sad. :(
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Oct 16, 2022 11:19:17 GMT -5
Meghan was just never a sustainable artist, but she should be grateful for the success she managed to have.
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Post by schnetzka on Oct 16, 2022 11:46:10 GMT -5
Her label continues to let her release albums so it seems they don't care if she's successful or not. As long as Meghan is happy then that's all there is to it.
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Post by theflying on Oct 16, 2022 11:55:03 GMT -5
Meghan was just never a sustainable artist, but she should be grateful for the success she managed to have. This is nonsense, and imo, pretty sexist. Just because she tried directions that either worked out very well, and others less so, doesn’t mean she was “never a sustainable artist”. The woman has 16 million monthly Spotify listeners over 8 years into her career, along with a number of other achievements (a GRAMMY) that are too numerous to list.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Oct 16, 2022 13:31:04 GMT -5
Well, geez. So, you ride the M-Train pretty hard, huh? Good for you. One thing you will NOT do, however, is spin false narratives and give me incorrect labels. I am actually a feminist, so I take great umbrage at your cries of sexism. Can you please provide evidence of my sexism? Because I said she should be grateful? She should! She has a lot to be grateful for, as you attempted to remind me (I already know her accomplishments, but thanks!) I recognize that. I also don't see Meghan as a sustainable, commercially relevant artist. If she goes independent? Sure. But...what was her last hit? You think she is capable of more hits? That's your opinion. History is not on her side here, but...miracles can happen. If she gets a Top 20 song on any format, I will call that a win for her. Do you know the definition of sustainable? You pointed to her diversity as an artist as making her sustainable, but...nope. No relation. As a fellow Cape Codder, I rooted for Meghan from Day 1 and bought her Thankful album as well. Maybe I will listen to her again or be a continued fan, but that still doesn't make her a sustainable artist.
Carry on.
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Post by rainie on Oct 16, 2022 19:34:11 GMT -5
LMFAO this is so on brand for her it hurts
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Post by Music Fan on Oct 17, 2022 1:00:50 GMT -5
We're seeing that while TikTok can make songs go viral or make certain celebrities extremely relevant, it doesn't fully translate to album sales (see: Lizzo, Charlie Puth, and next week Meghan.)
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Post by theflying on Oct 17, 2022 3:38:02 GMT -5
Well, geez. So, you ride the M-Train pretty hard, huh? Good for you. One thing you will NOT do, however, is spin false narratives and give me incorrect labels. I am actually a feminist, so I take great umbrage at your cries of sexism. Can you please provide evidence of my sexism? Because I said she should be grateful? She should! She has a lot to be grateful for, as you attempted to remind me (I already know her accomplishments, but thanks!) I recognize that. I also don't see Meghan as a sustainable, commercially relevant artist. If she goes independent? Sure. But...what was her last hit? You think she is capable of more hits? That's your opinion. History is not on her side here, but...miracles can happen. If she gets a Top 20 song on any format, I will call that a win for her. Do you know the definition of sustainable? You pointed to her diversity as an artist as making her sustainable, but...nope. No relation. As a fellow Cape Codder, I rooted for Meghan from Day 1 and bought her Thankful album as well. Maybe I will listen to her again or be a continued fan, but that still doesn't make her a sustainable artist. Carry on. Literally her LATEST SINGLE went Top 15 on Hot AC. Get out of here with your trolling, and yes, sexist nonsense. Careers fluctuate. They have highs and lows. Just because she may never reach the literal apex of the music industry again — something no artist except the top ones in the *world* did — does not mean she was “never” a sustainable artist, or that she doesn’t have an audience for her music, or that radio is unwilling to play any song by her. It’s been 8 years since she debuted, and she’s a woman in the industry. It happens. That paragraph would never have been typed if a male artist had had her accomplishments and current streaming numbers.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Oct 17, 2022 10:22:15 GMT -5
I will ask you one more time to refrain from personal attacks and calling me sexist when you still have no receipts to back it up. Thank you.
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Post by theflying on Oct 17, 2022 11:54:36 GMT -5
I will ask you one more time to refrain from personal attacks and calling me sexist when you still have no receipts to back it up. Thank you. Your sexist receipts were quoted and replied to by me. They’re all on this page.🙂 Meghan has been battling this kind of stuff since she first launched her career, that she’s not a “serious” or “viable” artist. Literally ever since AATB came out. She’s literally a Grammy winner, with multiple number ones, millions of records sold, multiple major label studio albums, and just had a Top 15 Hot AC record 8 years into her career. And yet you still had to belittle her viability. She reached the top of the music industry, but it’s not “real”. She should be “grateful” because she “shouldn’t have made it”. You didn’t say all those things, but it’s the same crap lobbied at her over and over again. Never mind that she was incredibly talented as a writer, as a vocalist, as a performer, with a ton of charisma. She literally has multiple hit songs *in different styles*, showing her strength and versatility at a musician. What on earth about her was “never a viable, sustainable artist”? You are *literally wrong*, and yet you still felt the need to waltz in and say that. Men with those stats NEVER get those things said about them. It IS sexist, and I’m sorry that you feel triggered being called out for exactly what that is. I know this feels *~*shockingly difficult~*~, but, if you’re really a self-proclaimed feminist, what if you actually *acknowledged* that what you said doesn’t exactly like up with those ideals, instead of acting like someone tagging your comments for what they are is a “personal attack”?
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Oct 17, 2022 13:08:27 GMT -5
Albie Wave. Kanenrá:ke can someone put a stop to this madness or at least revive the PMAs so theflying can win Best Stan?? I might give this album a curiosity listen to see if there are any bops.
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Post by Wave. on Oct 17, 2022 13:37:14 GMT -5
theflying he never said "she shouldn't have made it". Now why you are making false things up? Don't take it so hard because he has a different opinion.
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Post by theflying on Oct 17, 2022 13:39:21 GMT -5
theflying he never said "she shouldn't have made it". Now why you are making false things up? Don't take it so hard because he has a different opinion. I said that he didn’t say that. But he did say he never saw her as a viable, sustainable artist. Meghan always gets stuff like that thrown at her. So someone wants to waltz into a thread, say stuff like that, and then cry about being called out? Should I say the exact same things but instead go it’s _______ because they don’t like the label? We’re just butthurt over the term, not the actual argument being used to warrant the term?
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Post by Wave. on Oct 17, 2022 13:40:46 GMT -5
theflying he never said "she shouldn't have made it". Now why you are making false things up? Don't take it so hard because he has a different opinion. I said that he didn’t say that. But he did say he never saw her as a viable, sustainable artist. Meghan always gets stuff like that thrown at her. Ok, but that's not trolling, nor sexist.
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Post by theflying on Oct 17, 2022 13:44:11 GMT -5
I said that he didn’t say that. But he did say he never saw her as a viable, sustainable artist. Meghan always gets stuff like that thrown at her. Ok, but that's not trolling, nor sexist. Well, I thoroughly disagree, and provided a bunch of reasons why it is. If we’re upset about phrasing — then, my apologies. *Period Dot* is not sexist, I did not mean to personally attack them. I meant to point out the obvious gendered-ness that these attacks and sentiments are often are laced, in which a woman is held to standards men are not. Which, you know, is often called something, but I guess we’ll just leave “what it’s called” to the imagination. Is that polite enough?
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Post by Wave. on Oct 17, 2022 13:55:39 GMT -5
But why are men being brought into this when he only brought up Meghan and her career? Nothing Else. But, yes, moving on.
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Post by theflying on Oct 17, 2022 13:57:38 GMT -5
You’re right, I’m sorry. Let’s start with the original premise.
Why is a Grammy winner with multiple number 1 hits and multiple Platinum albums that currently has 16 million monthly listeners on Spotify over an 8-year career, not a sustainable artist — and not just isn’t currently, but “never was”?
Why?
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Post by Wave. on Oct 17, 2022 14:44:58 GMT -5
You’re right, I’m sorry. Let’s start with the original premise. Why is a Grammy winner with multiple number 1 hits and multiple Platinum albums that currently has 16 million monthly listeners on Spotify over an 8-year career, not a sustainable artist — and not just isn’t currently, but “never was”? Why? Her material isn't connecting with Mainstream recently. Yeah, AC is cool, but she shouldn't only be getting that attention.
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Oct 17, 2022 14:52:27 GMT -5
4 studio albums, with a trajectory of 3x platinum to 1x platinum to non-certified to using a game that barely anyone plays anymore to promote a single off an album that will also likely be non-certified. Definition of sustainable: able to be maintained at a certain rate or level. Yup, seems Meghan's career sure has been sustainable! Grammys and hits just like Milli Vanilli because those things are true markers of a sustainable artist! 8 years of a career seems like 20 when you read it at a certain angle, I guess! Her diminishing rate of return is definitely because she is a woman and not because she just doesn't really have the interest of the GP anymore, but hey, a thread on Pulse should be evidence enough of a sustainable career!
I definitely needed the amusement today, so I am grateful. I am going to revisit the incredible songwriting and vocals of M-Train today!
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Post by Wave. on Oct 17, 2022 15:24:04 GMT -5
While "No" did well, it seemed like her sound switch didn't fully translate with the GP.
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