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Post by thezatch on May 21, 2019 9:56:30 GMT -5
"Happy Not Knowing" clicked with me out of nowhere while in my car at a red light on Saturday. Windows down and I was SANGING at the top of my lungs. That chorus is sublime, and pure pop bliss.
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theflying
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Post by theflying on May 21, 2019 11:11:10 GMT -5
“Happy Not Knowing” ALSO clicked with me last night, and now I think it’s a total bop!
There’s something about it that reminds me of Kiss-era Carly. Probably the simplicity of it.
Side note: “Feels Right” feels criminally underrated. I love it!
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 21, 2019 11:51:30 GMT -5
Musically, I think "Happy Not Knowing" is one of the more basic songs on the album (albeit still fantastic). But lyrically... why is she describing the past two years of my love life like that? NAILED IT. That outro is so cute.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on May 22, 2019 9:30:32 GMT -5
Thinking ‘Happy Not Knowing’ is anything less than perfect is homophobic!!!!!!!
That and WYIMR are absolutely perfect.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on May 22, 2019 10:34:25 GMT -5
I couldn’t sleep last night and I blame “he needs me he needs me he needs me he needs me he needs me”
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Post by Lumi on May 22, 2019 15:29:38 GMT -5
"Real Love" is my favorite at the moment. The lyrics are a moooood
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Post by Wavey✨️ on May 22, 2019 15:58:18 GMT -5
80 on Metacritic.
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Post by Active Aggressive on May 22, 2019 15:59:51 GMT -5
Already eager to see how she can top Too Much and Right Words Wrong Time. Two of the best songs of the year. Those ad-libs on RWRT are just...wow.
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Post by Active Aggressive on May 22, 2019 16:02:59 GMT -5
Her second highest (after Emotion Side B).
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on May 23, 2019 1:40:31 GMT -5
Projected to debut at #18 with 19-22k SPS (12-15k sales).
Kiss debuted at #6 with 46k.
E•MO•TION debuted at #16 with 16k.
Not bad at all considering they didn’t try with radio this time.
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Post by jodakyellow on May 23, 2019 7:03:16 GMT -5
Projected to debut at #18 with 19-22k SPS (12-15k sales). Kiss debuted at #6 with 46k. E•MO•TION debuted at #16 with 16k. Not bad at all considering they didn’t try with radio this time. Really not bad at all. She still deserves better, so hoping this has legs. Some Grammys love in 2020 sure would help.
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theflying
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Post by theflying on May 23, 2019 7:16:18 GMT -5
What are Emotion and Kiss’ total sales anyway?
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on May 23, 2019 7:33:47 GMT -5
The Grammys have done her dirty. But they don’t tend to favour pure pop, no matter where it lies. Even still, a nomination (or 4) would do wonders.
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Post by Exclusive on May 23, 2019 14:24:30 GMT -5
"Julien", "Now That I've Found You", "Want You In My Room", "Feels Right" <3
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Post by newpower on May 23, 2019 17:45:16 GMT -5
Loving this album, too much.
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Ty
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Post by Ty on May 23, 2019 18:49:39 GMT -5
I just want to say that "Julien" has grown on me so much since the album release. The subtlety of its production makes it a great opener for this album.
(Btw: please consider participating in the album RD, which is due next Friday for the first round! See link in my signature--)
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Post by pnobelysk on May 23, 2019 21:45:36 GMT -5
What are Emotion and Kiss’ total sales anyway? Kiss 300k ish in the US Emotion 40k ish
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Post by SHOOTER on May 23, 2019 21:55:55 GMT -5
What are Emotion and Kiss’ total sales anyway? Inconclusive considering how streaming affects the report of units these days combined with Nielsen doing their damndest to make sure sales charts stopped leaking. Last reported sales figure for Kiss was 292k in August 2015 (let’s say 300k by now). E•MO•TION had sold 36k by December 2015 (so we’ll say 40k).
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Post by ampersand on May 24, 2019 15:41:50 GMT -5
Got tickets to see her in Toronto this September! She and Kacey are in town within a few days of each other, so that week’s gonna be lit.
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Post by Au$tin on May 27, 2019 19:08:52 GMT -5
I don't have cable television so I'm probably late to this news, but "Now That I Found You" is being used in a Target commercial.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on May 27, 2019 19:28:36 GMT -5
So does this album have a current single?
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Post by schnetzka on May 27, 2019 20:01:44 GMT -5
So does this album have a current single? The current single is Too Much. The music video came out like a week or two ago.
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Post by deepston on May 27, 2019 20:23:54 GMT -5
This album is perfection... After so many duds that pop girls have been serving lately... it's refreshing.
"Too Much", "Real Love", "For Sure" and "Now That I Found You" are highlights for me.
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Post by SHOOTER on May 28, 2019 3:15:54 GMT -5
HITS final tally has this at #18 with 21k SPS (#6 with 13k sales).
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Post by Naos on May 29, 2019 2:09:04 GMT -5
This fell 32-34 on Japan's Oricon chart. Its peak of #32 is pretty depressing, since her previous albums were in the Top 10. This barely did better than Emotion Side B.
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Post by vithor on May 29, 2019 11:51:49 GMT -5
This fell 32-34 on Japan's Oricon chart. Its peak of #32 is pretty depressing, since her previous albums were in the Top 10. This barely did better than Emotion Side B. Well.. This album had no promo, no single campaign.. You can't expect it to do amazing.
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Post by Naos on May 30, 2019 15:59:33 GMT -5
Billboard 200: #18 (debut)
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Post by Au$tin on May 30, 2019 18:49:25 GMT -5
Too Much and The Sound are coming up FAST to rival Now That I Found You for my favorite track.
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Post by Choco on May 30, 2019 18:52:00 GMT -5
I'm not familiar with a lot of her discography, but I checked out "Want You In My Room" and it's really, really good.
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Post by Dreams on May 30, 2019 19:48:39 GMT -5
I'm not familiar with a lot of her discography, but I checked out "Want You In My Room" and it's really, really good. You have no idea what you're missing out. E•MO•TION is a must, listen to that one top to bottom.
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