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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2022 4:13:30 GMT -5
At this point I don't care anymore about Normani as an artist. I'm just over it. There is only so much one can wait around for a debut album before getting distracted by the other girls actually putting out albums.
She was my favourite in the group but meh. I agree with the person who said she's just an influencer now which makes total sense.
I don't think we can blame her team anymore for the delay. To me it seems to be squarely a Normani issue at this point. I'm surprised she still has a team and major label backing. Most would have been dropped by now even with the success of these one off singles.
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Post by dwindeezy on Jul 5, 2022 19:24:33 GMT -5
At this point I don't care anymore about Normani as an artist. I'm just over it. There is only so much one can wait around for a debut album before getting distracted by the other girls actually putting out albums. She was my favourite in the group but meh. I agree with the person who said she's just an influencer now which makes total sense. I don't think we can blame her team anymore for the delay. To me it seems to be squarely a Normani issue at this point. I'm surprised she still has a team and major label backing. Most would have been dropped by now even with the success of these one off singles. Truthfully, I honestly think THIS is the exact way her team wants us to feel because they know damn well even though we’ll be saying this, we gonna check out that single the second it drops. It’s almost like they want the fans salivating at the mouth and so desperate for new music, give them a song and then repeat in hopes that something becomes a hit on all formats before she can FINALLY release her album. Those mf’er see the tweets and all the shit we be saying. They just know that no matter what Mani does, at the end of the day, we gonna still be checking for that song when it’s out. They probably LOVING that people are getting pissed about no new music/album because that shows investment and passion in an artist. When we TRULY stop giving af, THATS when they gonna be scared. IMO. You know how they say when someone stops talking instead of arguing back, that when you should be nervous.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 25, 2022 14:58:47 GMT -5
I can't with this girl. she's everywhere with a career that's going nowhere at the same time.
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Post by Wave. on Jul 25, 2022 16:08:35 GMT -5
Gotta be visible somewhere! Besides her, who can we point fingers at- her team? RCA?
I'm generally asking btw because I feel since she's not solely with RCA, could the other label she's at is moving slow or what.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Jul 25, 2022 17:08:26 GMT -5
Normani’s non existent album is such a mystery to me.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 25, 2022 17:39:33 GMT -5
Gotta be visible somewhere! Besides her, who can we point fingers at- her team? RCA? I'm generally asking btw because I feel since she's not solely with RCA, could the other label she's at is moving slow or what. I think a lot of this rightfully falls on her because she's been teasing and announcing dates and singles and whatnot with no real progress for a few years. it's going to be a year since "Wild Side" and 3 years since "Motivation" and there's still nothing. she said new upbeat song/"Candy Paint" is coming soon several months ago. artists like SZA and Rihanna can pull this off because they already have masterpieces out. people will complain but then go stream CTRL and ANTI and shut up. there's NOTHING of the sort from Normani. just some singles with no common thread, but no body of work. in other news:
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 25, 2022 18:29:38 GMT -5
Her career so far is sooo....tragic.
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Post by think pink. on Jul 25, 2022 18:41:13 GMT -5
I think it falls on Normani tbh. I think she’s scared of flopping. She wants that breakout & iconic debut like the songstress’ she idolizes from the 90’s and 2000’S had. You can’t plan those kind of moments/eras though.
I’ll always say she should’ve dropped EP’s & mixtapes and built a solid fanbase/buzz first. That would’ve served her better going into this album. But she wasted all these years doing nothing but one off singles here and there.
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Post by kimberly on Jul 25, 2022 19:57:58 GMT -5
she doesn't sound great on this compared to Tinashe, but I think I might just like Tinashe more lol. kinda wish it was just Calvin & T.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 26, 2022 21:05:03 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 27, 2022 7:41:27 GMT -5
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Post by Ty on Jul 27, 2022 11:30:02 GMT -5
Following her career has been exhausting. She's got all the attention and investments but it's like she insists on staying on the C-lister lane. It's either ambition or willpower, but something is lacking in Normani. I'm starting to feel like most of us (including her team) ignored the many red flags from very early on, only because we all so wanted her to succeed.
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Post by think pink. on Jul 27, 2022 11:37:54 GMT -5
Following her career has been exhausting. She's got all the attention and investments but it's like she insists on staying on the C-lister lane. It's either ambition or willpower, but something is lacking in Normani. I'm starting to feel like most of us (including her team) ignored the many red flags from very early on, only because we all so wanted her to succeed. What red flags?
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Post by Ty on Jul 27, 2022 12:12:53 GMT -5
Following her career has been exhausting. She's got all the attention and investments but it's like she insists on staying on the C-lister lane. It's either ambition or willpower, but something is lacking in Normani. I'm starting to feel like most of us (including her team) ignored the many red flags from very early on, only because we all so wanted her to succeed. What red flags? Endless release delays, lipping live performances, rumours of being a diva (like opting out of the Dua Lipa collaboration), etc.
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Post by think pink. on Jul 27, 2022 13:13:13 GMT -5
Endless release delays, lipping live performances, rumours of being a diva (like opting out of the Dua Lipa collaboration), etc. Oooh what’s the diva/Dua tea?
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Post by kimberly on Aug 9, 2022 15:02:22 GMT -5
always lashing out, never putting an album out 💀
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Post by Wave. on Aug 9, 2022 15:21:07 GMT -5
I'm screaming!
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Post by Hurricane Lee on Aug 9, 2022 16:01:11 GMT -5
She will learn the hard way that only Barbs like to be verbally abused on Twitter like that.
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Aug 9, 2022 16:37:46 GMT -5
girlie needs to stay off social media and find herself a studio. dance studio, recording studio, whatever. too worried about tweets than having a music career.
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Post by Ty on Aug 9, 2022 22:00:11 GMT -5
She's trending on Twitter for this...somebody take over her accounts plz.
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Post by Choco on Aug 9, 2022 22:18:50 GMT -5
Another Twitter mess? Meh. Truly anything but music.
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Post by Caviar on Aug 9, 2022 22:20:38 GMT -5
It’s over for her.
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Aug 9, 2022 22:30:11 GMT -5
She puts out music and they don't support it. She doesn't put anything out and they drag her.
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Post by kimberly on Aug 9, 2022 23:39:32 GMT -5
her latest Instagram post comments section is sending me it's either other celebrities, fans asking "where music at?", fans asking "are you a model now?" or sex bots lol http://instagram.com/p/ChDPMywPKUf
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Post by Wave. on Aug 10, 2022 0:01:45 GMT -5
I throw my shade, but I honestly don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Are we impatient, or she's just inconsistent with no clear direction? She puts out music and they don't support it. She doesn't put anything out and they drag her. You do have a point, but I guess it's up to the audience at the end of the day..
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Post by kimberly on Aug 10, 2022 0:18:03 GMT -5
She puts out music and they don't support it. She doesn't put anything out and they drag her. in my defense, "Fair" was my 25th most-listened song of the year before Beyoncé released her album lmao. I do like her music when she puts it out but this "one song a year" thing isn't sustainable. if you don't deliver some body of work for people to be a fan of, they won't be fans for long. unless she wants to be an instagram model and socialite full time, lol. I throw my shade, but I honestly don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Are we impatient, or she's just inconsistent with no clear direction? I used to feel this way, but it's been 4 years in the making... no updates, no rants about her label, no real teasers of unreleased music... no real "live" performances for her last two songs, only lip syncs... surely she has some fault in this, if not most of it? I don't like comparing them but Chlöe said her album's in limbo as well (she tweeted she "doesn't know when it's coming out anymore"), but she's been on multiple collabs, released a third single, performed live several times (as recent as this weekend when Summer Walker brought her out at her show, plus festival dates and such, and a great BET performance), and continues to tease unreleased songs from her upcoming project. as far as we know, Normani doesn't even HAVE a project. she's been "perfecting" for years now.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Aug 10, 2022 9:07:41 GMT -5
I legit don't understand what is going on, she had a big Urban hit with "Wild Side." Why not release the album off of that? If they're waiting for some huge elusive crossover smash to launch her, then they can continue to gamble on that and let her waste away.
She's a new artist, her first album doesn't need to a be a blockbuster. This is about putting out a body of work, performing and promoting it, forming an identity as an artist, going out on a club tour and as a supporting act, building a fanbase and a following. Like this isn't rocket science. I think she and RCA are stuck on launching her as a headlining star right off the bat and that's not in the cards for her anymore.
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Post by Choco on Aug 10, 2022 9:35:37 GMT -5
"Fair" got supported by her fans, as shown by the relatively OK iTunes numbers it had for a couple days.
She just doesn't have a fanbase (yet?). She hasn't even dropped an EP to build one. You can't say the album is coming for years, drop some bomb ass pics every two months and expect people to check out the 1 single a year, specially if it's a bore like "Fair".
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Post by think pink. on Aug 10, 2022 10:33:48 GMT -5
She also said the album was gonna be released this Summer. That certainly didn’t help things.
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Post by Glove Slap on Aug 10, 2022 10:37:40 GMT -5
Wild Side was a supported hit. Supported enough to get an album onto services.
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