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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 12:41:46 GMT -5
Her lil stunt of a whirlwind engagement did wonders for her lil career. This s**t is smashing, while “Into You”, “Breathin”, and superior singles from her debut underperformed in comparison. 😩 I’m sick. At the time all her weird public extraness with him was annoying and childish, but I guess she was being smart this whole time. Used a quick 2 month engagement to finally become the main pop girl, well played. I wish she was smashing like this with her last era but it probably works out better for her at this time since Katy and all the other popgirl competition have all died out now so the focus is all on her.
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Post by sam8432 on Jan 20, 2019 21:58:16 GMT -5
Apoligies if this has been beought up before, but I just noticed that the music in the beginning of the Thank U, Next music video is the beginning of 7 Rings. Interesting how she previewed the song weeks earlier without anyone realizing.
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Post by Normi on Jan 21, 2019 0:16:30 GMT -5
Eeh we all knew from the start that tun previewed this track
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Post by woods on Jan 21, 2019 0:21:41 GMT -5
Okay now I don't even care if anyone hates this. They're just missing out on a great song. EDIT: Ok maybe that was a little too harsh but whatever.
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Post by Az Paynter on Jan 21, 2019 0:28:16 GMT -5
Eeh we all knew from the start that tun previewed this track Did we? I know '7 Rings' was the licence plate on Ari's car in the TUN music video, but the intro music from '7 Rings' was used in the intro for the TUN MV (which was also the teaser trailer). I don't remember it being mentioned anywhere that we had a musical teaser of any other songs in the TUN video.
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Post by Normi on Jan 21, 2019 0:31:10 GMT -5
It's been talked about on the internet just minutes after the video dropped and I also think Ariana confirmed it being 7 rings shortly after as well, in teasers she's released the instrumental could be heard as well It was a known fact before even if not everyone caught on to that fact (maybe it's just because I'm a mega-stan)
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Post by Glove Slap on Jan 21, 2019 5:49:47 GMT -5
This is her greatest single since Love Me Harder.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2019 5:57:40 GMT -5
This is her greatest single since Love Me Harder.
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Post by Az Paynter on Jan 21, 2019 8:00:24 GMT -5
-- 27 ARIANA GRANDE 7 Rings 2394 0 2394 19.032
+360 Spins +360 Bullet +2.860 Audience
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Post by Enigma. on Jan 21, 2019 8:16:08 GMT -5
Steady on Spotify, this will most likely* last several weeks at #1 on Hot 100!
*people might pass away and artists might release out of the blue
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Post by deepston on Jan 21, 2019 11:07:44 GMT -5
8.6M Spotify streams on a Sunday?? I wouldn't be surprised if she goes over 10M someday this week.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Jan 21, 2019 12:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by Choco on Jan 21, 2019 13:02:06 GMT -5
Yeah this is going #1. Great consistency on streaming so far.
Main pop girl transition achieved.
It's growing on me too; I might actually like it more without the video? It's a good video but without her deer in headlights eyes I believe the bad bitch thing a lot more.
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Post by hot100predictions on Jan 21, 2019 15:02:26 GMT -5
I knew this was going to go #1. Streaming is insane. I'm sure she'll be doing 4 million a day in the U.S. on Spotify. TUN 2.0
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jan 21, 2019 16:01:08 GMT -5
This might be my favorite 2nd single after "Baby I"
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Post by Choco on Jan 21, 2019 20:08:55 GMT -5
Yeah I played this while at the gym and then had to hit repeat... and I get it now. Bop.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Jan 21, 2019 20:51:28 GMT -5
Yeah I played this while at the gym and then had to hit repeat... and I get it now. Bop. All it takes is a little time😉
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Post by collegedropout on Jan 21, 2019 21:49:54 GMT -5
Terrible songs but man this transformation to Main Pop Girl is insane.
Bigger than Rihanna's transformation?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 0:19:01 GMT -5
Terrible songs but man this transformation to Main Pop Girl is insane. Bigger than Rihanna's transformation? If by bigger you mean more drastic? It really feels like this happened overnight for Ariana. Rihanna's transformation was a bit more gradual and spread out over multiple albums. And even when she wasn't clearly a 'main' she was pushing out #1s so there was always a bit of an argument for her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 0:22:36 GMT -5
What does main pop girl even mean?
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Post by Choco on Jan 22, 2019 0:28:33 GMT -5
I think it's comparable to Katy with Teenage Dream in that they both had respectable stats at that point but clearly leveled up. Ariana is much more surprising because it's coming relatively late into her career (5th album, when most pop girls level up with the second one or third at the latest, which is why so many of us were sad when Dangerous Woman wasn't a bigger deal).
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Post by wjr15 on Jan 22, 2019 0:28:58 GMT -5
What does main pop girl even mean? Basically, the "It Girl" of pop at the moment. The pop star who is getting hit after hit and their popularity is peaking above all of the other pop girls. Ariana is that pop girl. She is currently outperforming every other pop girl. Granted, the competition isn't exactly strong at the moment (Halsey, Camila, Dua) while the more established pop girls (Rihanna, Taylor, etc.) are in between eras right now.
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Post by Choco on Jan 22, 2019 0:35:48 GMT -5
To give out some examples:
Kelly was the main pop girl during Breakaway. Taylor with 1989 Rihanna was pop's go-to lady for a looooong time but particularly with Good Girl Gone Bad and kinda LOUD too. Lady Gaga with The Fame and The Fame Monster
Britney, Christina and Beyonce have never dominated the pop charts with a single project that way. I think you could make a case for I Am... Sasha Fierce and Stripped , but they have their weaknesses.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 1:19:24 GMT -5
The music landscape is different now but Britney and Beyoncé’s impact and MPG status transcended the charts unlike the late 00s MPG’s. Britney was definitely that bitch during her first 5 years, undeniably bigger and a longer stretch than any of the newer girls (except Rihanna). Her album sales were just a bigger deal than her singles were. Same for Beyoncé kinda, she was always successful but her really big level up and current legendary/untouchable status seemed to come with the self titled era.
as for Christina:
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2019 2:11:58 GMT -5
Main pop girls usually see their lead singles go #1 with ease1; their albums are always in the YE top 10 and one of the top 3 selling female acts of the year. There can be more than one main pop lady at a time, but usually no more than three.2 After the 'mains' is usually a B-tier of pop girls - no limit on how many here - who are doing fine for themselves, are pretty consistent and may even be capable of grabbing a #1 or two, but they just don't generate the same amount of seemingly effortless buzz and hype that you expect from a superstar. Halsey, Selena, that type of act is not a main. Without Me shows strong potential for Halsey to also transition to 'main' level but I need to see how her next single moves.
Having full label backing and an aggressive management team is important and sometimes it simply comes down to good timing/releasing when some established mains are taking a break or are fresh off a flop, but the image still has to connect on a massive level that is really hard to achieve.
1I make an exception for 2000s Britney here b/c that was a rare moment when labels were phasing out physical singles, and TRL stars didn't need radio quite as much to dominate conversations or album sales.
2 If you adopt the '3 at a time' theory it kind of makes sense that it didn't happen for Ariana when it 'should' have (My Everything or Dangerous Woman). Rihanna, Taylor, and Katy were still MPGs then and there just wasn't space for another one to break through yet. Rihanna's longevity probably threw the rotation off. Usually someone steps off in time for another person to have an early breakthrough.
3 I have clearly overthought this.
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Post by lazer on Jan 22, 2019 2:15:41 GMT -5
Alright, I f*cking love this now.
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Post by leonagwen on Jan 22, 2019 2:33:57 GMT -5
I'm loving this too. Very catchy.
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Post by Az Paynter on Jan 22, 2019 6:35:49 GMT -5
POP: -- 27 ARIANA GRANDE 7 Rings 2823 0 2823 22.297
+429 Spins +429 Bullet +3.265 Audience
RHYTHMIC: -- 47 ARIANA GRANDE 7 Rings 276 0 276 1.241
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Post by stanr on Jan 22, 2019 12:14:47 GMT -5
This song is growing A LOT on me. 2.02 - 2.45 is FIRE!!!! Can’t get enough of it. I need more rap-iana in this album.
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Post by collegedropout on Jan 22, 2019 19:10:53 GMT -5
Main pop girls usually see their lead singles go #1 with ease 1; their albums are always in the YE top 10 and one of the top 3 selling female acts of the year. There can be more than one main pop lady at a time, but usually no more than three. 2 After the 'mains' is usually a B-tier of pop girls - no limit on how many here - who are doing fine for themselves, are pretty consistent and may even be capable of grabbing a #1 or two, but they just don't generate the same amount of seemingly effortless buzz and hype that you expect from a superstar. Halsey, Selena, that type of act is not a main. Without Me shows strong potential for Halsey to also transition to 'main' level but I need to see how her next single moves. Having full label backing and an aggressive management team is important and sometimes it simply comes down to good timing/releasing when some established mains are taking a break or are fresh off a flop, but the image still has to connect on a massive level that is really hard to achieve. 1I make an exception for 2000s Britney here b/c that was a rare moment when labels were phasing out physical singles, and TRL stars didn't need radio quite as much to dominate conversations or album sales. 2 If you adopt the '3 at a time' theory it kind of makes sense that it didn't happen for Ariana when it 'should' have (My Everything or Dangerous Woman). Rihanna, Taylor, and Katy were still MPGs then and there just wasn't space for another one to break through yet. Rihanna's longevity probably threw the rotation off. Usually someone steps off in time for another person to have an early breakthrough. 3 I have clearly overthought this. I would say there are 5 at a time. Currently it's Ariana, Taylor, Rihanna, Beyonce, and Gaga. Ariana kicked out Katy Perry. If Bey and Gaga don't get another radio hit, they may be kicked out too.
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