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Post by sbme on Feb 15, 2019 23:57:27 GMT -5
The chorus from this reminds me so much of Anne-Marie's "2002"
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Post by Au$tin on Feb 16, 2019 19:40:16 GMT -5
Color me surprised, but I love this. My favorite track from her since "I Got You."
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 17, 2019 22:16:25 GMT -5
Debuts at #90 on the Published Update, 66 spins from 25 stations.
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Post by vithor on Feb 19, 2019 19:48:10 GMT -5
70 adds on impact date on pop and 5 on HAC
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Post by Suono on Feb 19, 2019 23:35:01 GMT -5
70 adds on impact date on pop and 5 on HAC Wow! That's not bad for a Bebe single! Maybe this will help it actually hit Top 10, though I doubt it.
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Feb 20, 2019 12:32:47 GMT -5
So...Joseph Khan directed the video? How much does that cost? Can someone explain to me why the label is flushing hundreds of thousands of dollars down the toilet for Bebe Rexha? I understand she wrote a couple of hits and has been featured on hits...but she has yet to have a successful solo hit. “No Broken Hearts” had an expensive music video and an expensive Nicki Minaj feature. They obviously lost money on her flop song with Lil Wayne, which also had a music video. And with all the money and promo for “I’m a Mess” and “I Got You” underperforming, they likely lost money there as well.
So, what’s going on? Can someone explain to me?
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Feb 20, 2019 12:35:41 GMT -5
That being said, I think this song sounds fine. And I am ALL for songs that are 2 to 3 minutes long. Bring that back please, let’s go to the sixties again!
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Post by Ty on Feb 20, 2019 12:42:52 GMT -5
So...Joseph Khan directed the video? How much does that cost? Can someone explain to me why the label is flushing hundreds of thousands of dollars down the toilet for Bebe Rexha? I understand she wrote a couple of hits and has been featured on hits...but she has yet to have a successful solo hit. “No Broken Hearts” had an expensive music video and an expensive Nicki Minaj feature. They obviously lost money on her flop song with Lil Wayne, which also had a music video. And with all the money and promo for “I’m a Mess” and “I Got You” underperforming, they likely lost money there as well. So, what’s going on? Can someone explain to me? If you notice "Meant to Be" is the 3rd biggest song in 2018 in US. Bebe brought money back.
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Post by COW COW COW COW COW COW COW on Feb 20, 2019 18:23:08 GMT -5
pretty sure there was a flop single and a flop album directly following “Meant To Be,” so the label still ain’t breaking even. They are literally hemorrhaging money over trying to make Rexha happen and I am curious for some real insight. Does anyone know the story?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 21:25:05 GMT -5
That hook still annoys me but I hope this turns into a moderate hit for her anyway. I'm a Mess did reach top 10 on pop so she still has a bit of steam to work with. pretty sure there was a flop single and a flop album directly following “Meant To Be,” so the label still ain’t breaking even. They are literally hemorrhaging money over trying to make Rexha happen and I am curious for some real insight. Does anyone know the story? Well, for one thing, Bebe is arguably Warner's best performing act in the US (a valid argument could be made for Dua, but once you chop off the WW success you are left with an artist who still only has one top 20 hit to her name so far). That says less about Bebe and more about how up shit creek Warner has been for a long minute - maybe a few of their non-pop acts sell a few more albums, but that's not saying much - but yeah, they can put whatever coins they have behind Bebe or they can back, idk, Rita Ora. They don't have many options over there. This also puts into perspective why Dua continues to get such a strong radio push even though her singles post-New Rules have not struck a chord with the US audience in any other metric. Dua is bringing in too much consistent international coin to give up on her just yet. Now, the money. The average cost of a video is 200-500k. Meant To Be is 4x platinum. Let's assume that's all streams. One song sale is he equivalent of 150 streams, so that's 600,000,000. Artist payout is averaging something like 0.006 cents per stream these days, give or take a hundredth depending on the streaming service. That comes out to about $3.6 million for Bebe and FGL to share. Assume Bebe and the three FGL members split that by four. Bebe made approximately $900k from singing Meant To Be. Bebe and FGL are also the four songwriters for MTB. Songwriters still get very little money from streaming, substantially less than the performers; with physical sales being in the toilet now, almost all their money is in the radio royalties. The radio formula for royalty payments is typically handled by a performance rights organization - ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC - and is too complicated to give a straightforward per-spin answer, but for the size hit MTB was we can probably ballpark the songwriter royalties from airplay at $400-500k. Split it four ways again, that's another 100k or more for Bebe. Bebe has other certified hits - Me, Myself and I is 5x platinum, and even I'm With You is 2x platinum now - so we can assume some decent change made from those as well, along with a nice bit of change from co-writing The Monster and a couple other minor hits. Now, there is a reason I'm telling you what Bebe made and not what Warner made (though I can assure you that whatever an artist makes, the lead artist's label always makes five to ten times more). The general rule of thumb is that video costs are almost always expensed to the artist. Even if the label pays for them upfront, it recoups the money from the artist's royalties. So one way or the other, Bebe is the one paying for the videos - and she's made enough money from her handful of hits that if she wants a nice video or two, she can do that. Maybe not much more than that, which would explain why the hunt for more hits is such a struggle and she had to throw a bitch fit on the Gram just to get a decent looking dress for the Grammys. I personally don't think she is managed or promoted that well.
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Post by Ty on Feb 20, 2019 21:50:57 GMT -5
Great analysis, @antigonerising! Except that FGL is a duo... Also, "Meant to Be" has sold 1,383,000 copies as of this January.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2019 21:59:39 GMT -5
Great analysis, @antigonerising! Except that FGL is a duo... Also, "Meant to Be" has sold 1,383,000 copies as of this January. Shows you how much I paid attention to MTB, lol. I'll assume the fourth writer was the producer since it's common for producers to get credit for the arrangements. I went with the streams scenario just for simplicity's sake, my college days are long behind me so I can only handle so much math at one time . With them having that many digital sales they likely made more as songwriters, but then maybe a bit less as performers, so it comes close to evening out.
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Post by Ty on Feb 20, 2019 22:04:42 GMT -5
Yes, your analysis remains valid. The strong digital sales only serves my point that Bebe was a big money maker for Warner in 2018, even just counting the single sales.
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Post by Keelzit on Feb 21, 2019 7:18:39 GMT -5
I should hate this because it's v generic and the way she sings 'hurrah' is kind of comical but I can't deny how much I relate to the cheesy lyrics and how catchy it actually is. Fuck, I love it!
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Feb 21, 2019 11:12:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2019 13:40:39 GMT -5
Video looks nicely shot but I got no clue what's going on
I really do like the fire shots at the end too
The song itself is growing on me, but it kinda feels like a lesser I'm A Mess
Which works in its favor for me because I loved I'm A Mess
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Post by austin on Feb 21, 2019 15:30:19 GMT -5
I grew to like 'Meant to Be' and I stan 'I'm a Mess' but this is...a mess. Pass. Awful.
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Post by Lumi on Feb 21, 2019 17:44:47 GMT -5
Video's great! A budget too.
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Post by die Lotterie on Feb 21, 2019 22:34:27 GMT -5
Love the song and the video. I think I stan Bebe.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 22, 2019 7:17:03 GMT -5
Top 50 on Pop!
POP 381 47 BEBE REXHA Last Hurrah 579 2 577 1.857
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Post by PopLuva on Feb 22, 2019 7:26:29 GMT -5
such a jam she is so underrated
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Post by Billie on Feb 22, 2019 9:06:56 GMT -5
I like her gritty voice, especially when she sings "last hurrah". Like someone else said here, the fact that the duration is 2:34 makes it very listenable. Not too long, or too short.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 23, 2019 14:06:32 GMT -5
POP 131 46 BEBE REXHA Last Hurrah 749 37 712 2.340 + 170 spins + 135 bullet + 0.483 audience
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 14:08:15 GMT -5
Ok so I actually love this now, that was fast
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Post by Ty on Feb 23, 2019 14:27:54 GMT -5
Spotify: #79 iTunes: #60 Looks like a hit? I still can't with this song
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 24, 2019 12:31:46 GMT -5
POP 90 43 BEBE REXHA Last Hurrah 893 66 827 2.705 + 144 spins + 115 bullet + 0.365 audience
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Post by Lumi on Feb 24, 2019 13:35:26 GMT -5
I Like “Last Hurrah” But I Still Can’t Believe This Average Song Got Push As A Single And “Knees” Didn’t.Its So Sad.... “Knees”Is The Only Song On Expectations That Stand Out In A Good Way...Well Beside “Mine”And That Stand Out Because Is A Very Annoying Rap/Pop Song,It’s Bebes Version Of Ariana’s “7 Rings” But It’s 4x Worse! “Self Control” Is A Decent Song But That Gets Annoying After Awhile.Imagine Hearing “Self Control”Everywhere You Go With Those”Na,Na,Na,Na,Na”.Every 30 Seconds In The Song. huh
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Feb 25, 2019 3:43:45 GMT -5
Bebe's dad apparently doesn't like that she did this video.
She's also mad that her video was flagged as sensitive on YouTube because it means it can't trend, if it were to somehow.
SCREAMING
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 25, 2019 15:10:11 GMT -5
POP 75 42 BEBE REXHA Last Hurrah 1048 99 949 3.169 + 155 spins + 122 bullet + 0.464 audience
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Post by Naos on Feb 25, 2019 16:54:09 GMT -5
Bubbling Under Hot 100: #3 (debut)
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