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Post by MissAmericana on Jun 17, 2023 8:46:39 GMT -5
She should absolutely reissue Lover for its anniversary in August, ideally with some vault tracks. That’d provide a good boost for this, Lover deserves its #1.
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Post by Au$tin on Jun 17, 2023 9:06:18 GMT -5
Wow, the jump in streaming since the single announcement is astonishing. Swifties are insane lol. Could this actually pose a threat to #1 on the Hot 100 in the coming weeks?
All Too Well and Cruel Summer getting their justices years later and hitting #1 would be magical. Literally history happening before our eyes, y'all.
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Post by deepston on Jun 17, 2023 9:26:27 GMT -5
Wow, the jump in streaming since the single announcement is astonishing. Swifties are insane lol. Could this actually pose a threat to #1 on the Hot 100 in the coming weeks? All Too Well and Cruel Summer getting their justices years later and hitting #1 would be magical. Literally history happening before our eyes, y'all. It seems like this might peak mid-summer. If she plans the video accordingly and has a few remixes ready to be serviced just in case, I think it might be possible to go #1. Although Olivia is releasing in the coming weeks…
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Post by Ace on Jun 17, 2023 13:05:04 GMT -5
Half of those are probably me lol Cause you're always drunk in the back of the car.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jun 17, 2023 13:37:53 GMT -5
Taylor is legit at her peak at 33 years old. I love how she thought she was being taken to the elephant grave yard years ago and now she’s re-peaking. Karma is real!
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Post by MissAmericana on Jun 17, 2023 20:04:40 GMT -5
She said it herself, it’s the next single! Hopefully we get some good promo in the coming weeks.
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Post by 💙𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖋𝖆𝖓 on Jun 17, 2023 20:16:47 GMT -5
2023 really is Taylor Swift's year.
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Post by Au$tin on Jun 17, 2023 20:19:59 GMT -5
Interesting that the label was the one to step in and release it as a full fledged single.
Kinda sad they didn't do the same thing when Enchanted popped off. (It too made the top 10 on Spotify!) I get that it's not from her current label like this is, but would it have been that hard to get Enchanted TV out back then? They clearly had no issue getting Wildest Dreams TV out when it also went viral. I also understand Red TV was coming just weeks after Enchanted blew up, but... I mean... same thing here (and another original album with its own successful single on top of it all lol). Oh well. Hopefully it gets some more added attention when SNTV hits to make up for it.
Also, now that this has happened, I fully expect Swifties to work on other missed single opportunities too. I can already see the Getaway Car streaming campaigns or exile 😂
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Post by kcdawg13 on Jun 17, 2023 20:53:01 GMT -5
So she literally just confirmed the theory that the song was slated for a Spring/Summer 2020 release but was scrapped because of the pandemic
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Post by MissAmericana on Jun 17, 2023 20:59:29 GMT -5
Interesting that the label was the one to step in and release it as a full fledged single. Kinda sad they didn't do the same thing when Enchanted popped off. (It too made the top 10 on Spotify!) I get that it's not from her current label like this is, but would it have been that hard to get Enchanted TV out back then? She said in her announcement post that she re-recorded Speak Now at the age of 32 (last year), so it probably just wasn’t ready yet.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jun 17, 2023 20:59:48 GMT -5
Pulled it from being released as a single, not pulled it from radio stations. Pulled as in “cancelled” or “withdrew” right, there’s no real evidence of that happening. Guess I was right ;)
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Post by Au$tin on Jun 17, 2023 21:49:47 GMT -5
Interesting that the label was the one to step in and release it as a full fledged single. Kinda sad they didn't do the same thing when Enchanted popped off. (It too made the top 10 on Spotify!) I get that it's not from her current label like this is, but would it have been that hard to get Enchanted TV out back then? She said in her announcement post that she re-recorded Speak Now at the age of 32 (last year), so it probably just wasn’t ready yet. That's what I mean, she could have recorded that one track early to capitalize on its virality, just like she did with Wildest Dreams.
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Post by iHype. on Jun 17, 2023 22:14:19 GMT -5
It sounds so good on radio honestly, especially during this weather. Like definitely her best sounding song on radio since 1989 I'd say. Any disappointment in its performance will come down to the late release + the terrible choices prior. I really believe it would've been her biggest song since 1989 had it been lead. And her biggest song since 1989 is incoming. The fact it’s probably gonna out stream Anti-Hero on Spotify by the end of this year is insane.
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Post by Youknowit on Jun 17, 2023 22:18:12 GMT -5
It’s good to know she’s onboard and the label was the one who pulled the trigger on it becoming a single. Since this was her “pride and joy” from Lover, I expect her to pull all the strings in helping it become #1.
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Post by MissAmericana on Jun 17, 2023 22:21:01 GMT -5
She said in her announcement post that she re-recorded Speak Now at the age of 32 (last year), so it probably just wasn’t ready yet. That's what I mean, she could have recorded that one track early to capitalize on its virality, just like she did with Wildest Dreams. Right, sorry, I should’ve added that she likely has completed recording 1989 already, seeing as we’ve gotten two songs as well as snippets of others. I don’t think she would’ve gone into the studio solely to re-record one track but seeing as 1989 is/was her most commercial album, she recorded it early on to license the songs for movies, TV shows, etc. It certainly would’ve been a good move but releasing a Speak Now song right after releasing a 1989 song and right before releasing Red would’ve felt too cluttered .
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jun 17, 2023 22:30:16 GMT -5
It’s good to know she’s onboard and the label was the one who pulled the trigger on it becoming a single. Since this was her “pride and joy” from Lover, I expect her to pull all the strings in helping it become #1. It also makes me furious since she probably wanted it as the lead single and the label probably pushed for me!
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Post by Youknowit on Jun 17, 2023 22:53:30 GMT -5
It’s good to know she’s onboard and the label was the one who pulled the trigger on it becoming a single. Since this was her “pride and joy” from Lover, I expect her to pull all the strings in helping it become #1. It also makes me furious since she probably wanted it as the lead single and the label probably pushed for me! We’ll never know. But it’s finally a single so it’s only up from here! That's what I mean, she could have recorded that one track early to capitalize on its virality, just like she did with Wildest Dreams. Right, sorry, I should’ve added that she likely has completed recording 1989 already, seeing as we’ve gotten two songs as well as snippets of others. I don’t think she would’ve gone into the studio solely to re-record one track but seeing as 1989 is/was her most commercial album, she recorded it early on to license the songs for movies, TV shows, etc. It certainly would’ve been a good move but releasing a Speak Now song right after releasing a 1989 song and right before releasing Red would’ve felt too cluttered . Yeah, I think 1989 TV is definitely done but it wouldn’t be smart to release it just yet. Blank Space is doing 2M+ streams, with Style close behind and Shake it Off also above 1M streams. Not to mention Bad Blood and the original Wildest Dreams doing around 700k streams. She should release it when there’s no new music out.
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Post by ccchui on Jun 17, 2023 23:08:24 GMT -5
She said in her announcement post that she re-recorded Speak Now at the age of 32 (last year), so it probably just wasn’t ready yet. That's what I mean, she could have recorded that one track early to capitalize on its virality, just like she did with Wildest Dreams. I think they learned it from Wildest Dreams that even they released the Taylor's Version early. They did not see the streaming number goes high after that version comes out. In fact, eventually it fades away. And Enchanted never goes this high in streaming number as Cruel Summer. So I think that makes them feel it is not worth to put the TV of Enchanted earlier. I think for a label to release an old song to be a single, it needs very high streaming numbers that make them believe it is worth the trouble. (e.g. The Weeknd - Die For You or Kate Bush - Running Up The Hills). So seeing Cruel Summer's streaming number so high in position with a relatively weak landscape of songs really make the label know it is their chance to do something about that and try to make more buzz around not just CS but the Lover album to earn more money. Ultimately the customers dictate what the label does things.
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Post by Dylan :) on Jun 17, 2023 23:11:04 GMT -5
Since she said it was going to be a single in summer 2020, I wonder if that means they have a video ready 👀
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Post by kimberly on Jun 18, 2023 0:52:13 GMT -5
right, there’s no real evidence of that happening. Guess I was right ;) ??? you weren’t. we just got the evidence!
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Jun 18, 2023 1:09:14 GMT -5
I also vaguely remember people saying it was pulled because thematically singing about a “Cruel Summer” with verses like “fever dream high in the quiet of the night you know that I caught it” and “killing me slow, out the window” during a global pandemic with hundreds of thousands of people dying over the Summer would have been extremely tone deaf and inappropriate. Would have been akin to “Die Young” being pulled when Sandy Hook happened. I believe that was more so and explanation that people came up with for why the song would be unlikely to be pushed as a single right then. it wasn't "pulled" per se. …
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Post by kimberly on Jun 18, 2023 1:23:35 GMT -5
I believe that was more so and explanation that people came up with for why the song would be unlikely to be pushed as a single right then. it wasn't "pulled" per se. … I'm not going to go back and forth about this. the facts are on the table. it was never "pulled." it might have been "planned" back then, as Taylor said, but they never went ahead with it. which is literally exactly what I said.
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Post by Janhova's Witness on Jun 18, 2023 2:28:07 GMT -5
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Post by wjr15 on Jun 18, 2023 3:14:51 GMT -5
The way I screamed at the concert tonight when she mentioned Cruel Summer’s streaming gains and single release. I’m glad this is getting its chance to shine. Also, this bridge in a stadium = crazy
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Post by Dylan :) on Jun 18, 2023 5:41:00 GMT -5
#6 (=) on US Spotify
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jun 18, 2023 6:20:00 GMT -5
Hot AC spincrease: +86 (+23) from 17 (+3) stations
POP: 43 31 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 1698 615 1083 7.987
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HOT AC (MOCK-UP): ?? ?? TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 69 0 69 0.583
+18 Spins +18 Bullet +0.197 Audience
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Post by pop1423 on Jun 18, 2023 7:03:48 GMT -5
Incredible spotify numbers considering it doesn't even have TTH exposure. This is absolutely insane!
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Post by leonagwen on Jun 18, 2023 8:10:47 GMT -5
This is what you call an organic hit. I love organic hits!
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Post by Dylan :) on Jun 18, 2023 8:48:20 GMT -5
Part of me hopes she drops a video and does no other promotion. Let it get all the way to the top on its own, since people like to claim she games the system with remixes for high chart peaks
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Post by avamaxstan on Jun 18, 2023 10:10:45 GMT -5
Taylor is at a level of power we haven’t seen before, in that it seems her back catalogue is going to be continuously resurrected and rise the charts for years and years to come. Historic.
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