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Post by chartwatcher2 on Aug 7, 2023 9:58:54 GMT -5
Latest estimates have Cruel Summer just 35 points from Last Night at #1...I know it doesn't look like Cruel Summer is going anywhere on radio, but with Drake imminent, this seems like a great opportunity for her to push the song to the top! Releasing "Cruel Summer (Live From The Eras Tour) on digital and streaming platforms + a live tour video would almost guarantee her closing the gap. Move Taylor! Secure Lover it's long deserved #1 hit!
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Post by avamaxstan on Aug 7, 2023 12:41:38 GMT -5
35 points isn't much at all... she could almost definitely snatch #1 with a video drop tonight and a live version + remix release to streaming.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2023 13:03:49 GMT -5
Organic #3 peak is better imo
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Post by kimberly on Aug 7, 2023 14:18:56 GMT -5
Why are we acting like dance remixes aren't a totally normal part of single promotion, especially for pop girls? Taylor did time them very strategically with Anti-Hero but dropping a remix EP is expected and normal. And I want one! yes. Taylor's gimmick with Anti-Hero was pretending those were "limited time webstore exclusives" and drip-feeding them to get people downloading 300k+ copies that week. currently this is not even an option that would count for the Hot 100. (probably, partially, due to the aforementioned.) a remix ep/compilation is pretty standard pop star practice. it's just rarely effective or useful as a chart strategy, unless you have a rabid fan base like Taylor, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj or BTS.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 7, 2023 15:40:21 GMT -5
Just bought this on iTunes. Swifties need to make it happen on our own apparently
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Post by Dylan :) on Aug 7, 2023 15:56:25 GMT -5
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Post by born on Aug 7, 2023 16:19:32 GMT -5
It’s always funny when she goes “oh my God, I can’t believe you guys went and got (insert song/album) to #1” after releasing music videos, digital downloads, remixes & merch lol. It’d be nice and powerful if it actually happened organically this time around.
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Post by kimberly on Aug 7, 2023 16:36:03 GMT -5
It’s always funny when she goes “oh my God, I can’t believe you guys went and got (insert song/album) to #1” after releasing music videos, digital downloads, remixes & merch lol. It’d be nice and powerful if it actually happened organically this time around. plus, #1 or not, this is the defining hit of the Lover album now and as organic as a Taylor Swift hit can get. maybe I'm crazy, or maybe it's the post-Eras Tour effect, but it's almost certain to me now that "Cruel Summer" will be a more "classic" TS hit than even "Anti-Hero" when the dust settles. could very well become her biggest hit since 1989.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Aug 7, 2023 17:35:03 GMT -5
Frankly, to add on to what you said kimberly , I think we’re looking at this becoming another of her signature songs. She has a few of those, of course, but this one might wind up as synonymous to her as “All Too Well.”
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Post by zdm1998 on Aug 7, 2023 17:42:55 GMT -5
Honestly her just dropping the music video and dropping the price on iTunes still feels like it would be pretty organic. I mean those are pretty standard.
It's not like when she was pushing for "willow" to be #1 and it was just over the top too much.
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Post by rnb on Aug 7, 2023 17:50:17 GMT -5
i would really love to see this go #1, would be such a breath of fresh air to see something like this at #1
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2023 17:51:45 GMT -5
Frankly, to add on to what you said kimberly , I think we’re looking at this becoming another of her signature songs. She has a few of those, of course, but this one might wind up as synonymous to her as “All Too Well.” Right going #1 won't define that (Look at Lover Story/YBWM) but to be fair All Too Well, although very acclaimed, isn't even among Taylor's top 10 most famous/known songs. Anyways, Anti-Hero and Cruel Summer are both mega smashes. Think Shake It Off and Blank Space 2.0
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Post by Fears in the Fire on Aug 7, 2023 18:48:34 GMT -5
The guy above you buying it was probably enough to bump it up
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Post by 👑 Eloquent ™ on Aug 7, 2023 22:07:01 GMT -5
"Anti-Hero" is literally 2022's "Blank Space", Midnights being 1989's more mature older sister. "Cruel Summer" is 1989 vibes all day so both IMO are perfect to be long-term Taylor staples as IMO 1989 perfectly encapsulated everything people want & love from Taylor (big anthemic choruses, relatable lyrics, and an infectious melody). Hopefully this sees the summit too!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 8, 2023 5:27:40 GMT -5
It's up to #2 on US Spotify today! Is that a new high for this song?
POP: 1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 16658 15840 818 50.047
+50 Spins -146 Bullet +0.043 Audience
HOT AC: 8 6 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 4393 3629 764 17.393
+109 Spins +9 Bullet +0.623 Audience
AC: 16 12 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 334 175 159 2.671
+34 Spins +18 Bullet +0.115 Audience
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Post by imbuemyblue on Aug 8, 2023 7:38:50 GMT -5
It's up to #2 on US Spotify today! Is that a new high for this song? It is!!! We are getting so uncomfortably close to the summit, I need it now! Her tenth number one putting her in the league of legends Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder? Sits so right with me.
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Post by deepston on Aug 8, 2023 8:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by Au$tin on Aug 8, 2023 12:23:19 GMT -5
We’re not going down like this radio. I want +100’s until August is over. Let’s break the spin record, become her biggest hit of all time, etc. The spin record is virtually untouchable now that there's "only" 169 stations versus the, I believe 185+ when "Mood" and "Truth Hurts" broke 20k spins. Lizzo's "About Damn Time" I think may actually hold the record for the spins to stations ratio. It peaked at 19,385 spins with 176 stations, giving it an average of 110.142 spins per station. This would need 18,615 spins to beat that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2023 14:25:21 GMT -5
Glad to see this mega smash so stable on Spotify and Apple Music
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Post by uncanny614 on Aug 8, 2023 16:38:58 GMT -5
Fans of Taylor Swift need to know if you vote, you have to make sure to vote in all the other categories too for your vote to count. MTV rules.
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 8, 2023 17:59:09 GMT -5
I need Taylor to record a collab album like Ed Sheeran did with No. 6 Collaborations Project. I’d die for a Blackpink collab
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2023 18:06:05 GMT -5
I need Taylor to record a collab album like Ed Sheeran did with No. 6 Collaborations Project. I’d die for a Blackpink collab I think the features on the vault tracks are basically her No.6 collaboration So far we have: -Keith Urban -Maren Morris -Chris Stapleton -Ed Sheeran -Phoebe Bridgers -Fall Out Boy -Paramore
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 8, 2023 18:43:51 GMT -5
I need Taylor to record a collab album like Ed Sheeran did with No. 6 Collaborations Project. I’d die for a Blackpink collab I think the features on the vault tracks are basically her No.6 collaboration So far we have: -Keith Urban -Maren Morris -Chris Stapleton -Ed Sheeran -Phoebe Bridgers -Fall Out Boy -Paramore Hmmmm never thought of it like that! So hopefully she gets BlackPink on a Reputation vault track then!
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Post by sheerio on Aug 8, 2023 19:16:46 GMT -5
I need Taylor to record a collab album like Ed Sheeran did with No. 6 Collaborations Project. I’d die for a Blackpink collab I think the features on the vault tracks are basically her No.6 collaboration So far we have: -Keith Urban -Maren Morris -Chris Stapleton -Ed Sheeran -Phoebe Bridgers -Fall Out Boy -Paramore You forgot Future, BOB, Tim McGraw and Boys Like Girls, with that, we'll be having a multigenre collab album lol. Pop, Punk, PopRock, Country, HipHop, Alternative
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 9, 2023 1:50:49 GMT -5
It looks like AH peaked at 18,110 spins so unless there has been a major panel change/recalibration since then CS still has a little room to grow.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 9, 2023 3:07:39 GMT -5
Most added on AC with 8 adds this week, we'll probably continue to see this zoom up the AC chart giving it a bit more airplay while it holds steady on pop (hopefully) and moves up on HAC. "Karma" got 5 adds over there as well, "Karma" and "Cruel Summer" are #11 and #12 on AC respectively, and with "Anti-Hero" at #2 for the millionth week she might end up having 3 songs in the top 10 of AC at some point in the near future.
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Post by Dylan :) on Aug 9, 2023 4:35:33 GMT -5
Holds at #2 on US Spotify
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Post by imbuemyblue on Aug 9, 2023 6:56:44 GMT -5
Obviously we aren't getting any push this week (and ultimately that's fine, I think we have time), but I feel like we are gonna be closer than even the 35 pt difference. I can't believe streaming has held up this well.
I also feel like it will play well into early fall as people begin to feel nostalgic for their respective cruel summers, haha. It has that sort of reflective, yearning feel to it to; you're revisiting a memory.
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 9, 2023 7:08:01 GMT -5
Oh no, this won't do at all. Not yet, pop!
POP: 1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 16632 16061 571 49.994
-26 Spins -247 Bullet -0.053 Audience
HOT AC: 8 6 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 4500 3739 761 18.026
+107 Spins -3 Bullet +0.633 Audience
AC: 15 12 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 368 190 178 2.776
+34 Spins +19 Bullet +0.105 Audience
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Post by rnb on Aug 9, 2023 7:11:27 GMT -5
this better be some fluke or something istg
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