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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 16, 2023 12:06:48 GMT -5
IIt’s literally the end of Summer The last day of summer in the U.S. (and for Hot 100 purposes) is September 23, which is 5.5 weeks away. Seasonally yes. But most kids are going back to school and “Summer Break” is ending. I should have clarified
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Post by kanimal on Aug 16, 2023 12:07:26 GMT -5
IIt’s literally the end of Summer The last day of summer in the U.S. (and for Hot 100 purposes) is September 23, which is 5.5 weeks away. Culturally, America views summer as Memorial Day - Labor Day, and it's actually earlier than that in some parts of the country (where people start enjoying summer in late April/early May ... and are already going back to school + posting their "summer recaps" on social media). The Billboard Song of Summer adheres to this same window. So, no, summer's not officially over - but just wanted to douchily clarify that it's over sooner than the official "First Day of Fall" on a calendar.
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Post by avamaxstan on Aug 16, 2023 13:17:54 GMT -5
I don't see radio and streamers suddenly dropping this when schools reopen or whatever. It's not like a Christmas song that is centered around a very strict seasonal window. Plus the song is about looking back at a Cruel Summer, so it works well for early autumn :)
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Post by zdm1998 on Aug 16, 2023 15:42:50 GMT -5
I noticed Fast Car was discounted on iTunes. Anyone know when that happened?
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Post by skizzo on Aug 16, 2023 16:11:30 GMT -5
Interesting to see the regional differences. Here in southern Europe we dont return to school/college until mid September. August is peak holiday month
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Post by Youknowit on Aug 16, 2023 16:33:21 GMT -5
Interesting to see the regional differences. Here in southern Europe we dont return to school/college until mid September. August is peak holiday month I'm from NY and we always started school after Labor Day. Couldn't imagine having classes start mid-August . Praying this snatches #1 next week!
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 16, 2023 19:27:43 GMT -5
Interesting to see the regional differences. Here in southern Europe we dont return to school/college until mid September. August is peak holiday month I’m from SoCal and in my area most people either started school this week or next… booooo I wish we could have the duration of August off
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Post by Choco on Aug 16, 2023 21:49:46 GMT -5
I just got flashbacks to the Lover era when people kept arguing this was never going to work as a single outside of summer. I guess you guys expect this to go #3-out on the Hot 100 as soon as August ends?
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Post by ificanthaveyou on Aug 16, 2023 22:18:31 GMT -5
I just got flashbacks to the Lover era when people kept arguing this was never going to work as a single outside of summer. I guess you guys expect this to go #3-out on the Hot 100 as soon as August ends? lol there’s not much proof otherwise? It literally started ascending in Summer and it’s peaking now. Of course it’s going to have recurrent airplay regardless of the season but Summer definitely helped the cause.
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Post by Au$tin on Aug 16, 2023 22:44:11 GMT -5
I just got flashbacks to the Lover era when people kept arguing this was never going to work as a single outside of summer. I guess you guys expect this to go #3-out on the Hot 100 as soon as August ends? lol there’s not much proof otherwise? It literally started ascending in Summer and it’s peaking now. Of course it’s going to have recurrent airplay regardless of the season but Summer definitely helped the cause. It's literally just a coincidence. This blew up because of the tour, not because it was summer. The southern hemisphere seems to be enjoying this one right now and it's winter for them. Let's also not forget that the actual lyrical content of the song is reflecting on summer after it has already ended, so... Besides, other than Christmas songs, the success of lack thereof of a song doesn't really have much to do with the season it was released in.
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Post by theflying on Aug 16, 2023 23:03:44 GMT -5
Sorry to be slightly off topic, but where is that number one song getting all of its points from in one week?
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Post by musiclife on Aug 17, 2023 0:23:13 GMT -5
Sorry to be slightly off topic, but where is that number one song getting all of its points from in one week? Itunes.
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Post by Choco on Aug 17, 2023 1:03:35 GMT -5
Sorry to be slightly off topic, but where is that number one song getting all of its points from in one week? Sold over 300k copies and then had a big surge on streaming.
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Post by someguy on Aug 17, 2023 1:04:15 GMT -5
Sorry to be slightly off topic, but where is that number one song getting all of its points from in one week? Sold over 300k copies and then had a big surge on streaming. MAGA fans
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 17, 2023 5:24:40 GMT -5
POP: 1 1 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 16524 16575 -51 49.901
+10 Spins +89 Bullet +0.081 Audience
HOT AC: 6 2 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 5488 4621 867 21.821
+127 Spins +7 Bullet +0.295 Audience
AC: 12 8 TAYLOR SWIFT Cruel Summer 599 402 197 3.530
+31 Spins -3 Bullet +0.172 Audience
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Post by imbuemyblue on Aug 17, 2023 7:13:52 GMT -5
Seems pretty unlikely that Drake is releasing tomorrow after comments he made in concert yesterday. She recovered #1 on Spotify yesterday, too. Come Friday, they better start playing the game!
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Post by stormlover74 on Aug 17, 2023 8:15:43 GMT -5
Perhaps a short stay at the top for Ole Ollie
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Post by Rhythm Nation on Aug 17, 2023 8:18:12 GMT -5
The stars are aligning for mother. Get ready to start pushing tomorrow.
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Aug 17, 2023 8:27:19 GMT -5
RELEASE THE KRAKEN BLONDIE
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Post by born on Aug 17, 2023 9:23:54 GMT -5
After the huge success of "Anti-Hero", "Kill Bill" & "Flowers", I was expecting a "women on top" year back in February. It sucks that there's a redneck country takeover in the charts. I want to see this smashing along with Olivia and the Barbie soundtrack until late September at the very least.
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Post by Choco on Aug 17, 2023 10:32:03 GMT -5
Perhaps a short stay at the top for Ole Ollie I love that this is like the only image that exists of that person.
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Post by Taylor. on Aug 17, 2023 14:09:34 GMT -5
Selena is dropping next Friday and I doubt she'd want to overshadow her. So it's really do or die for a push tomorrow!
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Post by kimberly on Aug 17, 2023 14:23:10 GMT -5
Selena is dropping next Friday and I doubt she'd want to overshadow her. So it's really do or die for a push tomorrow! you asked for a push, you didn't specify what for! 😩
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Post by Choco on Aug 17, 2023 15:27:22 GMT -5
I doubt Selena is much competition for this. She only really opened huge once before and the breakup narrative isn't here for Sel this time.
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Post by deepston on Aug 17, 2023 16:02:28 GMT -5
Pretty sure they will push this starting tomorrow. I’m expecting a MV announcement and an LA post. It just doesn’t make any sense to delay the promo any further with Selena dropping in the following week.
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Post by Choco on Aug 17, 2023 17:51:23 GMT -5
Pretty sure they will push this starting tomorrow. I’m expecting a MV announcement and an LA post. It just doesn’t make any sense to delay the promo any further with Selena dropping in the following week. And the looming threat of Drake's album. She has beaten him before but after Rich Flex failed to dethrone Anti-Hero I think Aubrey will probably pull out all stops.
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Post by Taylor. on Aug 17, 2023 18:58:35 GMT -5
I doubt Selena is much competition for this. She only really opened huge once before and the breakup narrative isn't here for Sel this time. I didn’t mean that Selena would be competition for her but they’re besties so doubt Taylor would want to steal the spotlight from her.
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Post by kml567 on Aug 17, 2023 18:58:38 GMT -5
Cruel Summer finally discounted to 69 cents on iTunes. Looks like the push to #1 starts NOW! I wonder why they didn't wait until midnight though?
The iTunes discount is a clear sign the record label wants a #1. I wonder what other tricks they have up their sleeves? Maybe a new music video to bump up Youtube streaming?
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 17, 2023 19:02:43 GMT -5
I wonder if they got wind of this week's surprise guest and decided to wait. Either way, smart team. Gotta give it props.
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Post by avamaxstan on Aug 17, 2023 19:05:18 GMT -5
I'm not convinced that a Drake release is a guaranteed #1 debut anymore. But if it's a Bad Bunny collab, then yeah it probably is.
iTunes discount, she’s finally moving. Let's GO Taylor.
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