jumpb4uthink
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 21, 2020 8:50:44 GMT -5
#1 iTunes Heard it on the radio twice this morning. Fits right in with these times. I really like it a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 8:58:32 GMT -5
Watch this be Perfect/Thinking Out Loud 2.0. I'm 100% betting on this hitting no. 1 on HAC for 8 weeks at least and CHR for 5 weeks at least, plus 1B+ streams on Spotify by the end of 2021. I don't mind it; I am pretty indifferent to it, which is the most I've liked a song from him since Castle On The Hill.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 9:03:38 GMT -5
He is one of the most confusing pop stars ever, his looks and personality are as mediocre as it gets, so it has to be about the music - which is also as unoriginal as it gets. Why is this dude such a big pop star is a big mystery to me, because this song here is another top notch boring unoriginal piece of nothingness. To sum up his career in popular music - he won the billion dollar lottery, that's how lucky he should be...
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Post by leonagwen on Dec 21, 2020 9:04:42 GMT -5
I think this has a radio deal. My local station played this at 8am and 9am.
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Post by Choco on Dec 21, 2020 9:06:01 GMT -5
It's cute. Might grow on me. I'm sure it will, if it streams well and gets many radio adds. It's almost Xmas so I will ignore this, and wish you a happy holiday boo. 😘
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Post by Leo ✔ on Dec 21, 2020 9:06:57 GMT -5
At the first listen I thought this was ok, but on a second I really like this. Smash pls.
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Dec 21, 2020 9:23:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 9:31:24 GMT -5
I just have this really bad feeling this'll smash really hard and will be used in dozens of cringe-y Tik Toks over the course of 2021. This might become Circles of 2021 also this will be my last post saying it will smash hard. This gives me flashback to when Me! was released and it failed to be a big hit while the Ed Sheeran song released around the same time smashed. Also, does this have a radio deal or something? Why would he release it on a Tuesday right before Christmas?
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Post by jaffery on Dec 21, 2020 9:58:48 GMT -5
I just have this really bad feeling this'll smash really hard and will be used in dozens of cringe-y Tik Toks over the course of 2021. This might become Circles of 2021 also this will be my last post saying it will smash hard. This gives me flashback to when Me! was released and it failed to be a big hit while the Ed Sheeran song released around the same time smashed. Also, does this have a radio deal or something? Why would he release it on a Tuesday right before Christmas? Only 500k views on YouTube after 4 hours, I doubt this will smash. Not even #1 on uk iTunes yet either. His lead will smash though, and yes this has a radio deal
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Post by Soundcl🕤ck on Dec 21, 2020 10:10:23 GMT -5
I just have this really bad feeling this'll smash really hard and will be used in dozens of cringe-y Tik Toks over the course of 2021. This might become Circles of 2021 also this will be my last post saying it will smash hard. This gives me flashback to when Me! was released and it failed to be a big hit while the Ed Sheeran song released around the same time smashed. Also, does this have a radio deal or something? Why would he release it on a Tuesday right before Christmas? Only 500k views on YouTube after 4 hours, I doubt this will smash. Not even #1 on uk iTunes yet either. His lead will smash though, and yes this has a radio deal the views are frozen at 493k. also, it won't be #1 on iTunes in the UK (until Friday at least), because of LadBaby. The song "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" will be his 3rd Christmas #1 in the UK. He rules the Christmas weeks for the third year in a row now.
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marcyiam
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Post by marcyiam on Dec 21, 2020 10:14:18 GMT -5
I hate to admit but I kinda really like this Didn't need the "hate to admit it" part. Nothing to be ashamed about liking a song.
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Post by breathingrande on Dec 21, 2020 10:16:11 GMT -5
I like this , it's a fresh breeze after that horrible collab album full of trap beats.
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Post by jaffery on Dec 21, 2020 10:17:52 GMT -5
Only 500k views on YouTube after 4 hours, I doubt this will smash. Not even #1 on uk iTunes yet either. His lead will smash though, and yes this has a radio deal the views are frozen at 493k. also, it won't be #1 on iTunes in the UK (until Friday at least), because of LadBaby. The song "Don't Stop Me Eatin'" will be his 3rd Christmas #1 in the UK. He rules the Christmas weeks for the third year in a row now. Yeah I knew about LadBaby but I expected it to shoot up to at least #2 in the uk. I don’t think his past releases have ever been stuck at #4.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 10:19:58 GMT -5
I hate to admit but I kinda really like this Didn't need the "hate to admit it" part. Nothing to be ashamed about liking a song. I guess, I just don’t usually like Ed’s music
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Post by kimberly on Dec 21, 2020 10:26:51 GMT -5
this is fine. almost like a return to form for Ed. don't know how many more times I will come back to it but I'll tell you this much: it's better than anything on the No 6 Collaborations Project.
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Post by Elusive Chanteuse on Dec 21, 2020 11:16:45 GMT -5
Pass.
I usually like his ballads (Thinking Out Loud, Perfect, Castle on the Hill, etc) but this one doesn’t click with me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 11:30:25 GMT -5
Yawn. Just more AC fodder. Probably will do well just because it's a ballad. At least its not cheesy.
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Post by nak on Dec 21, 2020 11:51:32 GMT -5
AC fodder and I kinda like it
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Post by Fire on Dec 21, 2020 11:51:42 GMT -5
eh, not really feeling this on first listen. it's definitely better than the vast majority of that no 6 collabs project but that isn't a high bar to get over
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Post by Harx on Dec 21, 2020 17:48:12 GMT -5
Yep he's doing his own folklore this is literally bon iver lite
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 22, 2020 0:22:03 GMT -5
guy certainly knows how to harmonize. I really like it.
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Post by Crimsonio on Dec 22, 2020 0:23:37 GMT -5
It's alright, I HATE the vocoder in this though, it is not needed at all.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 3:37:05 GMT -5
Yep he's doing his own folklore this is literally bon iver lite How could you say something so controversial, yet so brave?
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 22, 2020 7:03:35 GMT -5
POP: -- 36 ED SHEERAN Afterglow 1014 0 1014 7.816
HOT AC: -- 28 ED SHEERAN Afterglow 353 0 353 3.639
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Post by marcyiam on Dec 22, 2020 9:12:40 GMT -5
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Post by levitating on Dec 22, 2020 10:08:20 GMT -5
debuts at #42 on global spotify and #53 on US spotify
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Post by marsmusic on Dec 22, 2020 10:45:00 GMT -5
debuts at #42 on global spotify and #53 on US spotify is this a full day update?
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Post by levitating on Dec 22, 2020 11:32:37 GMT -5
debuts at #42 on global spotify and #53 on US spotify is this a full day update? Not sure but I’m pretty sure it isn’t cause of the weird release timing
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Post by No Brake$ on Dec 22, 2020 12:49:59 GMT -5
Sounds like David Gray and Coldplay, easily. Would welcome this sound opposed to what we are seeing lately.
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Post by kalmanta on Dec 22, 2020 14:46:49 GMT -5
is this a full day update? Not sure but I’m pretty sure it isn’t cause of the weird release timing Yep, the song pretty much had over 18h in the States to be streamed. It’s basically a full day, if Spotify counts from midnight to midnight.
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