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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 10, 2022 21:57:07 GMT -5
The second single from The Death of Peace of Mind impacts active on August 23.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 27, 2022 6:24:56 GMT -5
Top 50 on Active:
72 50 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 94 32 62 0.042
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 4, 2022 7:08:46 GMT -5
Top 40 on Active:
47 40 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 171 107 64 0.054
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Oct 4, 2022 5:23:06 GMT -5
Top 30 on Active:
32 30 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 314 282 32 0.126
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 10, 2022 11:34:43 GMT -5
Top 20 on Active:
25 20 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 619 439 180 0.488
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Dec 23, 2022 6:03:44 GMT -5
Top 10 on Active:
14 10 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 1038 965 73 1.005
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Post by macattack on Jan 10, 2023 18:34:13 GMT -5
Picked up five Alt adds this week. This year’s “DiE4u”?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 15, 2023 21:18:51 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
56 49 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 120 85 35 0.153
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Post by macattack on Jan 18, 2023 2:46:01 GMT -5
Got 3 more Alt adds today including the influential WWCD.
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Post by macattack on Jan 30, 2023 13:34:52 GMT -5
This will debut on Billboard Alternative at #38. It is currently sitting at #42 on Mediabase so it should make it and avoid a Bush situation.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Feb 5, 2023 21:31:56 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
42 40 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 268 241 27 0.348
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Feb 10, 2023 7:32:04 GMT -5
Top 5 on Active:
6 4 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 1557 1417 140 2.14
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Feb 22, 2023 5:52:51 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
37 30 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 392 315 77 0.572
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Post by macattack on Feb 22, 2023 12:11:08 GMT -5
Since no one wants to talk about the song I will. This song along with “Like A Villain” and “THE DEATH OF PEACE AND MIND”, have become minor TikTok hits over the last few months. This is the most successful of the three; not surprising considering it’s the most melodic of the trio. It has almost 50 million streams on Spotify which is also likely why this is getting so much radio attention.
It helps that it’s a really good song. It’s definitely post-relationship but there’s an undercurrent of unrequited love and the protagonist being in denial over his feelings ever being returned. It makes the song hit harder than a typical breakup song, because there's no hope of improvement, just the protagonist pretending he’s alright and putting on a mask to reassure everyone around him as well as the girl. I think younger people are identifying with that, both the mental anguish and pretending to be normal to comfort everyone else.
It increasingly looks like this is the “DiE4u” of 2023, a modern alt-metal song adjacent to a current Alt trend achieving surprise crossover success. In this case “Just Pretend” is adjacent to the electronic music aspect of Alt, it’s heavy on the atmospheric synths.. Much like “DiE4u” was with its adjacency to pop-punk, it just happens to have more muscle.
It’ll be interesting to see if it can hit #1 on Active and get a top 10 on Alt. I’m not sure if it can achieve either benchmark but it’ll be interesting to see if it can.
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Post by DadJokes on Feb 22, 2023 16:47:36 GMT -5
Good thoughts. I've been spinning this a lot over the last couple of months (currently sitting #15 on my personal chart).
To me, it brings to mind some of the more melodic sides of Nine Inch Nails - the marrying of huge a chorus ("Head Like a Hole") and the heavy metal/electronica hybrid ("The Hand That Feeds")
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 2, 2023 9:07:45 GMT -5
#1 on Active:
3 1 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 2048 1790 258 3.273
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 3, 2023 18:37:43 GMT -5
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 4, 2023 0:23:14 GMT -5
Even better that this blocks Disturbed doing the same thing over and over again from the Billboard #1.
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Post by macattack on Apr 4, 2023 17:43:28 GMT -5
Added by Audacy Alt.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Apr 13, 2023 5:45:41 GMT -5
Top 20 on Alternative:
21 20 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 784 658 126 1.346
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Post by macattack on Apr 13, 2023 11:11:13 GMT -5
Only the second time a Sumerian-signed artist made the top 20 on Alt, and the first with a “homegrown” artist. The first was “CYR” by The Smashing Pumpkins back in 2020/21.
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Post by trustypepper on Apr 13, 2023 11:14:59 GMT -5
This is such a jam.
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Post by macattack on Apr 13, 2023 14:49:42 GMT -5
Sumerian Alt advertisement on AllAccess, pushing both Bad Omens and Weathers.  |
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on May 31, 2023 6:45:45 GMT -5
Top 10 on Alternative:
12 10 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 1190 1144 46 1.652
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Post by rainie on Jun 1, 2023 1:01:24 GMT -5
man i would've ADORED this song 6-7 years ago but even as is i think this is pretty good. kind of reminds of starset if they were better writers and didn't overproduce their songs to shit
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Post by macattack on Jun 1, 2023 2:12:35 GMT -5
Even if this gets no further, the fact that a metal band got to the top 10 on Alt, with a song that didn’t get pushed until it went top 30 no less, is an astounding achievement. What a run.
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Post by macattack on Jun 8, 2023 15:59:47 GMT -5
Official music video:
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jul 15, 2023 10:37:05 GMT -5
Top 5 on Alternative:
7 5 BAD OMENS Just Pretend 1915 1683 232 3.1
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Post by rainie on Jul 15, 2023 11:52:04 GMT -5
holy shit this is gonna go to #1 huh
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Post by macattack on Jul 15, 2023 12:39:00 GMT -5
holy sh it this is gonna go to #1 huh From the looks of it, Virgin (who distributes Sumerian) has started assisting with the radio push and the RIAA has certified "Just Pretend" as Gold. This is, by all definitions, a hit, especially as the streaming hasn't slowed down yet. It's quite possible that with Virgin getting involved they want this to hit #1 ASAP and start crossing the song to CHR/Pop before the streaming inevitably falters. The Gold certification also makes this song as close as you can get to a sure thing in the radio business and is likely motivating the many moves to heavy that are going on (including Audacy). |
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