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Post by gmg on Aug 16, 2024 10:07:02 GMT -5
Congrats, B!
I’m still obsessed with Bodyguard. It really should have been a single and take song/record of the year at the Grammys. In a perfect world…
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Post by Ling-Ling on Aug 16, 2024 10:10:51 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 16, 2024 10:49:57 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment. It's wild. Ion like this era of no videos no more 😤. I wonder if she's going to tour this album..
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Post by gmg on Aug 16, 2024 12:02:04 GMT -5
Tour, PLEASE.
There was a video popped up YouTube about a Cowboy Carter tour a while back, and I almost had a stroke, and then realized it wasn’t real. 😢
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 16, 2024 12:17:03 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment. Right. Like, I respect that she doesn't care about commercial success anymore, but the complete lack of real promotion for the album actually hurts the impact of the album culturally. There are ways to promote your art without being desperate and greedy.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 16, 2024 16:21:34 GMT -5
Alligator Tears and Just For Fun are the songs I find myself going back to at the moment. But this album is still her best work IMHO - really the whole three act project is because Renaissance is still immaculate 2 years later. I can't wait for the final act (hopefully next year, but that's just my wild speculation).
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 16, 2024 16:27:37 GMT -5
Watch her drop a 3 hour visual movie for all 3 albums/acts after she releases the 3rd album lol.
The lack of music videos definitley hinders her singles. They would help boost streaming/extend chart runs and even higher peaks if she did release music videos :(
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 16, 2024 16:39:41 GMT -5
I want to say a few months ago a link on her website re-directed to Ticketmaster...
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Aug 17, 2024 23:50:36 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment. This is exactly what I was thinking. Like why did they not really utilize all the momentum they let fizzle from the initial push of "Texas" and why didn't they release the pop smash "Levi Jeans" after even "Fortnight" declined if they were worried about "clashing", like the album itself deserved SO much more and I feel the era is undermining its true quality.
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Post by gmg on Aug 18, 2024 8:04:50 GMT -5
Honestly, both albums deserved much more and I’m sure act iii will be no different, but it would be amazing if there was something visual wise coming once all three acts are out.
Bodyguard remained in her Spotify top 5 for so long, what a waste of a potential single.
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Post by Eqbk on Aug 19, 2024 13:11:47 GMT -5
I get the feeling that the rumored Sphere residency falling through messed up with the promotional plans. She/her team were likely relying on that for promo the way the Renaissance tour helped that album see some resurgence.
That said, they should just pivot. Why not just put out another single, like Bodyguard, that has shown to have potential? Sending Bodyguard to radio and geting it some playlisting it would take no real direct effort on her part.
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Post by gmg on Aug 19, 2024 21:21:46 GMT -5
Would you mind enlightening me on this (rumoured) residency? It’s news to me.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 19, 2024 21:29:48 GMT -5
Sis is working on other things and letting the music speak..
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Post by ObhiDonna on Aug 20, 2024 8:44:01 GMT -5
Watch her drop a 3 hour visual movie for all 3 albums/acts after she releases the 3rd album lol. The lack of music videos definitley hinders her singles. They would help boost streaming/extend chart runs and even higher peaks if she did release music videos :( Agreed, B is such a visual artist also. Those snippets of Renaissance song videos were amazing. At this point I am willing to wait for the third (rock?) album and then visuals (lol), seeing how CC was not my cup of chai at all.
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Post by Eqbk on Aug 20, 2024 8:52:22 GMT -5
Would you mind enlightening me on this (rumoured) residency? It’s news to me. There were rumors swirling around last year (and reported by multiple news outlets) that she was going to have a Las Vegas residency at the Sphere venue (presumably as part of the album campaign for act ii). Beyonce herself fueled those rumors by featuring the Sphere in her Superbowl Verizon ad. Then the short period of Cowboy Carter promo comes out and nothing. In July, it was reported that negotiations stopped between her and the venue because she had requested to shut down the venue for 2 weeks for rehearsals. The people who run the Sphere were unwilling to do so since that would result in a significant hit in revenue. She reportedly then started talks with MGM but nothing has come of it yet.
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Aug 20, 2024 8:58:45 GMT -5
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Post by gmg on Aug 20, 2024 9:24:10 GMT -5
Would you mind enlightening me on this (rumoured) residency? It’s news to me. There were rumors swirling around last year (and reported by multiple news outlets) that she was going to have a Las Vegas residency at the Sphere venue (presumably as part of the album campaign for act ii). Beyonce herself fueled those rumors by featuring the Sphere in her Superbowl Verizon ad. Then the short period of Cowboy Carter promo comes out and nothing. In July, it was reported that negotiations stopped between her and the venue because she had requested to shut down the venue for 2 weeks for rehearsals. The people who run the Sphere were unwilling to do so since that would result in a significant hit in revenue. She reportedly then started talks with MGM but nothing has come of it yet. thank you kindly for sharing. edit: Id be so sad, tbh, if she did a residency because I’m afraid to fly, and since I missed the renaissance tour, I’d be really kicking myself even harder. But I completely understand, it would save money not having to tour.
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 20, 2024 19:16:02 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Aug 22, 2024 23:26:04 GMT -5
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Post by Ty on Sept 4, 2024 18:21:22 GMT -5
What was her last music video that's not part of a music film? "7/11"?
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Post by fashionkilla on Sept 5, 2024 23:53:14 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment. Agreed and felt the same way about Renaissance. I know Bey is already in that phase of her career where she can kick back and relax, but I wish she would’ve really put the work into making these eras a moment and remind everyone of the power and impact that a Beyoncè era can have! This decade is already full of albums that came and went, so it’s a shame that both of her releases are kind of in that category due to her abandoning them so quickly.
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Post by schnetzka on Sept 6, 2024 5:16:10 GMT -5
I am mainly curious why she toured for RENAISSANCE especially if she knew she'd be releasing two more acts. Touring the first act but not the second doesn't make sense to me.
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Post by shakemaki on Sept 6, 2024 13:13:35 GMT -5
Love the album, but what a dud f**king era overall. So disappointing, this album could have been such a moment. Yeah, I have to agree. This could have been possibly THE career defining album for her, a chance that basically never happens for a mainstream female artist in their 40s, and she pretty much flushed it down the toilet. I know she doesn’t *have* to try at all at this point in her career, but also why put out an album so grandiose and epic with all kinds of mainstream hit/viral potential to boot, and then be like “no tour, no videos, no performances, no promo…” Gurrrrlll
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Post by 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 on Sept 8, 2024 22:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Sept 9, 2024 9:18:54 GMT -5
Shut out at the CMA’s.
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Post by iHype. on Sept 9, 2024 11:03:20 GMT -5
The shutout is expected and should continue to be expected at every Country award. This was a foolishly handled era and her being Beyonce doesn’t make it an exception.
You cannot come into the Country industry refusing to do any promotion. She paid Country radio stations dust, she paid Country award shows dust by not appearing/performing, didn’t engage with absolutely any of the Country demographic or industry this era. THEN to top it off alluded that the album wasn’t Country.
They aren’t required to just fall into the Beyonce-mania and kiss her ass because it’s her when she clearly couldn’t be bothered to put in the push/promotion work all the other artists nominated did.
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Post by Ty on Sept 9, 2024 11:31:28 GMT -5
It's partly promotion and partly the music hasn't quite resonated with the public this time around. Granted that "Texas Hold 'Em" is a big hit, the rest of the album has less cultural impact. A lot of people listened to it on the first week and moved on. People know she did a "Jolene" cover but not much beyond that. In comparison, the music from Renaissance connects way better with the GP. I hear "Break My Soul" and "Cuff It" getting played everywhere. B-sides like "Alien Superstar" and "American Has a Problem" are well known and loved too.
That is not to deny the artistic value of Cowboy Carter. I do think it deserves a few nods at CMA. It will probably fare better at the Grammy's.
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Post by clsvltn on Sept 9, 2024 13:42:20 GMT -5
She is a front runner at the Grammys, and they always love her (nomination wise anyway) so I'm sure she will rack up several noms there at least. I really dont think she cares about CMA anyway lol
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Post by wavey.✨️ on Sept 9, 2024 16:05:22 GMT -5
I don't she think she was aiming for the CMA's, but she did get credit from Shaboozey for his 2 CMA Nominations.
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Post by shakemaki on Sept 9, 2024 17:44:09 GMT -5
It’s really turned out to be one of the most wasted eras I can ever think of in all honesty. Just so much potential totally left on the table. But it is still one of the most acclaimed country albums of all time and did still have a huge hit that is 100% a country song. So CMA shutout still feels shady regardless. Though hardly surprising considering we know racism and hostility she felt there is why this album exists in the first place.
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