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[Devin]

3 minutes ago, BeyBronts said:

No disrespect to Billie, but why did she even have to mention Bey at the end of her performance?   

 

I’m starting to see conflict/attacks on Bey via Twitter now.

[Devin]

At this point just drop the damn album. Her ass prob gonna drop B7 on a random Tuesday. 

[ShouldersSideways]

She could always do a single soon and album in June or July. 

[Devin]

July 1, 2022 is looking cute.

 

[Hivy]

At home in quarantine (suffering from covid) wishing I was in the sun rn. 

 

 

[Lose My Breath]

I could see a single, followed by an album a month or two later (like all of her previous releases outside of BEYONCE)

 

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by Lose My Breath

[*-ChriZ-*]

I am feeling 2023 now. It just feels like the right time and she should make sure to avoid any competition at all. Summer doesnt have big sales and fall/Winter 2022 will be too packed. Lets just go with March 2023

[jane]

50 minutes ago, Devin said:

 

I’m starting to see conflict/attacks on Bey via Twitter now.

These pop girls know what they are doing. It's classic passive agressive behavior. They are all intimidated by Homecoming on Netflix and knew people would compare their coachella set to it so they go on the defensive pulling this crap instead of working on their craft. It's easier to be lazy performers and then being shady towards Bey. The woman just mind her business and her name is always in their stupid mouths. It's so freaking annoying! When Bey comes back in her next era, you know some wont be able to hide it anymore and will get shady with her.

Edited April 18, 2022 by jane

[Devin]

2 minutes ago, jane said:

These pop girls know what they are doing. It's classic passive agressive behavior. They are all intimidated by Homecoming on Netflix and knew people would compare their coachella set to it so they go on the defensive pulling this crap instead of working on their craft. It's easier to be lazy performers and then being shady towards Bey. The woman just mind her business and her name is always in their stupid mouths. It's so freaking annoying! When Bey comes back in her next era, you know some wont be able to hide it anymore and will get shady with her.

It seem quite innocent to me 

 

But I can see where it comes off passive aggressive. I blame the blogs/social media for this blowing up.

[Devin]

Sad truth is every female headliner after 2018 will automatically be put up against Beychella. In most cases Beychella will remain the standard on how to put on a great show/production for Coachella.

[R.E.M.]

22 minutes ago, *-ChriZ-* said:

I am feeling 2023 now. It just feels like the right time and she should make sure to avoid any competition at all. Summer doesnt have big sales and fall/Winter 2022 will be too packed. Lets just go with March 2023

God no

 

Album - July 2022

Deluxe re-release - January 2023 with Grammy performance

Tour - February 2023

[jane]

5 minutes ago, Devin said:

It seem quite innocent to me 

 

But I can see where it comes off passive aggressive. I blame the blogs/social media for this blowing up.

It's not innocent. They know their fans and they know how social media work. Some of these white pop rock fans already dont like black women or black artists in general and only wait for such opportunity to blast an artist like Bey so with such statement while closing your Coachella set, she knew damn well what she was doing. While Bey is not even on social media and she is minding her business, now stupid ******ed stans are on social media dragging her name for a statement that she has nothing to do with. They do the same thing when she is absent at award shows, using her name with stupid random statements in the media to drive clicks. Beyoncé is such a force in this industry, that's how they go at her, in disguise like that and it will only get worse as she continues to slay with her releases that are getting bolder and more unique. Where do you think Bey's line from Formation came from, ''You know you that ***** when you cause all this conversation. Stay gracious....'' Beyoncé is aware of the game too, that's why when she comes back, it's always with a force and attitude, to tell those ******* ''yeah here i am, do your worse''.

[Devin]

4 minutes ago, jane said:

It's not innocent. They know their fans and they know how social media work. Some of these white pop rock fans already dont like black women or black artists in general and only wait for such opportunity to blast an artist like Bey so with such statement while closing your Coachella set, she knew damn well what she was doing. While Bey is not even on social media and she is minding her business, now stupid ******ed stans are on social media dragging her name for a statement that she has nothing to do with. They do the same thing when she is absent at award shows, using her name with stupid random statements in the media to drive clicks. Beyoncé is such a force in this industry, that's how they go at her, in disguise like that and it will only get worse as she continues to slay with her releases that are getting bolder and more unique. Where do you think Bey's line from Formation came from, ''You know you that ***** when you cause all this conversation. Stay gracious....'' Beyoncé is aware of the game too, that's why when she comes back, it's always with a force and attitude, to tell those ******* ''yeah here i am, do your worse''.

Oop wait points were made here. 

[Cbreezy]

Genuine question: why do we feel she could drop a "single"?

 

Bey hasn't done a pre-album "single" in forever and with streaming having no guarantees and Pop radio being a bit of a myth, I'd say it's riskier than ever to try and revert back to the "single-then-album" roll-out. 

 

Now, I'd be here for it if she could find a way to circumvent the commercial pressure of a pre-album song like she did with Formation. Remember how it was unlisted and therefore chart ineligible until the album dropped? A lot of stans moaned about her missing out on a possible #1. But IMO the song was such a risky sound and subject that there were zero guarantees it would catch on. So she played it perfectly IMO.

 

I say all of this because I'm heavily invested in her not wasting her album hype. She's in such a weird spot. All at once, she's this huge deal and seemingly loved by everyone AND yet there's a bloodlust for her downfall. Or at the very least, the desire to knock her down a peg or two. I do not want her in a position where a potentially underperforming single impacts the GP appetite for an album. 

 

Some stans can't or perhaps won't see it, but Bey has been very savvily playing the game and covering her blindspots for over a decade (see: pivoting in face of lack of Pop support). Going back to a rollout that better served "Irreplaceable Bey" instead of "post-ST Bey" wouldn't be a good look IMO. 

 

The only way a pre-album single works IMO is if it's got a surefire streaming magnet feature like a Drake or Cardi on it. 

Edited April 18, 2022 by Cbreezy

[GodSaveTheQueen]

I feel like the industry as a whole has changed. People consume music differently now, so I don’t think it really matter what season or quarter albums are released in anymore. What’s important is the impact, strategy, and reach. If Bey comes with excellent music that makes people feel good and has a creative and out the box delivery method, she has nothing to worry about.

[GodSaveTheQueen]

2 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

Genuine question: why do we feel she could drop a "single"?

 

Bey hasn't done a pre-album "single" in forever and with streaming having no guarantees and Pop radio being a bit of a myth, I'd say it's riskier than ever to try and revert back to the "single-then-album" roll-out. 

 

Now, I'd be here for it if she could find a way to circumvent the commercial pressure of a pre-album song like she did with Formation. Remember how it was unlisted and therefore chart ineligible until the album dropped? A lot of stans moaned about her missing out on a possible #1. But IMO the song was such a risky sound and subject that there were zero guarantees it would catch on. 

 

I say all of this because I'm heavily invested in her not wasting her album hype. She's in such a weird spot. All at once, she's this huge deal and seemingly loved by everyone AND yet there's a bloodlust for her downfall. Or at the very least, the desire to knock her down a peg or two. I do not want her in a position where a potentially underperforming single impacts the GP appetite for an album. 

 

Some stans can't or perhaps won't see it, but Bey has been very savvily playing the game and covering her blindspots for over a decade (see: pivoting in face of lack of Pop support). Going back to a rollout that better served "Irreplaceable Bey" instead of "post-ST Bey" wouldn't be a good look IMO. 

 

The only way a pre-album single works IMO is if it's got a surefire streaming magnet feature like a Drake or Cardi on it. 

Agreed. It’s all or nothing at this point. The only way I see a lead single is if it’s tied to some major promo or released with a Netflix teaser/trailer with the album being released SOON after.

[ShouldersSideways]

3 minutes ago, G'Day said:

If you think pop stars like Billie, in the midst of preparing to headline Coachella, are conspiring to figure out a way to subtly “blast” Bey so that a few people on twitter and a few journalists can drag her….then you’re taking stanning too seriously..

 

the conspiracy theories in here sometimes are just

 

[DonDesperado]

3 hours ago, CoralBlue said:

I hate to be pessimistic but since Kendrick announced his new album i don't see Bey releasing this month. 

I think the same. Maybe at the end of the month. 

 

I believe that she will drop the album before the summer. 

 

I feel she is ready. 

[SashaDevachelli]

I feel like I wouldn’t be this desperate for music if it weren’t for the fact we got so many rumors and even Bey herself alluding to music coming.

 

If she was completely silent then I would have zero expectations and wait but the fact that we’ve been getting all the speculations the wait has been truly agonizing

[Cbreezy]

4 hours ago, CoralBlue said:

I hate to be pessimistic but since Kendrick announced his new album i don't see Bey releasing this month. 

The release schedule really is filling up fast, isn't it?
 

Now it's not even a case of Bey not going head-to-head with other acts, she also won't want to get caught in the wave of any albums doing huge numbers as their second week run risk of eclipsing her first. Not very likely, but not impossible. 

 

Also mirroring this agonizing wait for music is the wait for the tour announcement which we've seen has typically preceded the music drop. In many ways, unless she plans to totally switch up her rollout format (which ironically would be quite exciting in and of itself), we ought to be expecting a tour announcement first or simultaneously as the truest signal of the new era. 

 

The absence of that especially is what worries me. Because should she forgo her summer stadium run this year, it totally throws off the axis any kind of timing prediction for the music. 

 

 

[Devin]

57 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

Genuine question: why do we feel she could drop a "single"?

For the most part it me and @ShouldersSideways trolling/joking each week something is coming.
 

Outside that she should drop at least the lead before the album. Give us a taste in sonically and visually what’s in store.

[Cbreezy]

16 minutes ago, Devin said:

For the most part it me and @ShouldersSideways trolling/joking each week something is coming.
 

Outside that she should drop at least the lead before the album. Give us a taste in sonically and visually what’s in store.

Ok lol.

 

But (another) genuine question: what if said single was to tank or not be well-received? Would she not have an uphill battle trying to revitalize the buzz she otherwise would have gotten with her all-at-once album drop?

 

As consistent as Bey's music has thankfully been, she's not the most dependable with a) commercial singles and b) going all out to push such songs when she does have them. 

 

I actually would love for a return of the days of the CIL, Baby Boy, Irreplaceable, and Single Ladies type pushes, but I'm trying to work with how she's moving these days. 

 

In a way, she preserves her premium by working singles once she knows what will catch on post-release than ever being "seen" to trying to make fetch happen (which will always be a 50/50 probability). 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Cbreezy

[Devin]

1 minute ago, Cbreezy said:

Ok lol.

 

But (another) genuine question: what if said single was to tank or not be well-received? Would she not have an uphill battle trying to revitalize the buzz she otherwise would have gotten with her all-at-once album drop?

 

As consistent as Bey's music has thankfully been, she's not the most dependable with a) commercial singles and b) going all out to push such songs when she does have them. 

 

I actually would love for a return of the days of the CIL, Baby Boy, Irreplaceable, and Single Ladies type pushes, but I'm trying to work with how she's moving these days. 

 

In a way, she preserves her premium by working singles once she knows will catch on post-release than ever being "seen" to trying to make fetch happen (which will always be a 50/50 probability). 

It will prob be another Lemonade situation. Whether if the lead is favorable or not, stans and GP will eat it up cause its Beyoncé and she hasn’t been around since 2016. Now streams, chart run, etc will show how invested people are in the song.
 

Normally her leads are feminist bops or a collab with Shawn. So I can’t really see her lead debuting outside Top 20. And if it does she will prob push it like RTW or drop a double lead.

 

To answer the other part many artists are adjusting to this new era. Which is why there are less singles and less promo push nowadays.

[smoothkarmel]

Azealia Bank has spoken..

 

 

 

[Hallad173]

2 hours ago, jane said:

It's not innocent. They know their fans and they know how social media work. Some of these white pop rock fans already dont like black women or black artists in general and only wait for such opportunity to blast an artist like Bey so with such statement while closing your Coachella set, she knew damn well what she was doing. While Bey is not even on social media and she is minding her business, now stupid ******ed stans are on social media dragging her name for a statement that she has nothing to do with. They do the same thing when she is absent at award shows, using her name with stupid random statements in the media to drive clicks. Beyoncé is such a force in this industry, that's how they go at her, in disguise like that and it will only get worse as she continues to slay with her releases that are getting bolder and more unique. Where do you think Bey's line from Formation came from, ''You know you that ***** when you cause all this conversation. Stay gracious....'' Beyoncé is aware of the game too, that's why when she comes back, it's always with a force and attitude, to tell those ******* ''yeah here i am, do your worse''.

I mostly agree. Though I don’t think that Billie meant to have anybody attack Beyoncé with that statement, I’m certain she is a fan of hers. I just don’t think she thought ahead when she said it cuz most fans of Billie would respond with something along the lines of “no we’re here to see you, not Beyoncé” and in the pits of Twitter, it of course devolves to scummy takes. 
 

Unfortunately Beyoncé comparisons or just celebrities saying Beyoncé, get blogs their clicks. I just keep scrolling past the articles and choose not to engage on IG or FB. It’s a losing battle man.