1 minute ago, Fleahive said:

Onto the next topic this is something that has been on my mind for a long time and now I have an atrl account to share 😁. This is my personal theory. 

 

But I believe Beyoncé’s streams, especially monthly listeners on Spotify are so bad compared to her peers is because she is (speculation) one of the most blocked artists of all time. I believe a majority of her blocks would come from ultra religious people that think she’s the devil. And I fully blame her for dabbling into the Illuminati conspiracies with that damn triangle symbol every chance she gets and religious imagery. She gets the heat more than her peers like Rihanna because she’s also so private. People believe she’s private for a reason and has something to hide. So many people think she’s on that fake Epstein list. I remember a couple years ago ALL of Beyonces top comments were pizza emojis. Y’all remember that conspiracy? Everything she does gets turned into a conspiracy. Even the Dubai DIL vocal had viral tweets saying she’s a siren and she cursed everyone. People are blocking her out of fear for their own life. 

Truly no disrespect but this sounds QAnon

3 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Truly no disrespect but this sounds QAnon

I’m hurt. Just let me share my chronically online thoughts in peace. If you disagree just nod and smile y’all… I have plenty more theories to share. The next one will be about Normani 

39 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Of course she's vain. She's a nitpicked celebrity who is one of the most photographed people in the world.

 

But saying she's on Ozempic seems absurd because we know she's rabid about eating right and working out. You're obviously comparing her to the woman we saw 4 years ago who had just had twins. Baby weight doesn't fall off quickly for anyone, particularly a woman in her mid 30s who had two babies. 

I don’t think it’s absurd. I think it’s normal for celebrities to be on such in 2023. It’s not a jab, just a maybe/what if. She’s always been a rabid about eating right, but it’s so much easier to be on that and not have to suffer from the hunger cravings all together that she’s always had to go through. Why shoot visuals while hangry when you can shoot them feeling fine. It’s half a joke, half a what if. 

The costumes yesterday were meh, the ones today better.
 

The new pink floral gown is gorgeous, love to see her in it and the headpiece. The BW one yesterday was ok, but at least it was a proper gown, I prefer that here than some of the questionable short minis she’s had like that ugly monstrosity in Chicago. 

 

The new ITG one is good, I love the darker silver beading around the waist but the silvery plastic boots ruin it, she should use the boots she had on for CIL to open. The CIL outfit was ok, good for one time. This new stripped one looks better. 

For Cuff It, this pink one is a tad bit better. Still prefer the original blue/green acid one and the long barbiecore looks, just not the pink barbiecore in shorts version. 
 

The jerseys were eh… Blue looked gorgeous. Usually this section has the worst outfits, the LV and Diesel looks were magnificent. 
 

It was only a matter of time until she debuted a silver version of the POTS outfit, glad she’s not changing it much. Same with the Mugler Bee. She knows those two slay.

 

The embroidered McQueen with Renneigh makes sense to close, it honestly didn’t need the extra embroidery. Those heavy bulky ass capes are annoying. 
 

31 minutes ago, Fleahive said:

Onto the next topic this is something that has been on my mind for a long time and now I have an atrl account to share 😁. This is my personal theory. 

 

But I believe Beyoncé’s streams, especially monthly listeners on Spotify are so bad compared to her peers is because she is (speculation) one of the most blocked artists of all time. I believe a majority of her blocks would come from ultra religious people that think she’s the devil. And I fully blame her for dabbling into the Illuminati conspiracies with that damn triangle symbol every chance she gets and religious imagery. She gets the heat more than her peers like Rihanna because she’s also so private. People believe she’s private for a reason and has something to hide. So many people think she’s on that fake Epstein list. I remember a couple years ago ALL of Beyonces top comments were pizza emojis. Y’all remember that conspiracy? Everything she does gets turned into a conspiracy. Even the Dubai DIL vocal had viral tweets saying she’s a siren and she cursed everyone. People are blocking her out of fear for their own life. And let’s be real they weren’t listening to her like that anyways. Then you just have the general haters that can’t stand her/racists. I truly believe that’s why she will never surpass 55 million listens. It’s sad because we all call Katy perry a flop but that girl stays above Bey. And yes I know playlists play a big part in monthly listeners but let’s not act like the queen isn’t all over 2000s/r&b/pop playlist. 

its lack of promo and paying her catalogue dust, nothing else 

Beyonce I’m begging you: I don’t care that it has the biggest capacity in the tristate, PLEASE stop picking MetLife.

3 hours ago, swissman said:

I'm not saying it's wrong to be frustrated, but that a lot of the frustration has come because people have read into things that don't need to mean something. For example: the tour t-shirt is just a t-shirt. The scene it's from has been on the tour every night. It's an image of Beyoncé from a video seen on the tour.

 

 

People are looking into silly things like this BECAUSE the situation has gotten ridiculous for them with the amount of time that has passed since the officially released teaser in the first place. 
 

At what point do you think it becomes ridiculous that nothing has happened anymore? Obviously the 1 year anniversary was gonna cause turmoil. It's not coming out of thin air, it's exactly because her team and herself have formally announced a video component is coming. If they never did that most people would have moved on by now and stopped reading into **** long ago. 
 

They have obviously been in development since at least spring of 2022, if not earlier. We're nearing the last quarter of 2023. By the time the 'visual' comes, if ever at this point, it will have taken them longer than the damn Lord Of The Rings trilogy to put out. And for what? Some stupid music videos?

 

This is very clearly not an issue of it not being ready but of her deliberately not putting it out, which is why a lot of people have issues with this. If you CAN announce it will be coming, you can also announce it will no longer be coming, especially if you have a whole ass teaser video out already.

 

 

It’s the fact that she’s still dropping hints (albeit at a glacial pace). She thinks we’re trolling like she is. No sis we’re actually pissed off.  Decoding Travis Scott single covers isn’t fun a whole year after your teaser. Like don’t even bother with that ****. Who exactly does she think is here for that? Not even bootlicking Hive is here for that, since they claim not even to care about the impending visuals or the timeline of the process or whatever. By all means release the videos when you’re ready, start rolling out Act II when you’re ready, but these games should’ve started and ended a long time ago. They’re not involving, they’re alienating.

 

The album is a masterpiece, one of my favorite ever. The three dates I attended were the three best concerts of my life and I wouldn’t trade any one of them. They were perfect. Still I think she’s wrong because she is.

12 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

People are looking into silly things like this BECAUSE the situation has gotten ridiculous for them with the amount of time that has passed since the officially released teaser in the first place. 
 

At what point do you think it becomes ridiculous that nothing has happened anymore? Obviously the 1 year anniversary was gonna cause turmoil. It's not coming out of thin air, it's exactly because her team and herself have formally announced a video component is coming. If they never did that most people would have moved on by now and stopped reading into **** long ago. 
 

They have obviously been in development since at least spring of 2022, if not earlier. We're nearing the last quarter of 2023. By the time the 'visual' comes, if ever at this point, it will have taken them longer than the damn Lord Of The Rings trilogy to put out. And for what? Some stupid music videos?

 

This is very clearly not an issue of it not being ready but of her deliberately not putting it out, which is why a lot of people have issues with this. If you CAN announce it will be coming, you can also announce it will no longer be coming, especially if you have a whole ass teaser video out already.

 

 

Honestly the interlude saying a queen comes at her own pace and telling us to grab a fork if we have one (??????????) is super insulting at this point.

28 minutes ago, HausofArtpopII said:

its lack of promo and paying her catalogue dust, nothing else 

There’s definitely more to it. The streams of songs she’s consistently performed are quite low. Love On Top, Formation, Diva etc 

10 minutes ago, black-star1 said:

There’s definitely more to it. The streams of songs she’s consistently performed are quite low. Love On Top, Formation, Diva etc 

Not having your music on Spotify/Apple and exclusive to Tidal for years will do that to you. So the sabotage is coming from inside the house 

6 hours ago, gisellecarter4 said:

Aww she has grown so much. Beautiful mother and daughter picture. 

It must be so amazing for Beyoncé to get the chance to share her passion and a stage with so many members of her family : her husband, her sister and now her older daughter.

20 minutes ago, Shone Ai said:

Beyonce I’m begging you: I don’t care that it has the biggest capacity in the tristate, PLEASE stop picking MetLife.

Well that depends. There’s over 10 million people in NJ/West Side of Manhattan/NYS/PA/CT that find MetLife to be more convenient, hence the reason it exists as such. Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island however…. There is a rail line that drops people off directly in front of MetLife from Secaucus that starts from Grand Central (along with many buses from port authority). I just think it’s all too confusing to New Yorkers that don’t know anything beyond the MTA. The key is just planning way ahead during the day (going home is just going to be chaos no matter what or where). The area is just too congested and split up by islands, bridge and tunnel. There is no easy fix when it comes to the tri state location. 

6 minutes ago, QueenB said:

Not having your music on Spotify/Apple and exclusive to Tidal for years will do that to you. So the sabotage is coming from inside the house 

 

Her music had always been on those platforms....Lemonade was the only album exclusive to Tidal

 

honestly...the streams convo is boring too. yall see other pop girls streaming stats & once again...the pesky need to win stan arguments prevails. Some of the Hive needs to come to terms with the fact that she's not going to be the #1 streamed artist on any platform nor does she need to be. all of this is okay. stop looking to Taylor...that's not her peer group. Beyonce has seen success in the physical, digital, and streaming era...she's done well enough for herself. 

1 hour ago, Fleahive said:

 

But I believe Beyoncé’s streams, especially monthly listeners on Spotify are so bad compared to her peers is because

They are not. The only peer that does better than her is Shakira right now. 

Those artists are not from her generation, Beyoncé was already a star, hated, loved for almost a decade before they stepped on the scene. 

The thing with Bey’s streams is they’re so many songs doing 100-200k+ daily from each album. Her hits from the last decade in particular weren’t exactly tailored for the GP to stream en mass the way other MPGs were doing at the start of the streaming era.

For comparisons sake, Katy has several of her hits doing 400-500k+ daily but it’s limited to 2 eras with a major gap between her hits and the rest of her catalog. Like she has her signature/smash hits doing impressively well and then next to nothing in the 100-300k range as opposed to Bey who has like a dozen songs in that sort of range (that date as far back into the early 2000s)  

People seem to stream Beyoncé in a way that’s very evenly split depending on the album as opposed to most other MPGs where most of their streams are anchored in one or two eras worth of hits. 

Edited July 31, 20233 yr by BGKC

Her streams are fine from someone who is in the music industry for over 25 years. 

Ozempic???

1 hour ago, QueenB said:

Not having your music on Spotify/Apple and exclusive to Tidal for years will do that to you. So the sabotage is coming from inside the house 

Definitely, but now she releases promptly thats no longer a reason. But a mention on IG wouldn’t hurt

 

I managed to see how she’s doing in comparison to Usher/Alicia, they’re doing 4-5m. I wonder how a full comparison would look of top songs by Beyoncé and her peers

27 minutes ago, Embustera said:

Her streams are fine from someone who is in the music industry for over 25 years. 

 

1 hour ago, BnPac said:

They are not. The only peer that does better than her is Shakira right now. 

Those artists are not from her generation, Beyoncé was already a star, hated, loved for almost a decade before they stepped on the scene. 

I personally think they should be better than Shakira! For someone in her carer, they’re good but for where her carer is (still able to sell records, hits etc), not so much. She definitely could be higher up if her team were on it. Streaming hits in this day are important 

Edited July 31, 20233 yr by black-star1

This may just be me trying to excuse puta's lack of promo but I do think her being subpar on streaming helps with the elusiveness  it's too premium to stream

Spoiler

 

Not some hives accusing the woman of using ozempic as if this isn’t a pattern with her weight when she starts to tour. She always get much skinnier when she’s on tour compared to when she’s first started! 

I don’t understand some of her decisions; is she more of a capitalist or an artist/musician now aday? Honestly, I don’t know anymore
 

Edited July 31, 20233 yr by Kh-Loud

There's a lot to be said about Beyonce's streams...

 

The absence of the Lemonade (creating a massive wedge in her relevance last decade).

 

2 flop side projects side to side (EIL/The Gift)

 

A crazy diverse song library which doesn't always make for easy listening. It's not like throwing Lana/Taylor/Sza on shuffle where you ultimately know you're getting a cohesive sound/genre dive.

 

A lack of hits over the last decade compared to her closest, still relevant peers in their target markets (Shak/Rih). Being real real, Love on Top & DIL are her only big radio GP hits between 2010-2020 (her fault).

 

Consistently pushing songs that may be loved by her & fun in a setlist but the GP doesn't massively care for them (Diva/1+1 for example) 

 

A lack of "cool" in her single selection... Her contemporary, artistic reinvention that occured with ST isn't really documented through her singles aside from DIL. No Mine, Haunted, 6inch etc. Her singles don't imply growth in the same way her albums do & singles is mostly what shapes the Gaps perception.

 

... But even with all of that she's like still top 4 of artists who debuted in the 2000s. Meanwhile this is all without adding DC to the list which obviously is part of her career. Bottom line is her streams are huge in totality, who cares if she's not competing with Taylor, Rih or the new girls who are half her age. Sometimes you just gotta let people shine in their own light.

Edited July 31, 20233 yr by Otter

I think it all boils down to the fact that there clearly is a discrepancy between her being this perfectionist when it comes to her art, which she clearly is, and the very suboptimal management of her music distribution and career. 

I personally dont even ask for more, but for better. Teasing a project so far in advance with no follow-up is nothing but sloppy and bad marketing. No other way around it. Not making use of momentum is bad management (Alien Superstar, AHAP and Heated). Releasing parfume bottles and overly expensive necklaces by Tiffany around the time of your aniversary when all fans are craving true content is piss poor timing. These are just examples, but I could go on and on about it (IvyPark and her handling if Chloes career for instance). Her problem is not that she should work harder. One simply just expects her to work smarter with the amount of sources and experience she has.

 

Edited July 31, 20233 yr by Kristie Kuwa

3 hours ago, Fleahive said:

Onto the next topic this is something that has been on my mind for a long time and now I have an atrl account to share 😁. This is my personal theory. 

 

But I believe Beyoncé’s streams, especially monthly listeners on Spotify are so bad compared to her peers is because she is (speculation) one of the most blocked artists of all time. I believe a majority of her blocks would come from ultra religious people that think she’s the devil. And I fully blame her for dabbling into the Illuminati conspiracies with that damn triangle symbol every chance she gets and religious imagery. She gets the heat more than her peers like Rihanna because she’s also so private. People believe she’s private for a reason and has something to hide. So many people think she’s on that fake Epstein list. I remember a couple years ago ALL of Beyonces top comments were pizza emojis. Y’all remember that conspiracy? Everything she does gets turned into a conspiracy. Even the Dubai DIL vocal had viral tweets saying she’s a siren and she cursed everyone. People are blocking her out of fear for their own life. And let’s be real they weren’t listening to her like that anyways. Then you just have the general haters that can’t stand her/racists. I truly believe that’s why she will never surpass 55 million listens. It’s sad because we all call Katy perry a flop but that girl stays above Bey. And yes I know playlists play a big part in monthly listeners but let’s not act like the queen isn’t all over 2000s/r&b/pop playlist. 

You made me laugh, but somehow you are kinda right. Every time I see a post on social media about Beyoncé I see so many hateful posts about the illuminati.