Radio is King 

22 minutes ago, kimberly said:

in all of these cases, especially for Kate Bush and Cruel Summer, radio was not the initial point of promotion. radio followed an organic interest in these songs generated by Stranger Things and The Eras Tour. while radio did help BREAK MY SOUL, it went #1 on album release week due to additional streaming and stayed at #1 a second week due to the Madonna remix downloads. 

 

radio is a helpful promo tool but sending a song to radio without any other effort is not a hill I would want to die on. I could not care less if AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM peaks at #9 at a niche radio format in the United States.

So you came back to the point full circle. It’s always been all encompassing. Beyoncé isn’t capitalizing on any other metric and radio is the only promo tool that can be utilized currently. AHAP is not single worthy however a song like heated being number one on hip hop/rnb can still do wonders for her overall steaming. 

 

the way this tweet is over half a year old 

 

still sends me tho 

55 minutes ago, SashaDevachelli said:

You guys, I’m trying to come up for a flop name for Renaissance but I can’t think of any, here’s what I got:

-Dangerously in the Low
-Bidet
-I am…Sucha Thief
-4closure
-Sia-Titled
-Minute Maid
-Everything is Flopping
-The Bomb
 

What would be a good name for Rennie? Dark ages? Medievalssance? I’m not sure… this album so flawless it can’t even get a proper flop nickname. Yes I know this post is very Fleahive coded but I’m bored

 

the bomb is just 

58 minutes ago, SashaDevachelli said:

You guys, I’m trying to come up for a flop name for Renaissance but I can’t think of any, here’s what I got:

-Dangerously in the Low
-Bidet
-I am…Sucha Thief
-4closure
-Sia-Titled
-Minute Maid
-Everything is Flopping
-The Bomb
 

What would be a good name for Rennie? Dark ages? Medievalssance? I’m not sure… this album so flawless it can’t even get a proper flop nickname. Yes I know this post is very Fleahive coded but I’m bored

 

Barbaro 

3 minutes ago, sillycilla said:

So you came back to the point full circle. It’s always been all encompassing. Beyoncé isn’t capitalizing on any other metric and radio is the only promo tool that can be utilized currently. AHAP is not single worthy however a song like heated being number one on hip hop/rnb can still do wonders for her overall steaming. 

I didn—whatever. HEATED or any other song isn't going #1 or even Top 15 on radio without streaming already supporting it and Beyoncé actively promoting it. what I have been arguing over and over again in these posts is that a radio push for a third single on its own will be just as useless as her doing nothing. at least she gets to have her dignity by not pushing anything because it'll flop either way.

It’s crazy how most of our concerns from the beginning of the era have mostly come to fruition. It was mentioned in jest but the acts being album, tour, visual seemingly more accurate day by day. And fretting over the visuals being like “where’s formation tour dvd” after month 3 ; here we are a year and a half later. 
 

 

2 hours ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

i wouldn’t have anything negative to say about this era if we had just gotten music videos/the film, at least 4-5 amazing performances & one more single and not over a year of silence…

honestly the only thing bothering me this era is the lack of live performances and lack of visuals. those have been her bread and butter for decades. i get her need to try to prove she can be successful without them, but the fact that i had to obsessively follow the RWT (and then attend twice) just to see her perform it.....its unheard of. so yeah i totally agree with this

Me writing a think piece asking my job to take out $$$ from my 401k to snatch that Floor Sec J tix for Kansas City:

 

9 minutes ago, yonsé said:

honestly the only thing bothering me this era is the lack of live performances and lack of visuals. those have been her bread and butter for decades. i get her need to try to prove she can be successful without them, but the fact that i had to obsessively follow the RWT (and then attend twice) just to see her perform it.....its unheard of. so yeah i totally agree with this

Yes! There’s a part of me that’s concerned about her streaming long term however my main frustration is the lack of consumption/outlets the fans get. I’ve never been that fan that cared about her personal life (I’m happy she’s healthy, doing well) however those aren’t things that make an artist for me. 

 

When I connect with  or love something I want to be able to go watch the video or a live performance, or see behind the scenes on how it came together. We’ve literally haven’t had anything this era. Fans asked for a little bit of promo along with the performances and visuals, and she turned around and removed the performances and videos for remixes. 

Edited September 19, 20232 yr by sillycilla

1 minute ago, Devin said:

 

Me writing a think piece asking my job to take out $$$ from my 401k to snatch that Floor Sec J tix for Kansas City:

 

Do we really think anything is going to happen at the Houston show outside of maybe Megan or Travis performing? It’ll keep everyone hyped for that hour but then go back to nothing.

The delulus in here acting like clicking the upload button for the music videos is doing too much, or pressing the upload button for the RWT footage is doing too much, or handing a bundle of cash to Spotify and radio stations (like everyone else) is doing too much. Bfr! 
 

If she wants to cement herself a legend, if she wants people to know her for quality music and not just single ladies, she needs to promote her music. That can be done with performances or behind the scenes marketing, at the moment she’s just touring. You’re not Madonna and past your prime, you can get hits if you tried!!

4 minutes ago, Anvarie said:

 

If she wants to cement herself a legend, if she wants people to know her for quality music and not just single ladies, she needs to promote her music. That can be done with performances or behind the scenes marketing, at the moment she’s just touring. You’re not Madonna and past your prime, you can get hits if you tried!!

 

This part.

Edited September 19, 20232 yr by sillycilla

11 minutes ago, sillycilla said:

Do we really think anything is going to happen at the Houston show outside of maybe Megan or Travis performing? It’ll keep everyone hyped for that hour but then go back to nothing.

I can see both attending fr. She loves Megan and Travis was a special guest on Drake’s tour, his Houston shows was just the other day. 

perched for the mess

It’s me confused as to why she would bring Travis out even with the Houston connection just to remember she was on his last album lmao

11 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

perched for the mess

Couldn't any of us make an educated guess and say this  I think this account tries to flirt with the line of pretending he's associated with the Carters without outright saying it (because he isn't)

we’ll see Yvette actually do something before we see DC reunite with *NSYNC and "another group" at next year’s superbowl lmao 

 

https://x.com/ABTLABinsider/status/1704269709472911630?s=20

Do you actually believe the tour being filmed is going to be released? I don’t. She films everything and it will be thrown into the vault for when she retires or is dead. 
 

Speaking of promo, I’m still wondering why she didn’t use TikTok this era? They just abandoned that, all the Bts tour vids they could’ve done, wasted. 
 

She makes it very hard for labels with singles imo, that’s prob why Cuff It release was so slow and why we didn’t get anymore. 
 

 

23 minutes ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

we’ll see Yvette actually do something before we see DC reunite with *NSYNC and "another group" at next year’s superbowl lmao 

 

https://x.com/ABTLABinsider/status/1704269709472911630?s=20

I don’t want this ever

How organic do you guys think the mute challenge was? 
 

I have thoughts but not sure how it really popped off on that app

1 hour ago, Ari29 said:

How organic do you guys think the mute challenge was? 
 

I have thoughts but not sure how it really popped off on that app

I don't see anything about it that needs manufacturing. she did it at every show, Europeans didn't understand it at the initial shows so it became a whole thing. had everyone just listened to the lyrics and understood the assignment from the get go it wouldn't have turned into this big trend.

 

2 hours ago, Anvarie said:

If she wants to cement herself a legend, if she wants people to know her for quality music and not just single ladies, she needs to promote her music. That can be done with performances or behind the scenes marketing, at the moment she’s just touring. You’re not Madonna and past your prime, you can get hits if you tried!!

as if she hasn't already cemented herself! as if people don't already know Lemonade, Dangerously in Love singles, Drunk in Love, Love on Top!

 

this wasn't even the question at hand. it was about streaming & chart longevity. nobody outside of this forum is looking at Spotify daily streams to determine anything. she's a legend and Crazy in Love is a classic regardless of what some jobless l*ddo's and sw*ffers say.

 

now, I also think we need the visuals and live performances. those will certainly help RENAISSANCE in the long run. I hope we get something at the end of this tour, some clarification as to what is going on with the visuals, acts, tour film. but I won't hold my breath.

 

2 hours ago, Anvarie said:

or handing a bundle of cash to Spotify and radio stations (like everyone else) is doing too much

this is another fan made conspiracy. artists do not pay Spotify for playlisting and paying radio stations to get airplay is a federal crime. 

 

it is simply in Spotify and radio stations' best interest to play/highlight songs people want to hear, from artists who have proven themselves worthy. that's why Spotify is all up in Dua Lipa's colon and plasters Drake everywhere and radio keeps eating up whatever Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5 etc. serve.

 

she needs to make a song go viral. post a clip from RWT of her performing HEATED and streaming will pick up, radio will follow, for example. it even charted in the UK on its own while she was touring there, purely based on streaming. 

 

 

Mute challenge ORGANIC and it’s made its way into classrooms across the world  stop doubting Beyoncé like

7 hours ago, QueenB said:

I love how "Can we please have a regular rollout with a single being sent to radio and a music video posted?" gets met with "2007 Beyoncé is DEAD and she can retire when she wants!" 

FOR REAL. Four singles/videos per era, three performances per single. There! Twelve whole performances a year. It’s not rocket science.