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[Paky McGee]

On 11/26/2023 at 11:48 PM, Blue Rose said:

What’s stopping you from listening to the rest? 
for self titled, you can watch all the videos on YouTube. 

I have another faves.

 

On 11/27/2023 at 12:06 AM, Devin said:

what u want us to do with this information…

Nothing. I just had the need to say that. No hard feelings.

[Chris]

So is she basically just putting multiple shows into one show?

[vlayonce]

Not sure what to believe about the live album 

 

Was there any accurate information about a possible live album before Homecoming dropped on Netflix? 

[swissman]

5 minutes ago, vlayonce said:

Not sure what to believe about the live album 

 

Was there any accurate information about a possible live album before Homecoming dropped on Netflix? 

I believe it was a total surprise. At least, I was totally surprised.

[swissman]

I find it a bit strange that anyone would expect Beyoncé to say something like "I don't feel the need to be perfect" and think that actually means we're going to see her groggy with smudged makeup, crumbs on her chin and sniffing her pits before putting on deodorant... or think that she's still not going to give her 100% and want to do her best and therefore be seen as achieving her best. People need to understand even perfectionism itself can be seen as a flaw to embrace.

 

And since perfection is a state where no flaws can exist without it suddenly becoming "imperfection" any small change she makes away from that is her empathically embracing imperfection. The idea that she must reach a certain threshold of "letting us in" or "being flawed" in order for her own understanding and feelings towards the concept to be accepted is unfair and un-thoughtout, trying to make hypocrisy happen where by definition it is not.

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by swissman

[Kristie Kuwa]

If there's a new song, I want her to release it. Simple as that. Stop the shenanigans Bey!

[QueenB]

10 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

No. The Hunger Games did 28M on its second weekend which was boosted by Thanksgiving. It will definitely open with less than 20M. Meanwhile the last projections had Bey opening with 27-32M. I’m betting it’s going to open with at least 30M. A huge number!!

Variety actually had it updated at around $20 million, that first prediction was when presales first went on sale. 

[Mitsouko]

It's been days since the premiere, why don't we know for sure if there's a new song at the end I hate this riddle ****

[Starshine]

36k minutes of Rennie I streamed this year and that’s excluding the live performances which I played more of-
 

[Tangane]

5 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

It's been days since the premiere, why don't we know for sure if there's a new song at the end I hate this riddle ****

Maybe that's because there is none... There's countless of spoilers over on X so I'd assume we would know for sure by now if there was anything...

This or Bey gave a speech at the beginning of the screening asking everyone to keep their mouth shut as much as possible before the 1st. The guest list was pretty tight so it's possible!

 

Also, whole other topic: will she keep the platinum wig for the London premiere...? (Even if it's just in the video she'll send. ) What was the theme again?

Edited November 28, 2023 by Tangane

[Devin]

56 minutes ago, Paky McGee said:

I have another faves.

 

Nothing. I just had the need to say that. No hard feelings.

z

 

corny.

[Devin]

9 hours ago, cloudbusting said:

the easiest way to be pleasantly surprised is to assume the worst

 

so starting at $500K

 

[Hallad173]

1 hour ago, family.guy123 said:

Another LIBAD I fear. What a ******* waste Beyoncé 

I liked LIBAD. She didn’t give away the family secrets like we wanted but it was still enjoyable.

[nooniebao]

 

[cloudbusting]

6 minutes ago, Devin said:

so starting at $500K

 

try $50

 

[swissman]

1 hour ago, family.guy123 said:

Another LIBAD I fear. What a ******* waste Beyoncé 

tbh the only issue with LIBAD is that it's centre "conflict" was the Billboard RTW performance from 2 years prior, so the stakes weren't exactly that exciting nor fresh, and the documentary wasn't (like Homecoming or RENAISSANCE) anchored solely to one performance to guide us through it, but contained a lot of Revel clips mixed with unrelated bts and 4-era moments.

 

We still had MANY personal insights into her life such as:

• insight about her pregnancy with blue
  • the video of her and the "blue ivy" on the tree is especially poignant
• her opening up about her miscarriage(s)
• lots of exclusive MacBook videos
• discussion of her work and process
• the entire iconic "people don't make albums anymore" monologue that has really helped define and explain her approach since then and that also touched upon the notions of celebrity vs. artist via not caring about Nina Simone's child, but her artistry
• etc.

 

It's just that critics are critical and as I mentioned above, are going to need Beyoncé or any popstar to show themselves in a truly bad light in order for them to tag the word "authentic" to a pop-star-produced documentary of self.

 

 

I'd even argue that showing a bunch of unflattering moments is itself a form of pop-propaganda. It's a choice and a desire to be shown in a certain way, and even if reluctant or regretful about it, it still represents an edited version of someone. Unless they are like Katy Perry and live-streamed for days, you're really not going to get the "real" person, and even then she clearly knew she was on camera and what she was doing. True authenticity can only come from them not knowing they're being filmed.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2023 by swissman

[satellites.™]

10 hours ago, Devin said:

yall better than me i was thinking $15M

 

And this is more likely tbh, the huge ticket prices will of course drive it high, but now that it's snowing too in the US I dont see many people leaving their homes to go see a concert film at night IN THE DARK when it's dark now at 4:30pm - 5pm. 

 

I'm guessing around $10 - $17 million tbh.

 

My surprise estimate if people really didn't do presales is maybe $25 million, I do NOT see this going over $30 million.

 

For reference, Obsessed opened with $11 million.

 

Justin Bieber did do $30 million opening, but again, those are teens and this was in Feb of 2011.

 

Recent ones from Coldplay and BTS didnt do so well, so overall I think this ends at #3 or #2, we will see.

 

 

Highest-grossing concert films^[17][15]

Rank	Title	Year	Performer	Type	Worldwide gross
1	Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour †	2023	Taylor Swift	Music	$250,000,000[14]
2	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	2011	Justin Bieber		$99,034,125
3	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	2008	Miley Cyrus		$70,712,099
4	One Direction: This Is Us	2013	One Direction		$68,233,799
5	Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	Eddie Murphy	Stand-up	$50,504,655

[cloudbusting]

[satellites.™]

Just now, swissman said:

It's snowing in the entire United States of America?

Not everywhere obviously, but a big amount of states where people would obviously not want to go out.

[swissman]

Just now, satellites.™ said:

Not everywhere obviously, but a big amount of states where people would obviously not want to go out.

I deleted bc I felt my comment was too petulant. I knew what you meant

[swissman]

1 minute ago, cloudbusting said:

"it's the third time you've done that **** to us" is so funny, a very worthy addition to the lore Beyoncé started.

[QueenB]

top album of the year is Renaissance with 1,426 plays, top track AHAP with 193 plays, and renaissance fills out my top 10 tracks minus two songs 

[ariesgroove]

the way oldhead hive acting on twitter with this tyla stuff, they got ptsd from the 00s forums chile

 

[Draper.]

1 hour ago, nooniebao said:

 

LOVED reading this. The tour is really on another level fashion wise.

[BnPac]

4 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Not Renaissance being the most streamed album of the year on Deezer 

Really, that's fantastic!!!!

The album deserves that type of success on all streaming platforms. 

If only we had more singles.