10 minutes ago, Yakult said:

At first I thought it was Beyoncé sabotaging now that she's got the #1 (Break My Soul getting pulled from radio flashbacks).

 

But if it's UMG publishing then shitttttt. Most of B's catalogue is down (her TikTok's are now mute). Checked a few other artists (Doja, SZA, Kendrick) and most of their music has been removed as well.

It’s not. If you go into her sounds. Its only a few songs down. My house, Pure Honey, Cuff It. 

16 Carriages deserved

 

7 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

This TikTok vs Universal drama is wild. 

 

That said, I'm glad Bey snatched her #1 with the quickness before the publishing side of things got involved lol.

 

She's garnered the momentum she needs, so whatever happens now is kind of an afterthought. 

 

Like, whether TH'E is a quick lil hit ala Ariana's Yes, And? or a monster like We Belong Together or Old Town Road, we've got the #1, the album hype, etc. The rest is icing on the cake.

 

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I do sense that I may be being a little too optimistic, as IIRC a lot of Rennie's organic hype came from the various challenges for Alien, Cuff It, etc that went viral on TikTok. All of which helped the album's buzz-iness and its streams.

 

Hopefully, there's a workaround or better yet, that the whole issue is resolved. 

 

Not us getting hype that we had a free playing field with no UMG artists only for the same war to come bite us in the butt lol.

 

We were brought back to reality so fast I got whiplash lol.. It appears to be a quick  number one with the way things are going . This is still Bey/Parkwood who we know will not capitalize on the moment. We can only hope for an album preorder at this point. 

3 minutes ago, Shelter said:

It’s not. If you go into her sounds. Its only a few songs down. My house, Pure Honey, Cuff It. 

Mostly just the songs B's used on her profile then. I've noticed a few more have been removed (Haunted, If I Were a Boy, Baby Boy, ENERGY, Check on It, Deja Vu, Irreplaceable, Countdown, Love on Top, Best Thing I Never Had  + more).

1 minute ago, Yakult said:

Mostly just the songs B's used on her profile then. I've noticed a few more have been removed (Haunted, If I Were a Boy, Baby Boy, ENERGY, Check on It, Deja Vu, Irreplaceable, Countdown, Love on Top, Best Thing I Never Had  + more).

The end of Haunted’s gains 

 

 

Oh that’s not…

4 hours ago, Space&Time said:

Yass! C’mon the box. OMg remember the lil quick top ten recap that would play constantly through the day. Or the excitement of sitting around waiting for your favorite video to come on?

 

Ooh! Do you remember when DC and Jagged Edge were doing that middle school tour sponsored by the box?

Omg yes I remember that.lol. 

Crossing my fingers for preorder links today. 

texas still on tiktok so... no drama

35 minutes ago, Shelter said:

The end of Haunted’s gains 

im lowkey mad abt this bc its close to 100M.

14 minutes ago, Devin said:

im lowkey mad abt this bc its close to 100M.

It will get there anyway. 

13 minutes ago, Mr. Specialist said:

Crossing my fingers for preorder links today. 

Same!

 

We got Cecred out the way (yay for the great response), we snatched the #1, and have a ton of album buzz and goodwill...it's literally preorder time. 

 

I feel it's imminent too, especially as she subtly acknowledged the BMS #1 last time (so we know she won't play dumb to it all despite her "art not charts" mentality). It's way too good of a springboard for the album campaign at large to not build it around. 

 

In the most ideal scenario, the next couple of days will go something like this:

 

* "Thanks for supporting Texas Hold Em. I love yall deep" IG post.

 

* Album Title and Cover Reveal. Preorder goes live. A brief explanation of the album concept, as she did with Rennie

 

*  Shop Beyonce and Parkwood pages go HAM with all the variants, boxes, etc.

 

I really trust their process, but I can't shake my irritation at the fact that she had 7/8 weeks to sell a project pre-release and is now willfully condensing that down to 4 weeks.

 

It'd be different if Act II surprise-dropped during this Texas smashing frame. At least, there'd be a certain amount of guaranteed beneficial streams for that first-week umph, but who knows if its momentum will look the same as it is now (or better) come March 29th. So why wait with the preorder stuff. 

 

I have no issues eating humble pie and in this instance, I actually WANT to eat it, especially if she's coming with something big, all-out and unexpected with the retail push. The Verizon lead-in for the era is already still gagging me 2+ weeks on, so we'll see. 

 

But yeah, whatever the case, it's definitely time for that preorder link.

 

waiting for texas here....

 

its disgusting how the superior song is flopping.

 

 

6 minutes ago, Devin said:

its disgusting how the superior song is flopping.

 

 

It really is. I love 16 Carriages much more than Texas Hold Em. 

If TH'E gets removed from TikTok, I'm going to fume. 

4 minutes ago, Lovett said:

If TH'E gets removed from TikTok, I'm going to fume. 

It prob will in the next few days 

At least we have IG reels?
 

2 minutes ago, Devin said:

its disgusting how the superior song is flopping.

 

 

Really hoping it can have a moment down the line, but even if it doesn't, this is one of those times where Bey's "think bigger than the charts" strategy definitely shows its worth. 

 

It's like Texas ticked her commercial box and 16 Carriages shows the qualitative depth of what's to come. It definitely has a very important value in its own right. I love the double drop; there was the risk she would split attention between both tracks. But it's all worked out. 

 

I would like to hope the critically acclaimed-ness of 16 Carriages opens the door for the success of another track on the album with the same sound. Our next Halo, maybe.

we got the #1 and multi-week top 10, I'm retreating from my chart Hive tendencies now 

I really wanted a multi week #1. 

Y’all acting like it’s election night and the New York Times needle is inching towards Trump, I can’t do this with y’all today. 

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14 hours ago, satellites.™ said:

We should all wear this in protest for the video or a preview.

That's what I made it for so y'all go ahead!

Billboard said the end of Feb, knowing the labels lawyers it'll go that long, which makes for the good run of THE anyway, radio and streams can do the rest.

8 minutes ago, Rotunda said:

Y’all acting it’s election night and the New York Times needle is inching towards Trump, I can’t do this with y’all today. 

Right?  It's already a hit. Everything else from now on is just icing on the cake and more than anyone could have expected.