24 minutes ago, Mr. Specialist said:

My fear of no physical copies available in the first week is increasing. 

If this is true, there's a chance the song will not appear on the final. 

And if this is about act. II original, then the physicals will not be out which would make zero sense as last time she already had too little of them available. 

 

Anyway we can't do anything about it either way. 

I wonder if Tina means she's attending the rodeo or just saying it's rodeo time in general...

Something's coming

 

 

Please be good news, PLEASE

 

This is the second artist talking about recording with Bey since the release of TXHE. The album is definitely not ready yet. They were able to get ST physicals out in a week so I guess with the right arrangements she can still pull off physicals

1 minute ago, giRLbye. said:

 

 

Beyonce definitely cares about leaks...4 leaking is why ST was a surprise drop

 

The fact BMS leaked b/c she announced the title & ppl knew what to search for and they leaked the song making them rush to put it on streaming unprepared without the single cover is likely why Texas/16C were surprise drops.

 

Rennie leaking & being widely reported on major news publications also lowered her first day streams and will likely be the reason there probably won't be a physical available during release week.

I mean she definitely cares, but I'd be hella surprised if she cared at the expense of her first-week sales (which very much play a role in her position of Queendom). 

 

I'd sooner imagine she'd (annoyingly) forgo a long preorder window to minimize the potential of a leak way before release than totally go digital-only. 

 

Like someone else said, I really struggle to buy the idea that the standard edition of the album isn't mixed, mastered, and vinyl-pressed already. 

 

I can, however, see her doing something unique with Amazon (who have an infrastructure for fast turnaround with Prime delivery) if wanting to minimize the preorder window but still get physical editions to fans fast. 

 

All conjecture guess. Giselle just needs to drop that damn link lol.

4 minutes ago, xrosup said:

Something's coming

 

 

I don't think this account knows anything. I think they're just speculating like the rest of us.

 

I'd love to see her show up tonight though

3 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

I mean she definitely cares, but I'd be hella surprised if she cared at the expense of her first-week sales (which very much play a role in her position of Queendom). 

 

I'd sooner imagine she'd (annoyingly) forgo a long preorder window to minimize the potential of a leak way before release than totally go digital-only. 

 

Like someone else said, I really struggle to buy the idea that the standard edition of the album isn't mixed, mastered, and vinyl-pressed already. 

 

I can, however, see her doing something unique with Amazon (who have an infrastructure for fast turnaround with Prime delivery) if wanting to minimize the preorder window but still get physical editions to fans fast. 

 

All conjecture guess. Giselle just needs to drop that damn link lol.

 

i dont think Beyonce cares like you do...nothing guaranteed the success of Texas when she recorded it...just like nothing guaranteed the success of ST 10 years ago

 

whatever happens...happens

6 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

This is the second artist talking about recording with Bey since the release of TXHE. The album is definitely not ready yet. They were able to get ST physicals out in a week so I guess with the right arrangements she can still pull off physicals

It'd still be kind of a disaster (ish), as that would totally eradicate the possibility of vinyl (which has at minimum a 6-8 week lead time for pressing). 

 

Back in 2013 with ST and 2016 with Lemonade, vinyl was less of a "thing". 

 

Now, it's totally a huge magnet for sales. Hence, why all the Pop girlies have all the variations of it to boost their numbers. If done right, it literally can add anywhere from 50k-100k of sales for an act like Bey...on top of streaming, CDs, and other unique physical units. It's kind of a must. 

 

As a big fan of music industry developments at large, I clocked this before Rennie so was delighted to see her embrace the necessary tactics then. IMO, she'd be taking significant steps backward in approach not doing this. She's not  Drake, for example, who doesn't sell physicals, but can easily push 500k-1 mill first week because of insane streams of bloated albums. That isn't Bey's edit, so she needs to play to her strengths.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3MCHuwpWVQ/?igsh=MWU2dGoyeXB2ZDE1NQ==

 

Not her choking herself to death when talking about Check On It

 

Even with a #1 song some of y'all are doomsdaying It's going to be fine.

3 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3MCHuwpWVQ/?igsh=MWU2dGoyeXB2ZDE1NQ==

 

Not her choking herself to death when talking about Check On It

 

She has no taste. 

Wonder how it'll start doing now it's been removed from TikTok.

Tik Tok videos are growing at like 2k per hour.

 

This I agree with...

 

24 minutes ago, giRLbye. said:

whatever happens...happens

This I do NOT agree with (at all)...

 

24 minutes ago, giRLbye. said:

 

i dont think Beyonce cares like you do...nothing guaranteed the success of Texas when she recorded it...just like nothing guaranteed the success of ST 10 years ago

Y'all, can we please do away with this idea that Beyonce "doesn't care" about sales or her commercial positioning? She absolutely does!

 

Our girl is a capitalist. So, a well-selling album facilitates a big tour... which enhances her overall brand... and gives her all the leveraging power in her extracurricular deals. It's literally an interconnected chain. Each thing feeds the next thing along the line.

 

If you think she's A-OK with becoming a 30k-50k first-week seller like her 00s peers, you are grossly mistaken. 

 

Even if she isn't that bothered, you can bet that Columbia cares. You can bet that Live Nation cares (when it comes to packing those stadiums with Becky and Barbra GP alongside the Hive). And you can bet that anyone she wants to go into business with leveraging her brand...cares.

 

She PURPOSEFULLY positions herself as Queen reigning over all, so she can't come out and do peasant sales in the name of...art. This is a BUSINESS.

 

With much love and respect, it will forever confuse me to see that we're not all on the same page in clocking that Bey and her team very much do the "things" **needed** to keep her Queen title intact. Including playlisting ($$$) tf out of her GP-magnet lead to ensure it does what it needs to is a prime example. 

 

Granted her music output is consistently on point, Bey nor any artist is "that" lucky when it comes to sustaining as long as she has There's a lot of savvy strategy and commercially vital tactics drawn on to ensure her crown remains in place. 

 

This "art not charts" thing is part-true but is also clever af marketing that a lot of the Hive have bought into as being absolute...when it's the furthest thing from. 

Edited February 27, 20242 yr by Cbreezy

He is gaining 

how sure are we that this song that that man claims to be enlisted for is meant explicitly for the album?

 

couldn't it just as easily be a remix to TEXAS HOLD 'EM? Or another track she plans to release a remix to? We know Beyoncé does love her remixes to reinvent the former (QUEENS remix, WETTER remix).

 

he also literally calls what he's been asked to do is record one of her country songs with a zydeco "twist". couldn't a twist more imply it's a remix rather than just a song she had that needs a twist?

 

 

Edited February 27, 20242 yr by swissman

3 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

This I agree with...

 

This I do agree with not (at all)...

 

Y'all, can we please do away with this idea that Beyonce "doesn't care" about sales or her commercial positioning? She absolutely does!

 

Our girl is a capitalist. So, a well-selling album facilitates a big tour... which enhances her overall brand... and gives her all the leveraging power in her extracurricular deals. It's literally an interconnected chain. Each thing feeds the next thing along the line.

 

If you think she's A-OK with becoming a 30k-50k first-week seller like her 00s peers, you are grossly mistaken. 

 

Even if she isn't that bothered, you can bet that Columbia cares. You can bet that Live Nation cares. And you can bet that anyone she wants to go into business with leveraging her brand...cares.

 

She PURPOSEFULLY positions herself as Queen reigning over all, she can't come out and do peasant sales in the name of...art. This is a BUSINESS.

 

With much love and respect, it will forever confuse me to see that we're not all on the same page in clocking that Bey and her team very much do the "things" **needed** to keep her Queen title intact. Including playlisting ($$$) tf out of her GP-magnet lead to ensure it does what it needs to is a prime example. 

 

Granted her music output is consistently on point, Bey nor any artist is "that" lucky when it comes to sustaining as long as she has There's a lot of savvy strategy and commercially vital tactics drawn on to ensure her crown remains in place. 

 

This "art not charts" thing is part-true, but is also clever af marketing that a lot of the Hive have bought into. 

I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a business. But all your points explaining why they care also highlight why we really shouldn't sweat it so much. They clearly know what they're doing. 

Bey does not care about first week sales figures, she cares way more about her music not leaking.

 

21 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3MCHuwpWVQ/?igsh=MWU2dGoyeXB2ZDE1NQ==

 

Not her choking herself to death when talking about Check On It

 

she hates it to death 

10 minutes ago, Shelter said:

He is gaining 

Texas is growing on radio and holding well on streaming - im not worried yet

2 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

I don't think anyone is questioning that it's a business. But all your points explaining why they care also highlight why we really shouldn't sweat it so much. They clearly know what they're doing. 

Fair.

 

I think I'm just part intrigued, part-confused at how we all follow her moves way more closely than the GP, but some stans buy into this "she can do what she wants" "art not charts" or "she always wins regardless" rhetoric without really factoring in the very tangible examples of her team doing the things needed to preserve the "Queen" status we enjoy of her today.

 

But hey, all of this won't matter if she just drops the damn preorder link lol.

Kanye is coming 

 

Our third week isn't safe unless a huge radio updates; please I hate Kanye so much don't let him have the #1. 

52 minutes ago, xrosup said:

Something's coming

 

 

Girl... It's Beyoncé Press not Legion!

Was Renaissance leaked by a Barbz?