12 minutes ago, Burn said:

Jolene is gonna be her IWALY moment.

Well for that to happen she would have to treat it like Whitney treated IWALY, and oh well, how shall I put it...

 

i should've counted how many people here were claiming that this rollout would be different than the last one and that she's coming with the full strength. y'all set yourselves up again 

28 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

Hmm I just feel like the approach of having others aka your mom talk more about your business ventures than you (both for THE/Act ii as well as Cecred) is kinda whack. This is not elementary school where u need ur mom talking for you. You want to sell?? Then sell it 

 

Being lowkey is fine and works towards her "luxury" brand, but at one point, you gotta make the people gag and excited for u. And in this day and age, you have to do it rather consistently

Her mom has the cosmetology certifications. It is no mistake that her Mom, that hair/scalp Doctor who is the head of Cecred Education, and her hairstylist Neal Farinah are the three faces we see most prominently in the initial branding and market positioning of the product. They want this product to take up shelf space in salons (and have longevity) which requires credibility. A track record of having good hair will not take the product as far as making sure to play up the scientific/chemistry elements of the product.

1 minute ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

Her mom has the cosmetology certifications. It is no mistake that her Mom, that hair/scalp Doctor who is the head of Cecred Education, and her hairstylist Neal Farinah are the three faces we see most prominently in the initial branding and market positioning of the product. They want this product to take up shelf space in salons (and have longevity) which requires credibility. A track record of having good hair will not take the product as far as making sure to play up the scientific/chemistry elements of the product.

Well yes, but it shouldnt be that way only. It should be Bey on the forefront backed up by them, not them being the only ones promoting it

I blame you all for buying Cecred and that perfume whose name I forgot. 

 

Who needs music when you can see the money coming in from $20 movie tickets and $200 perfume bottles.

1 hour ago, Brikenbur said:

I’m starting to strongly think that we’re getting some sort of visual for “act ii.” If this was a regular degular release like RENAISSANCE was with no additional visuals around the time of release, we would’ve gotten the album cover/tracklist by now.

It doesn’t make sense for her NOT to release those two things IF something bigger wasn’t coming. I don’t think Camp Bey just plans on randomly releasing the album cover and tracklist at this point (~2 weeks) prior to the “album”(?) release if act ii is just an album.

So, I actually think WE ALL should calm down as it relates to first week figures because I think what will be announced will be BIGGER than just an album cover/tracklist confirming/announcing the project. 
Like that silly little ATBLInsider account said, “you don’t need pre orders if a film is being released hours prior”   …..   which I still don’t believe 100% but do believe it’ll be a big deal come 3.29

Yes! There is something much bigger at play. In hindsight worrying about pre-orders and promotion will have seemed all for naught.

1 hour ago, Brikenbur said:

I’m starting to strongly think that we’re getting some sort of visual for “act ii.” If this was a regular degular release like RENAISSANCE was with no additional visuals around the time of release, we would’ve gotten the album cover/tracklist by now.

It doesn’t make sense for her NOT to release those two things IF something bigger wasn’t coming. I don’t think Camp Bey just plans on randomly releasing the album cover and tracklist at this point (~2 weeks) prior to the “album”(?) release if act ii is just an album.

why do y'all think she cares about what makes sense? if she did we'd have the renaissance film on streaming and a live album.

 

y'all gotta stop setting yourselves up like this. cause when 3/29 comes and its just an album then y'all get pissed all over again 

 

it literally could be as simple as "renaissance leaked early and i dont want that to happen again so im witholding any info until the week of"

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by yonsé

26 minutes ago, Burn said:

Dead By Sundown

EXCUSE ME?!??!!! 

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by king_queen

Parkwood is a master at taking what could’ve been a genius idea and then dragging it out to the point where it’s unbearable. 

 

Like WHAT is the point of her shop being down for 4 days now? Unless she has 10 year olds as coders, there’s no technical reason, so it is clearly an intentional thing that they think is drumming up hype. It would’ve worked perfectly had it been announced within the first 24 hours, but prolonging it has ruined all of that

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by Machete

1 hour ago, Brikenbur said:

 “you don’t need pre orders if a film is being released hours prior”   …..   which I still don’t believe 100% but do believe it’ll be a big deal come 3.29

I don't really agree with this sentiment tbh. 

 

Because it still falls into the category of: why sell less, when you can sell more?

 

On the one hand, the potential movie may be this huge sensation and dissolve all of our worry about preorders and have Bey open with 500k. I'd obviously be over the moon, but the reality is that she could have sold 700k with that extra preorder window. Pendatic and nitpicky perhaps, but true. 

 

Similarly, we may assume a buzzworthy visual will help sell albums, but there's no guarantee its views will translate into sales. We don't have concrete numbers, but using Homecoming as an example, it "felt" like this huge Pop culture moment (and was), but the companion live album only did 38k first-week. Admittedly as a streaming-only release.

 

Of course, this is a whole new release of new music, so stands to sell more. But even if being generous and doubling or even tripling that 38k and then adding it to post-release physical units availability, there's no guarantees of the usual "300k+" Bey has been able to comfortably sell when doing "all the things" needed.

 

At this point, I'm pretty out of complaints and moreso just bracing for some "aha-now-it-makes-sense moment" from her or at the bare minimum a notification from her IG that the title and cover are out.

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by Cbreezy

12 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

At this point, I'm pretty out of complaints and moreso just bracing for some "aha-now-it-makes-sense moment" from her 

i don't think we're going to get this moment lol

The way she never uploaded the NOLA and Kansas pictures from the tour as if she had to do it herself. 

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by Draper.

1 hour ago, Draper. said:

The way she never uploaded the NOLA and Kansas pictures from the tour as if she had to do it herself. 

we do see her picking selects in the movie (when shes on imessage on her laptop) so she probably does pick the ones that go on the site, and just....never answered that email 

1 hour ago, yonsé said:

why do y'all think she cares about what makes sense? if she did we'd have the renaissance film on streaming and a live album.

 

y'all gotta stop setting yourselves up like this. cause when 3/29 comes and its just an album then y'all get pissed all over again 

 

it literally could be as simple as "renaissance leaked early and i dont want that to happen again so im witholding any info until the week of"

you gotta stop setting yourself up to think it’s just an album at this point 

2 hours ago, Burn said:

High Horse Heels sounds like a bop 

How many times a day do you check Beyoncé.com recently?

enough time has passed and i can confidently say that 

Spoiler

this is her worst era

 

2 hours ago, Burn said:

Wheeew

 

DEEP SOUTH

HIGH HORSE HEELS (The track 7 blessing continues)

DRAW

 

I want the name + cover + preorder this week and the tracklist + credits next week. 

10 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

enough time has passed and i can confidently say that 

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this is her worst era

 

Hm I don't know! It'll be hard to beat posting a trailer for visuals that got scrapped 

Tell me what was the point of announcing the release date if she was technically going to surprise release it ?

Spoiler

 

I may CACKLE a tad if she does just ignore it 100% and just sends the album.

 

AIBey is coming forreal, she is on vacation.

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by satellites.™

The visuals aren't scrapped lol. I hope Y'all are being sarcastic because it's been proven the acts visuals are coming and may be merged together

I still have faith that we'll have something by this Friday at the very latest.