This is such a short rollout. Literally just 5 weeks and we lost one already where she could’ve performed at the BET awards.

This needed to be a fun and jam packed 5 weeks (see her label mates Adele and Harry) but all we get are mysterious and overpriced items on her website. Im sure they have some things planned but this train needed to be running at 200mph since day1

I mean at the very least they can give the album cover. I'm not blind buying ANYTHING in this economy...but I definitely wouldn't buy Bey merch blind, I've seen those ugly as* shirts she's been trying to sell for the last 6 years 

 

And like I said before. Just give us a whole new single with a video. Let BMS be a buzz single that comes and goes 

10 minutes ago, Devin said:

Hope y’all streaming BMS during the panic.

 

In 2022 hive shouldn't have to be buying/power streaming, Parkwood should've had tiktok algorithms doing that 

Renaissance>ST>Lemonade>4>B’day>DiL>IASF

Just now, *No Angel* said:

I mean at the very least they can give the album cover. I'm not blind buying ANYTHING in this economy...but I definitely wouldn't buy Bey merch blind, I've seen those ugly as* shirts she's been trying to sell for the last 6 years 

 

And like I said before. Just give us a whole new single with a video. Let BMS be a buzz single that comes and goes 

It's obviously a gimmick to increase sales and FOMO, it makes the hardcore niche fan want to buy maybe 2 boxes just in case they don't like the other merch. I don't think it sold out as fast as they expected to, like $40 mystery boxes with outrageous shipping in a recession please.  Also there was no indication on her main social media pages about the vinyls/boxes, not a single post. Yeah it's on Beyonce.com, but the average Joe is not going to manually check up her site when they would just check her IG, Facebook page, etc. It took like 3 days to sellout probably 25k-50k boxes globally, if we put it into perspective w/ her past pure album sales... that's minuscule in comparison to US sales. The transparency is lacking.

11 minutes ago, *No Angel* said:

I mean at the very least they can give the album cover. I'm not blind buying ANYTHING in this economy...but I definitely wouldn't buy Bey merch blind, I've seen those ugly as* shirts she's been trying to sell for the last 6 years 

 

And like I said before. Just give us a whole new single with a video. Let BMS be a buzz single that comes and goes 

I'm worried about the merch, too. The self-titled era had such simple but great merch. Lemonade.... did not.

 

I loved my Boycott Beyonce shirt but after so many dirty looks and confrontations because people thought I was a Republican I had to stop wearing it  

23 minutes ago, Devin said:

Hope y’all streaming BMS during the panic.

 

I’m streaming it in my mind 

50 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said:

left on read

 

 

guys, there is no one to blame but beyoncé. only she would have final control over when a video would come out

 

 

 

38 minutes ago, giRLbye. said:

Beyonce likely aint doing ****...a hit is going to be a hit by itself...see: Savage Remix.

 

think back on when it was a razor thin difference btwn this & the Say So remix during that first week. what did Beyonce do? zilch. 

 

yall were tired of the surprises & said yall wanted physicals...she gave yall what you wanted. think of it like that.

a music video is not asking for too much lmfao

We are literally one week... seven days.... into the era and already at each other's throats

 

It's Beyoncé so we know there's a plan. It might suck and be boring rn but it's there and it's in motion. They're not making anything up as they go along.

 

Right?

 

 

 

11 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

but after so many dirty looks and confrontations because people thought I was a Republican I had to stop wearing it  

 

9 minutes ago, Rotunda said:

I’m streaming it in my mind 

 

Anyway keep it light and fun sistrens, the album is coming that's for certain. That's a huge win! Also for Charts Hive, the song wil definitely be moderate hit in UK and some European countries or even a possible smash in the UK. 

We just let ourselves be fooled with that "roll out" comment. 

And I think we don't really know the extend to Yvette's function. In any case, the public relations' part falls under marketing and communication's umbrella and I think she does or manages all of that. She just doesn't release statement. 

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6 hours ago, Planet Mars said:

BP was dead on arrival for me, HARD pass 

 

7 hours ago, aisha said:

I'm sorry but i'm still gonna pretend that Black Parade never happened. 

Glad some folks have tasté

37 minutes ago, Blue Rose said:

This is such a short rollout. Literally just 5 weeks and we lost one already where she could’ve performed at the BET awards.

This needed to be a fun and jam packed 5 weeks (see her label mates Adele and Harry) but all we get are mysterious and overpriced items on her website. Im sure they have some things planned but this train needed to be running at 200mph since day1

Comparing it to Adele and Harry though... all I remember about Adele's leadup was the single/video, her Oprah interview (that I only remember because I've been reminded of it) and her concert special and then the actual album release during when I did stream some of it. As for Harry, all I recall is his single/video release which I sort of watched but not the whole thing.

Now, I do follow pop music but am not their fans so I'd say I'm only slightly more informed than the average person in the GP about them and nothing about their rollout activated me into caring, and even if they had done consistent promo from day one, I definitely didn't notice, get reminded of it, and thus it didn't quite have any effect on me.

 

Of course, all promo is more-or-less good and if they did more than what I described that's not to say it didn't have impact on some people, I just think being a bit more limited to what you choose to do might be beneficial so you can maximize attention and importance on what you actually do.

 

I agree though the BET awards made TOO MUCH sense to perform at... it was literally right there. But perfectionist Bey, she's not going to rush something just for the promo, that's for sure.

BMS is such an anthem, seriously!! 

 

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30 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

I loved my Boycott Beyonce shirt but after so many dirty looks and confrontations because people thought I was a Republican I had to stop wearing it  

omg!

33 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

I loved my Boycott Beyonce shirt but after so many dirty looks and confrontations because people thought I was a Republican I had to stop wearing it  

5 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

That Sade and Prince comment irks the **** out of me because times have changed and what worked THEN won't work NOW. That's my biggest issue with her and her team - this oldschool, oldfashioned approach to things. She so wants to maneuver her projects like the people she grew up with, but those were different times. I don't understand how she can be so damn stubborn and recluse. It pisses me off

 

It's this "back then everything was better"-mentality, which might be the case, but at the end of the day you can't change it, so move with the flow and ADAPT. PUTA!

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4 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

this!!!

4 minutes ago, swissman said:

omg!

 

1 minute ago, Devin said:

Yeah unless you were a hardcore Bey stan there was literally no indication that was a shirt she sold. She set my ass up

 

1 hour ago, Bey Admired said:

“Hey Bey, just so you’re aware BMS is performing quite well and radio is loving it so far. However, the song is struggling a bit in the US in particular, which is obviously a cause for concern as it has traditionally been your biggest market. I think we need to have a meeting to discuss options just to help give the song a little push. Maybe we could even push the release of the video forward? We can brainstorm other ideas in the meeting. When’s a good time for you?”

The way none of you have any idea what Yvette's job is.

2 minutes ago, G'Day said:

Maybe I should go back to celebrating the fact that the song is even available on all streaming platforms and has a (basic) lyric video. 

lol yes!

 

also i actually love the design of the lyric video, just the way they play with the alignment of words in ways that reflect her delivery.

 

next we need a video of blue ivy teaching us the dance moves we need to learn before the video comes out.

2 minutes ago, *-ChriZ-* said:

That Sade and Prince comment irks the **** out of me because times have changed and what worked THEN won't work NOW. That's my biggest issue with her and her team - this oldschool, oldfashioned approach to things. She so wants to maneuver her projects like the people she grew up with, but those were different times. I don't understand how she can be so damn stubborn and recluse. It pisses me off

 

It's this "back then everything was better"-mentality, which might be the case, but at the end of the day you can't change it, so move with the flow and ADAPT. PUTA!

 

Beyonce IS old school & that's fine....she's not checking for what Doja and Dua are doing nor does she need to. They are not her peers, she's in a different phase in her career and different goals. She has nothing to prove at this point. any success is a bonus from here on out.

 

she's not this new age TikTok girl and yall need to understand that. there will be no IG lives ever happening or "hey bestie!" DMs. if yall ain't okay with taking the music & go then she is not the celebrity for you.

Not the downsizing of expectations to the bare minimum. Oh Bey, I'm sick if her ass. 

 

If this is her way to get Hive to buy more boxes and vinyls, then she can halt the era right now. She needs more material. Not the creation of a snapchat account 6 years too late and videos of the gays dancing to the song in the club. 

 

It's just exhausting. Hive cannot carry this era and she should have gotten the hint with the Gift after she tried it with EIL. 

So apparently Bey opened a Snapchat account…. There has to be a strategy behind going to Tik Tok and Snapchat that we just haven’t seen yet… My gut tells me it’s Ivy Park related ?

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