3 hours ago, FLAallday said:

Feeling like starting trouble

 

next beencountry post leaked

3 hours ago, PrudenceHCharmed said:

Never thought I would say this... but this is the MOST BORING era ever. 

 

What is the point of releasing this album?! Like really? No tours, no videos, no whatsoever, no magazines covers....feels like crying and begging LOL. 

Just say goodbye to being a stan and evolve into being a casual fan. Anything else doesnt make sense anymore with her. There's literally nothing to stan at this point to the point where u push her music and make an effort. She wants us to be as little invested as possible and just listen to her projects if we feel like it. Theres 0 effort to keep us interested. 

Edited May 15, 20242 yr by Kristie Kuwa

I've always been bootlicker hive but I actually believe this "era" will hurt her career. 

18 minutes ago, Draper. said:

I've always been bootlicker hive but I actually believe this "era" will hurt her career. 

lmao..girl be serious

Just drop Act III altogether and the visuals (if there are any), so we can call it a day mama 

 

Although that might mean waiting until October/November for that, so the tour announcement can occur at the same time.

15 minutes ago, Kingdom said:

lmao..girl be serious

I am, fans are checking out. We need at least some confirmation of her touring (which I kind of doubt since there's no rumors and it took her years to prepare the RWT) or something new, because there's nothing on the horizon right now, the streams are pretty low and fans are bored.

4 minutes ago, Draper. said:

I am, fans are checking out. We need at least some confirmation of her touring (which I kind of doubt since there's no rumors and it took her years to prepare the RWT) or something new, because there's nothing on the horizon right now, the streams are pretty low and fans are bored.

The fact shes basically close to doing the same overall streams that she did prior to CCs release is just  27 new songs and a month later worse streams than before tbh lol

 

Yeah, she's kinda damaging her brand with this stuff. Those streams are terrible 

 

Ariana is still doing over 12 million with an album half the length and it's been out quite a bit longer. 

Edited May 15, 20242 yr by Lose My Breath

You all are welcome to join me as a Beyonce-Sabrina Carpenter hybrid stan 

 

 

29 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Yeah, she's kinda damaging her brand with this stuff. Those streams are terrible 

 

Ariana is still doing over 12 million with an album half the length and it's been out quite a bit longer. 

Beencountry.com and her collage of the II HANDS II HEAVEN challenge are very effective I see...

 

 

Come on Giselle stop playing games

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 20242 yr by Crayzik

still can't get over how she allegedly loves this album, yet she's abandoned it like a prom night dumpster baby

 

23 minutes ago, cloudbusting said:

still can't get over how she allegedly loves this album, yet she's abandoned it like a prom night dumpster baby

 

Nobody believes her that she loves anything more than a chunky pile of green paper in her pockets.

The way Texas Hold 'Em is having to carry this albums streams by a thread 

 

 

With Ren there was Heated, Alien and Cuff It all carrying and just about on par with BMS's streams by week 5 (if I remember correctly)… nothing on CC seems to have anywhere near the same effect as those did on TikTok.

I agree with @Kristie Kuwa

 

Stans have to adapt. I know I am. I spent 6 months into Rennie being pissed. And honestly should have known better than and tempered my expectations with that release. 
 

Beyonce hadn't lost yet with any of her studio albums. Sis get her lil moment #1 hit, #1 album, dominates the culture for two weeks and goes back to driving Blue to school. And after 27 years, it's still a slay. Stream crush when she out, decline when she gone. People still show up to the tour. She grosses half a billion. A winning formula for a stay at home mom, tbh.

Tyrant is really the All Up In Your Mind of act ii. Where AUIYM is the best song on act i, Tyrant is also the best (but unfortunately also the only listenable) song on act ii.

18 hours ago, Triton said:

The robot suit was the same one, they just used the top part of it, added some accessories in the arms and crotch and didn't use the legs/plexiglass since obviously she's curvier. That footage deserved to be in the Sweet Dreams video and not just locked in as a tour interlude. 

thats what i call a custom piece based on archive 

most of the pieces for the tour were replicas or custom pieces based on archive

53 minutes ago, Space&Time said:

I agree with @Kristie Kuwa

 

Stans have to adapt. I know I am. I spent 6 months into Rennie being pissed. And honestly should have known better than and tempered my expectations with that release. 
 

Beyonce hadn't lost yet with any of her studio albums. Sis get her lil moment #1 hit, #1 album, dominates the culture for two weeks and goes back to driving Blue to school. And after 27 years, it's still a slay. Stream crush when she out, decline when she gone. People still show up to the tour. She grosses half a billion. A winning formula for a stay at home mom, tbh.

Yeah it works for her. She's clearly happy. I personally just thought this drop off would happen later in her 40s into her early 50s. I honestly thought she became more aware of her age when she turned 40 and wanted to really have fun and be visible. I thought the semi traditional release of BMS and the overall fun sound of REN, and immediate DSP release were a reflection of that, but I was clearly very wrong. 

 

I genuinely wonder if she knows her fans her upset or if she simply doesnt care and feel like she doesn't owe us anything 

If there was an album that needed a strong push from her it would be Cowboy Carter… her core audience is not into country so this album was always going to be a harder sell by default. The fact that she's just coasting again takes away all the fun and it's showing in how it's performing. She got lucky with Renaissance imo. But Renaissance had that uniform quality and her core audience was eating it up. But as we can see with CC's performance thus far that energy is not being replicated. 

 

2 Most Wanted being an outright flop  I would've said maybe Bodyguard shouldve been picked as single #2 but idk I think that wouldn't  have done well either at this point.  

 

She giving more energy to shampoo than the music 

 

 

Edited May 15, 20242 yr by suneclipse121

18 hours ago, Triton said:

That footage deserved to be in the Sweet Dreams video and not just locked in as a tour interlude. 

true but lets not forget sd wasnt featured on the original interlude 

 

1 hour ago, Space&Time said:

I agree with @Kristie Kuwa

 

Stans have to adapt. I know I am. I spent 6 months into Rennie being pissed. And honestly should have known better than and tempered my expectations with that release. 
 

Beyonce hadn't lost yet with any of her studio albums. Sis get her lil moment #1 hit, #1 album, dominates the culture for two weeks and goes back to driving Blue to school. And after 27 years, it's still a slay. Stream crush when she out, decline when she gone. People still show up to the tour. She grosses half a billion. A winning formula for a stay at home mom, tbh.

THIS!

 

It's admittedly a tough pill to swallow, particularly because her album output continues to be elite. But it's ultimately where I land while going through the gamut of feelings about her and her antics. 

 

I try not to lose sight of the fact that she worked to get to this stage of effectively being a "special attraction" / limited visibility entity.

 

She sold us this workaholic, overachieving image, so it's very logical as to why our expectations are so...lofty. But, the older I get, the more I'm clocking on to the fact that she too is getting older. And as my own priorities and approach to life shift, so will hers. Especially being an active mother of three. 

 

I think we can all be frank in saying that we simply want her to lean into being more of the conventional Pop force she once was...and sold to us for decades.

 

I think the issue/reality is that she is literally showing us that she's not going to do that anymore. Hell, even Beyonce isn't giving the version of "Beyonce" people mention when saying "you've got the same # of hours in the day as...Beyonce".

 

In simple terms, even if her image before reflected her reality (going in 1000% at all times, on all things), it's clear as day to see that she's transitioned out of that.

 

As seen with The Gift onwards, the visual output is taking longer but seems more intentional/conceptual. The tours are tighter (# of dates), but more culturally impactful. The choreo is less all-out (something I'd argue even predates RWT) but the grandiosity of the "show" is elevating each time.

 

Now, she still deserves a wig tug. Because there remains many more optimal ways to action the whole "working smarter not harder" approach to her career that she is simply not doing. But I guess this short (lol) take is to say my critique of her these days / moving forward is limited to / lives in the clear context of how she's defining her availability/capacity to be a" Pop star" at this point of her career. 

 

Like OP said, it helps manage expectations. 

2 hours ago, BelAir said:

Tyrant is really the All Up In Your Mind of act ii. Where AUIYM is the best song on act i, Tyrant is also the best (but unfortunately also the only listenable) song on act ii.

Lmfao first I thought you meant Tyrant was the skip of CC. Then I read the rest and it's even worse than that !? AUIYM being the song of Renaissance? That crack is CRACKIN babe

Before being disturbed, what I was going to post is :

 

today's song for me is Levi's. Beyoncé's added vocals on the last chorus OH MY GODNESS. They literally make me travel to heaven. An angel

2 hours ago, Iyanla, Fix Me said:

Yeah it works for her. She's clearly happy. I personally just thought this drop off would happen later in her 40s into her early 50s. I honestly thought she became more aware of her age when she turned 40 and wanted to really have fun and be visible. I thought the semi traditional release of BMS and the overall fun sound of REN, and immediate DSP release were a reflection of that, but I was clearly very wrong. 

 

I genuinely wonder if she knows her fans her upset or if she simply doesnt care and feel like she doesn't owe us anything 

I'm sure she does care what fans think, but also we can't expect her to put us before herself/her family. 
 

Creating content for us takes away time from her family and herself, so if she prioritizes that over promo you can't really blame her for that. I would def do the same 

I get that she is not in her 20s anymore, is a mother of 3, has different priorities etc. But not even 1 music video? We do not need a whole visual film each time she releases an album, 1-2 music videos are more than enough. Not even 1 live performance as a "thank you" to her loyal fans that have been supporting her for so many years? She only does or has time for things these days if it benefits her greatly financially, that's it. And after being a stan for 17 years, honestly, it kinda hurts to see her being this way now. I guess I have to change my priorities as well and switch to being a casual fan.

 

We all need to come to terms with the fact that this is how she is going to operate from now on and it's only going to get worse with time.

If the plan is to wait until act iii is out to drop a film, I really don't see why they couldn't have at least dropped a video for BMS and then a video for TH'E. It wouldn't have taken a lot to do an alternative cut of the lead videos that doesn't give away the story (if there even is one...)