30 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

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...) 

Hell we could have at least gotten something similar to those Chloe x Halle covid era performances, that basically look like music videos.

2 hours ago, Iaintsorry said:

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 

Agreed. If I were her and I had worked as hard as she had for all those years and decimated all the competition, changed the music industry and became a billionaire and a bonafide legend, I'd probably do the same as her.  
 

Like we can get into the particulars about what we want her to do that she doesn't, but when you see it from her lense, you realize "Why should she care about all that ****?".

 

She won. It's all written. Everything we get now is just a bonus. She's having fun, and even that still take a lot of work.

The way this Trilogy could've been her magnum opus in terms of commercial success and quality if she gave af and maximized TFFFF out of it.

 

I know she's probably filming sh*t rn and getting things ready but I fail to see how she's creating any hype for the film when she's doing… NOTHING. 

Ngl though some of y'all are being dramatic thinking this is damaging her brand. I'd rather her be quiet than be apart of beef like these rappers or getting critically PANNED (Tortured Poets Department) despite astronomical commercial success. Imagine almost going triple platinum in a week, but the thing most notable/rememberable about your album is that it was trash 

 

At the end of the day no matter how much this album streams or sells, what we DO know is that it's a fantastic album and her most acclaimed studio album (and album of the year). Despite it being a genre she's NEVER done. And if time tells us anything, this album will become a classic years down the line.

Edited May 15, 20242 yr by cuteboyzay

13 hours ago, Draper. said:

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

as soon as the tour is announced the girls will spend the coin and see her and that's all she cares about.

2 hours ago, ShouldersSideways said:

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...) 

the film was not done when the album dropped.

 

she was filming BMS footage (in that green suit) the week after the album released. there was no video to release.

 

i feel like texas was probably the same. we got that little teaser and that's about it. i think she is still filming things for it.

1 hour ago, yonsé said:

the film was not done when the album dropped.

 

she was filming BMS footage (in that green suit) the week after the album released. there was no video to release.

 

i feel like texas was probably the same. we got that little teaser and that's about it. i think she is still filming things for it.

I doubt she was still filming BMS a month after the green suit. She could've dropped BMS (Single Version or whatever) then and even thrown that teaser of the multiple looks in at the very end to show more was coming. 

51 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

I doubt she was still filming BMS a month after the green suit. She could've dropped BMS (Single Version or whatever) then and even thrown that teaser of the multiple looks in at the very end to show more was coming. 

didnt the single drop a whole month before the album? the song had already peaked by the time the album came out (which is when she was filming the video). if she waited until august to drop a video from a song that peaked in june, it wouldve been a wasted visual, esp because music videos are not boosting songs like they used to. might as well keep it for the whole project.

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by yonsé

  This era summed up in a gif

35 minutes ago, yonsé said:

didnt the single drop a whole month before the album? the song had already peaked by the time the album came out (which is when she was filming the video). if she waited until august to drop a video from a song that peaked in june, it wouldve been a wasted visual, esp because music videos are not boosting songs like they used to. might as well keep it for the whole project.

The whole project you mention will likely be dropped in full, discussed for a week tops, and then we'll be back to ranking albums again for possibly years.  I think there was a much better way to do this trilogy. The music is great, but it's been truly disappointing for fans.

 

I think some people have dropped off and I suspect even more will. It's fine that she doesn't care, but it's still greatly disappointing to other people. Her prerogative and I'm not mad at her as a person, but as a consumer I'm just sort of like... this is bleak. 

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by ShouldersSideways

Beyoncé most streamed albums on Spotify May 15, 2024

COWBOY CARTER: 5.999.999 streams

 

57 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

The whole project you mention will likely be dropped in full, discussed for a week tops, and then we'll be back to ranking albums again for possibly years.  I think there was a much better way to do this trilogy. The music is great, but it's been truly disappointing for fans.

 

I think some people have dropped off and I suspect even more will. It's fine that she doesn't care, but it's still greatly disappointing to other people. Her prerogative and I'm not mad at her as a person, but as a consumer I'm just sort of like... this is bleak. 

Oh I don't disagree. but music videos are a dead medium. Dropping music videos would've been equally forgotten. People just don't have the attention span since TikTok took over.

 

Might as well make it a big thing and release it in theaters and make some coin back.

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by yonsé

Would y'all want an AMERIICAN REQUIIEM teaser similar to ITG or just have her keep quiet until the visuals are ready? I'm curious, although you can argue that was the TH'E teaser

ameriican requiem teaser >

love to see the visual introduction to this album.

This ain't IASF

Aint no era 

1 hour ago, Iyanla, Fix Me said:

Would y'all want an AMERIICAN REQUIIEM teaser similar to ITG or just have her keep quiet until the visuals are ready? I'm curious, although you can argue that was the TH'E teaser

You know what ITG teaser meant to the hive??? It meant cliquebait!!!!

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by FLAallday

6 hours ago, yonsé said:

as soon as the tour is announced the girls will spend the coin and see her and that's all she cares about.

That's not happening this year tho, and I don't know if people will be so willing to spend the coin for it next year.

I just got home from a Gary Clark Jr. concert and y'all, he sings so well live 

 

We need him in the booth with our favé for act iii

 

 

When's she gonna drop the cosplay act and quit pretending that she gaf about this album lmao 

3 hours ago, yonsé said:

Oh I don't disagree. but music videos are a dead medium. Dropping music videos would've been equally forgotten. People just don't have the attention span since TikTok took over.

They aren't. Look at what Ariana's WCBF did for her album. It wouldn't be doing double of CC's streams today if it wasn't for that video. 
 

Only Uninspired and lazy videos don't boost music imo...The ITG teaser was nothing groundbreaking so of course it did nothing. On the other hand a beautiful and forward-thinking visual for AMERIICAN REQUIEM can do wonders

I love how we decided to collectively ignore her insta posts now. Serves her right

 

3 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

I love how we decided to collectively ignore her insta posts now. Serves her right

 

The worst part is that I only recently decided to turn on the notifications when she posts something so I wouldn't miss any announcement... Jokes on me: now I only wake up to collages of her riding buses in cowboy hats.

Edited May 16, 20242 yr by Tangane

if she's really still filming after all these years she should just scrap it  

 

entire movie franchises don't take that long to film, if they really need this long it's a guaranteed mess (especially since nothing we've seen from these visuals so far needs that much time to be shot lbr ) 

Even though I try to avoid thinking about visuals too much...I would give my left *** to see a visual teaser for American Req   It has such a cinematic quality, same with 16c too.