3 minutes ago, Devin said:

B5 > B4 > B2 > B6 > B1 > B3

 

B7 TBA

 

This gave me a headache.

 

We go round in circles indeed

oh yeah it was definitely a mistake checking the base 

 

 

The limited edition vinyl still sitting there spinning, not sold out:

 

25 minutes ago, Devin said:

B5 > B4 > B2 > B6 > B1 > B3

 

B7 TBA

 

 

let me log back out 

 

Album ranking? Easy

 

Renaissance > rest

 

37 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Shall we do an album ranking?

 

1. BEYONCÉ 

2. IS

3. A 

4. BIG

5. FAT

6. TROLL

 

There you go...

 

1 minute ago, G'Day said:

Expecting to sell vinyl without revealing the cover is dumb IMO. It’s one thing for CDs since people don’t even really use them, but vinyl is all about the look + aesthetic and people aren’t going to just blindly buy a 12x12 inch piece of music for their collection when they don’t even know what it looks like.

Me, who blindly bought a 12x12 inch piece of music for my collection when I don’t even know what it looks like and I don't own a record player:

 

I would buy the vinyl if the shipping wasn’t 125% the price of the album. That’s a scam. 

Y'all, BMS lyrics are kinda goofy

 

 

2 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Y'all, BMS lyrics are kinda goofy

 

 

I think some of the lyrics are intentionally goofy. The outside rap is her being her big goofy self. I love it for that reason 

2 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Y'all, BMS lyrics are kinda goofy

 

 

Keep it down.

 

27 minutes ago, Planet Mars said:

1. BEYONCÉ 

2. IS

3. A 

4. BIG

5. FAT

6. TROLL

 

There you go...

 

Whelp, even like this ST still comes out in top. 
 

 

 

 

Some of my fave lines:

 

I just fell in love

I just quit my job

 

We go up and down, lost and found

Looking for love

 

and we back outside
You said you outside, but you ain't that outside

I love how we are fuming at her, yet forget how this is NOTHING to what she did with all the Lemonade or ST singles. Like, we really have to acknowledge that BMS is serving her best solo peaks since IASF in many countries around the globe. Like, she's really effortlessly winning like that

 

12 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Y'all, BMS lyrics are kinda goofy

 

 

That’s how we know the tik tok stuff is coming. Not sure why these Stan’s wants a full rollout of everything immediately 

The meltdowns are so confusing to me. 

 

We literally know ish is coming. She's not just dropping the album and that's that. 

 

We know there's

* More covers
* A trailer

* A music video at the bare minimum

* not to mention everything else. 

 

I'm Chart Hive and I'm content. It's so funny to me. Just a few weeks ago it was "art not the charts" and now fans are big-time mad that she hasn't dropped the video to help its charting. 

 

She already has a SOLO top 10 on her hands, calm down. 

 

I maintain that it looks like they are playing the long game and aiming to make this peak during album week. The SPS will be hella valuable for her first week sales too. 

 

 

I can understand why hive would want a visual , after being “trained” to expect one. 

 

But isn’t YouTube a dead platform now , especially for American artists?

 

I don’t know the video /Chart metrics anymore,  but radio being on board is a huge success 

 

 

34 minutes ago, Draper. said:

I would buy the vinyl if the shipping wasn’t 125% the price of the album. That’s a scam. 

I had this issue when I originally placed my order, I think I paid £36 for shipping to the UK but they've since updated the shipping prices.

 

It's now only £6 (excluding taxes) shipping to the UK.

1 minute ago, Island Goddess said:

I can understand why hive would want a visual , after being “trained” to expect one. 

 

But isn’t YouTube a dead platform now , especially for American artists?

 

I don’t know the video /Chart metrics anymore,  but radio being on board is a huge success 

 

 

Yes, but it's likely whatever dance she's doing will go viral, especially on TikTok, which will push the song on streaming

What’s the long game? A smash single will sustain on its own and no games needed for videos to create maximum exposure. All those points gained will count towards the album when it comes out anyways. Again the strategy makes no sense to me. 

yall huffed & puffed about being tired of the surprise releases and all your marketing ideas only for her to do it this way & yall still complaining. Did anyone think she moved to surprise releases & gave us everything for this very reason....to be DONE with it all at once?! I personally would rather have the album right now. when is it gonna hit that Beyonce of the DIL/BDay/IASF promo eras when the girls used to complain how "overexposed" she was is never coming back anymore in this lifetime?

 

have you ATRL marketing execs come up with alternatives for B8 then? get back to the drawing board on how you make this era work for someone that's not going to anyone's show nor going live on anyone's IG. or just release your stress, enjoy the music, and stop complaining. This isn't your life or career.

 

and again...no one is answering...had the video released w/ the song & all factors were the same...what would yall be talking about TODAY? another reason why yall need to sit back. she never had plans for a promo run that included being here, there, and everywhere.

I’m so glad everything isn’t being given immediately at once 
It actually makes a era exciting like it used to be

 

People , myself included were getting tired of the front loaded (surprise release music/announcement +visuals then tour) method anyways. 
 

As frustrating as it may be for some , I appreciate she switched it up (went back to pre ST ). 

4 minutes ago, carameldelight said:

What’s the long game? A smash single will sustain on its own and no games needed for videos to create maximum exposure. All those points gained will count towards the album when it comes out anyways. Again the strategy makes no sense to me. 

Its the not striking while the iron is hot strategy lol

4 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Yes, but it's likely whatever dance she's doing will go viral, especially on TikTok, which will push the song on streaming

I would kii if she didn’t do a dance like expected. 
 

But if she does I’m excited to see it everywhere , like her dances usually are.