She should have opened up more sections for the Houston shows 🥲 Her team's moves are unexplainable sometimes because she opened up side sections for shows that weren't sold out but they're not doing it for Houston

46 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

Taylor exists and can keep up, but other than her, I agree. It a big margin to #3 lol

 

I need her to stomp me with a ferocious lead single.

We had the clubby/sleek lead with BMS, we had the radio-candy and feelgood lead with Texas, now we need the ferocious/powerful lead with Act3. Snatch me bald, stawmp on my bussy, make me squirt - I want all of that 

 

I agree but I don't know if I'd describe YAKAYAKAYAKAYAKAYAKAYAKAYAKAYAKAYAKA as sleek

22 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

I understand where u are coming from, but theres one variable you are not considering:

Beys ability to GAG us and the world. 

 

If there's one thing I wanna bet on, its Beys ability to make the world stop because she releases an output that is so far beyond anything we can even theoretically cook up. 

 

And lets not forget: she's been working on the trilogy for almost a decade. Anything she releases has been marinating in glory and perfection for such a long time. Its literally impossible for it to be anything but grand and amazing 

If she has another mainstream internet breaking gimmick like the Verizon ad that could help supercharge awareness and interest in a lead single, that would be ideal

16 hours ago, Chris said:

Wonder what she has in store for Houston this weekend.

- Custom made outfits that represent Texas

- Possible DC reunion??

That's all I can think of. 

I could also see her bringing out the artists from Blackbird during the 4th of July show in Washington DC.

B's first week album sales are pretty stable. There's a lot of hype around the rock album, and with CC, people will at least check it out once or twice first week. 
 

Rennie initially suffered commercially from The Gift/EIL period. But people loved the music and tour carried so it ended up being very successful.

 

CC benefited from the hype created by Rennie and THE smashing. But had less staying power and may have depressed interest in the next act very slightly.

 

But I think these are marginal changes and she has a reliable core fan base that will carry her to the 300k+ mark 

She keeps evolving like a Pokémon so I'm confident about the fact that act iii will be THE magnum opus...I just know it will go down in history

 

1 hour ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

I understand where u are coming from, but theres one variable you are not considering:

Beys ability to GAG us and the world. 

 

If there's one thing I wanna bet on, its Beys ability to make the world stop because she releases an output that is so far beyond anything we can even theoretically cook up. 

 

And lets not forget: she's been working on the trilogy for almost a decade. Anything she releases has been marinating in glory and perfection for such a long time. Its literally impossible for it to be anything but grand and amazing 

I hear you and agree. 

 

I don't doubt the brilliance of the music or her innovation.

 

My thing is that the industry is not a meritocracy, where the solidness of an album or an artist being beloved equals big sales with each release. 

 

The rollout is as important, if not more important than the music itself.

 

With the trilogy to date, Bey's thing has been about gagging us with the music (which has its pros but also its limits). That said, it's actually been a minute since she's gagged with a gag-worthy marketing rollout. It's all been pretty standard fare (big buzzy announcement, long pre-order frame, several variants, enjoy the music). 

 

IMO, nothing about where things are right now, today, indicates Act III having mega-selling sales compared to Rennie and CC. To me, it's giving even-keel, which is not bad at all. 

 

But like you said, I do leave room to be gagged with something we aren't bracing for. 

 

IMO, now would be the time to align Act III with the visuals (for all the acts). Or just other gaggy sh*t, like live-debuting the album with a one-off livestreamed concert.

 

At her best, Bey has pioneered innovation, especially visually. But of late it's been more tied to her musical exploration, which is qualitative and a great look critically. I just don't think that, in isolation, is enough as commercial marketing vehicle to rope in the GP en masse to gag ala ST visual drop or Formation/Lemonade launches. If she can tap into whatever the 2025/6 version of that is now, I think she could do her biggest first #s. 

 

In short (lol), I want her to get her stunt queen on. It yields the most buzzy results. 

Edited June 26, 20251 yr by Cbreezy

Horselady needs to release something this year!

 

The quality has only declined in recent releases...

 

 

 

Underrated tour outfit.

 

Her hair and makeup were ON POINT in Warsaw.

 

There hasn't been a year without her involvement in a song, even just as a guest appearance, since she started with DC. I'm sure we have at least a collaboration ahead for the rest of the year or a „My House" kind of droplet.

 

Stunning beauty.

 

If there's one album that will be extremely provocative in terms of themes, it will be Act III, which will help with its debut. It helped Act II too, but it wasn't really the contents that was provocative, it was all the cultural discussions that Texas Smash 'Em sparked. I think it will do magnificently.

 

9 minutes ago, Kalmanta said:

There hasn't been a year without her involvement in a song, even just as a guest appearance, since she started with DC. I'm sure we have at least a collaboration ahead for the rest of the year or a „My House" kind of droplet.

Still so grateful for My House, my god. That's one of my favorite moments on tour, it truly translates so well live, despite people not knowing the words next to me, you could feel the energy.

 

 

the way she loves this song 

I wish she had kept it after Halo 

2 hours ago, beyonceparkwood said:

If there's one album that will be extremely provocative in terms of themes, it will be Act III, which will help with its debut. It helped Act II too, but it wasn't really the contents that was provocative, it was all the cultural discussions that Texas Smash 'Em sparked. I think it will do magnificently.

 

Still so grateful for My House, my god. That's one of my favorite moments on tour, it truly translates so well live, despite people not knowing the words next to me, you could feel the energy.

Agreed - Act III will be her controversial era and her being fully provocative, I can feel it as well.

imagine her having spent years learning guitar

madre mía 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just came across a TikTok theory about Act III…being Dirty South. And it's pretty convincing, not gonna lie.

35 minutes ago, nooniebao said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing!!!

 

Every now and then, Love Drought comes on (thank you shuffle) and my God, I just can't comprehend how she mustve gone into the studio and told herself "today Im gonna create a song that sounds like im creating magic and teleport anyone who listens to it right into the heart of the universe"

 

Edited June 26, 20251 yr by Kristie Kuwa

I just realized Jay's hair is past is shoulder. I have never seen it tied back. Y'all think he ties it when they?

The Tyrant x All Night audio surpassed 200,000 videos, with more than 20,000 videos being posted each day. Streams on those 2 songs are increasing each day, yet Parkwood/Sony is just letting them rot by not giving them more playlist exposure despite being viral

 

Meanwhile gaga's Summerboy barely reached 100k streams from a few TikToks going viral and it's already been playlisted on large playlists.

Not that fanbase saying B is on tour cause she broke.

 

 

 

 

16 minutes ago, Kisuke said:

Not that fanbase saying B is on tour cause she broke.

 

 

 

 

Well of course shes doing it for money, what do they think????? That that 200mio mansion and the private jet and the huge empire shes built with 100+ employees pay themselves? Nnnnn im sure @prince_virgo has plenty of time thinking about it while serving Subway sandwiches

 

Edited June 26, 20251 yr by Kristie Kuwa

What's this whole story of Jay being refused some loan?