On 5/25/2026 at 5:56 AM, Stan said:

Love Kehlani downnnn, the artist I've seen the most often live in concert, but I could've told y'all that was not happening. Picking Normani as an opener would be suicide, even worse than Zara stealing Tate's spotlight

Excited for the apparent collab though?

It's not lost on me that Kehlani picked a bunch of non-performers to tour with. Good voices but not full out PERFORMERS like Kehlani is.

She's making sure she's the main course. This is probably a huge issue for Normani behind the scenes. None of the other girls who fit with her want to share their spotlight. Just a mess.

The music industry is so threatened by Normani getting any amount of clout again as a top performer/artist.

She cannot get a fair shake for bookings or anything then the convenient "delayed/cancelled" events.

2 hours ago, Flare said:

It's not lost on me that Kehlani picked a bunch of non-performers to tour with. Good voices but not full out PERFORMERS like Kehlani is.

She's making sure she's the main course. This is probably a huge issue for Normani behind the scenes. None of the other girls who fit with her want to share their spotlight. Just a mess.

The music industry is so threatened by Normani getting any amount of clout again as a top performer/artist.

She cannot get a fair shake for bookings or anything then the convenient "delayed/cancelled" events.

Why is it always someone else's fault …or someone against her …holding her back…sabotaging her etc etc. It's been the same narratives. She had a whole interview on YouTube and we didn't learn anything new about her or her music. The same stuff and the same narratives. Kehlani Isn't threaten …Normani last album and music was so long ago…she hasn't toured really

20 hours ago, Mstreep said:

Why is it always someone else's fault …or someone against her …holding her back…sabotaging her etc etc. It's been the same narratives. She had a whole interview on YouTube and we didn't learn anything new about her or her music. The same stuff and the same narratives. Kehlani Isn't threaten …Normani last album and music was so long ago…she hasn't toured really

but nobody EVER blames other ppl when it comes to normani. ppl always call her lazy and etc. like she doesn't have a team and ppl that should be championing for her and backing her. it's quite obvious it IS a lot of behind the scenes things happening and i ABSOLUTELY think ppl are threatened by her.

20 hours ago, Mstreep said:

Why is it always someone else's fault …or someone against her …holding her back…sabotaging her etc etc. It's been the same narratives. She had a whole interview on YouTube and we didn't learn anything new about her or her music. The same stuff and the same narratives. Kehlani Isn't threaten …Normani last album and music was so long ago…she hasn't toured really

and again another non fan in a normani space talking about "the same stuff and the same narrative" that response already tells me everything i need to know.

On 5/27/2026 at 2:39 PM, Mstreep said:

Why is it always someone else's fault …or someone against her …holding her back…sabotaging her etc etc. It's been the same narratives. She had a whole interview on YouTube and we didn't learn anything new about her or her music. The same stuff and the same narratives. Kehlani Isn't threaten …Normani last album and music was so long ago…she hasn't toured really

I think I have the most posts in here and have been in here probably the longest out of the people who still post in here.

I can 100% verify to you that it is NOT ALWAYS NORMANI'S FAULT.

People who have been around have witnessed her being "sabotaged" or set up for failure and it's always been like that even in 5H.

This doesn't excuse her issues, we've acknowledged that 100 times over but when it's GENUINELY NOT HER FAULT, we should call that out too. Use the same energy for both types of situations.

3 hours ago, Flare said:

I think I have the most posts in here and have been in here probably the longest out of the people who still post in here.

I can 100% verify to you that it is NOT ALWAYS NORMANI'S FAULT.

People who have been around have witnessed her being "sabotaged" or set up for failure and it's always been like that even in 5H.

This doesn't excuse her issues, we've acknowledged that 100 times over but when it's GENUINELY NOT HER FAULT, we should call that out too. Use the same energy for both types of situations.

What exactly was done to hold her back?…signed to a label…worked with big producers…put out multiple songs with big budgets…motivation had a huge video and an mtv performance. Most artist don't get half of that until they produce a huge hit. Nobody was sabotaging her.. the label was just waiting and looking for a hit and when it didn't come they kept sending her into the studio. With motivation they put out a huge video and a huge performance and usually labels wait to see if the song picks up before they put more money into it. Motivation never took off on radio or streaming or sales. Then it was the cardi b song …they were hesitant because of the last push so the investment wasn't as much …they put out that song …yet again it didn't take off after that ….ANY artist isn't gonna be backed after multiple attempts. Look what's happening to Lizzo ..even when she's had multiple HUGE eras …look at this era.. she put out a few songs and NONE took off so now they aren't investing as much. This isnt a Normani thing…it's a record industry thing especially in this current market. Look what lizzo is doing …the record label ain't promoting so she is doing it HERSELF …pushing and promoting her own work. Everyone in this industry is trying to survive ain't nobody wasting time trying to sabotage anyone…it's business if your not generating you are ignored

Edited May 29May 29 by Mstreep

12 hours ago, Mstreep said:

What exactly was done to hold her back?…signed to a label…worked with big producers…put out multiple songs with big budgets…motivation had a huge video and an mtv performance. Most artist don't get half of that until they produce a huge hit. Nobody was sabotaging her.. the label was just waiting and looking for a hit and when it didn't come they kept sending her into the studio. With motivation they put out a huge video and a huge performance and usually labels wait to see if the song picks up before they put more money into it. Motivation never took off on radio or streaming or sales. Then it was the cardi b song …they were hesitant because of the last push so the investment wasn't as much …they put out that song …yet again it didn't take off after that ….ANY artist isn't gonna be backed after multiple attempts. Look what's happening to Lizzo ..even when she's had multiple HUGE eras …look at this era.. she put out a few songs and NONE took off so now they aren't investing as much. This isnt a Normani thing…it's a record industry thing especially in this current market. Look what lizzo is doing …the record label ain't promoting so she is doing it HERSELF …pushing and promoting her own work. Everyone in this industry is trying to survive ain't nobody wasting time trying to sabotage anyone…it's business if your not generating you are ignored

No shade but if you think all of this…why are you in here?

You're free to leave the Normani (fan)BASE thread.

15 hours ago, Mstreep said:

What exactly was done to hold her back?…signed to a label…worked with big producers…put out multiple songs with big budgets…motivation had a huge video and an mtv performance. Most artist don't get half of that until they produce a huge hit. Nobody was sabotaging her.. the label was just waiting and looking for a hit and when it didn't come they kept sending her into the studio. With motivation they put out a huge video and a huge performance and usually labels wait to see if the song picks up before they put more money into it. Motivation never took off on radio or streaming or sales. Then it was the cardi b song …they were hesitant because of the last push so the investment wasn't as much …they put out that song …yet again it didn't take off after that ….ANY artist isn't gonna be backed after multiple attempts. Look what's happening to Lizzo ..even when she's had multiple HUGE eras …look at this era.. she put out a few songs and NONE took off so now they aren't investing as much. This isnt a Normani thing…it's a record industry thing especially in this current market. Look what lizzo is doing …the record label ain't promoting so she is doing it HERSELF …pushing and promoting her own work. Everyone in this industry is trying to survive ain't nobody wasting time trying to sabotage anyone…it's business if your not generating you are ignored

if you think normani is lazy and etc you can leave boo 😂 nobody's forcing you to stay or even be in here? it's not worth going back and forth with you because your narrative is going to be the same.. so whats next?

2 hours ago, Arianna Kylie said:

if you think normani is lazy and etc you can leave boo 😂 nobody's forcing you to stay or even be in here? it's not worth going back and forth with you because your narrative is going to be the same.. so whats next?

Right clock it. I could have sworn this was a space for us to have a kii and enjoy our Normani scraps in peace.

So i'm hearing that the AMC Virtual concert thing is canceled. Maybe she has something else planned?

5 minutes ago, justifymythreads said:

So i'm hearing that the AMC Virtual concert thing is canceled. Maybe she has something else planned?

Source?

EDIT: Basically the Ava Max date is getting rescheduled not cancelled for later in 2026. However, I don't know if that applies to the Bebe Rexha date.

We'll have to wait and see.

Edited May 30May 30 by Flare

21 hours ago, justifymythreads said:

So i'm hearing that the AMC Virtual concert thing is canceled. Maybe she has something else planned?

… y'all it's true ("rescheduled to a later date in 2026") 🙃

Edited May 30May 30 by NormaniQueen

On 5/29/2026 at 1:38 PM, Arianna Kylie said:

if you think normani is lazy and etc you can leave boo 😂 nobody's forcing you to stay or even be in here? it's not worth going back and forth with you because your narrative is going to be the same.. so whats next?

What's next?? I don't know because between yet another canceled event she doesn't communicate anything with her fans

happy birthday normani.

On 5/30/2026 at 6:35 PM, NormaniQueen said:

… y'all it's true ("rescheduled to a later date in 2026") 🙃

Oh great....and she did not announce anything to her fans again. Did she even announce that whole Juneteenth performance?

Y'all really want this woman to be informative or forthcoming and that's just not something she's going to be. Learning form history is a dead concept these days I guess. She'd rather leave her dwindling fanbase tying themselves up in knots about how the industry is afraid of her full potential and how they have to keep her suppressed and gagged... never change y'all... nation rise up!

(i won't be holding my breath for this fan-rumored 2nd album but if by some trick or miracle it manifest itself into reality, I will be jammin... DOPAMINE still hitting over herre)

It's crazy to me that we don't know if she's signed to a label, if new music is coming this year, if she's still engaged, nada. Good for her for being mysterious like she wants to be, but omg so many other acts are getting a second wind in their career and the consistent thing they are doing is performing, so…we need to see her.

this is coming this month.

https://aframbaltimore.com/new-page

She flat out ignored Ally's bday post to her . Glad she's having fun on her bday trip. Can't wait for the performance

For anyone in LA:

9 hours ago, nooniebao said:

For anyone in LA:

I JUST saw this on a tiktok ad and was running to post here.

Normani is booking stuff FINALLY. But I wanna see her actually perform consistently and tease a new song.

If she can do that this month, we're getting somewhere

On 5/29/2026 at 6:54 PM, justifymythreads said:

So i'm hearing that the AMC Virtual concert thing is canceled. Maybe she has something else planned?

I want to update on this. I did research and basically AMC put the virtual concert thing on pause because all these movies did better than expected (Michael, Obsession, Backrooms, Project Hail Mary, the list goes on).

The thought process was this would be a cute experiment to do since theaters have been slow the last couple years outside certain moments (Like BarbieHeimer). Instead, the summer movie season is already big and the actual blockbusters haven't even come out yet.

AMC basically is trying to reschedule for a time when they anticipate having enough screens available nationwide to do it. It's not cancelled officially, just postponed as they work on scheduling (and this is as recent as 4 days ago from what I researched).

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Based on the above, Normani was supposed to have 4 performances for June and 2 aligned with big name brands (FIFA and AMC). Lydia (her manager) actually clocked in but we're being denied the image.

Normani's performance for the FIFA world cup should be around 45 mins btw.

Edited June 7Jun 7 by Flare