base talk Folklore Vs 30: Riskier era?

[Winged]

Folklore 

 

new genre

surprise release

During COVID and released summer time

 

 

 

[DesiredConsternation]

9 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said:

30 was way more risky. You just don't disappear for 6 years and then come back with a bland, tasteless, more-of-the-same record like that and call it a day.

[Taylor fanboy]

Neither are risky.

 

Taylor’s done surprise release before and stormed iTunes (eg Speak Now Deluxe tracks).

 

With a material like folklore and evermore, flopping would be a real bug surprise.

 

30 wasn’t risky as well.

[Into The Void]

Can we stop with this useless stupid feud

 

Neither are risky.

 

People need to stop focusing on Adele stats to make themselves feel better its SAD

Edited April 17, 2022 by Insanity

[Swiftie07]

One is reinvention while the other is a re-recordings. 

[T.O.A.D.S.]

1 hour ago, byzantium said:

30.  Releasing bad music is always risky.

 

1 hour ago, Badgalbriel said:

30 was way more risky. You just don't disappear for 6 years and then come back with a bland, tasteless, more-of-the-same record like that and call it a day.

Tea.

[Letemtalk]

Can we have a "There is nothing risky about either of these albums" option?

 

Clearly 30 isn't risky, but neither is Taylor returning to a more acoustic sound with Folklore, which is what many people were predicting she would need to do to win her third AOTY win. As a general rule of thumb, if it wins AOTY it probably wasn't risky.

 

I preferred folklore to 30, but it wasn't risky.

[Klein]

Well, Adele tried to do something a bit different but still stayed in her comfort zone and definitely where everyone was expecting her. She tried to do something new but that's not a big departure from her usual sound. Meanwhile, Taylor was releasing full on pop records (1989, Reputation, Lover), and then shifted to a indie-folk sound with no single prior to the album release.  

 

Just because folklore was successful and acclaimed doesn't mean it wasn't a risk. She literally went from Shake It Off/Look What You Made Me Do/Me! type of lead single to Cardigan that was not even released before the album. 

[Ricardo1993]

Nothing about Taylor or Adele screams "risky". They both make family friendly hallmark music. 

[Achilles.]

Neither was really a commercial risk because Taylor and Adele are both too big to fail, but folklore was more of an artistic departure and evolution, and succeeded more on that front.

 

I think the only commercial risk with folklore was the possibility of the album failing to sustain itself over time without hit singles, a messy physical rollout, and limited promotion. It very well could have been a flash-in-the-pan considering all of that, but the album smashed and served longevity.
 

I feel like 30 probably wouldn’t have performed so well if it had been surprise released; it kinda needed Easy on Me to keep it afloat, and I don’t think that song would’ve smashed so hard if it hadn’t had the pre-album comeback hype. 

[GraceRandolph]

57 minutes ago, Ricardo1993 said:

Nothing about Taylor or Adele screams "risky". They both make family friendly hallmark music. 

Ok, I love Tay, but this made me scrihm. 

[The Music Industry]

3 hours ago, Taylucifer said:

Lover to Folklore vs 25 to 30

 

what do you think 

When you put it that way

[Bloo]

folklore.

 

30 is like Adele’s other albums with less memorable melodies and lyrics that are so vague and specific to Adele’s life that they’re harder to relate to. I don’t think that makes it risky per se. 

[1989]

folklore.