Ivan_brit Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Is The Weeknd Dawn FM 3rd single is being Sabotaged? Despite being one of the fave songs of the album Abel & his team refuses to push this song when clearly is doing great without any Promo or support Spotify: - 135,685,201 - 6,928,143 that's a lot for an ugly remix Youtube: - Video = 42 million views - Lyric Video = 6.3 million views - Audio Video = 12.6 million views The song is currently #19 at Pop radio slowly rising for the last 2 months If any other artist was doing this numbers they will automatically be added to some big Playlist like TTH & others, aslo big radio Stations ignoring the song but still snatch Top 20 at radio Of Course promo had been non existant for this ear So What do you guys Think? Is Out Of Time being Sabotaged? The hit potential is there... what are they waiting for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 This, but with the entire record. This rollout has been a mess and it's a shame since Gasoline, Sacrifice, Out of Time and ITSE all deserved to SMASH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 First time I´m hearing it Love the city pop vibe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Teller Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 They didn't really try tbh. It's not even top 5 on his own personal Spotify playlists The song is amazing. I think he had run out of momentum by the time it was released and it got In Your Eyes'd, but Less Than Zero is coming to be Save Your Tears'd and avenge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan_brit Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Truth Teller said: They didn't really try tbh. It's not even top 5 on his own personal Spotify playlists The song is amazing. I think he had run out of momentum by the time it was released and it got In Your Eyes'd, but Less Than Zero is coming to be Save Your Tears'd and avenge it. They Told me that OOT was the one coming to smash!! Im sacred they will do the same with Less Than Zero I mean Im not asking for TV perfomances but at least some playlist support & some Radio could help... the Tour Starts Friday maybe next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev8 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Honestly feels like the whole era is sabotaged but u can say that ppl are a tad bit tired of him? However, he serves Lots of great songs which is strange how they arent taking off.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael196 Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 SOTY deserves way way better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetTalker Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 I am almost positive that I just read on some press release about the tour something along the lines of him wanting Dawn FM to be different from his other eras and more “lowkey”. Idk if it’s because the other 2 singles underperformed or because they really were planning on doing no promo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan_brit Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 Let's Stream this masterpiece 27 minutes ago, SweetTalker said: I am almost positive that I just read on some press release about the tour something along the lines of him wanting Dawn FM to be different from his other eras and more “lowkey”. Idk if it’s because the other 2 singles underperformed or because they really were planning on doing no promo TMB was a hit, Sacrifice did fine at least the streams are also good, his team at least put both singles at some playlist. I Hate this lazy artist releasing the album & doing 0 promo. He did a few perfomances with AH just at big awards or TV shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Out Of Time is one of the best tracks on the album. The era was kinda DOA since Dawn FM took too long to release and AH still smashing overshadowed any potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Rev8 said: Honestly feels like the whole era is sabotaged but u can say that ppl are a tad bit tired of him? However, he serves Lots of great songs which is strange how they arent taking off.. I believe the tour and a well needed break afterwards will be a good bounce back for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dula Peep Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 It’s good but Less Than Zero is the smash of the album if he ever decides to push it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Nation Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 3 hours ago, ATWK said: This, but with the entire record. This rollout has been a mess and it's a shame since Gasoline, Sacrifice, Out of Time and ITSE all deserved to SMASH. Ugh...tell me about it ? I know he was extremely busy throughout the year with tour planning and rehearsals + the HBO show (then having to reshoot it) + the last-minute Coachella set, but just a few performances on late night shows, SNL, or the BBMAs and/or BET would have made such a difference to help the album get more attention from the general public. At the same time, there was ongoing criticism of overexposure following his mid-to-late 2021 run of collaborations, so maybe it was a strategic move to let the music resonate organically (which sadly didn't happen since folks still refused to let go of the "After Hours" era). For me, the most baffling thing was the fact his team didn't even bother to push "Out Of Time" on major streaming playlists. That was unforgivable, as it didn't even give the song a proper shot. 2 hours ago, SweetTalker said: I am almost positive that I just read on some press release about the tour something along the lines of him wanting Dawn FM to be different from his other eras and more “lowkey”. Idk if it’s because the other 2 singles underperformed or because they really were planning on doing no promo You're right. Here's the quote from the recent Variety article: Quote After a couple of postponements, it was decided to scrap the original tour completely and go big with a stadium-sized show that will highlight both “After Hours” and his most recent album, “Dawn FM,” which the Weeknd (whose real name is Abel Tesfaye) released in January in a deliberately low-key fashion, possibly to give his audience a breather between the ubiquity of “Blinding Lights” and a massive, multi-year world tour. He genuinely didn't invest nearly as much on promotion as he usually does, so there seems to be some element of truth to the deliberately low-key fashion of the era. It still shocks me lead single "Take My Breath" didn't get a single live performance throughout 2021 despite several opportunities to do so - same applies to the high-profile collaborations like "You Right", "Moth To A Flame", and "One Right Now". Then 2022 was filled with extensive tour preparations and shooting (later reshooting and reworking) for his HBO show, so I imagine him and his team must have agreed that a compromise needed to be made somewhere. Of course, the underperformance might have influenced their decision to...ahem...sacrifice the era's rollout, but if "Kiss Land" is any indication, he doesn't seem to be one to give up on a project just because it wasn't a hit, so the focus on delivering a great tour and ensuring his acting and producer debut goes well must have been the main reason behind this decision. Just my take on it, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Moonlight Nation said: Ugh...tell me about it ? I know he was extremely busy throughout the year with tour planning and rehearsals + the HBO show (then having to reshoot it) + the last-minute Coachella set, but just a few performances on late night shows, SNL, or the BBMAs and/or BET would have made such a difference to help the album get more attention from the general public. At the same time, there was ongoing criticism of overexposure following his mid-to-late 2021 run of collaborations, so maybe it was a strategic move to let the music resonate organically (which sadly didn't happen since folks still refused to let go of the "After Hours" era). For me, the most baffling thing was the fact his team didn't even bother to push "Out Of Time" on major streaming playlists. That was unforgivable, as it didn't even give the song a proper shot. True. I don't blame him for not going all out on promo this year. As you pointed out, he's booked and busy for the entire year. Still, the non-ending of the AH era and the anti-climatic Take My Breath release really dampened the hype for Dawn FM. The era technically began in August, but it never really felt like it. Then came all the features that made him overexposed before we even had a release date for the album. Hurricane, Moth to a Flame and You Right were perfectly fine, but we really didn't need One Right Now, La Fama or that Aaliyah song. I feel like surprise-releasing the album in January without a preceding single would've been the best option, as it would've focused all the attention on the record as a whole, limited expectations for the singles' chart run and still be the low-key release he wanted. One of the songs would probably connect with the public on album release and would eventually become the 1st single. Instead we got Take My Breath (which did fine, I guess), Sacrifice (which got overshadowed by Out of Time), Gasoline (whose radio release was scrapped), I Heard You're Married (scrapped as well) and Out of Time (which never got the chance to live up to its full potential). Of course, this doesn't make me love this album any less, but still, it hurts to see that none of the tracks are in his Spotify top-10 popular songs. It just doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeezytaughtme Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Yes, Out Of Time is one of the top best songs from Dawn FM. It needs more recognition then it gets. So underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiss It Better Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 the whole album feels sabotaged, no you can't say he's oVeReXpOsEd because his older catalog (album tracks at that) are rising (also thanks to tiktok, but it shows that people are not tired of him) Less Than Zero sounds like the only hope for another hit now, though i'm hoping we're at least still getting a video for HDIMYLM, Is There Someone Else and Don't Break My Heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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