Old Taylor songs reenter charts all the time. It's not new.

But Cruel Summer is behaving like a highly payola'd dua lipa single despite having zero push.

 

Current “Cruel Summer” stats on US Platforms:

Spotify: #20

Amazon: #46

Apple Music: #49

iTunes: #99 

 

 

It needs 2 points to reenter the top 50 of the BB100 chart due to recurrency rules which is filled with songs which have 50M+ AI radio.

 

This is not the first time she has wasted a smash like this. Enchanted went top 10 on US spotify but it was crickets... Don't Blame Me is still getting 1.3M+ updates despite peaking in 2021.

 

Why is Taylor not desperate like her peers? Why is she not pushing these very easy smashes?

 

This is a much bigger smash than all the lesser songs that were sent to radio...

For example; Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga never entered the Apple Music Top 200 despite all the push by Wednesday and Gaga herself... It peaked at #41 on US spotify (CS is at #20 rn). But it has been charting for a few weeks due to the 50M+ radio audience despite measly daily streams... and Gaga fans have been claiming it is a mega smash hit.

 

Why is Taylor not desperate like Gaga?

Thots? Surprised?

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by Miss Americana

She’s saving her payola money for when This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things begins to smash this fall

She’s saving her payola money for when Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version) begins to smash this fall 

She’s saving her payola money for when Last Kiss (Taylor's Version) smashes on July 9th

cause her recent songs are smashing too plus she believes her next projects can have hits too, so no need to oversaturate her radio demand. Great minds have always an eye to the future too.

 

 

it's not someone with no hits anymore or feeling in her peak era (so i'm successfull now but I'm gonna disappear in 3 years) that need to jump on the wagon of a 5-6-10 years old hit going viral.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by vale9001

There's no point in pushing old songs when her current releases are still so successful.

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by Axelios

A different song of hers goes viral like every week it would be impossible to keep up and choose which one to officially push But I'd be here if she gave Cruel Summer a Die For You moment.

Because she can still put out successful solo hits like Anti-Hero unlike Gaga.

10 minutes ago, The Music Industry said:

She’s saving her payola money for when Last Kiss (Taylor's Version) smashes on July 9th

 

11 minutes ago, skyandground said:

She’s saving her payola money for when Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version) begins to smash this fall 

 

14 minutes ago, Sazare said:

She’s saving her payola money for when This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things begins to smash this fall

all GARBAGE songs that will TANK once she releases them

 

OT: She’s saving her payola money for when Story of Us (Taylor’s Version) begins to smash this fall 

She has like 10 hit songs at the same time right now. No need to push all of them. Let her focus on the one from her most current album. 

She is not Bloody Mary singer… 

she has TOO MANY viral hits this decade.

 

She’s saving her payola money for when Innocent (TV) begins to smash this fall 

She's saving her payola money for when Sparks Fly (Taylor's Version) smashes on July 9th 

This thread is just so silly to me. If Gaga were truly desperate she would have promoted Bloody Mary more and filmed a music video for it, and filmed multiple tiktok videos each week promoting the song. You guys just like making **** up in your head. Gaga 

Probably cuz she has too many viral songs to make all of them a single 

Cruel Summer deserves the treatment, one of her best pop songs.

She's saving her payola money for Dear John (Taylor's Version) smashes this fall 

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by FightDragonsWithMe

46 minutes ago, Marry The Gods said:

This thread is just so silly to me. If Gaga were truly desperate she would have promoted Bloody Mary more and filmed a music video for it, and filmed multiple tiktok videos each week promoting the song. You guys just like making **** up in your head. Gaga 

She literally released a ******* vinyl for it in a desperate attempt to go top 10 based on sales but noone bought it.

Music video and tiktok videos by a 2009 fad don't do **** in 2023 but vinyl and limited $5 cds do and she tried but noone gave a ****.

Enchanted and DBM will get their due. As for Corona Summer, it’s a terrible song so I’m glad she’s pushing the superior Karma

Cruel Summer feels like the signature song of the Eras tour. It’s begging to be re-released. I say go for it.

24 minutes ago, By the Water said:

Enchanted and DBM will get their due. As for Corona Summer, it’s a terrible song so I’m glad she’s pushing the superior Karma

I had to re-read this several times to be able pick up my jaw from the floor... This is one for The Museum Of Tastelessness 

Edited May 10, 20233 yr by YellowRibbon

49 minutes ago, Folklore89sm said:

Cruel Summer feels like the signature song of the Eras tour. It’s begging to be re-released. I say go for it.

Cruel Summer (Taylor's Version Re-Recorded in 2023 The Long Pond Studio Sessions)?

Why would she promote old songs when she has a current era that's a success?

Thank goodness for that. Imagine if she pushed every song... the nightmare.