NickARTPOP Posted March 18 Posted March 18 With the rise of the streaming era, many popstars have been critiqued for having eras that are too short. Some even having eras that essentially end with the release of the album (like Chromatica and Positions). But what are some examples of eras that lasted too long? Where the concepts and ideas became exhausted, where the promo no longer produces benefit for the albums, where continued activity even harms the artists reputation and success? I think a great example of this is 1989. The first 5 singles are certified all-time smashes. She reached her peak, was universally beloved, and was by far the most visible musician in years or even decades. However, as the 5th single, Wildest Dreams, wound down its run, Taylor made the decision to push Out of The Woods as the albums 6th single. At this point she had wrapped up her tour and was approaching the Grammy awards where she was widely expected to be successful (and of course, was). As we know, succesful female pop artists face the risk of being overexposed, and after 3 #1s, a top 5, a top 10, the biggest video of the year, the biggest album of the year, and the biggest tour of the year, Taylor was certainly getting there. As she chugged along with OOTW and subsequent single New Romantics, her commercial performance dropped drastically, she received major flack for her AOTY win, and of course was completely "cancelled" during the Kanye Famous drama. Would not releasing singles have prevented all of this? Probably not. But continuing to push the era as the public grew tired of her definitely made it worse.
Burn Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Future Nostalgia Dua might be having more success today if she hadn't overexposed herself last era 2 2 1
Selegend Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Future Nostalgia backfired somehow i don't know if they were wrong about it cuz u know... the numbers are there and the album has insane streaming stats but it kinda made everything a little bit tiring if u look at how others artists are handling it. maybe it could've ended without the deluxe (we're good and stuff) and the new album in 2023.
KatyPrismSpirit Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Future Nostalgia. 2019 - DSN, Future Nostalgia (promo track) 2020 - Album, Physical, BMH, Levitating Remix, collabs 2021 - Deluxe, Love Again, We're Good, collabs 2022 - Touring pretty intense era but thats also due to the pandemic. I didnt mind it actually since the album was great
KatyPrismSpirit Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Also “SOS" 2020 - Good Days 2021 - Collabs, I Hate U 2022 - Shirt, Album 2023 - Kill Bill, Snooze, Tour 2024 - Lana deluxe, (more tour dates ?)
TalkThatRihanna Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Honestly the SOS Era is about to be one of these. The album is still smashing but there is absolutely no reason that ‘LANA' should be the Deluxe SOS. It should be her 3rd Studio Album out this year. She already said in interviews that the music doesn't even relate to SOS and is its own thing
Aaron Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Future Nostalgia. It lasted so long that it kinda pigeonholed Dua into one sound and wore a lot of people out on her
Popular Post Into The Void Posted March 18 Popular Post Posted March 18 Do yalll complain about anything now. 5 16
Jjang Posted March 18 Posted March 18 8 minutes ago, TalkThatRihanna said: Honestly the SOS Era is about to be one of these. The album is still smashing but there is absolutely no reason that ‘LANA' should be the Deluxe SOS. It should be her 3rd Studio Album out this year. She already said in interviews that the music doesn't even relate to SOS and is its own thing tbh
Feanor Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) 'SOS' tbh. It's been going on since late 2020, and depending on this deluxe might last into 2025 atp. That's potentially more than 4 years of one "era". The way since SZA launched the 'SOS' era, Ariana finished the 'Positions' era, did a full season on the Voice, launched REM Beauty, filmed two Wicked movies, announced and released another studio album and will probably finish the promo & press for the first movie before SZA puts an end to the 'SOS' era. Edited March 18 by Feanor 2
Abracadabra Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Idk if it was too long, but it kinda sends me that Come on Over had twelve singles released from 1997 - 2000.
Achilles. Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) 21 minutes ago, LustSpell said: Come On Over. That **** lasted like 3 years or something In her defense, the era lasted longer on country radio than it did outside of that. All eleven singles went top 5 on country radio in the four year span of 1997-2000. I guess you could argue that it went on too long, but the audience never tired of it so it's not like she was beating a dead horse or milking it for diminishing returns. And the actual period of crossover success was limited to 4 singles (FTMO, YSTO, TDIMM, MIFLAW) in 1998-1999, so there were only really two years of actual mass saturation to general audiences. Edited March 18 by Achilles.
RideOrDie Posted March 18 Posted March 18 15 minutes ago, abrantino said: Masochism dead on announcement 2
AvadaKedavra Posted March 18 Posted March 18 20 minutes ago, Into The Void said: Do yalll complain about anything now. This
TitanicSurvivor Posted March 18 Posted March 18 "DEMI". The era started in feb 2013 and lasted until mid 2015 but the last single was released on May 2014. can't tell that we were starving but at some point it felt like just an endless tour, i was rooting for Never Been Hurt release but all they gave us is low budget studio video and cute 3 minute of tour footage
jonapova Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Can't believe no one has mentioned Doja Cat performing Say So for 18 years. 1
ZacXCX Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Gaga's Million Raisins promo era. She put that song to WORK. 1
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