album Tinashe - 'QUANTUM BABY'

[TheBoss]

She truly can't never win oh my god

[teenagecraze]

As much as I loved Getting No Sleep she should've followed Nasty with Thirsty.. some hot video would got more attention  sex sells after all

[PartyFavor]

32 minutes ago, teenagecraze said:

As much as I loved Getting No Sleep she should've followed Nasty with Thirsty.. some hot video would got more attention  sex sells after all

Thirsty deserves a video but it would not do numbers if thats what you are looking for no matter how good the video is.
 

i am not going to type a long essay because art > charts every time for me. But getting no sleep was not the move if she really wanted to capitalize on Nasty. NBB was the only choice if the goal was another hit. I dont think she cares that much about having a massive hit. She would rather stick to her vision than giving into algorithms and formulas. 

[needs]

Wait so is this gonna chart? I am doubtful.

[needs]

42 minutes ago, teenagecraze said:

As much as I loved Getting No Sleep she should've followed Nasty with Thirsty.. some hot video would got more attention  sex sells after all

I'm so conflicted on this. I think GNS was smart for her core after Nasty, a reminder that she's not selling out. And Nasty was still big in late June so there wasn't much need for a new hit. So I don't think No Broke Boys should have dropped before now. I think you're right, Thirsty or even Cross the Line with a sexy ass viral video would have been a moment. This is why I don't think T cares about popularity as much as it may seem, she isn't dumb and clearly knows how to get attention so I just think she's more concerned with the message than anything, and thinks about the rollout in terms of art & voice and not commercial success. At least in terms of priorities. She's interesting that way. If I were her I would have done a lot more for this project.

[nuclear]

From what I heard they messed up and didn't shipped the CDs on time. Don't know if it's true or not but they definitely didn't get counted for billboards.

 

Why she always find ways to sabotage herself? There is no reason for this album shouldn't out debut Aquarius.  The album should have came out last month or 6 weeks ago. If it had,  it would have done double the numbers at least, and most likely out debut Aquarius especially if they had physical shipped on time. It made no sense to release it now when nothing is ready not even the CDs. What is even the point ? Especially since majority of the albums has been for 2 years. No promo during release week. Everything stop during release week. 
 

Nasty was a cute moments, I am glad to witness it. Let's pray despite her affinity to self sabotage, NBB will do something. Back to indie underground underrated we go. 
 

I need her wrapped this baby trilogy by Spring 2025 at the absolute latest. 
 

My last rant. 

[nuclear]

7 minutes ago, needs said:

Wait so is this gonna chart? I am doubtful.

#199

[needs]

9 minutes ago, nuclear said:

#199

Thank you. That's f*cked up. I know T is kind of an off-putting artist, anyone I show her to finds her either boring or weird. But Nasty is huge and she deserved top 100. I don't know what it's going to take for her, I kind of think it's never going to happen...

[kishi]

#199 is low, but I'm glad this project charted unlike BB/ANG3L.

 

I do hope everything gets into it's rightful place with promotion and physicals. I'm guessing someone dropped the ball regarding the availability of getting CDs and vinyls. Indie artists have it tough, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over opening week sales.

 

We don't have to resort to dramatics. 

Edited August 26, 2024 by kishi

[Liamm]

1 hour ago, nuclear said:

From what I heard they messed up and didn't shipped the CDs on time. Don't know if it's true or not but they definitely didn't get counted for billboards.

 

Why she always find ways to sabotage herself? There is no reason for this album shouldn't out debut Aquarius.  The album should have came out last month or 6 weeks ago. If it had,  it would have done double the numbers at least, and most likely out debut Aquarius especially if they had physical shipped on time. It made no sense to release it now when nothing is ready not even the CDs. What is even the point ? Especially since majority of the albums has been for 2 years. No promo during release week. Everything stop during release week. 
 

Nasty was a cute moments, I am glad to witness it. Let's pray despite her affinity to self sabotage, NBB will do something. Back to indie underground underrated we go. 
 

I need her wrapped this baby trilogy by Spring 2025 at the absolute latest. 
 

My last rant. 

Girl bffr what makes you think if the album came during nasty prime it could've sold out specially if physical and cds weren't available that time

[needs]

59 minutes ago, kishi said:

#199 is low, but I'm glad this project charted unlike BB/ANG3L.

 

I do hope everything gets into it's rightful place with promotion and physicals. I'm guessing someone dropped the ball regarding the availability of getting CDs and vinyls. Indie artists have it tough, but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over opening week sales.

 

We don't have to resort to dramatics. 

Nobody was being dramatic girl lmfao

[hallucinating]

Okay so the late CDs will count towards next week's report, right? I know she doesn't care about numbers and her label might say they don't, but these things do matter for long-term ROI. Hopefully we get a cute repeak in November.

Edited August 26, 2024 by hallucinating

[mxoonlight]

She's still a great artist  

[right where you left me]

Nasty and Getting No Sleep have made it to 300 plays already whew 

 

Other tracks next 

[Goofy]

why do yall act like she sold tons of CDs? lol. I highly doubt the ones sold for the US territory exceed 1K

[supaspaz]

2 hours ago, needs said:

Nobody was being dramatic girl lmfao

Right? Like, we’re all here rooting for Superstar T. We just wanted more for her.

[Tinashebanks]

Nasty's virality was never gonna translate into a much larger fanbase. Cc: Tommy Richmann/Lay Bankz

 

None of the R&B girls are selling but Tinashe is been between a rock & hard place. 

 

The lack of embrace by Black Female audiences (reason for poor Apple streams) or White Pop fans has always been her downfall. I wouldn't even know what direction her management could take to reconcile this. 

 

It is what it is at this point  

 

She just needs to keep building momentum & get Needs sized hits consistently to sustain herself. 

Edited August 27, 2024 by Tinashebanks

[Midnightsun]

19 minutes ago, Tinashebanks said:

Nasty's virality was never gonna translate into a much larger fanbase. Cc: Tommy Richmann/Lay Bankz

 

None of the R&B girls are selling but Tinashe is been between a rock & hard place. 

 

The lack of embrace by Black Female audiences (reason for poor Apple streams) or White Pop fans has always been her downfall. I wouldn't even know what direction her management could take to reconcile this. 

 

It is what it is at this point  

 

She just needs to keep building momentum & get Needs sized hits consistently to sustain herself. 

The only thing I can think of is her songs are inconsistent lyrically and sound wise. One will be sensual, while another is pop, while another is rap/trap. Even though we all love and appreciate her ability to blend genres and make different types of music I think it takes a couple consistent albums with the same sound to garner more fans.

 

Think about pop fans who want to keep hearing pop songs from her but are disappointed when they hear she didn't release that. Then there are fans who want needs, nasty, and throw a fits and are upset when she releases pop tracks. I feel like maybe people stop checking on her because they don't get what they want each release then kind of forget. This is just a long shot theory though lol

[Black Sunflower]

The signed CDs definitely shipped late. Mine didn't ship for almost a week I think and it's not even here yet.

[Saint]

48 minutes ago, Midnightsun said:

The only thing I can think of is her songs are inconsistent lyrically and sound wise. One will be sensual, while another is pop, while another is rap/trap. Even though we all love and appreciate her ability to blend genres and make different types of music I think it takes a couple consistent albums with the same sound to garner more fans.

 

Think about pop fans who want to keep hearing pop songs from her but are disappointed when they hear she didn't release that. Then there are fans who want needs, nasty, and throw a fits and are upset when she releases pop tracks. I feel like maybe people stop checking on her because they don't get what they want each release then kind of forget. This is just a long shot theory though lol

this is how fans are in general and quite frankly speaking there are other artists who do quite a bit of the same thing with their albums and they don't get anywhere near half the hate for it. the true difference is and always has been the level of support from the industry itself and i don't just mean her peers. 

 

i'm not gonna lie, sometimes i do want her to do a cash grab era where we might lose a bit of the art but at least, for once, she (hopefully) wouldn't lose money so she could make things a bit easier on herself. as much as she says she thrives under pressure, i'm sure she'd love to rehearse a little longer before tour starts or send more songs to radio or not have to worry about whether she could get this or that feature. obviously her ego would absolutely never allow her to do it but it's a nice thought. 

[Liamm]

4 hours ago, Midnightsun said:

The only thing I can think of is her songs are inconsistent lyrically and sound wise. One will be sensual, while another is pop, while another is rap/trap. Even though we all love and appreciate her ability to blend genres and make different types of music I think it takes a couple consistent albums with the same sound to garner more fans.

 

Think about pop fans who want to keep hearing pop songs from her but are disappointed when they hear she didn't release that. Then there are fans who want needs, nasty, and throw a fits and are upset when she releases pop tracks. I feel like maybe people stop checking on her because they don't get what they want each release then kind of forget. This is just a long shot theory though lol

Sza make versatile albums but she have the support of the black community and white mainstream 

the thing with Tinashe is that her Art is her strength and her weakness! She's a genre bender artist but at the same time she doesn't fit in a box that the industry wants to put her in !! And I do believe Tinashe is one of the alternative rnb pop artist that kinda be successful 

kelela and fka twigs don't have the same success like her 

[kishi]

14 hours ago, needs said:

Nobody was being dramatic girl lmfao

Saying she can truly never win is dramatic.

 

Many of you that post here are incessantly negative. 

Edited August 27, 2024 by kishi

[Goofy]

tbh I don't know what kind of success yall expected from an 8-track ep off which two songs were already out for months and the rest is mostly in the usual midtempo Tinashe space the public never f-ed with in the first place. 

 

our fanbase is tiny, we don't really go hard for her in the sense of organizing and mass-buying.

the promo is mostly based on social media,...

so I'm actually happy it charted at all

[nuclear]

Y'all it okay for fans to be disappointed and express their feelings. It is not a crime. This notion you can't be unhappy, provide constructive criticism, or disappointed with any of this or tinashe it ludicrous and insane. 

[Into The Void]

Why does she pass of EPs as albums?