celeb news Normani tells all on Motivation: "I cried... I don't want this to be my single"

[NEUTRON]

I love her more knowing she hated that trash too. 

[BadHabits]

Motivation is her most commercial song and it's a bop. 

[Chris]

Her new song is generic as f*ck.

[Tistotal]

I mean, it's s horrible song. I would too.

[rooby.booby]

I mean she can have her wrong opinion, i don't mind it but Motivation >>>>

[Innocencelost]

Motivation is still her career highlight and she will never top it. Good luck with Flopamine babygirl

[Kh-Loud]

I bet she also cried when she saw the Spotify chart today 

[Freakshowvato]

Its her best song yet

[Katamari]

1:59 >>motivation

 

her taste 

[professor2000]

I said this years ago, when I worked in label world and dropping light tea on here lol…that's why she never really promoted it + disappeared shortly after  Glad she's confirming.  
 

Word is that she didn't even like "Waves" and had them make significant changes before she even recorded it.  I mean…it's a masterpiece now though.

 

But that said, her perfectionism is hindering her career overall…esp when the stuff you "perfect" and release is very….middle of the road.  
 

Def not bad, just kinda…there.  I'm rooting for her still.  Still lots of potential (talent-wise). 
 

[professor2000]

SN: I think my fav Normani song besides "Waves" is "Slow Down"…

 

…with a feature and a reworked hook, this could've been something that worked for both R&B and Pop.  

 

But I realize Calvin Harris was prob too expensive to keep recording with him.  

[jakeisphat]

I want her to do well, but I never understand why she sets herself up with all the grandiose statements. "It feels like a hit," "it's one of the most anticipated albums," "it was a cultural reset," etc. 

 

I feel for the struggles she has experienced personally and as an artist, but when she discusses her music she never comes off as humble. 

[popularmoonlight]

9 minutes ago, professor2000 said:

SN: I think my fav Normani song besides "Waves" is "Slow Down"…

 

…with a feature and a reworked hook, this could've been something that worked for both R&B and Pop.  

 

But I realize Calvin Harris was prob too expensive to keep recording with him.  

That song deserved so much better. It was my favorite Mani song for a very long while. 

[LegaMyth]

This may be slightly off-topic, but I think she has to allow herself to evolve into the sex symbol she wants to be. Madonna, Janet, Britney, Christina, Beyonce, and Miley did not start off with the overly sexual imagine. Madonna did not start off with Erotica. Janet did not start off with Anytime, Anyplace. Britney did not start off with I'm A Slave. Christina did not start off with Dirty. Beyonce had a sexy image, but she did not take it to the "next level" until her Self-Titled album. 

 

 

[ahauntingnearu]

RePUGnant artist. I sleep

[Batsy Armada]

I actually really liked "Motivation," and I recall it getting a lot of play when it very first debuted. It seems like people were enjoying it; in retrospect, it made a really good buzz single. I know she had things going on in her personal life during that time, but I wish she could have rode that wave.

[vinicius]

10 hours ago, Innocencelost said:

Motivation is still her career highlight and she will never top it. 

Wild Side (Extended Version)

[LCTV]

and now she's crying in 900k streams as the #1 on New Music Friday

[JonginBey]

The fact that the OP is nearly unreadable in dark mode

[Alex]

12 hours ago, professor2000 said:

SN: I think my fav Normani song besides "Waves" is "Slow Down"…

 

…with a feature and a reworked hook, this could've been something that worked for both R&B and Pop.  

 

But I realize Calvin Harris was prob too expensive to keep recording with him.  

STILL her best song  Jessie Reyez pushed that pen 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

Whining about your "old" music before you ever even release your debut album has to be some kind of record. Record breaking queen!

[Cloudy]

Tbh Motivation is an awful song I would too

[MonsterTown]

everyone wants to be Miley these days hating on past projects, good girl gone bad ... 6 years? bye.- and motivation was cool honey

[Pikachoo]

13 minutes ago, DockDock said:

everyone wants to be Miley these days hating on past projects, good girl gone bad ... 6 years? bye.- and motivation was cool honey

but Miley at least has albums to hate on.

[Xtripped]

Motivation was a cool song to start your career, I mean every popstar started releasing what labels wanted, once they smashed they earned the right evolve and chose what to record.