Virgos Groove Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) I'm not talking about club remixes or normal stuff like that, I mean the really shameless stuff. I'll start: The way a lot of estates will milk an artist's recording vault to the bone. That Pop Smoke x Dua Lipa "collab" comes to mind. Also, during the waning years of physical singles, a lot of estates would re-release old songs and secure high charting positions due to low competition. Elvis' estate did a whole campaign in 2005 and released 18 singles, all of which went top-5 in the UK. They even got the 1,000th #1. MJ was still alive in the mid-00s, but he did a similar thing in 2006, which is why so many of his old songs went #1 in Spain that year. Edited June 22 by Virgos Groove
Mordecai Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) This current trend of variants. Unless the album is a signed copy or comes with some really cool merchandise I have no idea why you would want to buy 5 different versions of the same album Or CD and cassette singles NOBODY is listening to those in 2024, the struggle of having to switch CDs just to listen to one song in the 2000s was real Edited June 22 by Mordecai
glitch Posted June 22 Posted June 22 That Aaliyah x Weeknd song and the associated album that never came out. Let that poor woman rest in peace. Also Chris Brown's 40 track albums. 3
piotrert Posted June 22 Posted June 22 variants are hardly a cash grab, it generates zero money. Either you are irrelevant and people aren't buying them or you have better ways to generate money like adding more dates to biggest tour in history 1 11
PaloSanto Posted June 22 Posted June 22 when they did MDNA deluxe as a 2 discs to charge you more when all the songs and remixes could fit on one CD. It's been 12 years and it still pisses me off
Jotham Posted June 22 Posted June 22 The trend of deluxe versions in the early-to-mid 2010s. I thought we were past that but they're slowly making a return.
KatyPrismSpirit Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Dua's "Moonlight Edition" and "Complete Edition" of her albums. Midnights clock vinyl Guts vinyls Renaissance & The Eras tour films Post Malone collabing with M*rgan to save his career Katy collabing with luke (yes im honest)
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Using autopen for signed albums. Legitimately pissed me off 1
ChooseyLover Posted June 22 Posted June 22 18 minutes ago, Jotham said: The trend of deluxe versions in the early-to-mid 2010s. I thought we were past that but they're slowly making a return. Wait, how are deluxe versions a cash grab? Just get the deluxe one and ignore the standard (at least that's what I always did).
ChooseyLover Posted June 22 Posted June 22 The most shameless cash grab I know is not even a musical one. The Sims 4. A game worth $1,000 and counting 2
blown away Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, Virgos Groove said: Also, during the waning years of physical singles, a lot of estates would re-release old songs and secure high charting positions due to low competition. Elvis' estate did a whole campaign in 2005 and released 18 singles, all of which went top-5 in the UK. They even got the 1,000th #1. MJ was still alive in the mid-00s, but he did a similar thing in 2006, which is why so many of his old songs went #1 in Spain that year. I never thought I'd say this, but BTS and Taylor fans have nothing on this fraudulent ****. Edited June 22 by blown away
Illuminati Posted June 22 Posted June 22 That Michael Jackson song that Drake released was pretty weird
greento Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Why do people think variants is a Taylor drag when literally every medium-big artist is doing it right now?
Wicked Posted June 22 Posted June 22 2 hours ago, Mordecai said: Or CD and cassette singles NOBODY is listening to those in 2024 CD is my primary way of buying music, I would absolutely buy CD singles as long as there's a B-side like the old days. It's worth the money to have it.
Erreur2 La Nature Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Anyone buying some artists' merch is getting scammed imo
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