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tons of promo vids

using britney spears nostalgia vibe on mv

britney spears sample

bald look

full body serve

y2k aesthetic

radio friendly song

 

but i dont see anybody talking abt it

will it flop or serve dua lipa on the charts

 

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Didn't it JUST come out

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Never even knew she had a new song come out, will go and check it out, give her a stream or two 

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you just reminded me to listen to it. thanks :) 

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She graduated from Nicki's school of sampling 

 

Because what's the limit between sampling and a cover at this point? :rip: 

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why would i listen to it when i can listen to britneys lucky :rip:

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is the scene with diamonds on the body a reference to Toxic? i'm lost 

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It's not the song. Halsey lost the GP interest. 

Hope she comes thru, her new single is very cute. 

 

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Halsey went off the GP's radar a couple of years ago, unfortunately. I like the fact she covered Britney's song 'Lucky'

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IICHLIWP was the perfect chance to establish her own sound and go deeper with it while retaining her loyal fan base, but instead we got these weird Y2K aesthetics and a poorly executed Britney sample :katie:

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Wym?
as if there was a huge attention with her previous era?

 

 

Anyways, it's a pretty sad song

with her leukemia diagnosis and all.. it's a cute song

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Haven't heard the full song yet but the use of a Britney sample is definitely reductive

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Her last era absolutely bombed so this era is about re-establishing success. It'll be at least a month or two before we can gauge the success of the song. 
 

Her last album is under 700M streams and her last single is under 30M streams after years. The benchmark for success for a Halsey song is lower in 2024.

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1 minute ago, americanlife said:

Haven't heard the full song yet but the use of a Britney sample is definitely reductive

The use of a classic song as a sample will never be reductive, and the opinion of an aging forum gay will never change that.

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3 minutes ago, Eternium said:

The use of a classic song as a sample will never be reductive, and the opinion of an aging forum gay will never change that.

It's not even a sample. It's a copy paste of the chorus :toofunny2:

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I saw her promoting the track in a few tiktoks but I never paid attention to the release date. There wasn't enough anticipation for it. 
 

 

I also personally think there's something odd about mixing very personal/autobiographical verses with a chorus that you copy/pasted from a Britney song, but that's neither here nor there. 

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Britney sampled songs always bomb, especially samples from flop songs like Lucky (did that song even go top 20 on the Hot 100? Lmao). She should've sampled BOMT.

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The superior Lucky that also did a better job giving Britney without butchering a sample

 

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stop trying to make halsey happen, is not going to happen.

 

No, I'm just kidding. I liked a lot the music video. The song is just okay. 

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1 hour ago, Robyn. said:

She graduated from Nicki's school of sampling 

 

Because what's the limit between sampling and a cover at this point? :rip: 

ava max*

 

weird to compare a rapper to a pop artist with sampling lol

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anyway, the song is reductive

 

as is this thread posted on release day when there's a single thread!

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The song just came out and Halsey has always be adamant about not wanting to be a big popstar since the begining of her career so a song not being a hit isn't really something on her radar.

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The song came out today, so like others said this thread is premature. However, having only listened to the song once, I will say the straight sample in the chorus is a bit jarring, I really feel as though there could have been a more creative way to reference the song and get her point across. 

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