Riverbank Posted August 22 Posted August 22 What are some of the most botched album rollouts in pop music history? Discuss 1
Popular Post Riverbank Posted August 22 Author Popular Post Posted August 22 Katy Perry's 143 comes to mind 1 15
holyground13 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 3 minutes ago, vuelve88 said: Bionic Aguilera. It's the way they just threw it out.
Popboi. Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Happier than Ever pre-release, bless title track and the tour for fixing that mess 10
Sugar-Rush Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Bionic tbh. The single choices were bad, the visuals weren't particularly interesting, and in hindsight aside from a few stan memes, watching Xtina's downfall wasn't very entertaining. 143 on the other hand... 1
holyground13 Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Just now, holyground13 said: Aguilera. It's the way they just threw it out. Sorry to quote myself but usually three part EP releases are a mess. I get the idea of drip feeding content but the eras just feel like they take ages and often the excitement is gone by EP 2. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for a full album and not EPs. A better way to drip feed content is by releasing singles before and after the album drop with videos. Give us an era with a full length body of work please. 2
Vegvisir Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Katy Perry's triple whammy descent from Witness -> Smile -> 143 1
cartierdelrey Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Dopamine. On a side note, I don't like Katy but it's unfair to say 3.14 had a "botched" album rollout. The album isn't out yet for us to arrive at this conclusion. Objectively speaking, she's managed to release multiple singles and stick to the original release date. While it's not serving numbers in my eyes, it's not necessarily a bad rollout. It's just mundane and uneventful.
The7thStranger Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) Kilroy Was Here, despite its big hit, is the epitome of a messy ass rollout.. Edited August 22 by The7thStranger
UnusualBoy Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) The problem with Katy's 143 is not the rollout, it's the music. They even rush the 2nd single and stuff, so they're actually trying... Normani's is a good example of it, the long ass time between the singles and then dropping the album with nothing to back it up, same for other girls who don't even try with the albums. Edited August 22 by UnusualBoy 3
queenoftheclouds Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Joanne Shaw Taylor with her latest album "Heavy Soul". She released every Song months before the Album came out.
bielneira Posted August 22 Posted August 22 I've never seen anything as terrible as Normani's 'DOPAMINE' rollout, honestly. 3
Tylerbv Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Carrie Underwood's latest album. They did no promo, released a generic lead single, didn't even send it for reviews (it's not even on Metacritic ), and it was like a 90% sales drop from her previous album I don't think anyone knows it even came out. 2
thatsmydemi Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Not the worst probably but some truly bad rollouts: Ellie Goulding's Delirium Demi's Holy **** & Dancing with the Devil 1
Sugar-Rush Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) Wait how could I forget the DWTD era. The CookieGate fiasco that happened during that era was so iconic; didn't the thread on here have over 200 pages? Edited August 22 by Sugar-Rush 1 1
Migs Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Britney Jean. The album itself was already bad, but the promo (if we can call that promo) was even more. Random interviews focusing solely on the Vegas residency, not a single performance, a cheap documentary for MTV and the Perfume music video fiasco. Everything went catastrophically wrong and fans (myself included) were PISSED. Today, I understand everything because there was a lot of **** happening in the background, but even so. She was coming from a successful era with 3 top 10 hits on the Billboard charts (a first in her career) and they dropped the ball soooooooo bad. 2
Princess Aurora Posted August 22 Posted August 22 (edited) Ava Max's Diamonds and Dancefloors. The album rollout was a mess due to technical issues with the label and the album listening party too. She left her fans alone Edited August 22 by Princess Aurora
Gladiator Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Normani was put through the ringer trying to get Dopamine out.
wraith Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Solar Power. I mean whatever you think about the quality of the album, the roll out was a bit of a nightmare from the leaks, the clowning, the CD less box, the panning, the poor commercial performance etc. All after a 4 year wait.
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