terrorblade Posted September 23 Posted September 23 very uninspired song tbh. he should've extended the Dawn FM era with Less than Zero. now that song is a HIT
lgaga1fan Posted September 23 Posted September 23 He just had a year end #1 with Die For You but people seem over the tired synth sound atp. He should go back to RNB style music instead of pure pop.
cat1867 Posted September 23 Posted September 23 (edited) 15 hours ago, Relampago. said: This entire era could flop and he would be fine anyways. Those songs all smashed after Dawn FM. He's not damaged goods and so people will come back to him as soon as he gets something that clicks with people. Dancing In The Flames is a very generic, been-there-done-that song for him, it was doomed from the start. So in a way it's kind of like asking if Taylor Swift was in danger because ME! flopped. We all know how that turned out. Taylor has basically always had the most powerful cult fanbase so singles flopping for her rarely matters. There's a reason why she is the artist that had more than 4 albums debut with more than a million units. Taylor is fundamentally a fanbase artist who can get big hits but doesn't need them. In contrast, the Weeknd is a much bigger hitmaker but his loyal fanbase is smaller and more fickle (as shown by dawn fm only debuting to 150K compared to lover's 800K. numbers do show he has a fanbase but it isn't a huge one). I believe he used to have a bit bigger of hard core fanbase but I think his switch to more a mainstream sound and image for Afterhours has made his fanbase a more casual one. As such, he needs his hits and creating hits consistently is really hard., Weeknd isn't doomed but his recent performance has shown that his cult fanbase has fallen off a bit and there is less hype around me. Catchy songs with good hooks can slowly take off. But no album or song of his is guaranteed to do well. I think personally hype for him would improve if he went back to a darker image/sound instead of keeping to the 80s synths. Edited September 23 by cat1867 4
afterhoursxo Posted September 23 Posted September 23 No because it was a surprise release and a gift to the fans. We will be streaming when the real lead single SAO PAULO drops
afterhoursxo Posted September 23 Posted September 23 On 9/22/2024 at 9:21 AM, Calvin said: Dawn FM was a colossal failure. So this flopping is not surprising. How was Dawn FM was a "colossal failure"?? it literally has multiple album tracks with 100M+ streams on Spotify? The problem is a lot of you people expect artists to always debut at #1 and if they don't its a flop. Blinding Lights went nowhere until 2 months after release... One of the Girls didn't even go Top 10 in any major music markets yet it has 1B+ streams in just a year with almost no promo... Less than Zero wasn't even a single and has over 300M steams on Spotify alone...
DiabeticGrandpa Posted September 24 Posted September 24 He's not going anywhere. He's the biggest artist on the planet 1 1
abrahamjmr Posted September 24 Posted September 24 On 9/22/2024 at 11:28 AM, Taylena said: 108M monthly listeners but only 2M are streaming his new song is such a scam. You'd think that by being in a pop forum that's heavily obsessed with charts, people would know how monthly listeners on Spotify actually work.
MatiRod Posted September 24 Posted September 24 No but it's clear the public is moving on from 80s style synth-pop thank God everything else coming up on my album is more 90s than 80s
unclefloprry Posted September 27 Posted September 27 On 9/22/2024 at 10:00 AM, Safe&Sound said: He hasn't scored any solo hits since Save Your Tears Dawn FM is also a colossal flop, especially coming from After Hours era Is he on danger? Will he fade just like any male singers who got big triumph around late 2010s/early 2020s, like Ed Sheeran and Post Malone? or it's just a misstep? wops
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