base talk Why Unholy was a smash hit?

[AcidPrince]

WHY 

[Space Cowboy]

GP having sh*t taste as usual

[LostInStereo100]

It's catchy and had dark undertones which was perfect timing for late September release Into spooky szn 

[fememeist]

One of the biggest mysteries

[BTS]

Sam Smith is generally a hitmaker .

 

And of course it's controversial lyrics but catchy melody. Same reason Montero/WAP etc were hits. 

 

Any publicity is good publicity  

[bielneira]

TikTok viral before release

[Prodigal Self]

It's a catchy fun song people liked.

[Rotunda]

The TikTok snippet was good

[Bubble Tea]

Kim Petras is chart elixir  

 

[Ricanaire]

It was a bop, plain and simple.

[BrattyBottom]

Idk, we are still scratching our heads.

[J-esper]

It just seems luck overall. The sound they chose for the song showcased the most interesting part of the song.  The viral sound and catchiness of it stuck. Even though the song as a whole is nothing to write home about.

 

Had they chose a part of one of the verses as sound, it never would have caught on.

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[Vrx.]

Gen X women felt sexy and it was trending

[WEEKND]

Because a lot of mommies didn't know what daddy was doing at the body shop and got

curious 

[Lagerfeld]

29 minutes ago, Tropical said:

Kim Petras is chart elixir  

 

Why is Gorgeous flopping then?

[Distantconstellation]

Generally it works like this Anything atrl gays hate becomes a huge hit, anything atrl gays love or hype up ends up flopping. 

[Bubble Tea]

10 minutes ago, Lagerfeld said:

Why is Gorgeous flopping then?

America hasn't woken up yet x

[Invader]

The Production 

[Life Savers]

No idea. There must be something to it but I personally find it unlistenable. 

[Hector]

TikTok.

[Polgg48]

i keep coming back to this song more than so called hits this year so far, idk why it's that catchy tho

[dreampop]

no clue it was such a weird time period 

[Shaner69]

It was a huge hit for a bit. 

 

This basically treads water because massive hits like "Levitating" and "Beautiful Things" peak at #2. 

 

Those singles prove a peak and drop means nothing. 

[Great808]

Because Kim. The song is about Men who cheat on their wives with women and then Kim comes along the second verse to reveal that the women in question are trans women. She made the song and it wouldn't have worked without her

[My Tears Ricochet]

Kim, ha power