Let's be real, we've all seen the arguments about Taylor's marketing strategy versus Adele's more traditional approach. But how does that affect us as fans? Does buying multiple album variants feel fun or manipulative? Does Adele's rarity make you more or less excited? I'm genuinely interested in hearing your experiences.

 

 

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

The 39 variants?

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

Adele "Young singer, great singer" - Aretha Franklin

Taylor Swift "Great gowns, beautiful gowns" - Aretha Franklin

 

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

There is nothing organic about withholding your music from streaming. Marketing is mamarketing. You're welcome. 

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

3 Million with 1 version is insane but 3 million without a mentally ill fanbase like the barbz/swifties is even more impressive

There is noting organic about releasing endless variants, giving them limited release times to push the same few thousand fans to buy up as many copies as possible with their daddy's money. Market manipulation is marketing! You're welcome. 

Taylor showed extreme levels of desperation and capitalistic greed. Adele? Class act

one had 2 variants, debuted with 3.5M+ shattering the old record AND had two other 1M+ selling weeks, sold 7M in the span of 5 weeks AND a record breaking 1 million downloads for lead smash single "Hello" that went #1 in 30+ countries 

 

the other had 30+ variants that broke the record by 500k only to drop by 93% in its 2nd week 

 

 

 

I mean 

 

2 minutes ago, naval23 said:

one had 2 variants, debuted with 3.5M+ shattering the old record AND had two other 1M+ selling weeks, sold 7M in the span of 5 weeks AND a record breaking 1 million downloads for lead smash single "Hello" that went #1 in 30+ countries 

 

the other had 30+ variants that broke the record by 500k only to drop by 93% in its 2nd week 

 

 

 

Well when you put it like that, it's The Life of a Desperate Popgirl methinks

 

 

at the end of the day taylor broke the record for biggest US first week sales in history. she did that with variants yes but most of the sales are vinyls ($35 each) while the music was available on streaming from the start.

 

adele predominantly sold CD's and her album was withheld from streaming for years. all these artists have their little tricks to bolster sales so it is what it is.

Taylor is art, we can't say the same about the vinyl factory clogging great for a throwback 

Let's be real, even if Adele had album variants her fans wouldn't buy them.

I'm not sure why Taylor has to be punished for it.

 

She beat Adele's record for first week sales and no amount of ATRL whining will change that.

9 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

at the end of the day taylor broke the record for biggest US first week sales in history

And that'd why people are fuming, they can no longer hide behind Adele every time Taylor drops a new album so now they have to keep shifting the goalposts. "But the variants, it's inorganic!!!" as if Adele withheld 25 from streaming for months for the sake of artistry

 

I mean, we all know the answer just don't say it out loud or they'll come out from under their piles of cds and vinyls to overtake the thread.

38 minutes ago, Toxic.Latin said:

Adele is art, we can't say the same about the beautiful gowns owner. 

Are the gowns even beautiful?

Adele stans still bitter Taylor's flop (yes, the one with Me! & YNTCD) outdebuted the highly anticipated follow up to Adele's 25 despite having the same amount of versions 

Edited October 16, 2025Oct 16 by TayDuaStan

What inorganic? Every album of Taylor's have more longevity than Adele's album (except 21 which 1989 will surpass soon). 30 came and went, no one remembers that album except the lead song, album tracks numbers are in gutters. 

Edited October 16, 2025Oct 16 by Calvin

3 minutes ago, UnusualBoy said:

I mean, we all know the answer just don't say it out loud or they'll come out from under their piles of cds and vinyls to overtake the thread.

So, what youre saying is they're going to come out of their dumpster bins like they do once a year when tayble release her annual bowel movement that they eat up?

 

Given the dump is exactly where those endless piles of cds and vinyls end up.