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I knew we couldn't trust her. She always gave performative vibes.

Normani x Popeyes brand deal! Everything is ramping up!

The first page of this thread aged like milk. Madonna, Sabrina, Charli, Taylor, Lisa, and Nirvana ate! Those were the only people I saw discussed at length that actually went on stage.

The disco ball being there. @justifymythreads are we getting breadcrumbs or what? New era is disco theme or music to dance to/club music? Normani detectives activate, it's time.

Genuinely, what I came to post. I wonder how she'll twist this to get fans back because once MAGA dissolves over the next 5 ish years (it's inevitable btw), she won't get paid for these stances. She'll actually have to release new music to make money and deal with the consequences of her actions.

Yup. This is the first performance where they are showing they're not okay as 4. They're just checking off the boxes and not happy at all

Yeah their management of the era was fine. I think the label was to blame cause they 100% didn't want Fifth Harmony to thrive for [REDACTED] reasons. The bookings were good and they even did lip sync battle which was big at the time, VMAs, Good Morning America, hella show bookings including the asia tour which was cool, and multiple videos (Down, No Angel, Deliver, He Like That). Can't really ask for more than that tbh.

I agree + idk how she would escape her contract at RCA/Sony with only one album. That brings me to Wikipedia (of all places): "The label [Jive Records] was revived in 2026 by RCA as an independent entity within the Sony Music umbrella. Mike Weiss and David Melhado were appointed as co-presidents of the newly revived label.". It's a pretty easy convo for the larger RCA to say "Hey let's move Normani back into another smaller entity. We didn't really want to lead on her in the first place but we don't want her to leave completely". Also this is an easy explanation to RCA (and some Sony social accounts internationally!!!) still posting her. I'm sure there's people at Sony/RCA who would advocate to keep Normani cause she's technically been in that family/world since Fifth Harmony days (with Epic Records) and she has a A+ reputation behind the scenes at Sony. People know she's super professional, never bad mouths her label or team, and fits this era of music well. Also, they can see her social media engagement is still good when she does post things vs starting fresh with a newer artist.

This is why we need to start a list of potential Normani Album 2 producers. If she has multiple big names, she's def not independent. She's been with Khris a lot. If he's the main or only producer of the album, she could be independent. Who else has she been working with?

2027 unless it's a buzz single. I suspect that's why the rumors around were multiple big record labels are not going to spend much this Q4. Now Taylor is doing her deluxe with a big promo run starting with VMAs. She's going to suck the attention all October then the Christmas freeze happens right after and Mariah takes over. Not a good time to launch an era. I think 2027 will be Normani's time.

MOTHA BOOKED that stage. We're actually gearing up for an era. Normani not showing up to nothing unless she's performing or playing a big role. Love that for her! No more random events just to go to them. - Also she SERVED

Normani just saying "soon" without saying it cause she knows everyone would drag her.

Normani at Variety Power of Women

This is a NFL season single. Something for the wine moms to listen to between touchdowns.

Ella's team cut the check.