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Them waiting until most of America is asleep to announce this? Totally not suspicious

ATRL would not let me log in for days but just know I SAW IT ALL AND LOVED IT. Normani is BACK. Era 2 is going to be so good. Ignore all hate, just keep pushing Mani. More stages, more iconic performances, good fits, bookings, brand deals, etc. She cannot disappear, her clout for music is coming back finally. The audience wants more.

Mother has touched down in Brasil

The industry was already losing black execs the last 5+ years and nobody gaf. It's a bigger issue and those execs are also to blame, they didn't nurture talent. They hoarded/shelved them and didn't give them the boost they needed to become household names which would keep their jobs secure see: Tinashe, Normani, Chloe Bailey, etc. If those girls blew up and were the main girlies of the industry, the money would be rolling in and nobody would be getting fired.

The streets are saying t-nji got fired. Normani voodoo

Semi-related but I swore Azealia would make millions off the bussy soap. Her marketing was good for a moment there!

The construction of this group is so weird to me because they don't visually work together then they're forcing the gay guy to sing songs to women. Like huh? They seem individually talented though. Good luck to them.

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.