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After the terrible callouts and payola-esque runs of her other songs, this looks to be the song to save her at radio. Great choice it was an easy listen

Absolutely. For better and for worse - see how the Petal MV brought the entire era to a stop after destroying the first weekend

Just saw that for IKIIKY second week she shipped out 42k This week only 11k were shipped (#3 without), and I imagine that PZ would have way more demand in the UK than the country single so I think she'll drip feed these out for the next few weeks to keep it high

This was cool. Nothing on the level of MAMA'S EYES. She struck gold with the sound of that and BET. Been rooting for her since Petrified so I'm hoping this is the start of a more consistent stream of music.

I think for some people it's the strategic timing that gets them. Moving release dates up and down after their announcement to make sure it ships in a week it can go #1 is kinda crazy. Reminds me of 2010s UK fake #1s in the preorder era.

We're in a different climate to 2021, and the likes of Noah Kahan, Sienna and Olivia Dean/Rodrigo have helped Adele's sound become more streaming friendly than at the start of the decade where it was more Dua/The Weeknd/Ariana. Physical sales and variants are also way up compared to 2021. I wouldn't be surprised if those two factors balance out her decrease in popularity and she does another 800k week. She just has to be careful about her public persona as time hasn't been as kind to most of our music staples.

I think a remix is pending to boost the streams

It would be good if they trickle release the iTunes versions back up one by one, and maybe a version of BB/Ang3l with some Needs remixes - that cannot be her only non-charting album

The 4 songs have been out on YouTube for a month, and one of them is just an extended version

That's my issue atm any time I go to listen to a track I end up listening to the whole album

This is becoming my favourite album of hers. So good

What does more for first week streams: a shortened version of a song in a 30 min YouTube video, or a song launched at the VMAs with a big radio deal and high budget streaming exclusive music video with Hollywood stars? Again I can't speak to long term performance, but the discussion was originally a comparison between Patient Zero and other deluxe singles, and in said conversation there's no way we can compare them because the single treatment has been miles apart. Taylor's is being promoted similar to a lead single, and even had the fanbase hype lead up with the physicals preorder. Ariana's tour was over a year later and her physicals went on sale months later so I'm not sure of their relevance to a conversation about the first week. Back to my og point, Patient Zero is doing great, but minimising it to only a 'deluxe track' that's just happened to do well is crazy. It's a Taylor Swift single in 2026. It's sometimes hard to have a coherent conversation here when context and nuance is ignored.

Well neither Olivia or Ariana's "deluxe tracks" got the same level of treatment, especially not in the first week. Even their lead singles had smaller radio deals for example, but we saw how well they did first week with a full blockbuster release.

A "deluxe track" with the full push of a comeback lead single (VMAs launch, biggest Pop Radio deal of the year, all over streaming playlists, social media and press takeover, big budget music video with blockbuster stars, physicals to come) Can't deny the success so far, but using "deluxe track" to treat it as a random album track picking up steam through word of mouth compared to the major label marquee release that it is is hilarious. Most songs would make a big first week impact with this treatment.

4k to guarantee top 10 it's now or never