Gerardo

AM is always slower than Spotify, so there the 2nd day is usually stable or some tracks rise a bit, with ES I think WCBF and tbim rose some spots and iwihu, ot and y,a? fell a bit so it's performing normally, third day will be what will show if the tracks will be stable there or not, I remember positions tracks falling hard on the 3rd day there (expect the singles and pov)

HTIMYLM is like the best song and yet the worst on the album, idk how to explain it it's definitely cause I overplayed it but it sounds kind of out of place, but it was the right choice for the lead

swt, pos and es remain my top 3, but this is definitely top 4, and tbh this one is way more consistent than those 3, the songs I like the least in petal are stronger than my least faves on those three albums the run from big feelings to nobody, nowhere is immaculate

the album isn't as well received as ES, it won't have a WCBF hit rising on the following days, and I think it lacks a bye or tbim track that will clearly be stable, the album tracks will be more spread out in streams I think I expect like 46-50M second day

I think the best option is htimylm, it will have similar streaming numbers to petal (like 2M less probably), but a 30M lead in radio audience

Not happening, I don't see title track becoming an actual hit, it will have good streaming numbers first week and negligible radio and sales My prediction is: #1-2: htimylm (depending on CT stability) #4: petal (behind 'hate', CT, and Morgan Wallen) #8-12: kiss me (depending on stability) oh well, freak, stay will be top 20, like I do, bunny hop and ngom will be top 30 and the interlude and n,n will be top 40

someone on Twitter said that despite this album has worse reviews than Positions it also doesn't feel as bad and tbh I have to agree I would've loved if this was a +80 on metacritic ofc, but this is being better received by the GP and has a global hit already, and the fan base likes it and it's united so it's not even comparable to positions release anyways I'm so happy for this album, definitely in my top 4 (alongside set, pos, and es), and it may end up higher

Max had no involvement in 'oh well', he only worked in htimylm and petal title track

It just clicked for me too She was deep down in Pink Pantheress nachos

'oh well' definitely the weakest for me, it needed a bridge or something for like a big change/ending, still far from bad tbh

'nowhere, nobody' is amazing wtffff, probably her 2nd best closer just right after gws which is kinda impossible to top tbh

I don't see much acclaim for this tbh, but I also think it will be divisive, I can see something like Sputnik randomly giving a great review but the RS score indicates that the most mainstream magazines won't like/love it

wait I'm kinda eating up my own words already title track gaggeddd meee on 2nd listen

the petal - stay - oh well run really overwhelmed tbh, specially cause I was so sure I would love petal after all the praise but then from big feelings to nowhere, nobody it was gag after gag

when you think about it 'past life' is lowkey the bridge between ES and petal JUST LET THE MUSIC CONFISCATE MY SOULLLL