Taylor swift

[Matt42]

Broken the record for daily streams on Spotify 

 

[Matt42]

Sweet nothing is an unexpected grower

[ls2408]

13 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Broken the record for daily streams on Spotify 

 

So impressive considering the previous record was 153.4m by Drake AND the day isn’t even over in America 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

24 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Sweet nothing is an unexpected grower

I love that she wrote a love song with Joe and named it after one of Calvin’s biggest hits. 

[kingcrawler]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Not sure if I'll go for the tour next year. Dependent on dates, but also one where I would like to see the setlist before committing, in a typically risky prospect.

Pretty much where I’m at too. I quite like Midnights but I can’t say I’m desperate to see a set dominated by it. A short walk to Hampden at a reasonable price and I’d probably chance it. The more likely situation of a trip to Murrayfield with expensive tickets is less appealing. Makes an appearance on the pointy one all the more important.

[brettredmayne]

1 hour ago, Matt42 said:

Broken the record for daily streams on Spotify 

 

Absolute force of nature , she was already massive but think lockdown and lack of tours has made her even bigger .

[kalifire]

I don’t really get the prepccupation some have with number of streams, records broken, chart position etc. - why does any of that matter? It’s the quality of music that’s important, innit. 

[Suprefan]

40 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I don’t really get the prepccupation some have with number of streams, records broken, chart position etc. - why does any of that matter? It’s the quality of music that’s important, innit. 

Festival bookings take it into account. If youre client does such and such thing and sells this much, charted albums and singles here and there, you ask for certain billing. It all matters. Thats why sometimes you look at some lineups and wonder how somebody got a certain spot. And then dig around and find out.

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Suprefan

[st dan]

Out of interest, how do Spotify, Apple Music and the likes count number of streams for albums that have a standard issue, and then an extended version ie (3am edition)?

Are they combined to produce one single figure? Or does each get their own?

Edited October 22, 2022 by st dan

[NorthernSoul52]

8 hours ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

Yep. Girly needs to keep her ticket prices reasonable for this touring cycle unless she’s going to promise a certain proportion of old stuff in the setlist. 

Having seen P!nk's prices run from £45 through £150, before Golden Circle, not wholly convinced there will be anything going for less than £75 pre-fees on this jaunt.

7 hours ago, kingcrawler said:

Pretty much where I’m at too. I quite like Midnights but I can’t say I’m desperate to see a set dominated by it. A short walk to Hampden at a reasonable price and I’d probably chance it. The more likely situation of a trip to Murrayfield with expensive tickets is less appealing. Makes an appearance on the pointy one all the more important.

With stadium tours, you'll seldom get many artists cutting directly into my radius - Manchester is typically the nearest, and I find myself with a growing irateness at having to make the commute. Fortunate enough to have seen the BST Hyde Park show back behind 1989 - would be lovely to see her again, but very much can tick it off and say "that's a done deal".

[CaledonianGonzo]

Le wax est arivee

[NorthernSoul52]

Tell you what, the crowd who make AMVs on YouTube to Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia are going to have an absolute field day with some of the songs on this album.

[Mouseboy11]

Album isn't massively clicking with me at the moment, I really like her more poppy stuff as well as Folklore etc but this kinda falls in that middle ground like Lover did for me where I don't really gel with it. Maybe it's the washed out vocals Jack Antonoff thing I'm not sure.

[WestCountryGirl]

I woke up so excited to listen to the record again. 

Earworm I've had so far today is Snow on the Beach, which is surprising to me but I'm not hating it.

[jannybruck]

3 hours ago, st dan said:

Out of interest, how do Spotify, Apple Music and the likes count number of streams for albums that have a standard issue, and then an extended version ie (3am edition)?

Are they combined to produce one single figure? Or does each get their own?

They're counted as one release.

[Superscally]

So...considered review. 

All decent songs. Goes a bit Billie Eilish then samey. Picks for me are Maroon and You're on your own kid. Anything off the album wouldn't ruin a live set. Solid. 7/10.

James Milner.

[bobsacamano]

43 minutes ago, Superscally said:

So...considered review. 

All decent songs. Goes a bit Billie Eilish then samey. Picks for me are Maroon and You're on your own kid. Anything off the album wouldn't ruin a live set. Solid. 7/10.

James Milner.

James Milner > Taylor Swift

[NorthernSoul52]

Those Spotify stats are terrific, but will be very curious to see how physical/digital breaks down. Likely will have to wait until Monday to get a good handle over here.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Suspect the physical sales will be strong as well. There'll be more than a few double-dippers.

[FloorFiller]

After a few listens I think 7/10 is a reasonable score for this one. Whilst there’s nothing bad here (although Vigilante Shit falls awfully close in to Bad Blood cringe with her attempt at a Billie song), there are a few songs that sound rather inconsequential in regards to her overall discography, or like some of the lesser songs from Lover, and that’s in no small part to the low key production throughout. Seen a lot of the usual Antonoff criticism on socials coming out and I think it’s fair enough when it comes to this album. Maybe not to the village people getting their pitchforks level I’m currently seeing, but I do hope she moves on from him for the next one, or he at least brings something a little more interesting to the table. 

Think some of the critics have fallen in to the old trap of overhyping an anticipated album’s quality and rush releasing their five star reviews for clicks, but I realise it’s all subjective so maybe some people genuinely do think this is her best one….

[NorthernSoul52]

It might be her most consistent pop record in terms of sonic unity - her last two, in their departures, were very unified, but not sure if any of her other records offer the same level of production soundscapes cues as a collective whole.

(That sounds a bit pompous, but hopefully it makes some sense.)

[Suprefan]

15 hours ago, ls2408 said:

So impressive considering the previous record was 153.4m by Drake AND the day isn’t even over in America 

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by Suprefan

[Suprefan]

2 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Those Spotify stats are terrific, but will be very curious to see how physical/digital breaks down. Likely will have to wait until Monday to get a good handle over here.

Will break the Harry Styles record of 150k sold in a week for vinyl. Dont know if you want to realize what that means though. It means she pushed out smaller artists to get her records pressed in time for all of this. And it likely means this record has been finished for at least 6 months. But hey, let her break the sales record while legit indie artists/labels cant have records made in time due to this kind of thing.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Well said.

NorthernSoul52's post may seem innocuous at first reading, but if you read between the lines they're clearly advocating for capitalist hegemony at the expense of art and artists and so must be slapped down.

[Matt42]