I definitely think it should be a single, but I'm not sure it should launch the album. However, unlike Not Giving Up On Love, you just don't know how this will do. With the latter, you can expect a decent sized hit and a top ten album (that will fall quickly) but with Gentleman it could go either way. It could totally flop, kill their airplay again and the album will be another bomb or it could be a suprise smash hit, be huge on radio and really get people interested in the album.

 

It's a risky move but if it pays off it'll be more beneficial than NGUOL I feel.

I'd rather they take a risk than go down the On Your Radar route.

I fully agree. This is reminding me of Pixie Lott's Young Foolish and Happy campaign. Number one followed by an r&b track what is most likely going to flop. Not Giving Up On Love so far sounds like the most sensible single to lead the album. I like their trying to be risky but they can't afford to take risks when their previous album flopped as have 2/3 singles.

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This is exactly what I meant.

I don't fully understand why everyone thinks Gentleman would be more of an album seller than NGUOL. WAU was a number one hit and NGUOL is more similar to it than Gentleman. Cohesion is important, they've clearly reigned in a lot of dance/pop fans with WAU so they should reel in those fans even further with NGUOL, not alienate them with Gentleman.

 

The only reason OYR did as horribly as it did is because it was released off the back of MHTO which was their biggest flop to date. I highly doubt it's because a lot of the material was similar to NGUOL.

Wow, calm down guys. :o It's different FOR THEM, yes, but it's really not more different than anything out there at the moment. It's EXACTLY what Little Mix are doing right now. It's exactly what Girls Aloud and Spice Girls have done in the past. Plus there are few other tracks like it out there. It's hardly like they releasing a full rock track or anything so weird. It's still pop from that snippet and it has a catchy chorus and their voices sound the same, etc. It just doesn't sound like anything they have done in the past, bar maybe The Way You Watch Me. They just never did that kinda of old feel vibes, and they are doing it right now, thus why it's different for them, but not risky.

 

All Fired Up also didn't sound like anything they have done before and still made a good single and sold more than 210k.

 

I don't know if we're listening to the same track, but it isn't a risky track itself, it's just not something The Saturdays usually release, but it's catchy and fits what people are doing right now, so it should be okay, really. :)

I guess we will wait and see, I still think it will do a What Do You Take Me For.

What Do You Take Me For was simply a horrible song. I don't believe the change in sound was responsible for it/Pixie's album flopping. After all it wasn't a million miles from Mama Do.

 

Playing it super safe is exactly what killed the On Your Radar campaign. They will never take their success to the next level if they keep doing that. Gentleman is a risk which might pay off handsomely and catapult them into the big league. Better to try than to never know.

 

I wish this would hurry and leak now. Really can't wait to hear what it sounds like, properly! From the shoddy little clips that we have, it sounds great for early Summer!

it sounds great for early Summer!

 

Which is why it shouldn't leak now. :P

A premiere should happen in about a month now for a release in late June.

 

I'm more excited about the album though! :wub:

'What About Us' has proven that a song CAN become a hit, regardless of when it premiered. :lol:

 

I just need this. I'm over WAU again. (Although I find myself in a very strange relationship with that song, I get into it, then I'm over it before getting back into it and then getting over it again, before yet again getting back into it! :lol:)

That wasn't my point. I'm not saying it won't be a hit if it premieres early, just that since they usually premiere their singles 6 weeks before the official release, if it was to premiere soon, it wouldn't really set up for an early Summer release (Summer starts at the end of June) but more like end of May, first week of June. So late Spring instead of early Summer. Just details, lol! :wub:

 

I like Gentleman, but somehow I don't feel like I need it NOW. :unsure: I mean, obviously, I want a new song to play hundredth of times like Jonjo, so I guess Gentleman would be good enough for that, but yeah, like, any new good track from them would fit that definition. I don't want to hear it for any other reasons than that.

 

In opposition, I am the most curious about Not Giving Up On Love, though. It sounds huge. :cheer:

From the snippet I honestly think it's a bad idea. Like someone already said, What About Us has Gaines them some new fans, more attention!! Enough to make them number 1 material. Releasing a track like this straight after that and to launch the album just doesnt make sense. Really I would go with a similar sound to WAU then release gentleman after the album. Thatvwould probably keep interest in it because they would be doing something different. Heck, it would probably increase the albins chart life.

I'd say just wait until we hear the full thing before judging! All Fired Up didn't get a good reception from the preview clip, and even straight after the premiere it didn't have many fans, but now it's one of their most loved tracks!

I'd say just wait until we hear the full thing before judging! All Fired Up didn't get a good reception from the preview clip, and even straight after the premiere it didn't have many fans, but now it's one of their most loved tracks!

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It's not one of my most loved :P

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Capital were talking about gentleman this morning. Dunno who the host was but he said he think it's going to SMASH!

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It's not one of my most loved :P

 

In general though. :P

I genuinely do like the sound of Gentleman but I don't like that it sounds nothing like The Saturdays. It just feels like they've sold out a bit.

 

I mean think about it. This'll be their first single that wouldn't work acoustically. I feel like that says something.

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In general though. :P

I know I know :P

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Harry looks like he is mocking me :P

I genuinely do like the sound of Gentleman but I don't like that it sounds nothing like The Saturdays. It just feels like they've sold out a bit.

 

I mean think about it. This'll be their first single that wouldn't work acoustically. I feel like that says something.

 

You don't know that it wouldn't work acoustically; if they could do All Fired Up acoustically, then why not a pop/rnb infused track? And I wouldn't call it 'selling out', they've been a group for 5 years and have evolved their sound (even by the slightest) throughout their career and who knows, Gentlemen may sound more pop; we have to wait for the entire song before we go beyond speculation.

You don't know that it wouldn't work acoustically; if they could do All Fired Up acoustically, then why not a pop/rnb infused track? And I wouldn't call it 'selling out', they've been a group for 5 years and have evolved their sound (even by the slightest) throughout their career and who knows, Gentlemen may sound more pop; we have to wait for the entire song before we go beyond speculation.

 

I get where you're coming from, but we've heard the chorus. It would not work acoustically. AFU actually has a melodic chorus, even if repetitive. This is just something that is important to me personally because I feel that the acoustic sets really give the girls a lot of credibility as artists. It's a kind of credibility that PCD and many other girl groups were never able to earn.