I'd say the drop in sales is pretty much ALL down to the long gap (a similar thing happened to Avril with TBDT era doing well but not as well as the last two, a flop non-album single a couple years later then the next album doing really badly), the negative publicity, poor single choices and a rushed album release. I honestly think it's nothing to do with the material which is her best yet imo. Quick lil rate~

 

10 Witness

10 Hey Hey Hey (don't get the hate for this at all? The production on these first two tracks in particular is incredible *.*)

08 Roulette

09 Swish Swish

08 Deja Vu

11 Power

09 Mind Maze

06 Miss You More

08 Chained To The Rhythm (got really bored of this all of a sudden)

09 Tsunami

10 Bon Appetit

08 Bigger Than Me

08 Save As Draft

07 Pendulum

06 Into Me You See

 

I feel like I am the only one who likes Save as Draft :lol: It's a nice relatable track :wub:

No you're not Harry :wub:

 

I think Power would be in incredible single, obviously I'm biased as it's my favourite but it's something different at least.

COME THRU 'SAVE AS DRAFT' STANS *.*

Favourite is CTTR :/

While this may not be as bad as the critics make out and there are some really decent moments on here, but on the whole it's overlong and could have easily been trimmed down to 11 or 12 tracks. Compared to her other albums, this definitely ranks at the bottom unfortunately. There were 40 tracks recorded for this and it would be interesting to hear what those sounded like.

 

 

08 Witness

05 Hey Hey Hey

10 Roulette

09 Swish Swish

07 Deja Vu

08 Power

04 Mind Maze

06 Miss You More

10 Chained To The Rhythm

03 Tsunami

04 Bon Appetit'

05 Bigger Than Me

06 Save As Draft

07 Pendulum

07 Into Me You See

 

 

Best Tracks: Chained To The Rhythm, Roulette, Swish Swish, Witness, Power

Worst Tracks: Tsunami, Bon Appetit', Mind Maze

 

Definitely a smart move releasing 'CTTR' first as it is the best track and got the ball rolling, but 'BA' was a mistake and maybe would have worked better as a post album single maybe. I think for the 2nd single the title track could have worked better and while it may not stand as one of her best singles, I doubt there would have been so much backlash against her like 'BA' did. 'Swish, Swish' as the 3rd single, maybe as a post album single maybe. Then 'Roulette' which hopefully will become the next single, as that should help the album sell more and with a banging music video that could put things on the right track for her. If there would be a 5th single either 'Into Me You See', 'Power' or even 'Bon Appetit' where I know I said the latter was awful, but as a post album single it may have worked better for her.

 

1st Single = 'Chained To The Rhythm' (Feat Skip Marley)

2nd Single = 'Witness'

Buzz Single #1: 'Deja Vu'

Buzz Single #2: 'Swish, Swish'

-ALBUM RELEASE-

3rd Single = 'Swish Swish' (Ft Nicki Minaj)

4th Single = 'Roulette'

5th Single = 'Power' or 'Bon Appetit (Ft Migos)'

 

As an album, I definitely prefer this over 'Prism' I think. It's a lot more consistent, despite the highs not coming close to matching the highs on that album.

#1 in America with 180k units / 162k sales.

Down to #22 in the UK midweeks :nocheer:

 

Reports saying Save As Draft is being sent to impact US Radio at the end of the month :nocheer:

 

I feel like her label may be actively trying to kill her career right now :drama: :heehee:

If that's true about 'Save As Draft'...

 

'Roulette' is just screaming for a release next. They should give 'Swish Swish' time first though, no need to rush another single out (especially if it's 'Save As Draft' which will kill the era straight away)

LMAOOOO you couldn't make this up. Leaving my personal opinion of the "song" aside, I think that would be possibly THE biggest misfire of a single from a pop girl that I can remember. Wow.

 

I expect it's just one of those radio singles to put out in tandem with the main thing, unless they are actually trying to kill the era. I think it's only being sent to AC so it may be a move to try and shift more albums, as of course Swish Swish won't reach adult contemporary radio, although SAD would still be my last choice for that...

Reports saying Save As Draft is being sent to impact US Radio at the end of the month :nocheer:

Just to clarify, Capitol is sending this only to adult pop radio stations. There's not any information that this will be pushed to all the US radio formats, where "Swish Swish" is still the current pop and rhythmic single.

 

I'm not sure if this could be the right comparison (sorry if it isn't), but it would be something like BBC Radio 2 or Heart playlisted this in the UK.

Apparently Swish has been slowly pulled and the video has been cancelled and this will eventually go to Pop.

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I think with a killer video Swish definitely has the potential to smash! What a waste.

:drama:

 

If Capitol wants to push something to pop in case they don't want to continue promoting "Swish Swish", it should be "Roulette", not "Save As Draft". The latter doesn't scream an adult pop crossover to mainstream pop radio in my opinion.

Edited June 19, 20178 yr by Juan Carlos 🌊

It legit sounds like a #33 on the AC chart from like Katharine McPhee in 2011 :lol: I don't see why they'd not want to push Swish Swish, it's the only realistic chance of another decent hit from this era imo.

Here for 'Save As Draft' tbh. *upside down smiley emoji*

 

It oddly reminds me of 'One Call Away' (except less melodic)

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I think with a killer video Swish definitely has the potential to smash! What a waste.

 

I agree, a well timed discount, a performance and a good video and Swish would be just as big of a hit as Chained was tbh.

WRONG, Andrew. It's flopping 'cos the music's crap.

 

She shouldn't have taken her ear off the grindstone to put herself in Nelly's apron baking pies!!!

 

A single called Save as Draft is EMBARRASSING.

Oh dear Roulette had to be the next single... for me the only hit potential left on the album... Swish could easily be the Dark Horse/E.T. of the era if it was pushed.

Has she been badmouthing her label somewhere? Why do they hate her? I bet Taylor got to someone in A&R :lol:

Swish Swish is #49 on Spotify globally, would be CRZY if they cancelled it now