I like RH. Lol

The album is really good however they totally screwed up the singles - this week he’s at #51 with ‘The Thing About Love’ and #55 with ‘Sucker For You’ - if they had concentrated on one I’m sure he would have been Top 40 this week and a bizzare move that they added SFY to Spotify’s Hot Hits after they moved on to the next single - I’m assuming the record company were behind this but it’s created a mess.

Ouch the album charted at 29! That is by far the worst performance of any X Factor winner who has released a debut album (Don't worry Louisa, I am sure you will break this record with your independently released album in 2021). I feel like as I said before Syco new this wasn't going to do well and have released it without much effort. The two singles have both got to 51, which isn't good either. Is The Thing About Love an actual single or buzz/promo/instantgrat/bullshit phrase to disguise a flop?

 

I suspect he will be released from his record deal before the year is out.

I also suspect he will be on the cover of Attitude with his coming out story by March

 

Hes with RCA. I don’t think Simons ever been too bothered

This should not have been released in Q4

Yep this has flopped. Two good singles though. The album cover is too dark doesn't stand out in the shops at all!

Oh well at least he got to release an album!

The album plummets to number 88 in the midweeks released today, its curtains for him.

 

 

I knew he was highly unlikely to get any real success, but I'm still shocked by just how badly this has done.

I am slightly surprised by how badly he has performed too. I always felt he would never do much but i expected his album to have performed slightly better. I was so disappointed with how things performed for Ben Haenow who i felt released 2 wonderful singles and a strong debut but seeing Matt's performance has made Ben look like a real success.

 

Matt in my opinion never had the X Factor, Saara was miles ahead of him and i still feel she was robbed of the win. Matt, is someone who would have suited better to have been part of a boyband.

I read that he’s gay with Freddy from his series, is this true..?

Seriously I know nobody expected this to be a runaway success but I’m shock how hard it’s flopped - two singles missing the Top 50 and the album likely to spend 1 week in the Top 100! The album isn’t that bad but they messed up with the singles and half arsed got behind the album. I guess Steve Brookstein, Matt Cardle, Leon Jackson and co will be waiting for him in the XF bargain bucket!.

I read that he’s gay with Freddy from his series, is this true..?

I really don't think so, they livd together for a bit because they got on, ik Matt was a bit... metrosexual perhaps but I don't get why people get so obsessed with who's gay and who isn't :lol:

 

 

If they are together Freddy is playing away, he came up on my Tinder the other day when I was at home :lol:

What Liam said tbf - why are people so obsessed on twitter if he’s gay or not?

I really don't think so, they livd together for a bit because they got on, ik Matt was a bit... metrosexual perhaps but I don't get why people get so obsessed with who's gay and who isn't :lol:

If they are together Freddy is playing away, he came up on my Tinder the other day when I was at home :lol:

I was just wondering because I don’t think I’ve ever read that :P

Him & Freddy arent together. Not sure if they ever were but ‘rewriting history’ (a song he cowrote) has some questionable lyrics

Omg he dropped to #91

Omg he dropped to #91

 

X-Factor really needs another Leona, Alexandra or Little Mix who can have success with at least ONE album. It's looking a bit embarrassing right now with Matt bombing and Louisa's non-existent album. No one from the current crop seem to be making any waves either.

Little Mix and Leona got very lucky, imo.

 

The male artist market is over saturated anyway - Ed, Sam Smith, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, there isn't really a niche for someone like Matt unfortunately which makes it all a lot harder.

I think it is more their talent that made them shine. As someone who wasn't massive on Little Mix to start with, looking back at their old performances from XF to DNA it is understandable why they won. Especially comparing them to the current winners. Leona's vocals have always been bang on the money. I do think without Bleeding Love she wouldn't have been quite as successful.

 

The problem is the XF don't find an artists 'sound' during the show so the public can't really decide if they love their sound. Matt going for the Spanish / latin sound suits him so well yet on the show all he sang was female ballads to show his falsetto :unsure:

I think it is more their talent that made them shine. As someone who wasn't massive on Little Mix to start with, looking back at their old performances from XF to DNA it is understandable why they won. Especially comparing them to the current winners. Leona's vocals have always been bang on the money. I do think without Bleeding Love she wouldn't have been quite as successful.

 

The problem is the XF don't find an artists 'sound' during the show so the public can't really decide if they love their sound. Matt going for the Spanish / latin sound suits him so well yet on the show all he sang was female ballads to show his falsetto :unsure:

 

That's where I was coming from - without Bleeding Love and Black Magic, would either act have had their respective successes? I never understood the Spanish/Latin angle either..