9 hours ago, 777666jason said:

SM aside they were already declining as m from BUS (which itself was a minor revival from TAU)

HBA is. David Guetta track which they do vocals on. KMUO was an Anne marie track they featured on

Confetti did have the first official track since Jesy left feel, potentially did better because of that

BU did feel like it was a fast roll out, but pregnancies and tour probably didn't help its case

'Sweet Melody aside'? My point is literally that them having a huge number 1 million selling song the year before they broke up literally goes against every argument that they were on the decline as a pop act. You can't just put it aside for convenience. And even IF it didn't happen then Confetti, Heartbreak Anthem and Kiss My were still back to back top ten Platinum smashes with their name attached to it. Again, hardly the sign of an act 'on their way out'.

The girls were insanely popular and consistent in their 10 year run together. All their albums went Platinum (two of them 3x Platinum at least), they had about 18 top ten singles with most of them being Platinum and really the only flops to their name were a shitty charity single (Word Up) and the Between Us tracks at the very end of their career when they were 2/3 pregnant and had a year of overexposure.

Even Bounce Back still went top 10 and a Silver certification and Think About Us managed to go Gold without denting the top 20 (and having a botched release).

I'm the first to call an act a flop when it fits but come on, these girls were on fire for 95% of their career. Hit after hit after hit. Sweet Melody being one of their biggest selling songs just a year before they split up shows they had serious staying power.

6 minutes ago, shadow2009 said:

'Sweet Melody aside'? My point is literally that them having a huge number 1 million selling song the year before they broke up literally goes against every argument that they were on the decline as a pop act. You can't just put it aside for convenience. And even IF it didn't happen then Confetti, Heartbreak Anthem and Kiss My were still back to back top ten Platinum smashes with their name attached to it. Again, hardly the sign of an act 'on their way out'.

The girls were insanely popular and consistent in their 10 year run together. All their albums went Platinum (two of them 3x Platinum at least), they had about 18 top ten singles with most of them being Platinum and really the only flops to their name were a shitty charity single (Word Up) and the Between Us tracks at the very end of their career when they were 2/3 pregnant and had a year of overexposure.

Even Bounce Back still went top 10 and a Silver certification and Think About Us managed to go Gold without denting the top 20 (and having a botched release).

I'm the first to call an act a flop when it fits but come on, these girls were on fire for 95% of their career. Hit after hit after hit. Sweet Melody being one of their biggest selling songs just a year before they split up shows they had serious staying power.

No one’s saying they weren’t doing well and definitely weren’t flopping just the streaming support was in decline and they seemed to have a really hard time on Spotify especially and that’s for a fair few singles (Sweet Melody being the exception) I can remember us all talking about how annoying it was.

I fail to see how you can’t see that?

Didn’t they start ‘declining’ in chart success around the time RCA got their hands on them? I vaguely remember them being unstoppable up until Woman Like Me then from the hot mess follow-up onwards they struggled?

24 minutes ago, Mr. C. Joel said:

No one’s saying they weren’t doing well and definitely weren’t flopping just the streaming support was in decline and they seemed to have a really hard time on Spotify especially and that’s for a fair few singles (Sweet Melody being the exception) I can remember us all talking about how annoying it was.

I fail to see how you can’t see that?

Exactly but apparently flop and decline mean the same to this person

On 24/06/2025 at 10:12, Jessie Where said:

I genuinely thought they were on the way out around the point they released 'Holiday', I still can't believe they released that when they were sitting on 'Happiness' (and still didn't use that in the end either!)

I'm pretty sure they were on their way out after that album, as Jesy even said during that time in an interview while promoting they'll all go off and do their own solo things and come back together.

Then a year or so after Jesy left she mentioned in an interview that the band was winding down and she was trying to hold out until the end of the Confetti Tour but then it got pushed back and she couldn't stay that long. So I definitely think the plan was for Confetti to be the end, a GH was probably still going to be in the works possibly.

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In regards to performance after Jesy left, I mean there was a whole campaign to get SM number 1 when we realised there was a chance. Plus at that point Mixers still liked Jesy, I remember back then them linking Jesy ending Wings, like she did with SM and wanting her last song with them to be Number 1 too. I think there was such unity in the fanbase at that time and it was strong.

Heartbreak Anthem was a BOP and deserved Top 3, I think David Guetta may have helped and their recent Number 1. Kiss My Uh-Oh was a fluke as they had Anne-Marie who at the time was actually doing decent. The Confetti single deservedly went Top 10, I think there was fan support and more attention on it as it was their first proper LM single without Jesy. I think the incredible video helped.

I do think from Between Us things didn't go as well, I don't think the music was as good as their previous work (Love Cut You Off and Between Us though). LSL was the wrong single choice and the videos were just rubbish.

Edited June 25Jun 25 by Slayer

Ot did feel like Confetti was supposed to be the hiatus but jesy sudden departure meant they went another year , throw a greatest hits together and quickly record a few songs

Perrie's hosting a private acoustic set on Tuesday in sponsorship with 'Hawaiian Tropic' and invited some fans (probably the same exact ones that go to everything).

44 minutes ago, Slayer said:

Perrie's hosting a private acoustic set on Tuesday in sponsorship with 'Hawaiian Tropic' and invited some fans (probably the same exact ones that go to everything).

I wonder if that means she's still doing music and has gone back to the drawing board or maybe going independent?

4 minutes ago, Mr. C. Joel said:

I wonder if that means she's still doing music and has gone back to the drawing board or maybe going independent?

In her interview month or two ago she said she hoped her next single would be out before her festival performances in August and that she was pushing her label.

She's definitely gone back to the drawing board based on what she said in her interview but she seems to still be with her label. I think she also posted in the studio the other day.

5 minutes ago, Slayer said:

In her interview month or two ago she said she hoped her next single would be out before her festival performances in August and that she was pushing her label.

She's definitely gone back to the drawing board based on what she said in her interview but she seems to still be with her label. I think she also posted in the studio the other day.

I'm so glad the label have kept her on because we all know she could have much more success with the right material (Maybe not huge chart hits) but definitely more in line with how Jade's doing.

I have a feeling she's coming back with a bang! I really hope so I need to stan her more! I never return to her music really,

Edited July 26Jul 26 by Mr. C. Joel

I suppose LM success may have declined but tbh it was on a slide from Glory Days onwards, that was their peak and when you reach your peak, the only way is down. They were still incredibly successful though and very consistent sales wise and chart wise with all of those top 20 peaks. They were very much like Girls Aloud / Sugababes in the streaming era with their consistency, all of them pop groups with long lasting careers going way beyond the usual life spans of pop bands. Something to be truly admired.

She sounds and looks incredible but that outfit is a bit of a choice.

Soooo nice to hear her performing the LM tracks though!

I’m actually excited for this! I feel like she’s coming back with a bang!!

Do we know if she’s left her label?

EDIT - Nope looking like she’s still signed to Sony as the website is all Sony copyrighted.

The new logo is 100x better!

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by Mr. C. Joel

I'm excited too, please be pop rock!

Yes the logo is SO MUCH better!! The other one was so corporate/nondescript.

Also here for those guitars!

The guitar makes me hope for a lil' more poprock like I had hoped for her from the start :cheeseblock: