October 29, 20222 yr Lovely songs. Slowly going #1 everywhere (just hit #1 in the UK). She’s gonna get her 15th hit song soon. When your faves?
October 29, 20222 yr Amazing i hope the release of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack next week can give it a big boost as well as the movie release. Perhaps this has the potential to go no.1 on billboard hot 100.Would love it to be a chrst topper here in the UK as well.
October 30, 20222 yr Down to #7 on US Apple Music. Bit of a flop? She is very AM friendly artist, like SZA, and her single is #3
October 30, 20222 yr 3-9 Global Spotify [28/10: 7,605,514 | 29/10: 4,399,597] 2-10 UK Spotify [28/10: 524,069 l 29/10: 273,884] 4-17 US Spotify [28/10: 2,140,491 | 29/10: 1,119,705]
October 30, 20222 yr Down to #7 on US Apple Music. Bit of a flop? She is very AM friendly artist, like SZA, and her single is #3 It'll probably go back up when the movie hits theatres and Halloween effect is over. SZA's song has a hip hop/R&B sound, this is a soundtrack ballad (from a movie that's not yet released...)
October 30, 20222 yr #2 in the UK first look Will obviously drop from there - probably #3 already tomorrow, but top ten is on lock.
October 31, 20222 yr This is not my sort of thing at all and it definitely isn’t what I’d have wanted from a comeback but… I just had a moment with this at work and I nearly cried? Maybe the two day hangover is getting to me but it’s clicked in the most beautiful way today and I am loving it? It’s the “we need light, we need love” bits that are really stunning to me.
November 1, 20222 yr I agree with Rob, this has really hit me recently. There is something about the simplicity and the strings in its production and the tenderness/fragility of Rihanna voice that make it feel so emotional/beautiful.
November 4, 20222 yr 10,000th post here :cheer: This charted at #3 in the UK. 31 top ten singles to her name now! I’m in the love camp for this :wub: I’ve always loved her ballads in general though and this works in the context that it’s being used in and her vocal is heavenly. It’s been so nice to have her back!
November 6, 20222 yr UK Spotify: Week 1 28/10 - #02 - 524,069 29/10 - #10 - 273,884 30/10 - #15 - 213,919 31/10 - #17 - 229,161 01/11 - #22 - 211,817 02/11 - #24 - 204,787 03/11 - #23 - 206,579 Week 2 04/11 - #39 - 213,761 US Spotify: Week 1 28/10 - #04 - 2,140,491 29/10 - #17 - 1,119,705 30/10 - #20 - 745,271 31/10 - #30 - 778,105 01/11 - #26 - 702,154 02/11 - #31 - 659,348 03/11 - #29 - 668,995 Week 2 04/11 - #62 - 590,939 Global Spotify: Week 1 28/10 - #03 - 7,605,514 29/10 - #09 - 4,399,597 30/10 - #13 - 3,379,575 31/10 - #14 - 3,541,333 01/11 - #17 - 3,174,879 02/11 - #18 - 3,044,848 03/11 - #19 - 3,090,921 Week 2 04/11 - #39 - 3,062,272 The numbers are quite consistent in the UK and globally, but its showing signs of losing steam in the US. It's also experiencing "a huge rolling effect radio drop" in the US.
November 6, 20222 yr That seems like album track type of drops percent-wise :( Also Stupid Love came to mind - that went from 7.5M to 4.1M in the US weekly, but seems that LMU is doing even worse than that. Edited November 6, 20222 yr by Sour Candy
November 10, 20222 yr I've heard the Lift Me Up is used during a powerful emotional moment in the movie. Hopefully we can expect a huge boost for it with the movie out tommorow.
November 11, 20222 yr After being underwhelmed at the start. This song is beautiful and grows with every listen. Truly lovely lyrics.
November 13, 20222 yr Back at no.1 on uk itunes. And it's going up now on Spotify no.18 and Applemusic no.13
November 16, 20222 yr Come to conclusion this song is absolutely 10/10 amazing. Vocals, maturity. It's not what we wanted for a comeback. But this is a splendid song and I realised when my grandparents were playing it and said how good it was.
