Laurent

So excited (and somewhat surprised) that this finally has a release date!

True but I’d argue that was mostly as a result of her releasing 5 albums before Short n’ Sweet. She created a following that way and was able to successfully tour long before Espresso hit number one.

I might be basic but I’m loving CUNTISSIMO. It’s putting up pretty decent streaming numbers too. Would be great if it manages to do something on the lower parts of the chart.

This is lovely. Very different than Jungle but I guess part of the appeal is showing how versatile they are. Hope this steady flow of new music continues and it helps them in the Spotify algorithms.

I posted this somewhere else too but it pretty much sums up how I feel. Labels simply never learn. Part of the reason the likes of Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and Raye blew up is because they released full bodies of work, promoted them excessively and gave audiences a chance to connect with them. This incessant need of only wanting to release an album when there’s a number one single only leads to a case of diminishing returns. For instance, had Normani released her album right after Wild Side there would have been at least some demand for the album and it surely would have done better than it did (despite still being an amazing album). However, chasing that number one hit completely sucked all momentum out of the campaign and by the time the album came out, people simply stopped caring.

This spends a third week on the charts and is now at #89. Obviously I wish this would have done much better but at least it’s her first song since AOMD to spend several weeks on the charts. Just wish they’d drop the album already.

Even if it’s just the explicit version, that’s rough. Top 40 doesn’t seem feasible if it doesn’t do at least 300K a day.

Twitter says this had 312,199 streams on its 8th day but I think that’s without the FUFN version. At the very least it appears to be stable for now. If it can keep hovering slightly above 300K streams a day then maybe a second week in the top 40 is an option.