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Post by erikvaze on May 24, 2024 17:46:47 GMT
Well at least they didn’t forget completely and made some merch. I personally don’t like any of it but it’s something. I mean of course they won’t lose a chance to put out something that will make them money, though they could have done that just as well with a reissue. Do u think they could do merch last week? Cause it’s for a preorder so it’s not physically even ready. Cause for me it looks like a fast made design, idk. But it will also take some time for the designer to changed the web site and etc, so I’m wondering is it possible that she moved because of our comments and rolling stone mentioning and etc for last weeks?
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Post by erikvaze on May 24, 2024 17:47:30 GMT
I mean can we at least be happy that she heard us or it was planned before and she just kept it for 25th of may release?
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Post by BogoGog24 on May 24, 2024 17:53:32 GMT
The design looks rushed but I don’t think they literally thought of this yesterday and put it out. I think she did remember the anniversary, considering they made a costume for it for the tour, and the album jacket is on prominent display in the VIP section. I think they just probably didn’t plan too much to celebrate it. They probably only ever planned these basic merch items and a mini set in the tour and that’s really it.
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Post by erikvaze on May 24, 2024 18:12:13 GMT
The design looks rushed but I don’t think they literally thought of this yesterday and put it out. I think she did remember the anniversary, considering they made a costume for it for the tour, and the album jacket is on prominent display in the VIP section. I think they just probably didn’t plan too much to celebrate it. They probably only ever planned these basic merch items and a mini set in the tour and that’s really it. So sad about unreleased songs than, knowing Evan have smth… probably we will just get leaks in the future
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Post by BogoGog24 on May 24, 2024 18:13:22 GMT
I think if this experience has taught us anything it’s to not expect something that hasn’t been promised. I know we all would have liked to see a reissue and Evans post from a while ago kind of fanned the flames on that, but at the end of the day the fans are the ones who got it into their heads that a reissue might happen and got their hopes up. There was never any indication that would happen. The LG one was a nice surprise because we weren’t expecting anything. I knew this would happen, unfortunately, where people would get their hopes up for it and then get mad at her when it didn’t happen. Of course it would have been nice. By all means I understand being disappointed. But it was never exactly promised to us either.
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Post by Panchali on May 24, 2024 19:03:18 GMT
How many of you buy the merchandise?
It’s never been available anywhere I have lived but I always thought these things are overpriced.
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Post by oneofthoseguys on May 24, 2024 19:09:16 GMT
I think if this experience has taught us anything it’s to not expect something that hasn’t been promised. I know we all would have liked to see a reissue and Evans post from a while ago kind of fanned the flames on that, but at the end of the day the fans are the ones who got it into their heads that a reissue might happen and got their hopes up. There was never any indication that would happen. The LG one was a nice surprise because we weren’t expecting anything. I knew this would happen, unfortunately, where people would get their hopes up for it and then get mad at her when it didn’t happen. Of course it would have been nice. By all means I understand being disappointed. But it was never exactly promised to us either. This experience made us notice that there's a big part of her fanbase that is more interested in her more mature side (UMS) than having something "new" (probably silly pop punk songs from what we saw).
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Post by erikvaze on May 24, 2024 20:08:40 GMT
How many of you buy the merchandise? It’s never been available anywhere I have lived but I always thought these things are overpriced. I’ll wait for discounts. Let go merch is still available and I remember I was buying a t-shift with a discount. The price is… really overpriced and delivery is expensive especially in Spain when u go to your post office you also have to pay the fee 🫣💀 i wish she could do it better for Europe or just make un shop
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Post by TomX on May 24, 2024 20:14:18 GMT
How many of you buy the merchandise? It’s never been available anywhere I have lived but I always thought these things are overpriced. I might get the hoodie, since I really liked that one. And I love the fact that it's a new photo of her inspired by that era. I wonder if we'll get a GH album booklet of her wearing all these different outfits from past eras, aside from the Complicated tank top and the Sk8er Boi tee.
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Post by blackmage on May 24, 2024 20:50:30 GMT
I don't get it when people just use old albums as representatives of her 'mature' side. Head Above Water is also mature, but only half a dozen people like it.
I don't love HAW, it's probably my least favorite. But we can't deny it's mature, and her fans didn't like it. So, I don't think it's about being mature or not... maybe it's just about how meaningful, comfortable, nostalgic, etc. I mean, even for us die-hard fans, Avril is a legacy/nostalgia act. In the past two tours, there were a lot of people asking her to sing more recent songs, but now some of them are the same ones complaining because she added "Love It When You Hate Me" (this song did well on the radio so it's a recent 'hit').
Her old stuff will always engage more, which is good in some ways, but at the same time, it's sad.
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Post by giveuwhatulike on May 24, 2024 21:36:15 GMT
Tomorrow she will hit 22 million listeners on spotify for the first time. Her peak on the plataform. All that without new material. The GH could benefit so much if she actually had new music, a fucking single. The timing is perfect, but well...
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Post by melissavandella on May 25, 2024 7:18:50 GMT
It's so stupid to release this without a new single. She could have tucked any b-side/left-over onto it.
On another note, it will be interesting to watch the chart performance of her greatest hits album and how the streaming units will be attributed to it versus the parent albums. I'm not sure how the album units will be calculated for this album when it comes to charts. I read on a forum that The Weeknd's greatest hits album would get that week's streaming units whenever it sold the most physical copies. That would mean, for example, that during the album's release week, all the streaming units from the songs on the album would be attributed to the greatest hits album. For instance, the streaming units for the "Complicated" during the release week would go to the greatest hits album and not "Let Go". This would create a situation where all her biggest hits' units would go to the greatest hits album and possibly make it chart for a longer time, as long as it sells more physical or digital copies than any of her studio albums that week.
In the first week(s), the greatest hits album will definitely sell the most copies out of all her albums. GH albums usually have great physical selling power, as the general public would rather buy a GH album than a specific album. We'll see how that works out. That's why it was not a good idea to release this without any new tracks. They would have promoted the album even further. Okay, maybe this GH will not be a hit right away, but GH albums sell better than studio albums in the long run. This is all related to Billboard charts as other charts have different rules. In the UK, I think only the parent albums get the units.
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Post by panop on May 25, 2024 8:11:02 GMT
lyric videos for nobody's home and my happy ending on her yotutube chanel
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Post by melissavandella on May 25, 2024 8:31:07 GMT
Not good enough to be on the setlist but good enough to release a lyric video for profit.
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Post by BogoGog24 on May 25, 2024 12:56:53 GMT
The MHE one is pretty good, the NH one is meh.
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