Quote:
Originally posted by toshibatoshiba
Months ago, Robin Thicke and Daft Punk were dominating the charts. It looks like their followup singles are underperforming. Daft Punk's followup is struggling on radio and ITunes. Robin Thicke follow up single is doing better on radio but struggling in ITunes.
What's going on?
|
That's typical for follow ups to huge smashes. A lot of the time, it's because the follow-up is chosen poorly or handled poorly, or both.
In Robin's case, Give It 2 U has a horrible video & should not have followed up BL. The song is hot for a couple listens but loses its steam. The song was massacred by critics & took his sexual image a bit too far. VMA performance being linked to Miley & that mess was probably bad as well. I thought it would do well despite all this, but I can see why it isn't. Of the reasons I listed, the video is the biggest reason I think. It could've done better otherwise. He should release Pressure.
In Daft Punk's case, Lose Yourself to Dance is a boring choice, & just trying to recreate something. They should've released Doin' It Right & then followed it up with LYtD. Doin It Right is a fan favorite & probably wouldn't have smashed like GL, but would've made their supporters happy. It's one of the most popular album tracks.
I never like when too many collabs from the same artist are released consecutively, unless it's an entire collab album like JAY Z & Kanye. For another example, Suit & Tie & Holy Grail by JT & JAY Z have been hugely exposed smashes this year, but releasing Murder right now would be total overkill.
