No. That's usually not how it goes. I've had these kinds of conversation with my friends...

It's more like:

GP Member: "Man, I really like Work. I wonder what the album is like."

Me (fomo): "Eh. I gave it a listen on Spotify, I didn't really like it."

GP Member: "Really? It's that bad? I was hoping it was all island music."

Me: "It's definitely not all island music lol. It's mostly urban. The critics seemed to think it was good. But it's sold like 300,000 copies since it was released."

GP Member: "That sounds pretty good."

Me: "Sure. In this music climate, but for comparison Beyonce, Taylor, Katy, and Gaga's last albums sold that much and more within the first week."

GP Member: "Hmm... Well that interesting."

Me: "Yeah."

*Having been successfully dissuaded from listening to the album.*

GP Member: "So where do you want to go for lunch today?"

Me: "I was thinking..."

thanks to work* 6god his power

Sales.

It's just hilarious to me. You're gonna drag her for dominating these streaming platforms like nobody's business? These are the formats of the future. Maybe wake up and realize...

I've caught myself almost talking about stan things IRL but stopped myself because I don't want to be uninvited from brunch.

Well, that took too much effort and was embarrassing.

WORKWRK WORK WORK WORK work.

I literally sent KIB and Needed Me radio updates to my friends yesterday bu mistake

Not as good as Skin & Fading though.

This is true, and I think ANTI is a success, but the sales are still a bit underwhelming when you take into account how powerful of a star she is. Artists like Beyoncé, Taylor and Bieber still sell a lot of albums. She's supposed to be on their level.

Fading is one of the worst songs on NOISE but OK...

ONE song is dominating streaming platforms, evidenced by KIB being ABSENT from spotify's top 100 despite the navy telling everyone it would be a smash

the era as a whole is a failure

Me, except I still do it anyways.
My friends roll their eyes; laugh when I say Keshit,
cosign my Meth jokes, also think Beyloser is an overrated.

It's "bleh" but better than Circle the drain at least.

this is sad kinda

If there is one thing respectable about Iggy, it's that she keeps it real with her fans 100% of the time.

Totally agree. Sadly that type of thing is rare, and I really respect it.

*mentally blocks out whatever Shoeshine just said*

Let's be honest for a second. Anti's sales are pitiful but understandable (except in the UK. They stopped her like Ebola Gay dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.) IDC how many streams it has. And it has nothing to do with the stars climate and all that shot. This is one of the biggest stars in the world we're talking about. If Justin Bieber can sell 4m WW with Purpose then she can sell more than 1m after two months. The sales are only understandable because the album was given out for free, it's almost completely urban, and she hasn't done any promo for it. Release Needed Me already and end the era.

Y&Y's Olly is such a big Rihanna fan

https://twitter.com/alexander_olly

Needed Me is in the bottom 5 Rihanna singles

It's kinda catchy but so annoying