Originally posted by CakeLike

She is in a completely different place to where she was with artpop. Her management was different, her goals with the album were different. Artpop was designed to be commercially successful and playing by the rules as much as she could, in the sense that she thought she could make an edm album with big dance beats and everyone would latch on to it, that obviously didn't happen hence the blackout/abandoning the era.

This time round it is fairly obvious she is making what she wants to make , regardless of how good or bad it sells. This album judging by the first single is authentic and true to where she is in her life, more than any other song she has ever released. You can hear all the influences. Yes it would be nice to sell hundreds of thousands but that shouldn't be the goal, only the icing on top of the cake. It should be about experiencing a new era in her legacy.

Yall can stay worrying about numbers and updates whilst i sit here bopping to this disco rock anthem she just served us

Originally posted by CakeLike

She is in a completely different place to where she was with artpop. Her management was different, her goals with the album were different. Artpop was designed to be commercially successful and playing by the rules as much as she could, in the sense that she thought she could make an edm album with big dance beats and everyone would latch on to it, that obviously didn't happen hence the blackout/abandoning the era.

This time round it is fairly obvious she is making what she wants to make , regardless of how good or bad it sells. This album judging by the first single is authentic and true to where she is in her life, more than any other song she has ever released. You can hear all the influences. Yes it would be nice to sell hundreds of thousands but that shouldn't be the goal, only the icing on top of the cake. It should be about experiencing a new era in her legacy.

Yall can stay worrying about numbers and updates whilst i sit here bopping to this disco rock anthem she just served us

Originally posted by Dracarys

When I see those numbers I just want to cry

I'm so sad for her

Originally posted by Tuli

Can I join you sis?

Originally posted by Dracarys

When I see those numbers I just want to cry

I'm so sad for her

Originally posted by Dr.Cake

I won't jump the gun. Not now.

Kworb is, just like us, making a prediction.

We're not even 2 days into its release. It's very early to even expect anything.

I am also sure that the possible free-falling of the song is already weighted in this prediction because otherwise it wouldn't make any sense at all.

Let's take a simple look:

Perfect Illusion has been atop of Closer for 27 hours.
If Closer is indeed doing only 180k (which I doubt, since it hasn't shown to decrease that much), that means it's doing 1,070 copies each hour.

Perfect Illusion in 27 hours would have done 29,000 copies (without taking into consideration that at one point it was even well ahead of Closer (+3,500 copies).

It's also been 12 hours since it dropped from the #1 spot, selling an average of 860 copies per hour = 10,320 additional copies.

Just to sum this up:

IF IN FACT Closer is only selling 180,000 copies, Perfect Illusion has sold by now at least 46,000 copies (almost halfway to 100k), and it's not even been out for two days while Closer has done about 47,000 by now.

Originally posted by Sharie

I love that Jeiboy is stanning for #MusicNotTheBling
Little Monsters should learn cuz this is her "alternative" era

Originally posted by Dracarys

When I see those numbers I just want to cry

I'm so sad for her

Originally posted by G.U.Y

dark red (UK)
0.6367 -> 0.6180
light red (AUS)
0.5762 -> 0.5747

Originally posted by Tuli

I wonder if the video will surprise us...

Originally posted by Dracarys

When I see those numbers I just want to cry

I'm so sad for her

Originally posted by Jeiboy

When I stan for a SONG...I stan for it...and Perfect Illusion is in my Top 5 Gaga songs ever.

I wouldnt let any chart activity nor sales affect my love for the song