She started her new era off with "Cool For the Summer" a Max Martin produced track (Hottest producer out there) and with the "Hey look! I'm a former Disney Girl now gone wild and sexy!" image.
Yet the song failed to enter the top 10
The 2nd single "Confident" another Max Martin produced track. A big radio hit but failed to enter the top 20.
Then the album release. She missed the #1 spot by 200+ copies. Pentatonix got the #1 spot.
Can we really blame Hollywood Records for this?
She performed at all the major platforms possible:
- VMAs
- AMAs
- GRAMMYs
- SNL
- American Idol
- Ellen
- Jimmy Fallon
- Good Morning America (GMA)
- BBC Live Lounge
Etc etc
Now iHeartRadio & The Late Late Show
These are HUGE promo spots. But the album still hasn't done 200k in the US and 300k WW
This is a serious thread. Lets discuss and please leave Selena out of this.
I'm just curious what went wrong?
Was it her personality?
No star power?
Music?
Wrong image for her?
bad music bad image bad makeup bad outfits lack of star quality/ charisma etc. also as you can see no one bought her bad girl ~sexy schtick cuz everyone can see through it like it was so forced...
bad music bad image bad makeup bad outfits lack of star quality/ charisma etc. also as you can see no one bought her bad girl ~sexy schtick cuz everyone can see through it like it was so forced...
cool for the summer was very cute though oh well
Basically.
Also I'm sure that they expected her nude photoshoot to cause some controversy but noone cared.
When you release Confident after releasing Cool for the Summer, what do you expect? It was a different sound for her but when you put on the album, it's not. Plus, she has a unlikeable personality which definitely gets in the way of people actually paying attention to her music. Even I can admit that as a fan.
She's always been a lesser pop girl compared to the others in terms of her selling power. Which is weird because she's one of the more talented girls out there today, but maybe her attitude turns people off? I don't know why she always seems to be lagging a bit behind everyone else, something is clearly not clicking but idk what
She's always been a lesser pop girl compared to the others in terms of her selling power. Which is weird because she's one of the more talented girls out there today, but maybe her attitude turns people off? I don't know why she always seems to be lagging a bit behind everyone else, something is clearly not clicking but idk what
This. I wanna know what it is
Cause EVERYONE knows she CAN sing. Everyone knows she has a good voice and very talented. She def can dance. She has all the connections but something is just not clicking
People just aren't here for her. The music is bad, her personality is bad. She does have a great voice though, I feel like she should go back to her original sound which was obviously more pop-rock.