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Originally posted by Riverwide
That's true. It was just honestly SO much more exciting though. We didn't usually know who our favourite artist was working with until the album was out. The magazine cover stories would just appear on the shelves without prior knowledge. Video releases sometimes just happened without you knowing. It was thrilling. I feel we know far too much now. We hear leaks, demos etc and it dilutes the eventual impact of the album itself when its released. There was infinitely more mystery back then. Mystique was also a big part of these huge stars' appeal. We didn't know their every move. It was so much fun.
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I can appreciate that. Today, the album release date isn't often what's exciting. The day six days before a release is exciting now because that's the day the album leaks
These days there are constant buzz singles and the album's release date is pushed back and then it's pushed back again, and you have to deal with artists constantly saying #soon on their social media. Back then, it was ready to go when it was ready to go, you weren't hanging on by a string, you just had to be patient and then BAM. Here's the album title, here's when it's coming out, you'll get the first single on x date. And without a plethora of leaked demos and bonus tracks, albums were enclosed universes. You heard them the way they wanted you to hear them. Now, you can remake almost every pop album to your liking because so much floats around.