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Originally posted by Slayrus
if there's an excuse for Love & Girls flopping at the beginning it's that the video was premiered a month away from the release of the song, people couldn't buy it! but the song was aired on a japanese TV show and uploaded on youtube
the second reason is the poor promo, the only thing they did for the song is a flop flashmob that wasn't even good to begin with, just doing the choreography while lip syncing to the song while raining
the third reason that people are disappointed with this release, the DVD was supposed to have 2 MVs, Beep Beep & Love & Girls
but it was released with a new song (lingua franca) that leaked 2 days before the relesse of the single, and the dvd had love and girls only, and we all know how much of a crappy MV that was
but as of now it's doing great actually, 42k is decent for being #4, and btw, L&G sales are more than Flower Power's sales overall, FP sold 39k
now that's what you can call a flop
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The PV release had nothing to do with it. There's a reason it's called a PV. I hate the word "leak" being thrown around for this stuff because it's not leaked, it's shown on TV to generate interest, and it's official. If it weren't, that channel would have been sued long ago because they're always the channel to "leak" PVs.
Gee was "leaked a month before its release and it was still their highest selling single in Japan. Paparazzi was put on SM's youtube 2 weeks before release and still did 92k first week.
I can't even consider Flower Power a flop because it was released a week before the album, which sold very well in comparison to other K-artists aside from TVXQ. They couldn't have expected big numbers when they delayed the release. Love & Girls probably could have done a bit more had it not been delayed.
Love & Girls likely didn't do well for many reasons. First one would be because it's not a song with a lot of oomph or impact to it. Secondly, I agree about the DVD switch up. Thirdly, the delay probably didn't help, either.
If they come with something harder and release it as planned, I think they could get another gold single out.