The era already has started, it makes me sad that y'all keep dismissing Focus because it wasn't the smash it deserved

Sometimes lead singles flop and it's okay. This is a whole 'Run The World' situation where the song is AMAZING and the video is incredible but the people just weren't buying it/supporting it and that's okay. Ariana will have more success obviously.
But I think everything will go back into motion between February-June. Be Alright will mostly likely drop as the second single in February or March and the pre-order will probably go up around April and release in June. Give it a month in a half full of pre-orders/hype/promo so she can snatch them 200k first week sales.