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Originally posted by MrPiggyMoka
it performed better WW all she needed was a video upload on Vevo and release Hold up on Spotify and she wouldn't have to promote, the song would be a viral hit because of the video. It was top 10 in loads of countries for weeks on iTunes.
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But she wasn't going to do any of that, so I really don't get why people assumed it would have performed any better than Sorry, which initially charted higher than Hold Up in the US. And had she done the same with Sorry, it would have been a bigger hit. It makes no sense thinking one would have done better had it been given actual single treatment. They both would have been top 10 hits.
I don't think anything was wrong with the single choice, state wise. I think there was something wrong about her and her team chose to treat both singles like red headed step children. Formation has been the only song, thus far, that achieved its Cinderella moment.