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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
He couldn't have a decent sized fan base if Fastlife bombed. He's more celebrity. I didn't even know Joe was in it until I saw him interview on some red carpet recently. But I enjoy the EP and hope CBTO does decently.
And I disagree. I could see Nick seeing every song on the EP, particularly Pay My Rent. Their only difference is DNCE are pushing a novelty agenda with their lyrics/concepts, while Nick is a bit more serious songwriter.
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That's true tho but less than 3k? FastLife overall sales were 50k so I expected 5k at least considering Cake By The Ocean is already bigger than the FastLife singles, he had promo, a better label, a lot of media coverage, the EP is cheap and with the help of having a fanbase already. Even if it's small.
Not with Nick's new direction, he's more into R&B than this Maroon 5-style DNCE is trying, but I agree that the songs on the EP could work for Nick too considering Joe's tone in DNCE is actually pretty similar to Nick's but overall, I find both projects really different. The lyrics being important like you pointed out.
I have a feeling CBTO will end up smashing and it'll pull a Meghan Trainor with the album
I have so much hope and expectation for DNCE, I think they'll be huge, maybe that's why I expected more. Who knows.