[B-Luke]

Dark Horse was huge WW. It definitely wasn't local. Like..

[Mike91]

Originally posted by Save-Me-Oprah

Wow, the Beyst only sold 15k after all that promo and worshipping??
BEYONCE COLUMBIA 15,315

Two weeks ago in its 46th week with no TV promo:
LORDE REPUBLIC 15,823

Not surprised. Award shows don't seem to be doing much anymore. Didn't Daft Punk only sell like 25k the week after the Grammys?

[iHype.]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I suppose I just don't really understand your argument.

1) Dark Horse did not overshadow Roar.

I was talking US. I always talk US.

WW is not accurate at all with that Mediatraffic ****, and everyone I stan for is local so it ain't even a need to be studying WW tea.

2) Roar seems the "obvious" choice for the lead single: conforms to her sonic identity as an artist, safe, universal, and undeniably catchy.

And as I said, it was boring, run of the mill, and nothing special.

Dark Horse imo would've been better because it's her most unique single to date, has the multi-format appeal, had a huge pre-support before being a single, and amazingly gave life back into the era following the 2nd single.

Had it been a Lead Single and properly released and done it would've broken records,

3) Given her history, Dark Horse seems like it was conceived as the E.T. of the album, nice to keep around as a guaranteed multi-format smash to be released whenever the era started to stumble, which is exactly what they did.[/QUOTE]

Dark Horse wasn't suppose to be a single according to Goldsoundz (the one who works with Capitol and always spills Katy tea) so idk. They didn't really have an eye for it either until it blew up.

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

How am I doing the most? You were wrong, and I corrected you. You keep mentioning Thriller like it's the truth.

Because you will nitpick a post and find the smallest thing to pick out and announce as a big deal, when it that wasn't the main point.. at all lol.

[MusicTalker]

Sad that we're this far into 2014 and no album has opened with above 400K in the US yet. Ghost Stories is the highest debut with 383K, and that was back in May.

I don't see any album in September doing it, and Taylor very well might be the 1st artist to do it this year. The fact that it probably won't happen until all the way until mid-way through Q4 is... tragic. This year was terrible for music in general.

[jayyyxtee]

Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts

Runaway

Ahh yes yes

I've been recently obsessed with the AFY album

[iHype.]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

Sad that we're this far into 2014 and no album has opened with above 400K in the US yet. Ghost Stories is the highest debut with 383K, and that was back in May.

I don't see any album in September doing it, and Taylor very well might be the 1st artist to do it this year. The fact that it probably won't happen until all the way until mid-way through Q4 is... tragic. This year was terrible for music in general.

That's really not even the saddest part. Only 1 album has sold over 1 million copies in 2014

This is the first year where the Top 10 albums didn't all sell over 1 million. & it's looking like not even 5 will do it.

[Nicole]

The stanning Gods just injected me with a lethal dose of karma.

Map to the Stars, the movie for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in May, could end up getting a VOD release.

****.

[2AM]

Roar was the perfect lead.
It was a global smash like she's never had before. Over 12M sold globally in just one calender year, like.

[RobynYoBank]

I'm not saying they knew E.T. was going to be the mega-smash that it was. But, with that history in mind, Dark Horse comes off as the E.T. of PRISM to me: a deliberate attempt at a repeat of E.T.'s incredible multi-format success. And I don't think anything is especially "unique" about it. I find it sonically comparable to E.T.

On another note, I don't think Dark Horse is as immediate as Roar because of its understated chorus.

[rihannafan]

All of prism sucks besides Double rainbow. They should have released that as the lead single.

[iHype.]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I'm not saying they knew E.T. was going to be the mega-smash that it was. But, with that history in mind, Dark Horse comes off as the E.T. of PRISM to me: a deliberate attempt at a repeat of E.T.'s incredible multi-format success. And I don't think anything is especially "unique" about it. I find it sonically comparable to E.T.

On that note, I don't think Dark Horse is as immediate as Roar because its chorus is understated.

Dark Horse isn't omg unique, but it's definitely more unique than Roar, Unconditionally, Birthday, and This Is How We Do. + every song on PRISM.

[lancelovesgaga]

if justin bieber died today he'd be a legend

[jayyyxtee]

Originally posted by 2AM

Roar was the perfect lead.
It was a global smash like she's never had before. Over 12M sold globally in just one calender year, like.

it sold THAT much wtf

[Badger]

All this Katy dragging really warms my heart

[MusicTalker]

Roar was the best chosen lead single of the last two years by a big name artist, let alone by any of the pop girls. It was totally on trend with the alt/pop sound that was really popular throughout 2013, and that factor mixed with it's stadium-ready, sing-along chorus made it a smash from the first listening. I knew by the time I heard the first 15 second snippet that it would become one of her defining hits, lol.

Dark Horse wouldn't have been the right lead. Roar represents PRISM as a whole better than DH. Also, I remember last September when Pepsi gave us early snippets of DH & WOA. The reactions were half in half, with some people thinking DH sounded really hot (which would end up being more than the truth), and others wanting the full WOA more before DH.

DH would've been a perfect 2nd single. Unconditionally wasn't worth releasing.

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by iHype.

Because you will nitpick a post and find the smallest thing to pick out and announce as a big deal, when it that wasn't the main point.. at all lol.

Grow a pair and stop being sensitive. I'm not the only one called you out on that mistake. You were making a weird comparison. Just admit when you are wrong.

[Nicole]

She has a great body for her age. Or any age.

[iHype.]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Grow a pair and stop being sensitive. I'm not the only one called you out on that mistake. You were making a weird comparison. Just admit when you are wrong.

No I wasn't. I meant her success (single wise) was absolutely huge and record breaking and often compared to one of MJ's albums @ one point.

I just said the other album and y'all felt the need to overreact and act dramatic about it. When that wasn't even the main point of the post, I was just saying she had huge single success and anything as a Lead Single following that era would've been #1 if it was even decent.

I said the wrong album; but okay, my point still stands? We all make tiny mistakes, no need to be extra.

[MusicTalker]

Originally posted by RobynYoBank

I'm not saying they knew E.T. was going to be the mega-smash that it was. But, with that history in mind, Dark Horse comes off as the E.T. of PRISM to me: a deliberate attempt at a repeat of E.T.'s incredible multi-format success. And I don't think anything is especially "unique" about it. I find it sonically comparable to E.T.

On another note, I don't think Dark Horse is as immediate as Roar because of its understated chorus.

I find E.T. a bit overrated, and it's already sounding kind of dated. I prefer Dark Horse by miles.

[iHype.]

Originally posted by MusicTalker

DH would've been a perfect 2nd single. .

It would've still ruined the 3rd and 4th single. Lead Single was THE only way to go to have it not kill & destroy.