Pretty Hurts won't do much. What's left to push it. Beyoncé is not gonna promote it, which is a shame. Releasing an album like she did you have to go all out once the hype wears off, that's with anybody. You just can't release an album and just let it sit there, not have any mainstream song on the radio since DEC. and think its going to cont. to sell strong. If PH or any single after becomes a hit I'll be surprise. It seems to me they don't have a clear vision when it comes to singles. I think Beyoncé's goal was to have people listen to a body of work and I get that, but the half-assness, not given these singles a chance needs to stop.
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i see what Beyonce is trying to do.. She wanted to promote this album like Michael Jackson did with Thriller. Releasing the album out of nowhere and then let the music speak for itself while giving barely no appearances anywhere so that each appearance really became an outstanding event. However, good Queen B misses the point that the world doesnt function like it used to function and that she cannot change how music is consumed nowadays. Her idea of dropping the album out of nowhere was genius, but all that followed after the Grammys was, considering the fact that people and fans nowadays really consume music way faster than back in the days, purely stupid. She recorded probably the album of her life, but shes not promoting it like this which is a shame.
It's one thing to try and risque new approaches of promoting records, it's another to see it's not working and simply not reacting to it. That's just ignorant and stupid.
I understand what she wanted, but something like Justin did, 1 week on Fallon doing album songs would have been good. Justin's Not A Bad Thing wasn't doing well until he performed it, his era looked like it was done.
I don't think any other artist could've sold as much without promo, but her performances are always something to look forward to, so it doesn't feel like a proper era for her.