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1 minute ago, Dindi said:
Anyone think The Rocketman OST might pose a challenge for MX should the movie be a hit (like Bohemian Rhapsody)?
I doubt it for a few reasons: 1) It comes out a full 3 weeks ahead of Madame X 2) Bohemian Rhapsody used Queen's music unchanged while Rocketman's songs are actually sung by the actor and 3) Currently, Rocketman is projected to make less money at the box office than Bohemian Rhapsody
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3 minutes ago, Kurt420 said:
I feel like the 2010's is the time when the definition of a hit has been flipped upside down. It's all so confusing. What even defines a hit now?
You have a song like GMAYL which was a top ten hit on Hot 100 and a gold certified single in the US yet everyone I know (except me....lol) hates the song. Then we have BIM, which barely scraped the lower part of the Hot 100 but was a "viral" sensation and (despite what others' experiences may be) I've found the reception to this song to be positive. There's a segment of M's fanbase that absolutely turns their nose up at the song but outside of that, I've found people don't take it so seriously and it's just a fun track. Younger people tend to really like it. So, which is the bigger hit at the end of the day? I know we're not talking Live To Tell vs Like A Prayer here but at the end of the day, will the "top ten hit" GMAYL be more remembered than the #84 BIM?
Then we have Medellin which hasn't really made a serious impact on any countries main singles chart (that I'm aware of) but this song has seemed to have great reception across the board for the most part (yes, there will always be some miserable f*cks but...compare this to GMAYL reaction) plus the video and live performance have been hits online with many views generating many accolades on their own. Plus, between the song, video and live performance it has remained pretty steady since it's release as far as views go.
I feel like one month ago, pretty much only us die hard M fans were aware she had an album coming soon, there were even comments here about how there was no buzz surrounding it. Now, I feel like there's BIG buzz everywhere. I'm constantly running across articles in my newsfeed and I've even had friends reach out to me talking about "Madame X"....lol....so clearly, Medellin has done SOMETHING. So, is it fair to consider Medellin a flop just because it hasn't charted high?
I just think the time has come to throw out the traditional definition of what constitutes a hit out the window. The music industry is a completely different animal than when Madonna had her biggest success, not to mention Madonna is in a completely different place in her career.
Yes, it's all different now. I think it's pretty clear that BIM is her biggest hit of the 2010s despite what any chart peaks say. It is by far her biggest hit on YouTube and Spotify of the recent albums. I think even an argument can be made that GGW has become MDNA's signature song rather than GMAYL.
The charts don't measure everything. Even someone like Maluma doesn't necessarily light up the charts but is very popular.
Medellin is doing quite well. It's not on BIM pace, but it's outdoing what LFL and Ghosttown did.
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10 minutes ago, Bat-Fan said:
The LA video seemed big deal and too high budget for tour projections, it must have been for a video but maybe they shelved it because it wadþs too political
I'm fairly certain Madonna has shelved exactly one video ever (American Life) and it was for a very specific reason and it did technically premiere.
Shelving a video because it's political sounds like a fan theory but why would that ever happen really? Would it be so explicit that it couldn't be edited differently? If it were too political (determined by who?) wouldn't that be clear during pre-production or filming? It just doesn't seem to hold water.
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2 minutes ago, Bat-Fan said:
Why? She already shot 3 more videos, crave, batuka and LA drag queen what ever that sing is
We don't 100% know those are music videos in the traditional sense people are assuming. They could be other types of things: for the tour, for a documentary. They could be music videos to be released at some point but not as singles per se. There are many options.
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2 minutes ago, Flip The Switch said:
The director is Nuno Xico.
Yup! He's from Portugal but NYC based now. He's worked on some of the MDNA Skin campaigns and did some of those videos made in Morocco for Madonna's birthday.
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2 minutes ago, robster said:
It feels so random and last minute. With everything she's been shooting over the last couple of months for this album. I really don't get why this was so rushed and last minute, seems like they shifted tactics in some kind of way. It feels weird! She does look glorious though, wish I liked the song more...
That's true but we've also been spoiled a little! The Medellin video did only come out on April 24 after all. Perhaps there was just indecision about what to choose for the second single?
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Just now, bb8977 said:
This is a video that was made very quickly and cheaply in Vegas after the BBMA so I wouldn't expect too much from it...
Yeah, this seems to be a more Give It 2 Me style video, which can be cool and fun. At least we seem to have another more epic video coming at some point from whatever the mystery drag queen/dance/political (aka Killers Who Are Partying, Future, God Control, Come Alive lol) video is
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13 minutes ago, fandonna said:
the video is ready?
It finished shooting Wednesday apparently, so I don't think quite yet
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1 hour ago, Danmacevents said:
What does this mean sorry
It's gone from 75 to 20 to 22 on UK airplay the last few weeks.
As we saw with Masterpiece and Ghosttown, getting A-listed by Radio 2 is enough to get you top 30 on the UK airplay chart so their support is really nice to get at least a few good chart positions.
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17 minutes ago, Nikki said:
just so people don't spread things that aren't true.. she said probably 70% of the new album.. not that the show is only 70% new songs and 30% older music
She actually said probably about 70% new music, but I could have missed a word and she may have about 70% of the new music or something.
Either way, I bet there's a lot of work to be done on the setlist still so I think it's too early to know
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1 hour ago, Nikki said:
is Diplo really the only producer on "future"?
We don't have full production credits, but the press release said: "co-produced by Diplo." I'm assuming Madonna is co-producer on all tracks
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24 minutes ago, Disintegration said:
Sorry I could probably find this out somewhere if I looked properly, but wanted to know if Mirwais worked on this song ? Is it just Diplo/Quavo?
It's produced by Diplo as mentioned in the press release.
Mirwais has 7 writing credits on the album: Medellin, Dark Ballet, God Control, Batuka, Killers Who are Partying, Extreme Occident, and I Don't Search I Find. I would assume he produced these 7 for sure.
Starrah had 6 credits: Future (produced by Diplo), Crave (produced by Mike Dean and Billboard), Crazy, Come Alive, Searching for Mercy, I Rise (produced by Billboard). I would assume the ones we don't know were produced by Mike Dean and/or Billboard, although Diplo or even Mirwais might be possible.
The two other songs are Faz Gostoso, which is a cover and could be produced by anyone but I think it's rumored to be Mirwais, and Bitch I'm Loca, which I'm gonna assume is produced by Diplo but who knows.
So that would something like 8 with Mirwais, 5 with Mike Dean and/or Billboard, and 2 with Diplo.
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1. Crave 8.5
2. Medellin 8
3. I Rise 6.5
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This is song is pretty subtle but it's my favorite single since Hung Up. Bedtime Stories 2019 yasssssss
It's simple and cute but also melancholy?
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This is a great song!
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35 minutes ago, datf said:
im confused? so is there a disco banger or not? cause we thought crave was some catchy song which it isn't (it's still an amazing song though).
this disco banger is worst rumor ever. Future has already been described as Jamaican dancehall as per the album press release.
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5 minutes ago, Mensch said:
Exactly what I’m thinking. I’m purely speculating. I have no idea about what song goes with what was shot. That sounds the most likely though!
Now, it makes me think a Dark Ballet could be the last experimental single, with the video being what was shot in Lisbon...
Seems to be a decent theory! Come Alive and the phrase Wake Up could be well be incorporated into an upbeat call to action. Could fit with the drag queens and some of the rumors about a political statement.
Dark Ballet strikes me as a somewhat experimental fan/critics favorite for sure.
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12 hours ago, tuckeye said:
i wonder if the tour VIP's are the single release order!
I was thinking it could be something like that too, especially for Come Alive since it really hasn't been mentioned anywhere else and isn't one of the songs getting an itunes release prior to the album.
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22 minutes ago, Flip The Switch said:
Billboard Music Awards performance was schedule since 2018. The green screen rehearsals proved it.
No, I know lol. I'm not expressing myself correctly. I'm saying that we as fans did not know Madonna was specifically rehearsing and performing at the BBMAs months before.
Yes, we know that now in hindsight. I'm saying that, similarly, Madonna may have been rehearsing for Eurovision for a long time and we might not know that yet.
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15 minutes ago, dollhouse said:
Yes she told in an interview..
Yes, but we didn't know it one month before the show because we didn't even know she was performing yet! So what I mean is maybe she's also rehearsing for a month before the Eurovision show, we just don't know that at this time.
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36 minutes ago, dollhouse said:
The rehearsal of BBMA took a month and she hasnt reheaesed esc yet..
Did we know she was rehearsing for BBMA a month before?
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23 minutes ago, luizotaviobarros said:
Between filming and editing, she’ll need about a month till the video is out. But the single is out this week!
So maybe Mensch is on to sth when he says that maybe most of the video has already been shot.
Or maybe they’ll release the track, let it simmer for a while, do Eurovision, let it simmer some more, send it to radio and then video? But this sounds so RH! Her team is too on top of things this time around for that kind of mess.
Maybe the drag queen/dance song was originally meant to be the de facto pop single, but then the record company had a last-minute change of heart?
I think this might happen because May 10 is when the song is released on iTunes but might not be it's big launch, if that makes sense. Future is still coming to iTunes on the 17th after all. So we might get Crave on the 10th, a Eurovision performance on the 18th, and then the video maybe directly after on the 19th? A simpler video can be edited in two weeks.
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Yeah, she is almost certainly performing Crave.
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3 hours ago, yououghttavogue said:
Why does she do so well on apple music but not on spotify? Wierd....
Older user base maybe?
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While a new song is exciting, I feel like it would be a missed opportunity to not perform Medellin. I mean it is the current single after all, getting streamed the most, the #1 song on Radio 2, etc.