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Post by sizzling63 on Jan 21, 2018 15:33:33 GMT -5
Not directly Adam related, but we were discussing late yesterday about the change in the music business and how music is released, etc. I noticed that Troye Sivan released two singles back to back over the past few days and he performed both of them on SNL. We may have to adjust to a new way of doing things going forward. billboardVerified account @billboard .@troyesivan performs "My My My" and "The Good Side" on #SNL Since Troye has been on our threads lately, I watched him on SNL last night. Cute kid, looks 12, kind of lurches around the stage. couldn't understand the lyrics so I looked them up. The song has a strong LGBT message. It's ok. He's not really a singer, IMO. Just delivers the lyrics in his own style. He will soar to the top of the charts, of course. Probably fill arenas. Hope Adam has a strong, current strategy for his new music. Hope his label gives him the support he deserves. Isn't it interesting how some relatively "un-assuming" artists pop up and get all the hype and exposure they could wish for? While I do not intend to diminish some seriously good songwriting skills, I still don't quite get what makes some artists so appealing over others. I am obviously not in the demographic that determines what's "hot".
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Post by sizzling63 on Jan 21, 2018 15:39:08 GMT -5
It's been two weeks since Sara Bareilles was announced. Do we have any hopes of an announcement on around Olympic time which would be just before QAL heads to OZ/NZ? Of course if there are any negotiation/contract issues not settled....guess it could be anytime or later. I just want to know one way or the other. Nothing like keeping us in suspense....lol....grrrr. Is Anybody Listening.....blows my socks off! I was trying to start a guessing game about a week ago or so, but I think everybody is too anxious to even go there haha. I originally said 1/23 or later... may be closer to 1/30? "Is Anybody Listening" was the first Adam song that I got on iTunes. I can't quite remember how that happened, but I didn't even have an iTunes account when Idol started. That changed quickly once I became a Glambert @pattihum
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Post by mszue on Jan 21, 2018 15:40:55 GMT -5
I checked out the the Balmain Homme collection. The video is pretty long and I am only half way through but I bet Adam wants every one of the looks. It is almost like they designed for him. I do wonder if the shiny fabric is comfortable and breathable. I found a video but no slideshow, the runway was only yesterday. Here is the link keyed at the final fast walkthrough. youtu.be/zeAEwSsWfww?t=739OMG what a fabulous collection! If I had the age, money and figure to wear that stuff I would take it all...men's and women's....really beautiful! Adam must be drooling! Bet he has Balmain's showroom on speed dial hahaha
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Post by sizzling63 on Jan 21, 2018 15:44:28 GMT -5
Just saw that, somehow he managed to turn the national anthem into a folk song. Got to hand it to his management for getting him such a high profile appearance. First Troy on SNL and then Phillips singing the national anthem. I still wonder why, in nine years Adam has never had either one of those opportunities. I think it is perfectly okay to wonder... even though we may know the answer(s).
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Post by bamafan on Jan 21, 2018 16:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by cassie on Jan 21, 2018 16:38:07 GMT -5
Just saw that, somehow he managed to turn the national anthem into a folk song. Got to hand it to his management for getting him such a high profile appearance. First Troy on SNL and then Phillips singing the national anthem. I still wonder why, in nine years Adam has never had either one of those opportunities. I think it is perfectly okay to wonder... even though we may know the answer(s). I think it is entirely possible that Adam HAS been asked. And declined. He is not into sports at all. He sang the national anthem for a sporting event way back when he was in high school in San Diego. "Been there, done that. Not interested" perhaps?
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Post by lurleene on Jan 21, 2018 16:40:29 GMT -5
He did not release the tour dates as part of a concert/album bundle deal like the big acts tho. Just announced the tour dates. ETA His single went to 15 on HAC but did not sell as it rarely appeared on the Itunse chart at the 1500 range and his streaming numbers for the single are 1m. With all the radio play, Two Fux did better with the steaming and never released to radio. I was surprised that radio played P2 as much as they did cause it was not selling. I don't think his album will sell that much either. I am always fascinated at the different versions and levels of success that so many singers have. P2 and Kris Allen, for example, are successful Idol alums. Like Adam, they don't fill arenas on their own. But they are always doing shows and "touring." They put out independent albums that their fans love and that do well. Adam is somewhere in the middle of this level and the arena-fillers. Adam also is lucky he has an international following that most AI alums do not have. It's hard to describe just what Adam's place in in the hierarchy. We'll never know where he would be if had not gotten the Queen gig. Would he have had more time to focus on his solo work? Would be, out of necessity, financial and otherwise, pushed harder and faster on his solo career? He was offered the gig of a lifetime and is taking full advantage of it, naturally. But when his solo career is the only one he has, I hope he can "tour" as regularly and produce music as often as some of the other AI alums who maybe not be filling arenas but are doing just fine. I don't know of anyone who considers KA one of the successful Idol alums. When they list them it is always Carrie, Kelly, Adam, Jhud and Daughtry. Once in a while they include Kat, P2, Pickler and Scotty but not that often. And P2 is not like Kris as he is still with a major label, Interscope. I think Adam's place in the hierarchy would be there even without Queen. He appeared on the Forbes list of highest earning Idols every year before he joined Queen making 6mil on the GNT world tour and 5mil on the Trespassing Tour. He has been of the list 5 times (before they stopped doing them) and Queen money was in the last one at 10mil. P2 was on it 3 times. Kris was on it his winning year only with a little over 1mil. He tours a lot as an indie artist but they are small clubs that are not even filled. His album nor singles chart/sell and he is under the radar. P2 solo tours are a bit smaller than Adam's solo tours but he is always a co-headline or opener and he does not tour internationally much nor chart internationally. So even before Queen Adam was better known and received more press and was listed as one of the Idol success stories. Queen just took him to another level, imo.
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Post by lurleene on Jan 21, 2018 16:49:11 GMT -5
Just saw that, somehow he managed to turn the national anthem into a folk song. Got to hand it to his management for getting him such a high profile appearance. First Troy on SNL and then Phillips singing the national anthem. I still wonder why, in nine years Adam has never had either one of those opportunities. Adam has only shown an interest publicly in doing the SB NA. I doubt he has not been chosen for his lack of interest in spots. Once Daughty did the NA and he said right out he was not into football. Maybe Adam has been offered a chance to do it but not for a platform that he feel he's like to do. I do hope he gets SNL tho but so many Idols do the NA and most are not stars and it did nothing to help them.
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Post by nica575 on Jan 21, 2018 17:06:56 GMT -5
Just saw that, somehow he managed to turn the national anthem into a folk song. Got to hand it to his management for getting him such a high profile appearance. First Troy on SNL and then Phillips singing the national anthem. I still wonder why, in nine years Adam has never had either one of those opportunities. Adam has only shown an interest publicly in doing the SB NA. I doubt he has not been chosen for his lack of interest in spots. Once Daughty did the NA and he said right out he was not into football. Maybe Adam has been offered a chance to do it but not for a platform that he feel he's like to do. I do hope he gets SNL tho but so many Idols do the NA and most are not stars and it did nothing to help them. I am going to stick my neck out on this one, IMO: Adam has not been asked to do SB NA and will not be asked probably ever because he is OPENLY gay. period. wrong crowd. cowards in the advertisement business. cowards in the sports network media. hope to be proven wrong one day.
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Post by lurleene on Jan 21, 2018 17:09:12 GMT -5
Adam has only shown an interest publicly in doing the SB NA. I doubt he has not been chosen for his lack of interest in spots. Once Daughty did the NA and he said right out he was not into football. Maybe Adam has been offered a chance to do it but not for a platform that he feel he's like to do. I do hope he gets SNL tho but so many Idols do the NA and most are not stars and it did nothing to help them. I am going to stick my neck out on this one, IMO: Adam has not been asked to do SB NA and will not be asked probably ever because he is OPENLY gay. period. wrong crowd. cowards in the advertisement business. cowards in the sports network media.hope to be proven wrong one day. Clay Aiken and Billy Gillman have done it a few times. They are both out gays?
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