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Post by bamafan on May 16, 2019 10:46:35 GMT -5
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Post by bamafan on May 16, 2019 10:47:57 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on May 16, 2019 11:00:15 GMT -5
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Post by MeggyMeg on May 16, 2019 11:06:05 GMT -5
Which was promptly dumped following Aviici's suicide that followed his years of substance abuse.
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Post by blackqueen65 on May 16, 2019 11:08:07 GMT -5
My perspective on this is a bit specific as I work in PR in the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) industry that spent YEARS trying to break the association with drugs and the negative aspects of the rave culture. There are clear guidelines for our artists not to use any, even very loose, substance references on social media, videos, and public appearances, that includes pot that's legal in a number of states and provinces. And I dodn't doubt that all of them still manage to get their creative message across, or at least no one has complained. But then there was one producer who was like: "you guys can suck it" and made a track titled "Molly". LOL Fortunately he's not with my agency so we didn't have to personally deal with the fallout but the industry as a whole was not amused. We also tell out clients to never ever engage with Negative Nancys on social media. What it does, is make you look a) petty b) defensive. I always say, if you feel like answering to a hater, answer to 3 fans/positive messages instead, don't validate/reward negativity. For that reason, I hate it when Adam gets sassy in comments. Also, I don't get this whole "I do what I want" attitude/comments because it has the potential to come off as cocky and dismissive which, as some of the fan comments in the last 24 hours show, has happened here. Don't approach the masses as sheep, take them for granted and act like "you don't care" or roll your eyes when someone doesn't understands your slang. Not a good look AT ALL. I haven't seen any of those comments from Adam, the one reference he made in answer to a question was a quote and although some people clearly didn't get the reference he didn't answer any of them or roll his eyes at the fact. He got sassy on Instagram at a couple of fans recently commenting he should cut his hair, shave his beard or somehow change his look, persona etc but tbh I don't blame him, whatever we think of his choices in hair, wardrobe or even how he chooses to live I personally think it's crass to actually go on his social media and start telling him how to live his life so I'm not in the least surprised when he occasionally bites back. I think he's pretty cool and deals with it with humor for the most part but any fan who doesn't know Adam hate's being told what to do clearly hasn't been paying attention. They could be new fans who don't know much about him I suppose but it's still ignorant in my book. It seems people think celebs on social media are fair game for saying anything they want to but at the end of the day how many of us would be happy to have people tell us what we should be doing with our looks or our lives. As to the drug references in the vid, I've seen plenty video's that are way worse than that, lots of rap/hip hop artists do nothing but reference drugs, violence etc and swear constantly throughout each "song" and I use the term loosely so the hippie vibe of that vid is very mild by comparison. I'm not a fan of the vid personally, not my vibe, but I'm far more interested in his music than a video, that's just an extra to take or leave so it matters not to me. I haven't seen any negative reviews of it in the media as yet and it's being widely reported on.
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Post by bamafan on May 16, 2019 11:09:16 GMT -5
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Post by melliemom on May 16, 2019 11:10:43 GMT -5
where's Adam in all this??
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Post by MeggyMeg on May 16, 2019 11:13:59 GMT -5
where's Adam in all this??
Seriously... Like Rogers said, "Fred's not going to be there". I find that the media living in the past with the new tour just around the corner is, to quote Rogers again, "so unimaginative".
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Post by skaschep on May 16, 2019 11:16:22 GMT -5
As mentioned in my stream update #NewEyes 👁️ by @adamlambert got added to some nice playlists on @spotify today! 🎉 I expect more of the New Friday Playlists to follow! Total followers on these playlists are 591,989! 🎧 Have you streamed today?
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Post by skaschep on May 16, 2019 11:23:35 GMT -5
Which was promptly dumped following Aviici's suicide that followed his years of substance abuse.
Views indeed dropped after Aviici's death, but last month it gained 500k views per day again. In April 2018 it was 174k per day, but that was soon forgotten by the public it seems as in May the views per day were already back to 350k. kworb.net/youtube/video/foE1mO2yM04.htmlJust for reference: The most views for Ghost Town in one day were 350k on 19 September 2015 (Rock in Rio Brazil). Ghost Town is now doing about 18k views per day.
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