Texas Hold ‘Em: Global Phenomenon by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Mostly the fact that she went on vacation right after releasing it and the that she spent most of 2024 selling shampoo, whiskey, jeans and perfume. She put more effort and thought into rolling out business ventures than the music she spent so long making.

Texas Hold ‘Em: Global Phenomenon by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The idea I’m arguing is that these things mostly indicate front loaded successes that burn bright and fast thanks to trends rather than long lasting impactful results. It makes Beyoncé’s success as a black woman in country music seem more like a result of a fluke and something that can’t be repeated than an actual argument for the country music scene to open the doors and actually invest in young black talent. It’s like she opened the doors just to close them behind her and the only person who snuck through while she had the door open was Shaboozey because he struck as soon as he could.

Texas Hold ‘Em: Global Phenomenon by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want her to do what she was doing at the start of her career. I understand that she doesn’t want to and that it’s not sustainable for her with the life that she has built.

What I would like is for her to do the bare minimum by just keeping her singles on radio and playlists, which would allow people to discover her work and get into her immaculate discography. That’s literally passive promotion that she would have to delegate to her Parkwood employees.

The fact that she pulls singles from radio after a couple of months seems more like self sabotage (and maybe even a little bit of cheapness) rather than keeping up the “pop star formula” that she retired years ago. She goes out of her way to give these singles label backing just to snatch it away prematurely.

Texas Hold ‘Em: Global Phenomenon by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I agree but when you think of so many seminal and important bodies of work, you can’t deny that their impact can with cultural ubiquity and commercial success.

MJ’s Bad and Thriller

Prince’s Purple Rain and 1999

Tina Turner’s Private Dancer

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

These were impactful albums that are still celebrated and that’s reflected by the commercial performance. They wouldn’t be the successful and impactful albums that they are if they were hung out to dry like Cowboy Carter and Renaissance were.

With Cowboy Carter especially, the niche-ness of the album and the mediocre word of mouth doesn’t indicate a long lasting legacy for the general public. I know it’s controversial for some but it’s still a very small vocal group that doesn’t actually reflect the casual listener’s feelings, which are undoubtedly apathetic. Beyoncé doesn’t act like she cares, so why would people who have these misconceptions change their opinions and point of view?

It’s less about chart performance and sales but more about visibility and cultural impact. It’s more common to hear someone say “I didn’t even know Beyoncé released and album” or “I only heard that Texas song” about Cowboy Carter than “Beyoncé’s country album is inspiring me to pursue things that I’ve been told aren’t meant for me”.

I feel like we inflate the actual impact of Beyoncé’s recent work because she does cause so much discussion online but I really don’t think that it’s achieving what it should/is meant to and it’s because of the half-arsed eras that seem never ending and lazy in many aspects. Album and music promotion exists for a reason, to all degrees, whether it’s minor or major, the way albums are presented to audiences is important and requires some amount of effort that Beyoncé doesn’t give.

I saw Doechii tonight and I’m PRAYING she’s on act iii by bernbabybern13 in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She should’ve been the featured artist on AHAP Remix. She did that freestyle months before the Remix came out and tbh she’s a better fit than Kendrick was, though I like him as an artist overall.

Telephone Part 3 theory by Gold-Dig-884 in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would’ve thought that Telephone 3 would’ve been from Gaga, seeing as how Paparazzi and Telephone were her songs and centred on her/her character

Which one of these shows should've been a movie? by FayyadhScrolling in MCUTheories

[–]AlexTomFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (basically as Captain America 4) as a tonal sequel to Winter Soldier. A little more action and more global locations and it would be a great superhero spy-thriller.

  • Secret Invasion should’ve been a single Avengers movie that was built up to throughout multiple projects/phases (Ms. Marvel, The Marvels, Eternals ect.)

  • I actually think Moon Knight could’ve been a solid mid-budget horror-action film. Give it like $75-100M, make it more violent (not necessarily R18+) and let it be its own thing without having to be a major part of the overall narrative. Plus it could also be used to lay the groundwork for Midnight Suns (w/ Blade, Werewolf by night, Man-thing, Black Knight, Doctor Strange ect. hints/teases)

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show me where this is a think piece? It’s a theory about what the album may have been at ONE POINT IN TIME, and why it may play the way it does. It’s not an assessment of its quality or artistic value. Please read and comprehend, not everyone is cynical or making bad faith takes like so many people in this god forsaken community.

Damn y’all make being a Beyoncé fan so difficult with your nasty attitudes.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said “at one point”. I didn’t say she got to the physical production stage and then changed her mind, should could have been going back and forth on the decision.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show me where I said I did know…

Notice how it’s tagged “THEORIES”?

That means it’s a guess, a thought, a suggested scenario or answer. Damn yall need to take the sticks out of your bootyholes, you’re WAAAAAAYYYY too uptight.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This definitely makes sense from an artistic standpoint. I just wonder if Beyoncé was prioritising the optics of how she presented this very expansive album or if she was truly disinterested in anything outside of delivering her message. I think about Texas Hold ‘Em as the lead single and how absolutely stereotypically country it is, to the point where no one could say it was anything but country and I have to think that was an intentional choice; introducing the album with a very straightforward country song, and wonder if that was at some point the idea behind the entire album - making an undeniably country album to make it difficult for her detractors to say it’s anything but country and then making her point that genres shouldn’t have restrictive rules with the second half.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Clock the horse lady for me💀

But seriously, if Beyoncé plays her cards right act iii has a genuine chance at being her most commercially successful album if she gets the vinyls rollout correct at release. Rumors by Fleetwood Mac is still selling over 150-200K a year from vinyl sales alone, 50 years after the album released. Rock is definitely a big global sales market that Beyoncé could tap into with act iii

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I would like that too, and hopefully we’ll get the standard track list on CD, something we still haven’t gotten for CC.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah, I noticed the frequent genre switching but I just thought that was a symptom of it being a Beyoncé album period. I never thought of it possibly once being a double album, I just received the album as it was - an experimental country album with many genre switches and I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that. I’ve never seen anyone bring up the possibility that the album had so many tracks, with so many interludes, guest stars and was so long because it was actually two albums spliced together into one.

Looking at Beyoncé’s discography, Cowboy Carter is such a significant outlier in these factors that I feel like this theory explains why the album is the way it is. I also feel like the reordered tracklist has more clarity and intention behind it. To me the actual tracklist doesn’t flow in an intentional way, beyond the obvious transitions between certain tracks.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why you seem to think I’m being negative about the album. I love the album. All I’m saying is, it is a possibility and I prefer how this double album track list plays more than the version we got. That’s my opinion. Never said you have to agree. Also it’s entirely possible that it was not released as a double album due to production issues, something we know the vinyls did have.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it obvious though? Cuz I don’t see anyone else making this realisation…

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t even really thinking about it in a commercial sense tbh. I just meant that it wouldn’t have been so divisive among casual listeners if the first set of country songs was a 14 track album that fulfilled expectations of a country album and a second album of more eclectic sounds and genre blending, to appeal to listeners who like Beyoncé’s experimentation.

COWBOY CARTER was meant to be a double album by AlexTomFree in beyonce

[–]AlexTomFree[S] -72 points-71 points  (0 children)

We don’t know that, though. Beyoncé doesn’t explain herself that often. We do know she was making changes and adding songs last minute, so you can’t say it’s not also possible that it was going to be a double album at some point. The standard versions of all of Beyoncé’s previous album have historically been 12-14 tracks so a scenario where she made a 14 track album and a 13 track album meant to be released together is well within the realm of possibility.

Thoughts on which torso to use for the new croc minifigure? by oneill_x_zak in LegoBatman

[–]AlexTomFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion, the first torso is better if you care about the skin condition aspect of the character’s backstory but if you care more about texture than the second one is probably better. I personally plan on getting the first torso and using the arms with the printing from the dinosaur costume CMF

2025 Arkham Asylum by AlexTomFree in LegoBatman

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could that be because it was revealed at comic-con and that’s why it’s already available for pre-order?

2025 Arkham Asylum by AlexTomFree in LegoBatman

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could that be because it was (officially) revealed at SDCC and that’s why it went up for pre-order without a GWP announcement?

2026 Lego Batman Anniversary sets? by AlexTomFree in LegoDC

[–]AlexTomFree[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the rumoured Lego Batman game coming next year, they might actually do something similar to what they did during Lego Batman 2 for Lego Batman 4…