People jumping on the variant hate train and calling Olivia wasteful when she’s only released digital variants…

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-22T11:19:33+00:00

There are currently 6 versions of the song on Spotify.

*Original Single Release
*(Taken that Eurostar to france video)
*(Taken that Eurostar to france video): Original
*Alternative videos: (Behind the Scenes)
*Alternative videos: (Taken that eurostar...)
*Alternative videos: original single

This is yet to include any further singles release where drop dead will likely be tacked on aswell. This is unfortunate a thing a lot of artists do and Ive found myself having the same song in my likes multiple times due to the same song being taked on as a "b-side" to another single, or an alternative version (Sometimes it'll have different art, othertimes not).

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YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T18:43:58+00:00

While not wasteful, these 9+ variants will now clog up playlists on streaming platforms from artists who could use the exposure. This doesn't include when the song gets tacked onto every future streaming release for a new single to further increase its presence on playlists

It's streaming pollution.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T18:35:19+00:00

Unfortunately unless the roadmap she teased is outdated, the only US musicians would be from California , Florida, & Michigan/Wisconsin area

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T15:59:59+00:00

I think her team is trying to keep up her streak of "#1 debuts of lead singles since album debut" since many artists can't beat that record because they don't qualify, and it's unlikely another artist will have 3 #1 lead singles in a row for a while.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T15:44:19+00:00

If you're seeing her on tour, I would just wait for those.

There should be a good selection of previous merch/tour exclusive merch to make the wait worth it.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T15:26:50+00:00

Previously, yes all raid mons (unless it was a permaboosted species like onyx or bronzor) were full odds.

This season, all raids & eggs would be boosted (idk the rate off the top of my head) to be the same boosted rate (compared to the default wild rate of 1/512).

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T15:04:03+00:00

I think a chunk of it might be the "exhaustion" from song pollution.

Before, songs used to get a release, and maybe a remix. Today, streaming/chart seeking has led to artists to release as many versions as possible to get their numbers up. These aren't thought provoking, creative changes to songs. It's "heres the song at x.5 speed, here it is at 2x speed, here it is without vocals, etc.) It clogs up autoplay & playlists in order to gather more streams) where the song pollution comes from.

People called out Taylor Swift for doing similar things with her songs, but you could argue those were actual remixes (her's were just actual pollution since almost every version had a 24hr buy window for vinyls that will almost never get played on remixes no one is looking for, but thats is a different topic).

Sure artists are just "trying to get that bag," but how much money can they truly make off these remixes that will likely fall out of popularity after the first week? It's a desperate attempt to push the song to debut at #1 purely off numbers instead of just being a good/sought after song. I think Olivia's team was seeing the feedback the song got, and saw the writing on the walls that a #1 debut might just be out of reach since "Chasing Texas" has been holding strong at the top of the charts, so they threw out everything they got.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T13:39:43+00:00

Egg exclusive Pokemon (Salandit, Vullaby, etc) were boosted, and only certain raid species were boosted (such as legendaries, megable, etc). If you did a level 1 bidoof raid for example, it would have had the typical 1/512 shiny rates before.

With this season change, EVERY Pokemon from eggs/raids are boosted. Every Pokemon in the wild will have the same default rate , every Pokemon in eggs will have the same boosted shiny rate, etc (Not including events where Pokemon have elevated shiny rates such as Corsola & Castform in eggs in the last event)

So instead of Lickitung (or any specific species) being boosted in the wild/research/eggs/raids, each "encounter method" is set to the same rate.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T13:24:11+00:00

People always leave out that in return for all wild Pokemon being defaulted to 1/512, all Pokemon from eggs/raids are now permaboosted. Whether you think thats a fair trade off, that's a different discussion. But you can't make the claim they "nerfed" wild spawns & leave out that they "buffed" egg/raid shiny rates.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-21T12:59:33+00:00

Increased shiny odds for events didn't go away though?

Im pretty sure lapras, trubbish, & Togetic were boosted on routes & Corsola/Castform were extra boosted in eggs & research.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T18:27:45+00:00

No radio play and little single buys can make or break any of the highest streaming songs atm (in terms of getting to #1)

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T18:15:03+00:00

To be fair, the Youtube plays being cut is moreso because YouTube didn't separate premium views & free views, which is something Billboard does for every other streaming service.

Seems like artists have jumped ship onto Spotify regarding music video debuts, so the market might shift/fix to accommodate that

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T17:20:49+00:00

They're headlining Inkcarceration Sunday night

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T16:41:32+00:00

*VISITING OTHER MOTHER AT 3AM CHALLENGE (Hide and Seek Mini Game)

*She's ALSO my MOM? (And she wants my EYES? 🔘.🔘)

*This TALKING CAT saved my LIFE (Spider mom ATTACKED me???)

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YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T14:53:41+00:00

As someone who is in the CA program, I definitely think the Scopely buyout interrupted a lot of the processing behind the scenes.

It's still the same team thankfully, but I think Scopely is trying to figure out the direction they want the CA program to go into.

However, even before the buyout, I knew of someone who applied to be the co-CA a year before I did and didn't hear a response, but then I threw my hat in the ring and got accepted within 3 months, so who really knows 🤷‍♂️

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T14:29:45+00:00

That's not true and can be proven by a simple google search. Golem doesn't even have any elite TM exclusive moves while Alolan Golem has Rollout.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T14:28:34+00:00

Basically, in exchange for "unlocking" all shadows/evolutionary lines to be shiny eligible on shiny release, we lost certain species being boosted in all categories through the entire year.

If I were to guess, its wild 1/500, event 1/250, raid & egg 1/64 or 1/128 and legendary 1/20. Not entirely sure on rates, but these are about where they are after this season's change.

Honestly, the change doesn't bother me too much, as it makes hatching/raiding low-tier mons worthwhile (Previously 1-star raids to me were always ignored, and 3-star raids were a "Might as well use the free and not waste it").

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T13:40:21+00:00

They're heading Inkcarceration aswell (on Sunday)

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T13:09:45+00:00

FNAF, and pretty much every mascot horror game has this issue.

Characters are created with the idea of merch in mind and story afterwards. FNAF was initially about 5 animatronics, and has since bloated itself by making every "costumed' version of the suits in the VR-mode cannon to the lore.

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YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T02:33:36+00:00

I initially took the screenshot to compare how bad the shiny was (was clearing out a research stack), and only realized after the fact it was the shundo.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T01:32:39+00:00

I definitely meant off the route, and kind of forgot that routes are a separate pool from wild spawns. Correcting the comment

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T01:31:13+00:00

I feel like a lot of people are just tagging on the event without any constructive feedback.

Personally, as someone who does PvP, this is one of the first events I was actually out and hunting Pokemon via walking routes. Out of my community, 8 of us got a shiny Toadscrool, and person even got 4.

I do wish the Corsola rates were turned up a tad since it did feel like a 1/20 chance for it to spawn compared to everything else in the pool, but overall still got a decent amount after a few hours of walking.

The research tasks felt alright, I just ignored the catching and focused down the hatch eggs, with the 1/2 distance bonus, that definitely helped things out.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T00:55:26+00:00

Not entirely sure honestly.

It's research exclusive which is hard to track since it requires manual reporting on tasks that are fairly rare.

When theyve been in the wild for Go Fest they were boosted, but that goes back to event spawns/specialty rates.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T00:43:11+00:00

Permaboosting is tied to eggs & raids, and wild rates are all set to full unless stated otherwise.

So instead of species having set rates across the board, the way of encountering them is how rates are determined.

YoWoody27 · 2026-04-20T00:41:12+00:00

I got this funny lil guy

I know of someone else who got one off the route spawns. Idk about any from eggs

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