Post by jameslofton on Sept 5, 2015 11:55:40 GMT
What happened to her? What a bizarre "career" she has had. Had that buzz going around 2006-07 and just coasted on it by doing pretty much nothing. By the time 2009 rolled around and she finally released her debut album, literally no one gave even the tiniest of shits. Unfortunately I do not remember its exact first week sales but it was around two thousand copies I think. I was stunned. The strategy her label used to market the album by releasing free remixes of singles and ignoring its actual single was asinine. Adding insult to injury was how she promoted herself during the weeks before/after the release constantly harping on sex made absolutely no sense and made her look amateurish and not to be taken seriously. On the old MIA site when this album came out and I saw all this happening, I said she pretty much imploded her own career and six and a half years later with no second album even on the horizon or being talked about, it proves I was right.
It's a shame. Even though the album sounds dated it actually has a few really good songs. Big Heavy just begged to be a club anthem, and with the right push from label and radio might have been a summer anthem. She is drop dead gorgeous and should have been easily marketable. Like I mentioned above though, she made critical mistakes and maybe the label already knew that about her so they were not going to waste pushing her.
In this era of music, you cannot waste a buzz. You don't get a second one.
That album would have been HUGE in the early-mid 1980s.
Looks like the album's legacy wound up being a few songs being in a couple commercials and tv shows yet ignored by the general public. Not too shabby I suppose but I doubt how she envisioned it turning out.
It's a shame. Even though the album sounds dated it actually has a few really good songs. Big Heavy just begged to be a club anthem, and with the right push from label and radio might have been a summer anthem. She is drop dead gorgeous and should have been easily marketable. Like I mentioned above though, she made critical mistakes and maybe the label already knew that about her so they were not going to waste pushing her.
In this era of music, you cannot waste a buzz. You don't get a second one.
That album would have been HUGE in the early-mid 1980s.
Looks like the album's legacy wound up being a few songs being in a couple commercials and tv shows yet ignored by the general public. Not too shabby I suppose but I doubt how she envisioned it turning out.