Amphernee Hardaway

4y

Tinashe has zero personality. Idk her as a person and really dont care at this point.

Rih Rih is the homey. Shes relatable to her demographic in a way few are.

She's not obsessed with a perfect image, shes too busy living her best life.

That's why people embrace her the way they do.

zenirama

4y

Tinashe is definitely better looking

AP3

4y

Rihanna didn’t have a personality when she first came on the scene. She was basically another pop star to come out in the 2000s. It’s not really fair to compare them anyways because the music industry was vastly different when they came up.

Amphernee Hardaway

4y

There's even more ways to express individuality and personality with social media so that's no excuse.

Tinashe just ain't got it

AP3

4y

She showed personality through her art, that’s why she had a fanbase before she got signed. Her problem was nothing was clear because she was in the middle of being someone like Frank Ocean or trying to be Britney Spears. Those are vastly different personalities and in the end, it makes it seems like she has zero personality because she lacks an identity.

Amphernee Hardaway

4y

This is pretty astute. She has no sense of identity trying to be all things to.all people.

Rihanna found her vibe and doubled down on it. The label made sure Good Girl Gone Bad was gonna hit. They invested into her and it paid off.

Label is clearly not all in on Tinashes career. Prolly cause of the lack of identity. They just throw s*** at the wall to see what sticks.

cherry

4y

her music being better or her being better looking is your opinion

and tinashe is successful, let’s be clear about that

but the real reason why tinashe isn’t as big as rihanna is probably because tinashe didn’t lock in on a specific image and connect to a niche besides just her general fans.

rihanna came in as a barbadian teenager with a single called “Pon De Replay” lmao so instantly she’s catching support from the west indies and fans of that style of music. and you gotta remember reggaeton and dancehall was having a moment in the years prior. timing is everything. as time went on, she kept delivering smashes which elevates her to pop stardom, and after the chris brown incident she literally makes a song called “hard” with a mad max themed video and a jeezy feature that makes the distinction that not only is she to be regarded as an adult, she’s an edgier artist. the chest tattoo and piercings and nude photo shoots continued that and a lot of women identified with it.

tinashe came in with a song on a mustard beat. not much of a niche when he was the most oversaturated producer at the time. then we get to the travis scott photo and the toilet licking photo... if she was trying to come off edgy it just didn’t land.

i’m not a fan or hater of her music, i think it just comes down to marketing, timing and label support. you also gotta remember rihanna isn’t just successful, she’s one of the biggest artists of the last two decades, especially when it comes to volume. it takes more than hard work, it takes some hardcore fans, charisma and God’s favor to last that long at that high of a level. we better off not comparing and just appreciating artists for what they give. it’s hard enough to make albums and videos and a rollout, then to have to reach beyonce or rihanna? idk tinashes goals but not everybody even thinks about that as much as just leveling up personally.

Charcoal Baby

4y

She came out around 2014 though which was still around when labels controlled s***. She has a smash hit with 2on. Now imagine if she was a roc nation product they would have been able to mold her into what they did with Rihanna—the whole good girl turned bad b**** treatment. And she’d be a mega star by now.

925Andrew

10mo

Was Rihanna always a product of rocnation though?

Charcoal Baby

4y

Can’t be based on looks since Tinashe is better looking. can’t be based on talent since Tinashe makes better music. So what is it? My theory is label investment. If Tinashe has the roc soldiers behind her she would be rihanna level rn.