no

F*** this album when he's not doing 6 performances in those 32 hours

We literally so close man

Yes, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it is performing well. Drake hasn’t had a true solo hit either since like 2018, but he’s had numerous hits this decade with features on them. Timeless having a feature doesn’t deny the fact that it is a very successful song, way more successful than Take My Breath was pre-Dawn FM

Stop riding bro, everyone can have their own opinion even said hope I’m wrong and it sells more than AH and dawn combined. I want him to succeed not fail. Just think the hype in the real world is low to zero. Let’s see next week

literally hurry up tomorrow

BBTM - cfmf, the hills, earned it
starboy - starboy, ific
AH - heartless, BL (getting bigger with every day)

those are not comparable to timeless (which has no visual identity, just like this era). i can assure you people might think timeless is just some fun track lol.

Y’all need to be serious man

Song was debuted during the live show for his new album, then announced as the second single from said album, but sure, people don’t know it’s from that album

Not denying that it’s performing very well.

I think hiding the tracklist with features is also a bad move.

The tracklist with features will bring more hype and first day streams

Are we talking about successful singles or are we talking about the visual identity of a music video man which one is it

Hidden features on albums have only ever brought more hype to an album, it’s never hurt one

It’s not riding, dog you asked me if people know that Timeless by The Weeknd is actually by The Weeknd

he has never been a "name alone" artist. he always had to grind doing promo, especially since his social media presence was never big and has somehow become even smaller in the last 2 years

cant believe hes dropping his final album in january. and i dont want no pop bullshit no billie no gaga, in for lana tho

How?

how can you not see how those 2 tie together lol.

All that does is create more world building for the album. The average person who enjoys songs like Blinding Lights, The Hills, Starboy, etc. doesn’t give a f*** about the music videos. Only super invested fans like us do

What do you mean how? Recall any blockbuster streaming era album that hid features upon release, and you will see that it only brought more attention to the album first week

you are comparing rap albums to a pop act. a known billie eillish feature would do more than a hidden one

drake on sicko mode

I still remember listening to astroworld and drake suddenly popping out on sicko mode and I was like huh? Wtf?.

The Weeknd - The Highlights compilation was no 5 in the UK albums chart last week. I thought casuals didn’t even know his album was dropping but this tells me they do, cause it ain’t the stans getting it that high

he's not really a first week album sales artist anyway, his longevity has always been good tho