Normani's Motivation received more attention and praise then Taylor Swift's Lover yet....

[dynxsty 500]

Im probably just looking in the wrong places but, I felt like Taylor's Lover made no noise compared to Normani's Motivation. Motivation was a #1 trending topic on Twitter and Youtube (still is). and got PRAISED by fellow peers. Pitchfork gave it a "Best New Track" rating (which is a big deal)... 

BUT... Lover debuts #1 on US Spotify with 1mil+ streams while Motivation debuts at #30 with 500k streams.... 

Lover is already pretty high on Spotifys "Todays Top Hits" playlist while Motivation is very low... this could be a factor. 

** I know this was probably expected but im still surprised by it. 

ANYWAY, Stream Motivation.. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKXSh14svlQ

[Guest]

Talent always wins so Motivation will slay regardless

[Luca 54,940]

[Infrared 20,649]

they're in two completely different places in their career sis 

Most people don't know who Normani is. This is her first legitimate solo single.

[Dan 15,730]

I mean, Normani is still pretty unknown and Taylor Swift is a huge name.

[fab 21,653]

29 minutes ago, Dan said:

I mean, Normani is still pretty unknown and Taylor Swift is a huge name.

Debuting at #1 is still a very impressive feat  

[Dan 15,730]

2 minutes ago, fab said:

Debuting at #1 is still a very impressive feat  

Yeah absolutely! And good on her, I'm just saying that would be the likely reason why  Taylor has a huge fanbase and is a big name among the GP

[jrdn 26,669]

Shouldn't this be in Battlegrounds. 

[dynxsty 500]

57 minutes ago, I Brings That Levity said:

Shouldn't this be in Battlegrounds. 

im too new to post there yet 

[jrdn 26,669]

Just now, Pauly Antonio said:

im too new to post there yet 

My condolences. I forgot there was a 50 post limit. 

[dynxsty 500]

15 minutes ago, I Brings That Levity said:

My condolences. I forgot there was a 50 post limit. 

ill get there, yall aint ready for me. period pooh...

[Holiest Dreams 179,461]

But she... didn’t make more noise? Perhaps it’s because you follow people who care about Normani and not Taylor — but everyone was talking about Lover as well (see: the fact that it trended right alongside Motivation), not to mention Lover has received pretty much unanimous acclaim from music critics, maybe even more than Motivation did tbh. You can easily see that Taylor’s tweets in the past couple days have 2-3x the engagement of Normani’s + Lover pulled bigger numbers on every platform, and numbers don’t lie.

But anyway I’m not really sure how this is shocking lol, Taylor is basically a veteran at this point (who has a massive fanbase) and Normani is just starting out. It’s pretty normal for people to hype up a new artist, doesn’t mean they’re going to smash out of the gate — it doesn’t work like that. Motivation will surely grow as she has essentially nowhere to go from here but up, which is already being seen as Motivation is pulling bigger numbers today than it did on its first day. So, I don’t really think you can compare the debut of a promotional single by a music veteran to a newcomer who just released their solo debut.

[dynxsty 500]

1 hour ago, Lover said:

But she... didn’t make more noise? Perhaps it’s because you follow people who care about Normani and not Taylor — but everyone was talking about Lover as well (see: the fact that it trended right alongside Motivation), not to mention Lover has received pretty much unanimous acclaim from music critics, maybe even more than Motivation did tbh. You can easily see that Taylor’s tweets in the past couple days have 2-3x the engagement of Normani’s + Lover pulled bigger numbers on every platform, and numbers don’t lie.

But anyway I’m not really sure how this is shocking lol, Taylor is basically a veteran at this point (who has a massive fanbase) and Normani is just starting out. It’s pretty normal for people to hype up a new artist, doesn’t mean they’re going to smash out of the gate — it doesn’t work like that. Motivation will surely grow as she has essentially nowhere to go from here but up, which is already being seen as Motivation is pulling bigger numbers today than it did on its first day. So, I don’t really think you can compare the debut of a promotional single by a music veteran to a newcomer who just released their solo debut.

I don't follow either tbh.... but I follow numerous pop culture blogs and Motivation has always been the topic of convo/the highlight of the day. Lover kinda mentioned once. again, that's just me though. im gonna assume that you follow Taylor more, you clearly would pay attention to Lover. But to a GP eye, Motivation was the most talked about and still is.

But, Motivation 100% had better acclaim from music reviewers... 

[Venus XCX 10,308]

Oh well, it's had a huge Youtube debut and is doing steady on Spotify. It'll prove to be a slow burner hit.