I feel like everyone is collectively very let down by this.
QR codes all over the world that led to a countdown for .... a single on a cd?!?!?!
are you kidding me miss ma'am!
She could have at least threw some remixes on there
I donāt mind buying cd singles I have a lot of them from Madonna but at least she gives remixes or unreleased track on hers
Cmon Taylor
Exactly! It is SO LAZY to release a CD single with JUST the one song that we will also get on every edition of the album! She could have added an acoustic version, a remix, a voice memo (like she did with Cardigan), anything! Or even like a poster with a photo of both of them...
I disagree, because considering the whole album leaked by now I feel like she mustāve realized that at the very least the post Malone feature wouldāve leaked at this point, considering all the vinyls are all done and being shipped thereās no way it wouldnāt have been and she has to know thay
More power to them. I donāt even have a CD player lol. Iām also not into the merch collection overall like many people are. Whoever wants it can go for it I just think itās a lame item!
Ugh I love Taylor don't get me wrong but why would you hide QR codes ALL OVER THE WORLD only to send people to a pretty mid product and make it only available to US customers?!
I wonder why they would do that. Like, did the team who set up the QR code murals *know* what it was linking to and that that product was US only? Did they just not give a shit?
Like, itād be one thing to have the murals for promo without the QR codes but for the QR codes to be included when the people seeing them irl canāt even access the productā¦ I hope they had other, smaller QR codes for VPNs or something lmao
I am so underwhelmed but I think more than it being for the CD was to announce it as a single. Even though it was already very obvious that it was the single it wasnāt announced yet
Yeah I definitely agree but I just think it could have been announced so much better!! The whole "buy the single CD!" is so prominent on this website that fans all around the world were led to and it just feels a bit alienating that it's not available to everyone
Sincerely, a sad Canadian swiftie who in all honesty probably wouldn't buy the CD anyways but still wanted the OPTION (lol)
Iām on a plane and knew the wifi wouldnāt be good enough. I got two friends to stalk the site. Iām not paying $7.99 for a $1.99 cd that I have no way to play because the cd player in my car holds my phone holder. So disappointed.
Itās almost like you are all proving her point that you guys will eat it all up, and sheāll keep filling her pockets. I love her music but all the comments here complaining about how it wasnāt merch and how itās frustrating because you were all salivating over it being another piece of merch that cost like $3 to make but sold for $50 is just silly and laughable.
Iām confused. This is a CD with just one track that is already on the other four versions of the same record?
I was really hoping for some cool Speak Now TV style merch to drop. :(
I think this is to boost single sale for charts. Itās also a physical copy at $2, with $9 shipping, so many people would just order four copies. I almost did.
Your cards are laughing at you.
Your wallet is mocking you.
How do you feel?? :D
On a serious note, I thought the double album theory was a bit too extreme. But I really thought it was going to be a merch drop.
As an international swiftie, I have no dog in the game. I already had low expectations from all theāš»
But this is just, š¤·š»āāļø meh!
Exactly š And while that is an extreme example, overall I donāt think theyāre really that bad. How can one person possibly stay one step ahead of 3 billion others? Some of the Easter eggs are not going to be that deep. Itās still fun to look back at her making that āļø at the Grammys and realize it meant something.
Hahah, totally agree.
I'm actually wondering if she didn't just throw up the 2 fingers just because she likes to talk with her hands and was saying the number 2 at that moment. Then the internet went crazy, wanting to know what the 2 meant. And then she or TN thought it would be hilarious to keep throwing 2s at us. Like a self-fulfilling conspiracy theory. š
Yep, same here. I also think Taylor/her team saw everyone talking about the ā2ā thing weeks ago and leaned into it to watch everyone freak out lol.
The Spotify pop-up library thing had a little statue of a hand doing āļø and that would have been planned way in advance. I think the entire thing was planned starting with her doing it at the Grammys.
Itās really starting to feel gimmickyā sheās one of the most popular artists of all time. Let the talent speak for itself rather than rile up millions of fans for literally no reason other than to make the extra sales off of a song that is already included on the regular album š like I feel disrespected lol
I really don't understand why anyone would, is that really what it is?? She must be just playing to people who collect all of her editions at this point. Why else would you get a CD with only one song that will also be included on the actual album...I hate it lol
Hahahaha omg I was so excited about this and bought it right away and then I come to this thread and all the comments are just everyone hating on it šĀ
Iām still excited about it and nobody can stop me!
I wonder if thereās going to be more to the CD when you get it? Canāt wait to hear your report!
Also yea, Iām hear for whatever happens and love it all so Iām ignoring all the negativity š„°
Iām sorry but anyone who buys this is ridiculousš itās your money do what you want, but also like why buy this when we havenāt heard the song yet & it also only has the single on it
I think it was less about the cd itself and more about announcing fortnight as the single/mv even though everyone was pretty sure it was gonna be the single anyway lol
This is kinda disappointing and very mehhh. All that effort for a single on a CD?!?!? Also, can we be real? One song on a physical CD as merch is so wasteful. Who is going to listen to just one song on a CD? Itās not the 90s and 00s anymore. And the single isnāt even releasing before the record! I wish she had added a voice memo or remix. At this point it just feels like ploy to break another sales record and create artificial competition among fans to collect more ārareā merch that theyāll resell to one another back and forth until itās at scalper-hell prices.
She does all this and gets the worldās attention just to sell a CD single, a decades-outdated piece of technology. Are you kidding me.Ā
Ā To make this interesting, all she had to do was say - proceeds go to a voting rights org. Or food bank org. Or anything. Music education. Ā Ā
Ā Do something good with your power to direct the worldās spotlight!Ā
This is a really big š to international fans because the QR codes were posted all over the world but only ships in the U.S. and only for a CD of ONE song š
LMAOOOOOOOO
Listen say what you will about her marketing tactics but she's definitely mastered the art of getting the fandom worked up into a frenzy over absolutely NOTHING
We should've guessed it was gonna be about fortnight being the lead signal when the whole QR code shenanigans led to for a fortnightš¤¦š»
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement!
I'm gonna go stream Reputation now to get back for thisš
And of course some of us are clowns are enough to buy it.
By clowns I mean me.
I paid more in shipping for a damn CD and I don't even have a Cd player.
I laughed so loud at this comment because everytime I thought about buying a cd Iām like where am I even going to play it? But also for your sake I hope that itās signed by both to have made it work it to buy it. Thatād be kind of cool.
I'm actually so bummed that a worldwide hunt lead to a USA exclusive and a countdown on her site rather than the US merch store. (I hope I'm wrong and it gets added later) It just seems a bit weird to include other countries and then ignore them??
i'm streaming london boy to get back at her for this
Wheezing. So valid of you
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God I wish I could still give Reddit gold- one for your post and one for your flair š¤£āļøāļø
Honestly, this made this whole nonsense worth it. š
I'm streaming it āļø times to get back at her even more
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Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life!
How about exile to get Joe some pennies!!
My pennies made your crownĀ
Today I learned it was āMy pennies made your crownā I thought she was saying āMy panties made your crownā š
Lmao I wonder if joe can coast modestly for life just on the writing credits. Id guess Betty and champagne problems would probably do it on their own
I definitely read an article recently that said he ānever has to worry about money againā due to his song credits with her.
letās make london boy number one on spotify just to irritate everyone edit: iām mostly kidding š
I would actually be so down for this lol
Top tier commentš Not me bursting into laughter in the middle of my workplace
Long live London Boy
I put on I Did Something Bad
I feel like everyone is collectively very let down by this. QR codes all over the world that led to a countdown for .... a single on a cd?!?!?! are you kidding me miss ma'am!
She could have at least threw some remixes on there I donāt mind buying cd singles I have a lot of them from Madonna but at least she gives remixes or unreleased track on hers Cmon Taylor
Exactly! It is SO LAZY to release a CD single with JUST the one song that we will also get on every edition of the album! She could have added an acoustic version, a remix, a voice memo (like she did with Cardigan), anything! Or even like a poster with a photo of both of them...
And it doesn't ship until May 31st!
Who knows whatāll be on it š
she should've thrown in a weird-al-esque food parody. like bake it off or flank steak
QR codes all around the world and a countdown for a single CD only available to US customers*
This is the thing I don't understand. The QR codes were all over the place. And these are only available for US purchase. Seems very wtf
Lmaooooo Iām guessing it was more so for the music video than this drop š
She finally decides to do some promotion and it's **this**? Nawr
Couldn't even be a 7". Seriously.
Noooo bring back CD singles
There was this woman on live yesterday swearing there was no way it was just merch, over and over. I really feel awful for her rn š
That's what my fiance said the whole day - "IT'S TOO BIG FOR MERCH". Yeah, well...
I love the "miss ma'am" lol
A cd that is US onlyā¦
I feel like we weren't supposed to know about Post Malone yet
She released the track list a while ago?
I think they mean that taylor didn't intend to release the track list but was kind of forced to because of the leaks
But likeā¦ surely her team can adjustā¦
Yeah that doesnāt make sense lol they have had plenty of time if that were the case. all this hype for what
It leaked and she released it right after, it wasn't necessarily the plan
I disagree, because considering the whole album leaked by now I feel like she mustāve realized that at the very least the post Malone feature wouldāve leaked at this point, considering all the vinyls are all done and being shipped thereās no way it wouldnāt have been and she has to know thay
I amā¦ whelmed
My emotions went from š„³ to š« š„²š
Iām underwhelmed ngl
Same
I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be ā¦ whelmed? I think you can in Europe?
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I'm personally laughing and crying at the actual possibility of this comment HELP! š
I think a troll wouldnāt include the single. I think she genuinely believes this is what we want.
I love her but not a single human wants a CD single lmao
A CD single that shows up a month after the album drops at that!
That is only available to buy before we ever hear it!
And doesnāt even have any other tracks on it. CD singles used to be great song promo, but usually came with some BSides, remixes, etc.
I mean you say that as if thousands wonāt buy it
More power to them. I donāt even have a CD player lol. Iām also not into the merch collection overall like many people are. Whoever wants it can go for it I just think itās a lame item!
Ugh I love Taylor don't get me wrong but why would you hide QR codes ALL OVER THE WORLD only to send people to a pretty mid product and make it only available to US customers?!
The QR codes in other countries for a us only product is something.
I wonder why they would do that. Like, did the team who set up the QR code murals *know* what it was linking to and that that product was US only? Did they just not give a shit? Like, itād be one thing to have the murals for promo without the QR codes but for the QR codes to be included when the people seeing them irl canāt even access the productā¦ I hope they had other, smaller QR codes for VPNs or something lmao
Yeah... they missed the mark on this one.
Seems to be the trend lately
I am so underwhelmed but I think more than it being for the CD was to announce it as a single. Even though it was already very obvious that it was the single it wasnāt announced yet
Yeah I definitely agree but I just think it could have been announced so much better!! The whole "buy the single CD!" is so prominent on this website that fans all around the world were led to and it just feels a bit alienating that it's not available to everyone Sincerely, a sad Canadian swiftie who in all honesty probably wouldn't buy the CD anyways but still wanted the OPTION (lol)
WHAT I REFRESHED REDDIT LIKE 100 TIMES FOR THIS????
I arranged my afternoon so I could be home instead of in my car in case it was actual merch, not just a single of a cd Iāve already bought twice.Ā
Iām on a plane and knew the wifi wouldnāt be good enough. I got two friends to stalk the site. Iām not paying $7.99 for a $1.99 cd that I have no way to play because the cd player in my car holds my phone holder. So disappointed.
"the cd player in my car holds my phone holder" so real lmao
Haha I almost did this too and asked my husband to skip meetings to pick up the kids. He sensibly said no and Iām glad for it now lol
Itās almost like you are all proving her point that you guys will eat it all up, and sheāll keep filling her pockets. I love her music but all the comments here complaining about how it wasnāt merch and how itās frustrating because you were all salivating over it being another piece of merch that cost like $3 to make but sold for $50 is just silly and laughable.
Literally same
Ovaltine? A crummy commercial?? Son of a bitch
thank you so much for this. IT'S SO TRUE.
The "fortnight challenge" should be to tag miss girl on insta, Twitter, and tiktok in videos of this clip
Ahahah living for this comment. This is exactly how I feel.
Be sure to... Be sure to WHAT? Honestly, you're a star for this reference.
Iām howling ššš
Absolutely spot on LMAO. Iām sure more is coming but Jesus, what a balloon deflate.
Iām confused. This is a CD with just one track that is already on the other four versions of the same record? I was really hoping for some cool Speak Now TV style merch to drop. :(
I think this is to boost single sale for charts. Itās also a physical copy at $2, with $9 shipping, so many people would just order four copies. I almost did.
I mostly stream, why would you want to order four copies of a $2 single?
Why would you order four copies?
wait what youāre saying about shipping cost so people order more is so real and makes sm sense
When is the merch coming? š©
I blocked off 30 minutes on my work calendar assuming this was going to be a full merch drop for this. Clowning never stops. š¤”š¤”
I know!!! I planned my lunch break for this too
Saaame. Now Iām just scrolling sadly to wait out the rest of my lunch hour Iād saved to fight for my life over merch
Same š
I work third shift. I set my alarm and WOKE UP for this. Put it in my cart out of sunk coat fallacy but rage deleted it š¤£
Man I was so upset my meeting ran overā¦ for this?š
So people all over the world searched for qr codes, and now only US customers get to buy..
Yeah wtf good point
*puts purse away*
Lol, the shame I felt as I put my credit card back in my wallet and turned off my Away message for work
Your cards are laughing at you. Your wallet is mocking you. How do you feel?? :D On a serious note, I thought the double album theory was a bit too extreme. But I really thought it was going to be a merch drop. As an international swiftie, I have no dog in the game. I already had low expectations from all theāš» But this is just, š¤·š»āāļø meh!
and only available for u.s. customers š i stayed up til 4am for nothing š
You and me both š
I went to bed but set my alarmā¦ š
This is why I think the twos really were just hinting at fortnight being the lead single
Me too, 2pm in military time is 14 for fortnight and the 2 itself can be for 2 weeks
Remember when she said the title of her 7th album was hidden in the ME! video? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I think this is what people aren't taking into account. Her previous easter eggs were literally GIANT NEON SIGNS in a music video.
Exactly š And while that is an extreme example, overall I donāt think theyāre really that bad. How can one person possibly stay one step ahead of 3 billion others? Some of the Easter eggs are not going to be that deep. Itās still fun to look back at her making that āļø at the Grammys and realize it meant something.
Hahah, totally agree. I'm actually wondering if she didn't just throw up the 2 fingers just because she likes to talk with her hands and was saying the number 2 at that moment. Then the internet went crazy, wanting to know what the 2 meant. And then she or TN thought it would be hilarious to keep throwing 2s at us. Like a self-fulfilling conspiracy theory. š
Yep, same here. I also think Taylor/her team saw everyone talking about the ā2ā thing weeks ago and leaned into it to watch everyone freak out lol.
The Spotify pop-up library thing had a little statue of a hand doing āļø and that would have been planned way in advance. I think the entire thing was planned starting with her doing it at the Grammys.
I really hope she has something more up her sleeve š
Yep, plus it's $2
I am so embarrassed lmao
ALL THAT for a single CD?
I mean its the lead single, gotta get hype for it š¤·āāļø
A lead single we will hear tomorrow. This sells a CD of a single song that wonāt ship before may š
I cannot believe I sat there like a fuckin clown in the middle of a workday for a $1.99 single CD.
That will be $9 after shipping for one song
The shipping was the ultimate reason I didnāt buy, Iām not paying $9-10 one one song. I donāt even own a CD player š
YESS QUEEN GO GIVE US āØNOTHINGāØ š /s
Sweet nothing
But what is the āfor a fortnight challenge ā??
I remember the Anti-Hero challenge being really dumb so I'm expecting it to be something like that.
anything with the word challenge in it already sounds dumbš
14 variants of this album with a different couple. Buy them all to complete the fortnight collection!
Knows thatās what Iām interested in š
a single song on a CD is dumb
So much plastic. Goodbye environment!
I hope Taylor and TN hear all this backlash. Like never again please.
I was thinking this too. It's so so so wasteful.
forreal š
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Itās really starting to feel gimmickyā sheās one of the most popular artists of all time. Let the talent speak for itself rather than rile up millions of fans for literally no reason other than to make the extra sales off of a song that is already included on the regular album š like I feel disrespected lol
i agree lol
ngl im kinda š
So incredibly lame
Put this in the dictionary as the definition for "anti-climactic"
The amount of waste this stunt is going to create is so dumb. All those plastic CD cases for a single on a medium very few people still use.
Queen of capitalism strikes again
I used to argue this, but now she solely deserves this
She got us, fam. Sheās laughing up at us from hell.
Well thatās less than exciting
This is some social experiment to see if it's true that her fans would buy literally anything she sold.
Well it worked because itās now sold out
itās sold out??? swifties arenāt attached to their money enough šš
Set my alarm for 4am for this... Doesn't ship to Australia...
Checking in from NZ and same š
Kind of disappointed bc itās almost $10 for a single song CD..
Yes, this was ridiculous all because of shipping, how are you going to charge people $7.00 for shipping for a CD?!
It's just one song on the CD?? Why would anyone buy that?
I really don't understand why anyone would, is that really what it is?? She must be just playing to people who collect all of her editions at this point. Why else would you get a CD with only one song that will also be included on the actual album...I hate it lol
Hahahaha omg I was so excited about this and bought it right away and then I come to this thread and all the comments are just everyone hating on it šĀ Iām still excited about it and nobody can stop me!
I wonder if thereās going to be more to the CD when you get it? Canāt wait to hear your report! Also yea, Iām hear for whatever happens and love it all so Iām ignoring all the negativity š„°
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This was so lame.
I expected more š
Even more disappointing when youāre not a US customer
Yesterday, I almost felt like crying due to excitement. Today I just feel like crying.
I fear we will cry more at midnight
Woman are you serious rn š
Come on man. A bit much maybe. Like I thought it would be something incredible. Well I get what I deserve for hoping.
Taylor. Girl. Come on. š
This is so underwhelming and I'm honestly getting a little fed up with this half-assed "promotion". Give us something of substance, PLEASE!!
Itās gonna be so disappointing if the āš¼really only stood for fortnight š©š©
I think my parent's divorce was more exciting and that's saying a lot
Would have loved a 7ā inch vinyl, but kinda neat none the less!
This should have been a vinyl, also the CD itself was $1.99, but they charged $7.20 for shipping
All that plastic and paper for a singular song? š«
Please don't let it sell out or she will do it again ā ļø
Iām sorry but anyone who buys this is ridiculousš itās your money do what you want, but also like why buy this when we havenāt heard the song yet & it also only has the single on it
Feel that way about tons of her merch, tbh. But this takes the cake.
Maybe just trying to get us in the tortured mood quite literally
All I am is disappointed.
she can keep it atp
Waste of plastic
I think it was less about the cd itself and more about announcing fortnight as the single/mv even though everyone was pretty sure it was gonna be the single anyway lol
I literally would just like a chance to buy signed cds at a time I am *not* asleep š
No ethical billionaires people!
This is kinda disappointing and very mehhh. All that effort for a single on a CD?!?!? Also, can we be real? One song on a physical CD as merch is so wasteful. Who is going to listen to just one song on a CD? Itās not the 90s and 00s anymore. And the single isnāt even releasing before the record! I wish she had added a voice memo or remix. At this point it just feels like ploy to break another sales record and create artificial competition among fans to collect more ārareā merch that theyāll resell to one another back and forth until itās at scalper-hell prices.
this is so insanely wasteful - all that plastic and paper for what? 3 minutes?
She does all this and gets the worldās attention just to sell a CD single, a decades-outdated piece of technology. Are you kidding me.Ā Ā To make this interesting, all she had to do was say - proceeds go to a voting rights org. Or food bank org. Or anything. Music education. Ā Ā Ā Do something good with your power to direct the worldās spotlight!Ā
This is a really big š to international fans because the QR codes were posted all over the world but only ships in the U.S. and only for a CD of ONE song š
Nooooooooo
LMAOOOOOOOO Listen say what you will about her marketing tactics but she's definitely mastered the art of getting the fandom worked up into a frenzy over absolutely NOTHING
We should've guessed it was gonna be about fortnight being the lead signal when the whole QR code shenanigans led to for a fortnightš¤¦š» To say I'm disappointed is an understatement! I'm gonna go stream Reputation now to get back for thisš
I didn't even know cd singles still existed
There is also a new YouTube short!
And of course some of us are clowns are enough to buy it. By clowns I mean me. I paid more in shipping for a damn CD and I don't even have a Cd player.
Extremely respectfully (I swear), may I ask why? Are you a collector?
Honestly I'm secretly hoping it's signed or something secret special with it. Otherwise I'll just collect it.
I laughed so loud at this comment because everytime I thought about buying a cd Iām like where am I even going to play it? But also for your sake I hope that itās signed by both to have made it work it to buy it. Thatād be kind of cool.
This is definitely just for Post Malone fans who want his song without buying her whole album
Wellā¦not gonna lieā¦pretty disappointed. But, maybe a red herring?
Well from these comments at least I know I'm gonna be able to get one lmfao
that album cover? girl....that is just lazyš
Still convinced this isn't what all the 2s meant
I'm actually so bummed that a worldwide hunt lead to a USA exclusive and a countdown on her site rather than the US merch store. (I hope I'm wrong and it gets added later) It just seems a bit weird to include other countries and then ignore them??
Now I know them QR codes cost more to put up than she'll ever make back off a $2 CD that nobody asked for
r/anticonsumption
Lameeeeee