u/lunar_eclipse_6787

▲ 6 r/Monash

Halfway through gap year what do I do?

I feel like I’ve forgotten everything I learnt in high school and I feel like my English skills are regressing with how much more I’ve been speaking in my mother tongue

Are there any suggestions on how I could utilise the remaining half-ish year I have left ?

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u/lunar_eclipse_6787 — 1 day ago

I don’t like how groups are doing prereleases more now

I feel like a prerelease always takes away from the album

Too many people focus on the prerelease and on music platforms like Spotify and yt music the prerelease is titled a “single” and then people start either hating the artist saying they are straying from their sound when in reality the song is a bside or a secondary title track or simply just like the song too much and forget it’s part of an album and don’t stream the whole thing when it comes out

Examples of this I can think of rn of the top of my head are IVE’s bang bang and CORTIS’ redred, like blackhole and tnt deserve the same recognition

I think this has to do with them trying to promote albums that don’t exist yet for like almost a month, whereas on the other hand the method of promoting title track then bsides could help the groups gain more traction for the whole album altogether

And the other method I mentioned is probably why people don’t stream title tracks when they come out, we are so used to seeing titles first then bsides so when it’s switched it feels like the prerelease is a title/single and the actual title feels more like a bside

Also for groups that haven’t had a comeback in a long time I feel a prerelease is unnecessary because the fans are already waiting just release the whole thing in one go instead of promoting one song which half the fandom doesn’t vibe with, like how BTS and now ITZY have done

However ! I’d like to mention NMIXX because they handle prereleases really well. Even now, Crescendo to Heavy Serenade transitioned really well and they didn’t promote crescendo like crazy allowing HS to receive more title track recognition… if that makes sense ?

But yea this is just my perspective, I’d like to hear other thoughts about this because on my pros and cons list a pre release a month before with immense promotion (like most groups are doing) has more cons than pros

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u/lunar_eclipse_6787 — 3 days ago

I’ve listened to it a few times and it sounds so familiar but I can’t recall any lyrics and can’t find information on samples and such online

Edit: specifically 1:40-2:00 minute mark

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u/lunar_eclipse_6787 — 23 days ago