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  • New Music Monday: Do Artists Still Make Music Videos?

    by Diamond Brown Last Saturday, Brazilian pop singer Anitta remarked, “Releasing music videos no longer generates returns. People don’t watch music videos anymore. You spend millions of dollars, and nobody watches them.” I’ll admit that after seeing this tweet, I found it quite confusing, considering I was in the middle of a music video binge of Taylor Swift’s videos, immediately followed by Ariana Grande’s. Image Credit: X Related articles: Chlöe Bailey: The New "It" Girl of Music and Screen Related articles: Beyoncé Redefines Music Genre with "Cowboy Carter" I love a good Saturday binge of music videos, but according to the comments, apparently, I'm the only one. The general consensus is that music videos are no longer needed to promote songs. For instance, Nicki Minaj’s recent album, Pink Friday 2 , released with no visuals and still managed to sell 228k in its first week, while Beyoncé’s Renaissance  sold 332,000 equivalent album units in its first week, also with no visuals. Meanwhile, rappers like GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion, despite spending millions on music videos, were not able to sell more than 150k units combined. Latto also recently mentioned that her record label, RCA, did not want to produce a music video for her latest single, Brokey , and the audio manufacturing company Bose ended up investing in the project, hence the heavy product placement. But what happened? Many are blaming the downfall of YouTube Music on its competitor Spotify, while others disagree, saying that TikTok is the reason and that users simply aren’t searching up music videos anymore, preferring short-form videos they can surf online. Related articles: Tiffany Red Exposes Songwriting Theft in the Music Industry Related articles: Chloé Abadi Signs Music Management Deal with Branndet Marketing Group During the early 2000s, we had MTV’s TRL  and shows like 106 & Park , which were the platforms used to bring music videos to the forefront and connect musicians with their audience, making them more personable and human. Nowadays, we have nothing; the closest we can get to having a relationship with our favorite artist is an Instagram Live or watching clips of them on a daytime talk show. Not only that, but the days of artists introducing their new music video and accompanying song are long gone. Now, it’s a simple tweet and a lyric video on YouTube. The return is minimal—consider that a $10M budgeted music video with 200M views on YouTube can generate about a $400,000 return, which already places the artist in the red. Not to mention, after taxes, the take-home might be around $234,205 on the high end. Related articles: Warner Music Group's New Changes May Spark a Rivalry: Cardi B vs. Megan Thee ... Related articles: How to Be a Successful Musician Artists like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have found a sweet spot, with both artists recording their tours and turning them into films to be released in movie theaters and then sold to streaming platforms—therefore seeing a higher return on their investments. Other artists, like Nicki Minaj, perhaps were still in the red with their label for the music videos from past eras, so the PF2  tour likely helped recoup those funds, and thus no music videos were produced this time around. While some artists can get away with a lower-budget video, others simply cannot, and that’s unfair. Not only that, but the artist is responsible for repaying those funds to their label or management, which places them at a huge disadvantage if there’s no one to front the money. This was the case for Normani, who decided to invest her own money into her Wild Side  music video—which was a phenomenal video and song, by the way. Related articles: The Reality Behind the Glamour: Are Musicians Going Broke? Related articles: Grammys 2024: Taylor's Big Win, Miley's First Win and Victoria Monet Is Best New ... Even Ari Lennox recently took to social media to voice her concerns about her music label and having to pay for her own Google ads to promote her music. So, what’s the outcome? Where and how are music artists supposed to promote their music? Well, as Lisa K. Stephenson of Branndet Marketing Group suggests, “Labels need to be a bit more lenient with their licensing restrictions and the costs associated with them. There are smaller media outlets and streamers who may not have the $30,000 licensing fee needed to pay for a video, but they have a large following they can effectively market to, getting people used to seeing and hearing the song regularly. With the soundtrack we’re producing for my next book , we will eventually churn out music videos, but the strategy is to partner with smaller creators for promo and a free license to the music. This doesn’t make it royalty-free, but it makes it easier for creators to use and add the music to their content without strikes.” Related articles: Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' Album Soars to Record-Breaking Heights Related articles: What Happened to Real Journalism? Katy Perry Defends Collaborating with Dr. ... This means creators can use segments of the music videos for their YouTube intros along with bits and pieces of the songs. Stephenson added, “Again, the larger corporations will soon learn that to see profit, they have to make changes.” Music videos tell a story and are the backbone of songs as a whole. According to TikTok user Terry Toro, “Life before the internet made consuming music or art in general a treat—something you could reward yourself with because you had to go out and buy it. The singles, the album—you didn’t know what it sounded like before you bought it. You couldn’t preview it unless you went to the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. You really had to go out and do the work. I think the accessibility of art in general makes people not respect it and not value it because it just comes so easily.” He goes on to say, “You can see that in TV and music. Someone can release a body of work, and then by the next week, people are ready for the next thing.” Related articles: Print Exclusive: Atlanta's Own, Jiah Star Talks Authenticity, Sacrifice, and Pursuing ... Related articles: Print Exclusive: Jazz Anderson On Creativity, Music and Public Criticism Overall, like anything in life, if we don’t have to work hard to get it, it won’t hold any value. There are two options here: allow more creators free use of the video content or make the audio music less accessible.

  • Signs He Is Not Single

    by Danielle Wright The other day, a Tribe Member shared a story with us about an experience she had with a potential mate on Instagram. She said that after some time, she noticed he would frequently post things in his close friends, and although they’d never met, she found it interesting that he had added her there. If you’re not familiar with close friends on Instagram, it’s essentially stories for a select group of people—those you specifically choose to see what you post for those 24 hours. With that being said, she noticed that now and again he would post cryptic messages in response to her posts. Related articles: How to Deal With Being Cheated On... Related articles: ​How to Get Someone to Admit to Cheating For example, she would post about having a long day at work, and he would reply to his story with something like, “Tell me about it” or something similar. After a while of noticing this, she removed everyone from her close friends, keeping only him so she could respond. Before she knew it, they were engaging in full conversations via Instagram’s close friends. Weird, right? We have another scenario shared with us where a woman noticed that there was a particular guy on her social media who would constantly comment or interact with her photos by sending them to her. In other words, he would never publicly leave a comment but would share the image to her DM and compliment her there, in private. Needless to say, both of these men turned out to be in committed relationships, as after some time, they eventually posted their partners while still hoping to continue these shady behaviors. Related articles: How to Tell Someone You Cheated On Them Related articles: Signs He's Cheating During Your Pregnancy Sometimes, the signs that a man is not single are blatantly in front of us, and other times, it’s a mystery that requires some due diligence on our part as women. Things like dating apps and social media have become nothing but a playground for non-committal men or serial cheaters. Most men view dating apps as a way to find women with low self-esteem who will be easy to bed, lead on, or in some cases, take advantage of. A perfect example of this is a young lady sharing with us that she met a guy on Hinge, and after talking for a while, he asked her on a date to the movies. She obliged and mentioned that she arrived a bit earlier than he did, and as she waited for him to arrive, he asked her to purchase their tickets. Major red flag here, but I’ll break this down later in the article. Once she purchased the tickets, he informed her that he would be getting their snacks, even going so far as to ask her what she wanted, to which she replied, “A small popcorn would be nice, thank you.”

  • Print Exclusive: Melyssa Ford Stays on Track

    Exclusive Interview with Melyssa Ford by Lisa K. Stephenson Think Like A Man actress and Hollywood Unlocked on-air host Melyssa Ford is all about revamping and finding her place in life. With an academic degree in Forensic Psychology, Melyssa could not have imaged her life now, from a seven-year-old girl reading three novels a week to a glamorous actress and television personality. She questioned what her life would have been like had she not continued on her modeling path years after her obsession with Clarice Starling began. Ford credits The Silence of the Lambs as the inspiration behind her passion for the world of forensics. While attending York University paying her way by working two to three jobs, Melyssa was heading out to model in music videos like Big Pimpin’ by rapper Jay-Z and then returning to normal life in Canada. Yet, it was her the fans simply could not get enough of, as her popularity grew Ford had a choice to make, and with a fork in the road, Ford traveled the road granting her the fame and power she now has today.

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