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  • Feb 15
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    Valentine

    no promo…is mysterious. come on lol. nigga not even telling you the importance of the doc or why his aunt is the focus/director. you can loosely get a theme of the project, but even what Dot is describing in his part then his loosie don’t line up. he probably was smelling crack being cooked or whatever d**** they were surrounded by at the family parties in they house, but niggas not making that connection when they hear that snippet thanks to the mystery of the promo

    like sure it will be revealed come album time, but no build up into it is mysterious. there’s no lore for niggas to dig into before the project since there’s no “melodic blue was getting pleasure out the way, here’s my pain” type statements

    the documentary was interesting but not anything we didn’t already know about Keem, it leaves room for discussion to lack cause there’s 3.5 years of silence not spoken to

    I’m confused why would he give you the meaning to the album before it is out?

    Lack of promotion does not mean mysterious to me.

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
    mmonay

    I’m confused why would he give you the meaning to the album before it is out?

    Lack of promotion does not mean mysterious to me.

    something, something

    world building as to build the theme, sounds and direction of the project and what we can expect as opposed to entering the project with…mystery and lack of promo

  • Feb 15
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    scHoolboy Oward

    it’s kinda crazy actually

    the amount i see people refer to music/artists unironically as “mysterious” these days when back when khaled said that s*** everyone clowned him bc ya know it’s stupid as f***

    This was a cultural reset whether people like to admit it or not

  • Valentine 🦦
    OP
    Feb 15

    like Melodic Blue had 5 interviews and 2 singles w/ 3 months of promo. this s*** is mysterious in comparison lmfao, it’s okay to say he being mysterious

  • yungkulfii

    This was a cultural reset whether people like to admit it or not

    100%

  • Feb 15

    we still got a week before the album, some more snippets and documentary episodes would be more than enough

    im happy either way though, the fact he dropped all the important information at once was all i needed

  • Feb 15
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    Valentine

    3.5 years minimized to 2 weeks of promo and no updates on said promo outside of announcing the album/tour is mysterious man lol

    we going into this blind with a documentary and one beat

    How? He gave us the title, cover, tracklist, release dates, tour dates, and a documentary all within the span of two hours. How is that mysterious? What do people even want from rollouts anymore

  • Feb 15
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    Like what piece of information do you still need about this album? It drops in four days

  • Feb 15
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    It feels like sometimes people care more about a rollout than they care about the actual music

  • TheFader

    Like what piece of information do you still need about this album? It drops in four days

    We need three documentaries and a single

  • sabic sabion sab 🧔🏻
    Feb 15
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    TheFader

    It feels like sometimes people care more about a rollout than they care about the actual music

    unbanned your original account btw if you wanna hop back on that

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
    TheFader

    How? He gave us the title, cover, tracklist, release dates, tour dates, and a documentary all within the span of two hours. How is that mysterious? What do people even want from rollouts anymore

    and then radio silence since

    why are ya’ll being nuanced here? he’s obviously keeping it mysterious until release lmfao. what did the documentary or snippet tell you about the album we can expect?

    for Melodic Blue he literally sat for extended interviews about where he is currently in his creative process, what to expect from The Melodic Blue and what to look forward to down the road. this is mysterious in comparison dawg

  • If the tour wasn’t selling well I think there would be a single out already.

  • Feb 15
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    yungkulfii

    This was a cultural reset whether people like to admit it or not

    Would you say this over Flower Boy? I wasn't really following Tyler until very recently so I wouldn't know, I know Igor the album that blocked Khaled if that's what you're specifically referencing

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
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    TheFader

    Like what piece of information do you still need about this album? It drops in four days

    why have you been silent for 3.5 years?

    who can we expect in production?

    why is Long Beach the chosen backdrop?

    who is Aunt Connie and why is she important to the story on this project and the last?

    does the album center on Long Beach or Las Vegas or life in between?

    what is the timeline between this and Melodic Blue?

    you said we’d hear from you in 2 years, it’s been nearly 4, what happened Keem?

    why did you choose to structure the promo this way after a long hiatus and radio silence versus the extended structure of your first project?

    like come on dawg lol, it’s a lot of questions you can come up with that he has left open ended in promo due to mystery

  • Feb 15
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    Valentine

    why have you been silent for 3.5 years?

    who can we expect in production?

    why is Long Beach the chosen backdrop?

    who is Aunt Connie and why is she important to the story on this project and the last?

    does the album center on Long Beach or Las Vegas or life in between?

    what is the timeline between this and Melodic Blue?

    you said we’d hear from you in 2 years, it’s been nearly 4, what happened Keem?

    why did you choose to structure the promo this way after a long hiatus and radio silence versus the extended structure of your first project?

    like come on dawg lol, it’s a lot of questions you can come up with that he has left open ended in promo due to mystery

    All of this can be answered in the music really. If its not and/or no interviews drop after answering it then we can have that conversation. But to expect all of that during a 2 week rollout when the intention is obviously to lock in physicals and tour tickets is a little unfair dog lol

  • Feb 15
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    That Kendrick snippet sounds interesting

    This dropping right before I start my vacation week though

  • JPEGMAFIA

    Would you say this over Flower Boy? I wasn't really following Tyler until very recently so I wouldn't know, I know Igor the album that blocked Khaled if that's what you're specifically referencing

    flower boy did a lot of heavy lifting as far as tyler making music that isn’t him shouting

    i feel like igor doubled down on that, plus mixed in young folks that people had their eyes on (uzi and carti) in a way that made sense in in that neo soul sound

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
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    Laced

    All of this can be answered in the music really. If its not and/or no interviews drop after answering it then we can have that conversation. But to expect all of that during a 2 week rollout when the intention is obviously to lock in physicals and tour tickets is a little unfair dog lol

    now imagine him and Dot dropped their song at the top of the year to build hype and anticipations and QUESTIONS, then the doc dropped with the album and tour to bundle even more questions

    within that he coulda done a “Baby Keem talks Ca$ino and what fans can expect” to either answer a few fan questions or further expand on the excitement for the project lol

    like come on dawg, i know the word mysterious is scary but that’s what he’s being lmfao

  • Everyone calling Keem mysterious and wondering out loud about stuff I've never asked about any rapper in my entire life.

    Carti thinks he's mysterious. Keem legit just left and came back.

  • Feb 15
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    i feel like it’s easy to call a celebrity “mysterious” because celebs are naturally just not that

    as soon as one shuts up for a few months they’re mysterious

  • Feb 15
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    Valentine

    now imagine him and Dot dropped their song at the top of the year to build hype and anticipations and QUESTIONS, then the doc dropped with the album and tour to bundle even more questions

    within that he coulda done a “Baby Keem talks Ca$ino and what fans can expect” to either answer a few fan questions or further expand on the excitement for the project lol

    like come on dawg, i know the word mysterious is scary but that’s what he’s being lmfao

    Mysterious = he isn't doing what I want him to

    He's not obligated to answer any of the bullshit you wrote, be greatful he's even bringing u onto his world with the doc because that's something nobody else is doing

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
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    scHoolboy Oward

    i feel like it’s easy to call a celebrity “mysterious” because celebs are naturally just not that

    as soon as one shuts up for a few months they’re mysterious

    it’s been 3 and half years with some tweets in 2024 about a project he not doing now and one last year

  • Feb 15
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    Valentine

    it’s been 3 and half years with some tweets in 2024 about a project he not doing now and one last year

    this case, yes i understand wanting him to come out with some new info/inteeview

    but in general, i want artists to do what they want

  • Valentine 🦦
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    Feb 15
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    LickMyBalls

    Mysterious = he isn't doing what I want him to

    He's not obligated to answer any of the bullshit you wrote, be greatful he's even bringing u onto his world with the doc because that's something nobody else is doing

    ???

    you didn’t listen to Glorious? God Does Like Ugly? didn’t Drake just drop 100gigs of behind the scenes content? Lmfao. Kodak had a 25 minute Project Baby documentary. Dolph did a KING documentary. Tee Grizzley had a documentary on his life after finally getting off papers promoting his album. Cole did Off-season documentary breaking down the album that was coming in a few days. Durk just did a deep thoughts documentary LAST YEAR. Miss me with them false statements to act like you’re proving some dumbass point cause artists do this often every year

    what’s up with ya’ll in here? I thought we were music nerds on a forum who want things to discuss about the music…

    now it’s they don’t owe us anything who said he owes me anything. i said the nigga is being mysterious bruh. goddamn. i literally been running and updating the thread since 2024, sorry for being a fan i guess?