Same here brodie. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, keep your head up.

🫂

same man

Yup

The one thing that’s making me keep faith is that leaked video that’s clearly the same set as the São Paulo

Maybe he’s saving ANY movie news to be announced at the same time as album news

i don't think it's dead even if nothing happens after the concert. i think they maybe releasing it in early february

i initially thought the show is the compensation for the movie, hence the same fit and stuff.

but honestly now thinking about it, that wouldn't make sense.... he could have absolutely changed the fit and stage if the movie was dead

that’s what’s keeping my hope alive is that the movie could spoil the album so he could be saving anything movie related until after, and the album could be delaying the movie not the other way around…

can’t wait for abel to sample the neon genesis intro song

edit: or just cover it

crine

1 year since the first “the end is near” post

this s*** was NOT NEAR

bro. the gap between the lead single to dawn and lead to this one is almost as long as starboy -> heartless/blinding lights.

dawn fm flopping first week got yall TWEAKING. Abel has sold over 350k every album besides his debut w kiss land and a surprise drop with dawn fm... he is absolutely doing 400k+ with this "final" album, come back to me when it drops...

He might hit 500K honestly if he leads in with a hit single

fr... and if we're keeping it 100, abel has only gotten more relevant since dawn fm, he constantly has a hit on tiktok and now is more of a discussion with hiphop fans (related to the drake beef)

ALSO I think he realized that putting a song like Gasoline as the first song on an album, which is left field from what the casual audience identified him with, will be a bad idea for first week listens

Little pedantic but Starboy "only" sold 348k lol

he dropped it during thanksgiving (holidays worst time to drop, hence nobody drops during christmas + jan season)

also ngl he lowkey released it too early as bbtm was still fresh on people as well as the starboy singles... same issue with dawn fm in which he dropped when ah singles were still poppin as well as die for you

To be fair, Bruno dropped the week earlier and Weeknd outsold him by 100K units.

November/early December is usually prime real estate for major mainstream pop artists (in recent years Adele, SZA, Nicki, etc.)

That’s why I think November is a solid prediction for when this album will drop

BBTM > Starboy (fucks up release, next one does numbers)

AH > Dawn FM (fucks up release, next one does numbers????)

9 days

Blinding Lights

9 days until we finally get this live