u/SwissMiss915

Sony released a total of 4 singles from her new album prior to the release of the album:

"Choosin' Texas" - October 17, 2025

"Dandelion" - January 30th, 2026

"Loving Life Again" - March 20th, 2026

"Be Her" - March 23, 2026

Album release - April 10th, 2026

Not only does this not make sense to me, but "Loving Life Again" and "Be Her" were released 3 days apart, as "Choosin' Texas" was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the "Be Her" video doesn't look cheap. Why scramble the focus between 4 active singles? I admit I don't work in label land, so perhaps there's a strategy unknown to me.  But at the risk of sounding facetious or talking out of turn, isn't the idea to always drag out the album cycle as long as you can, and let the album stay fresh (through new singles) into the new year and support more touring, prolong the end of the cycle, etc.? 

Furthermore, I can find no one I know in the business who can explain why a new single would be released while another single is still #1. Typically,  you would let that single cycle out and then a new release would start its cycle. Rinse and repeat.  

I realize the music world is a different place today than it was in 1997, but for perspective, of the 12 singles released for Shania Twain's Come On Over, only one single pre-dated the albums release ("Love Gets Me Every Time").  Every other single dropped post release and carried that record for over 3 years.  Yes, that is one of the best selling albums of all time, but they didn't know that prior to the albums release, or even at the onset of the albums earliest singles.  

For a more recent reference, Taylor Swifts 1989, of the 7 singles released, only one pre-dated the albums release, "Shake It Off".  

And for a current, active reference, only one single for Lainey Wilson's "Whirlwind" album predated the albums release.  All others came post release.  

It goes without saying the Ella is a superstar, with a string of sold out arena dates and it's no question that this album is a monster at radio, streaming, charts, etc.  I am not denying that.  But why almost guarantee yourself a shorter album cycle that will likely end before the end of the year when they could have staggered these singles long into the albums release and well into 2027?

I can find no other current major release where all 4 singles were released prior to the albums release.  Maybe it's out there, but I couldn't find it.  I couldn't even find one where 3 singles pre-dated the albums release, and this is looking at current releases.   

It seems that the Stones' financial deals are often in the media. Google shows countless articles in the last 20 years centered specifically around the bands tax aversion tactics. Fortune Magazine even made a cover story of it in 2001. With that, I ask, is what the Stones are doing with Dutch banking really all that unique? Why is it a constant Stones story if anyone with deep pockets can do it? Wouldn't any number of hugely successful actors or music artists (or their business managers) making tens of millions of $$$ each year such as Tom Cruise, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, etc. also have access to and be thoroughly well versed in these same tax havens? Yet we never see similar articles about their financials at all. Why The Stones ?

Just one of many examples:

Stones Rolling in it, Thanks to Dutch Firm, Tax Havens

https://www.theage.com.au/national/stones-rolling-in-it-thanks-to-dutch-firm-tax-havens-20060802-ge2u5f.html

In 1980, Debbie Harry befriended emerging NYC painter Jean-Michel Basquiat while he was occupying the basement of Annina Nosei Gallery in NYC. It's widely known and accepted that Debbie was Jean-Michael's first paying customer, purchasing "Cadillac Moon" for $200.00 in 1981. It's presumable that Debbie would have purchased or even been gifted other paintings or possibly commissioned works by Basquiat between their first meeting in 1980 and Basquiats death in 1988.

A great majority of Basquiats paintings have been cataloged by his estate and when possible, full provenance is documented and disclosed. But there are no publicly documented Basquiat paintings owned by Debbie Harry, nor is there a record of her ever selling any.

The most recent references to Cadillac Moons whereabouts place it on display at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, where it was sadly defaced in 2010. However, none of the articles about the incident state who the owner is.

The only thing that makes me wonder if she is not still the owner is that Wikipedia (I know...) has a list of Basquiat owners and Cadillac Moon is listed as 'private owner', despite it being well known that Debbie was the original owner.

Anyone know?