Urbanney Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 The entire BJ era pretty much flopped, yet Work ***** has 250,000,000 views on YouTube and seems to be pretty well known by the GP. It didn't even chart that well or that long. Britney did more promo for Make Me and Glory. Make Me fit in very well with what was popular on the radio when it was released. It featured G-Eazy who's very current and "in" right now. And yet, Make Me only has 50,000,000 views, charted much worse, and doesn't seem to be known by anyone. I just don't understand. Theoretically, Make Me should've done as good as WB or better, and yet it did much worse. I just don't understand what made Work ***** so well known when BJ was technically a worse era and had less promo. I don't get it Can anyone else explain it? Link to comment
ITZFFGL Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Work ***** was the first single after the Femme Fatale era and Scream & Shout (if you don't count Ooh La La, which actually performed decently on radio). The video premiered on TV, Snooki performed it on Dancing With The Stars AND on Ellen and it was on South Park and New Girl, 4 of the most popular television shows currently airing. Britney also did a lot of press that featured the song even though it wasn't performed and the video was received very very well and has great replay and club value. Plus Work ***** is way more "Britney" than Make Me, thus having more staying power. I mean even to this day Ellen made "work *****" jokes in the mall skit. It's the same iconic synonymous effect as "oops!" when talking about Britney. Make Me is boring and, like you pointed out, "in" and forgettable. Link to comment
radar89 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 To compare it with Make Me, Work ***** has better video, it's both more uptempo and more anthemic which is more "Britney". The term "work btch" itself is catchier and easier to remember Make Me is a great song (better than Work Btch imo) but it's unlike other Britney's first singles - which is always uptempo and anthemic. It didn't do as great because the lack of radio support and that stupid video Link to comment
Curiousexhaler86 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 What's what happens when a song is simply iconic Link to comment
DMVofficial Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Work ***** is just SO Britney. It's catchy right from the start. It's a fun party song. Make Me is a grower. Work ***** is more easily accessible. Link to comment
Anti-Hero Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 It seems like it was ahead of it's time and got more popular and relevant over time. Link to comment
Rob Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I think it became iconic the moment it dropped tbh Link to comment
BraveGraphics Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 3 hours ago, ITZFFGL said: Work ***** was the first single after the Femme Fatale era and Scream & Shout (if you don't count Ooh La La, which actually performed decently on radio). The video premiered on TV, Snooki performed it on Dancing With The Stars AND on Ellen and it was on South Park and New Girl, 4 of the most popular television shows currently airing. Britney also did a lot of press that featured the song even though it wasn't performed and the video was received very very well and has great replay and club value. Plus Work ***** is way more "Britney" than Make Me, thus having more staying power. I mean even to this day Ellen made "work *****" jokes in the mall skit. It's the same iconic synonymous effect as "oops!" when talking about Britney. Make Me is boring and, like you pointed out, "in" and forgettable. +1 Link to comment
Buslim Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Coz they scraped the original Make Me video. JK Link to comment
Britneybbhmm Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 work b had a huge impact on ppl's lives all over the world... Link to comment
sue the expectional earner Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 make me is boring and mm music video is one of the worst music video of this planet, dumb and bad edited. work ***** is iconic because of title and music video is really one of britney's bests Link to comment
PBoy Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Cause of the ''Title'' not really the song it self but the fact people enjoy saying it ''Work *****'' Link to comment
JP9101 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I don't like flop ***** and I can't deal with the fact that we have to accept that this song is going to be the opening act for evaaaaa Link to comment
5HINee Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 People like "*****" songs oh her , that's why look at : gimme more and scream & shout she should name her next single "*****" Link to comment
ifuseekari Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 There was a lot of buzz prior and during the release of Work *****. Everyone was hyped about it because she was working with Will.I.Am and that that the title of the song had "*****" in it. Everyone wanted to know how it really sounded like. It was a typical Britney song. Very uptempo and back then EDM was still pretty big and current. Personally I think it's a decent song but the music video is really well produced despite the "more provocative" parts being cut out. Make Me on the other hand is so different from what Britney has done and I think due to the fact that BJ didn't do so well - many didn't really check up on Britney after the era. Make Me is so underrated tbh. The song is FAR from being boring . I think it's really timeless and I'm still not tired of the song tbh. It sounds SO SO good. I feel like it was sabotaged by the scrapped MV. Imagine having a great 1st single with a great MV - that would have at least helped a little bit tbh. Despite not having the commercial success that it deserves, MM is definitely one of Britney's best singles to date. Link to comment
Noname2022 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Because slay ***** is an anthem. It stimulated the worldwide economy and helped people to get jobs. Make me is boring and not Britney Link to comment
Onyx1126 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Work ***** came fresh off of big successful stuff FF era S&S Also because of the heavy Vegas promotion the video was linked a bajillion times! Not to mention that it's actually a really great club song Link to comment
TheCharmedTributes1 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 7 hours ago, ITZFFGL said: Work ***** was the first single after the Femme Fatale era and Scream & Shout (if you don't count Ooh La La, which actually performed decently on radio). The video premiered on TV, Snooki performed it on Dancing With The Stars AND on Ellen and it was on South Park and New Girl, 4 of the most popular television shows currently airing. Britney also did a lot of press that featured the song even though it wasn't performed and the video was received very very well and has great replay and club value. Plus Work ***** is way more "Britney" than Make Me, thus having more staying power. I mean even to this day Ellen made "work *****" jokes in the mall skit. It's the same iconic synonymous effect as "oops!" when talking about Britney. Make Me is boring and, like you pointed out, "in" and forgettable. I totally agree with this, fans seem to ignore WB mostly because it's a BJ song when in fact it's the last widely known Britney song. But I don't agree with MM. It is anything but boring, it's amazing and different. But I respect your opinion, just wanted to state mine Link to comment
Alexanda Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Britneybbhmm said: work b had a huge impact on ppl's lives all over the world... And now they all want a Lamborghini Link to comment
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