What makes a flop song a flop song?

[Jamie Lynn Forever]

The concept of flopping is very much only present in stan culture and pop music fandoms, i personally think most people aren't focused on the charts, they don't have meltdowns over the charts either, they just listen to what they're attracted to and that's it, i listen to a lot of indie rock/dream pop/shoegaze etc and these music communities don't care much about that stuff and you shouldn't either. 

Just look at how many forgetten songs have been #1s in 2011 or something and people don't listen to them anymore, you don't need charts to make a cultural impact and be influential. Mainstream corporate record labels, executives and famous artists will always look into underground music sub-cultures to get ideas and exploit it to a much wider audience. A real 'flop' song, is a song that doesn't make you feel anything. Art is very much subjective and entirely dependent upon the culture and expectations of the society/social demographic that the person belongs to. What one social group finds unappealing, uncouth, or even evil might be normal or strongly appealing to another.

 

[Jordan Miller]

1 hour ago, Spicechinodiva said:

Oddly most of the flops Like Madonna's Erotica, American life,  Hard Candy,  MDNA,  Rebel Heart and Madame X. All become cult classics.

This is what's so interesting about songs that flop. Years later they kinda become iconic. A reverse flop 

[BritneyWithGlasses]

4 minutes ago, Corso said:

A FLOP SONG = Any song that Britney isn’t on..

Well... Britney sang one word in chilling with you.

 

From the masterpiece that is Bost Jersonal

[Jordan Miller]

22 minutes ago, NotLouTaylor said:

The concept of flopping is very much only present in stan culture and pop music fandoms, most people don't pay attention and don't have meltdowns over the charts, they just listen to what they're attracted to and that's it, i listen to a lot of indie rock/dream pop/shoegaze etc and these music communities don't care about that stuff and you shouldn't either.

Just look at how many forgetten songs have been #1s in 2011 or something and people don't listen to them anymore, you don't need charts to make a cultural impact and be influential. Mainstream corporate record labels, executives and famous artists will always look into underground music sub-cultures to get ideas and exploit it to a much wider audience. A real 'flop' song, is a song that doesn't make you feel anything. Art is very much subjective and entirely dependent upon the culture and expectations of the society/social demographic that the person belongs to. What one social group finds unappealing, uncouth, or even evil might be normal or strongly appealing to another.

 

 nailed it

[WorkBishStan94]

If it fails to be certified, doesn’t crack top 40, and doesn’t make radio top 20.... i consider it a flop.

[Exaholic]

55 minutes ago, osherlovesbritney said:

Well... Britney sang one word in chilling with you.

 

From the masterpiece that is Bost Jersonal

Brontosaurus Janenschia is an epic soundscape of vocal mixing, the like of which we’ll never hear again in our lifetimes...

[Jordan Miller]

32 minutes ago, WorkBishStan94 said:

If it fails to be certified, doesn’t crack top 40, and doesn’t make radio top 20.... i consider it a flop.

So basically every Britney Spears non-single is a flop to you

[Baronesse]

I just consider releases I don't use a lot "flops" for me personally, I can't imagine caring about public relevance or chart performance to be honest. 

[Itscuzim31]

I consider Flop songs ones that don’t provide chart/cultural impact. 
 

Flop artists however,  are basic *****es who could never. In technical terms that is...

[BrittonJeanSpears]

Three reasons a song can flop:

1. It's just a bad song.  
2. People aren't checking for the artist, either due to their nasty attitude (Xtina/Demi), recent underwhelming ventures (Katy), or other reasons.
3. Lack of promotion and radio airplay. (AKA anything Britney post-Femme Fatale)

[MortalMarshmallow]

4 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

Some people call Britney Jean a flop, yet we all unanimously agree it's one of Britney's best albums

Now THAT is fake news 

 

 

[PokemonSpears]

10 minutes ago, BrittonJeanSpears said:

Three reasons a song can flop:

1. It's just a bad song.  
2. People aren't checking for the artist, either due to their nasty attitude (Xtina/Demi), recent underwhelming ventures (Katy), or other reasons.
3. Lack of promotion and radio airplay. (AKA anything Britney post-Femme Fatale)

or GP's lack of taste

or because the songs are too ahead of their time

[Daddy O]

It's all about TIMING 

Even the worst song can be a hit in the right timing  

[SideSplits]

What makes a flop a flop?

A bunch of bitter britney stans . 

[RadicalOptimism]

5 hours ago, Roxxy said:

My heart is the one that tells me if a song is a flop or not. 

Well your heart needs some checking 

[RadicalOptimism]

I don’t care if a song “flops.” Like you said , there are some garbage songs that are “hits” and some great songs that are labeled “flops.” Slumber Party is a “flop” and some of these pop girls wish they had a Slumber Party in their discography 

[BrittonJeanSpears]

34 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

or GP's lack of taste

So... My second reason. Them not checking for the artist.

34 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

or because the songs are too ahead of their time

Ok, this one might be a fourth reason.

[babyimmafreak90]

In my mind, a flop is the opposite of success. There are varying degrees of success or floppery though imo. A true flop would make little to no impact on the charts, little to no impact on culture and end up forgotten/generally unpopular. Some flops have initial success but the big picture shows the floppery in the end. 
The term does get overused for sure and usually before we can call something a flop or not. You have to wait and see 

 

10 minutes ago, SideSplits said:

What makes a flop a flop?

A bunch of bitter britney stans . 

This isn’t even in the Britney section, nor about her. Who’s looking bitter now? 

[ShatteredGlass98]

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a flop is created whenever 6ix9ine enters the studio 

[Blackout2006]

16 hours ago, Corso said:

Brontosaurus Janenschia is an epic soundscape of vocal mixing, the like of which we’ll never hear again in our lifetimes...

It literally slayed our ears,