(06-14-2012, 10:59 PM)Flask Man Wrote: I tweeted just before the album was released that I had a touch of melancholy about the long journey with Haley coming full circle. That when the initial hoopla of the album release wore off Haley would return to a more normal life with much less tweeting, fans would move on with other interests, and Halien world would become a much quieter, less active place. I think we're seeing that starting to happen now, and while there will still be a few die hards straggling around, the wide-spread, mass-trending, daily-voting/requesting fanaticism will surely fade away.

Of course, if Haley becomes a huge megastar, with platinum albums and tabloid celebrity the frenzy would return, but that's not going to happen now or anytime soon. It's a bit of a reflective time for us even as we look ahead to her future. The true end of the American Idol Haley era occurred shortly after release day, May 22nd, and now we go on with life as we always knew it before the Halien madness took hold of our worlds.

It's normal, healthy, and doesn't mean we're not wonderful fans. It's just reality. As the old .38 special song goes, you hold on loosely, but don't let go. I'm sure being among the most devoted, we will continue to follow her career every step of the way, but maybe not obsess over small details. Time marches on...

(09-09-2012, 11:15 AM)jjames865 Wrote:

(06-14-2012, 10:59 PM)Flask Man Wrote: I tweeted just before the album was released that I had a touch of melancholy about the long journey with Haley coming full circle. That when the initial hoopla of the album release wore off Haley would return to a more normal life with much less tweeting, fans would move on with other interests, and Halien world would become a much quieter, less active place. I think we're seeing that starting to happen now, and while there will still be a few die hards straggling around, the wide-spread, mass-trending, daily-voting/requesting fanaticism will surely fade away.

Of course, if Haley becomes a huge megastar, with platinum albums and tabloid celebrity the frenzy would return, but that's not going to happen now or anytime soon. It's a bit of a reflective time for us even as we look ahead to her future. The true end of the American Idol Haley era occurred shortly after release day, May 22nd, and now we go on with life as we always knew it before the Halien madness took hold of our worlds.

It's normal, healthy, and doesn't mean we're not wonderful fans. It's just reality. As the old .38 special song goes, you hold on loosely, but don't let go. I'm sure being among the most devoted, we will continue to follow her career every step of the way, but maybe not obsess over small details. Time marches on...

Miguel, I would like to compliment you on and thank you for a site well done. Many of you will recognize me from posts initially made on the American Idol forums, the now apparently defunct iheartreinhart site, and most recently IDF. I took a one month hiatus from posting at IDF in hopes that I could wean myself from my Haley fan(aticism). It didn’t work. I have not been able “to go on with life as we always knew it before the Halien madness”. Therefore, I must not be “normal” or “healthy”, but I am a happy Halien.

Although, the buzz (not buzzenator) about Haley has not been a wildfire like I would have hoped there continues to be a buzz. She has gained over 56K twitter followers since the beginning of April of this year and over 3K twitter followers since 8/25. She still has enough twitter support to muster a worldwide trend wishing her a happy birthday. Her new members on this site (including me) continue to grow.

I will sustain my optimism that “Listen Up!” will perform well enough worldwide that we will get a sophomore album. For me, the most important things are Haley’s happiness and enough Haley success to permit new music to be produced, sung and enjoyed for as long as Haley is willing to do so.

(09-09-2012, 11:15 AM)jjames865 Wrote: Miguel, I would like to compliment you on and thank you for a site well done. Many of you will recognize me from posts initially made on the American Idol forums, the now apparently defunct iheartreinhart site, and most recently IDF. I took a one month hiatus from posting at IDF in hopes that I could wean myself from my Haley fan(aticism). It didn’t work. I have not been able “to go on with life as we always knew it before the Halien madness”. Therefore, I must not be “normal” or “healthy”, but I am a happy Halien.

Although, the buzz (not buzzenator) about Haley has not been a wildfire like I would have hoped there continues to be a buzz. She has gained over 56K twitter followers since the beginning of April of this year and over 3K twitter followers since 8/25. She still has enough twitter support to muster a worldwide trend wishing her a happy birthday. Her new members on this site (including me) continue to grow.

I will sustain my optimism that “Listen Up!” will perform well enough worldwide that we will get a sophomore album. For me, the most important things are Haley’s happiness and enough Haley success to permit new music to be produced, sung and enjoyed for as long as Haley is willing to do so.

(09-05-2012, 11:05 AM)Miguel Wrote: I have a lot of faith in Listen Up! as well. It just needs to be discovered. I don't know how that will come about. Hit singles seem to be hard to come by. I'm still hoping for a Grammy award to call attention to it.

(09-09-2012, 04:47 PM)jjames865 Wrote:

(09-05-2012, 11:05 AM)Miguel Wrote: I have a lot of faith in Listen Up! as well. It just needs to be discovered. I don't know how that will come about. Hit singles seem to be hard to come by. I'm still hoping for a Grammy award to call attention to it.

As my first post suggests, I too have a lot of faith in Listen Up! and for that matter in Interscope. I hope my faith in Interscope is not misguided. I believe they have been positioning Haley for a Grammy nomination and “Undone” is probably the best bet to achieve that objective. Just keeping the faith.

BTW: Thanks for the Welcomes