Haley mentions "Oh My!" release...

[Mr. Bill]

Check out the last 10 seconds of this interview... "Soon..." is the word on the streets! I'm glad to hear it!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/h...dol-353062

[LovinDaHaley]

^ Sweet Spacerocket Mr. Sprocket! Princess Hales was definitely dishing out some "for real" news about things to come in that fabulous interview. It all just keeps getting better every day. How exiting!

[brandon70]

I hope it is released soon and that things get done well by the interscope folks. I am "thisclose" to joining the "Interscope has screwed haley" school of thought No way she should have only 44,000 in sales at this point.

[Tusk]

I hope it is released soon and that things get done well by the interscope folks. I am "thisclose" to joining the "Interscope has screwed haley" school of thought No way she should have only 44,000 in sales at this point.

some of it has to do with the difficulty of promoting an 'unknown' talent in the environment of 'easy and free illegal downloading'. You like it because it is a way to expose your talent to her market, maybe creating a buzz..... you hate it because you don't get paid nor can you control it.

How else can you explain 200,000 plus followers on Twitter, but only producing that sales number?
...and you know many of her hard core fans bought multiple copies too, to distribute to friends and families. If each one of her Twitter 'fan' followers just bought one album, we'd be singing a different tune.... it's not all on Interscope.

[brandon70]

I hope it is released soon and that things get done well by the interscope folks. I am "thisclose" to joining the "Interscope has screwed haley" school of thought No way she should have only 44,000 in sales at this point.

some of it has to do with the difficulty of promoting an 'unknown' talent in the environment of 'easy and free illegal downloading'. You like it because it is a way to expose your talent to her market, maybe creating a buzz..... you hate it because you don't get paid nor can you control it.

How else can you explain 200,000 plus followers on Twitter, but only producing that sales number?
...and you know many of her hard core fans bought multiple copies too, to distribute to friends and families. If each one of her Twitter 'fan' followers just bought one album, we'd be singing a different tune.... it's not all on Interscope.

I do understand what you are saying. However, the fact that the clearly less talented "durbinator" has over 100k seems somewhat troubling to me. I know his album has been out there much longer, but...........

[Tusk]

He's been out much longer and he's signed to a smaller company.

I've posted this before, but it applies, Like things in nature, smaller things are weaker but faster, bigger things are stronger but slower. What James has achieved has been mostly due to his volition.

He probably knew the work and touring he was going to need to do to convince everybody that he belonged, and he dove in head first. His success was not due to publicity generated by his record company, necessarily.

Also, and Haley's fans and her critics can agree on this, she is wheeling out a very unique sound, one that doesn't have a built in fan base, like metal or pop.

Just like her turn on Idol, she was hard to pin down what her 'sound' is. Go back to the early times she herself describes her sound on Idol, and it is pretty much the exact description she gives today. Haley's always known her sound, 'we' are just slow to recognise it.
We are so used to her sound, it's convincing those who don't know her sound that's the trick. People tend to follow and want the comfort of something familiar, and Haley's music is not 'typical.
I think the strategy is to grow her fan base, a long term strategy.

Interscope saw her talent and, except for the lack of an 'all in' mentality in promotion, has treated Haley very well, especially in letting her have that much control of her product....

BTW I'm really happy and proud of what James has done, it's not a comparison, contrast thing with me. He had all sorts of potential pitfalls he could have tripped on, but he navigated them well, and is 'self made'. Haley, Casey and James have done amazing jobs with their debut albums (I don't listen to country so can't speak on Scotty and Lauren, but know they have done tremendously well too)

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I posted this question at IDF


@ 1:30 when she refers to "Oh My" needing a little more "Ooomph" I wonder if she's referring to them 'reworking' the single in studio...or I wonder if she means, the live performance needs more "Ooomph"?

[buzzenator]

^ or the more Ooomph is...a featured new single with video...makes sense too. She just couldn't say that yet...as it has not been announced officially.

[My Alter Ego]

Hmmm... "Oh My" presumably coming out as a single and simultaneously "Undone" being heard in the movie "Step Up: Revolution."

Not bad....

[NUG]

I may pee my pants I'm so excited!! Not really but holy ned WOOOHOOOOO!!! I think they may re-mix it, or she's just referring to the video or "roll out" of the single. What ever it is, we're moving into a new direction, finally!