What It’s Like When A Label Won’t Release Your Album

[Tusk]

Wasn't it Atlantic that she mentioned?
(B.o.B and Janelle Monae are with them )

I by no means imply Haley should not sign with a new label.

I am saying that she's very wise to wait, make herself a better 'product', be able to show, definitvely, what her direction and strategy is for herself, build a bigger, more varied fan base, before she starts listening to offers.
That's why she's waiting to finish her EP before she shops for Labels, coming to negotiations with leverage.

She's making her brand more valuable so that she is not the new artist "stuck in the middle" as the article describes. By making herself more valuable, with better profit potential, she forces whoever she signs with to make her a priority, and not something that can be easily pushed aside at a whim

She's making it so that she's in control and it's she who get's to chose who has her best interest.

(Should this be it's own thread? It's more about the future, rather than, unfortunately, the past, which LU, technically is )

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She mentions Atlantic in Malaysia (at around 1:00, some of the things at the beginning, where she talks about her expectations and the break up resonate more after reading the article

As much as I need their support, that they need to realize that I need to be involved every step of the way 'cause, it is, ultimately my career, you know. So, um, I'm not pin pointing anything yet, I mean, it would be great to be with somebody like Atlantic...