its bloody depressing getting close then back to square one surely this "defjam arent ready" is meaning something else behind the label

**** the bloody US label! The album is completely mixed and ready to go! Release in the UK, promote over here, then promote in the US! It's simple!

I mean it's all good and well sayings its the label's and so on, but the same thing happened on Syco, so was it ever really Syco, or is Leona too much of a perfectionist?

(Before all y'all jump on this post i'm not saying for sure thats the case, it's just understandable that some might think that)

I see where you're coming from. But I doubt she would post about final mixes if they weren't as far as she is concerned. One thing we do know: Leona doesn't give,out information lightly.

Nor would she post excitedly about rehearsing the new music with a band.

I think Leona is more than ready, hence she was rehearsing. I think we should just wait until end this week or until Tuesday, the day Heat said they'd be hearing at the latest.
The person who said the info is false is really close to the team though.. but it seemed like they were too bothered with something that is not true....

Well to be fair, Island hasn't been any better than Syco at the moment, We still get no news and clueless to what is going on and even when songs are mixed and showcases where planned there being cancelled, I dont know who i prefair at the moment Syco or Island.

Leona should be giving out information. We know she said final mixes, so im more inclined to believe that its still coming next week in the UK, but if it really is a delay then it's just ridiculous. More time spent away from music scene = harder for her to get good sales/publicity and the rest!

Don't say that on here! You're about to be bombarded with posts about how you can't judge them because the era hasn't started and how it's ridiculous to compare them!!


I, however, completely agree.

What you mean they were too bothered with something?
So these two people are both reliable sources, and one of them (close to the team) is saying there isn't going to be a delay and it's all going to run as planned?

Exactly.

Tell me one label that is flawless from beginning to the end and never mess up their planning? They have never announced anything officially. Things change all the time we just don't see it. I bet Rihanna, Beyonce, Adele, ... all had different plans at the start of the era but were changed last minute. We're March and we still don't have that Adele album, nor the Rihanna album.

You're seriously comparing both labels based on not telling info?
What about:
- Single decisions
- Promo
- Videos
- Style

You can only compare both labels when she has released 2-3 albums under Island because that's where Syco messed up because they didn't care

The reason Leona hasn't said anything is because nothing is official. If I didn't say anything we wouldn't have had a clue things were changing behind the scenes

I assumed 1-2 months ago this album would be out late 2015...

Nothing can be alright with Leona. I'm tired of this situation...

Why did she FAV the tweet that said: "the countdown begins. 2 weeks"?

When the team wants to release something they can do it, but I'm not going to tweet her and Sarah and Island more times. I won't keep wasting my time. I'm so angry. Bye Leona. When your f***ing team wants, I will be here again to support you because my LOVE for you is out of this world. Meanwhile, I won't.

So guys, good bye to you all. I'm not going to keep posting here till this situation changes!

And the meltdowns begin 😂😂😂

That's so strange! I hope the one close to the team is right!

new they would come tbh haha!

Soep, the problem isn't that the label makes mistakes! There's nothing wrong with that!

The problem I have, is that when someone - Virtuoso, Brooke or myself - say that this label has made a mistake and we're a bit disappointed by that a select few jump on us and tell us how wrong we are, how we cannot judge it and how we're being ridiculous. That's the problem.

The fact that you have now acknowledged that this is a bit frustrating and annoying, shows that you're now seeing what a few of us have said for a few months! It's all good!

Rightfully so! :P

That wasn't the problem before I wrote my post You were comparing labels again.
I'm annoyed yes because we know nothing for sure basically.. The wait is driving me insane. I'm not annoyed about the label at all

hahaha, tell me about it. Honestly, I know people are upset that there may be a delay again - but they need to have this release strategy down to a tee. If Def jam think that their release will work better if they wait until next month, and Island are able to do that and maximise the promo schedule - I don't see a problem.

Nothing has been announced yet, so technically there still has been no 'delay'. Everything is ready to go, but the planning of the era is just as important as the recording of the album. It's no good having an amazing album, then rushing out the single because some fans are getting impatient. It's literally like 4 weeks, it's not that bad at all.

If she'd announced the dates then it was delayed, I'd have been concerned. I have friends who work at labels and this isn't just something that happens to Leona or makes Island a bad label. It's business. Things come up, things happen, and at the moment - it's all for the benefit of the album, not because they're rubbish. We've already been told that Leona is Island's biggest project this year, and they're not going to spend all that money on rushing something out. People just need to chill out and stop getting their hopes up, nothing is 100% certain UNLESS Leona/Island/Sarah confirm it. Everything else is stuff we're not even supposed to know.

gelbma speaking the truth as always

Comparing labels which is absolutely fine. I have no problem accepting that every label make mistakes, perhaps its time others accept opinions from other people too!

We do know for sure the final mixes are done, and that apparently it all started, that a live video has been filmed - but the morons aren't uploading them or hyping it up.

But Leona, Sarah, Island, Seb all KNOW that we know these things because we tweet about it. They favourite our tweets about it. It's al good and well saying "they haven't officially said it" but they've done as good as!

It's not about opinions, it's me saying it's ridiculous to say a label is as terrible as syco because they don't tell anything

Technically....it's confirmed amongst them - they don't have to say it. The fact that they all had an agreed date, sent emails out to radios and so on (which all would've been checked with the US label, UK label, her management and the rest) shows that they had a plan in place. A whole strategy. Because it hasn't come from Leona's mouth, doesn't mean it's unconfirmed. We get confirmation from Soe's source (which is brilliant) about dates, events and so on. The fact that a whole planned start to an era now seems to have changed is annoying - and that's not because people got their hopes up. That's because we did have dates and we did have confirmation from someone "really close" to the team who is reliable. It's confirmed amongst them and we know this. The confirmed plans have been changed, and that isn't a good sign - whether you had your hopes up or not.

It's not about having to chill. This is a place where everyone can express any opinion - we're all past the "troll" stage now, let's be honest. But, frankly, the idea that some of you think that some users are anything but "chilled" is hilarious. We're not sitting at our computer in tears, raging about the world. XD

Next week, next month... whenever, it only feels like last week we was discussing the return of OMS and now look, we're a week in March. Not gonna worry about something I can't change . And I agree this thread would be dead without Soe and his inside info .

Which, of course, is your opinion that it's ridiculous! Some of us dont find it that way! I accept you don't find it ridiculous and I accept some others do! :P