time2lose@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoBeyonce Hit with Backlash for Selling Empty $948 Empty Box: ‘Lost Yo Mind’intouchweekly.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
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minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago And either way, there is no bad press. The myth that “all advertising is good advertising” is just that. There are reputational impacts from stunts like these. Just look at how bad Ye has fucked up his career. Sure, he’s still rich as hell, but he ain’t coming back from that.
minus-squareJackie's Fridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoValid, but there’s a difference between selling a pine box to rich fans with nothing better to spend their money on and having multiple bigoted public meltdowns while your music gets noticeably worse.
The myth that “all advertising is good advertising” is just that. There are reputational impacts from stunts like these.
Just look at how bad Ye has fucked up his career. Sure, he’s still rich as hell, but he ain’t coming back from that.
Valid, but there’s a difference between selling a pine box to rich fans with nothing better to spend their money on and having multiple bigoted public meltdowns while your music gets noticeably worse.