Artists Who Were Impacted by COVID

[@Sparlunar]

Taylor Swift’s Lover Fest was cancelled and her Lover era was cut a year short. So she built a studio in her house and switched to indie music for Folklore and Evermore!

[@dariofontana6040]

Yes but the album was released on August 2019, 7 months before the lockdowns started happening so the album promoting itself was not interrupted

[@BroJo676]

@@dariofontana6040I 100% agree. Where I disagree, though, is Taylor was quick to bounce back and understand the mood in which the pandemic was setting the entire world in through isolation, confinement, and social distancing.

[@Damian-sn2sx]

You, as usual, forgot Kylie. She released DISCO during Pandemic which hit number 1 in UK and Aus and was one of the few artists to do a streaming live show with the Infinite Disco

[@kevin42315]

Chromatica would be amazing as a visual album due to the moment and the potential of all tracks 😢

[@noeortega8304]

Little Mix cancelled their summer tour and affected the Confetti era

[@KielC-n2g]

Very true people tend to forget that Rare was the first big pop girl album of the 20s. It’s very underrated it went kind of unnoticed despite being her most cohesive work to date

[@OpticalSorcerer]

"Prism" and "Witness" were originally conceived as darker albums. Had Daisy not been born yet, I wonder if "Smile" would've taken a darker turn at the onset of COVID.

[@RonyChatter]

Well, Katy can never really make "dark" music. Whenever she's tried to do that, she ends up going back to that "i am still strong, i am going to recover" leaving no space for the "human" in her. Look at By The Grace Of God.. It has a very interesting verse with great lyrical gems but once the chorus comes, it reels back to the hollow optimism making her earlier sadness unrelatable. It seems like Katy tried to appeal to people with Prism and Witness as her darker work but they really were nothing of that sort.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

@RonyChatter Katy's optimistic, so she doesn't like to put herself in that kind of headspace. She wanted to heal with "Prism" following her divorce and rrcover following the 2016 election with "Witness."

[@RonyChatter]

@@OpticalSorcerer I suspect, Prism started as a dark project but the label said we want hits and we want them asap so stop writing all this sad stuff and make the hits happen. And that's why Greg Kurstin who was the architect of "By The Grace Of God" was dropped from her collaborators and she re-circled back with Max/ Dr Luke- the hitmakers. Prism that's why seems very hollow, it's like Teenage Dream the sequel but more BORING. Like Roar is a blatant rip-off of Brave, Dark Horse is hella cringe, Birthday was trying to be Last Friday Night and failed, This Is How We Do is again a pretty mid/bad song. And the vision for anything she's put out since Prism is so distorted. She'd say something while promoting it, and the album would be a total 180 from that!!?

[@OpticalSorcerer]

@@RonyChatter I disagree about your dislike for it--I LOVE Prism--but I agree that corporate influence plaued a role, especially since dark/edgy-pop wouldn't become a big thing for several years later. In fact, I think something similar was done for "Smile" or "143"; "Smile" had NO collabs, but then "143" had 3 (and weirdly, they chose her collab with Doechii over 21 Savage as a single).

[@RonyChatter]

@@OpticalSorcerer You can have your version of the story but the fact still remains, Greg Kurstin said it clearly that Katy literally outed him suddenly one day and that he had no idea why coz everything was going fine.. Also, Prism is very, very hollow and soul-less. It is bland and is using the same 2010-isc sound with a little 2013 twang and nothing more. There is no personal growth between Teenage Dream and Prism and the sound of both the albums isn't too different either. You're going to look me in the eye and say Roar is different from anything else on Teenage Dream? She was still trying to grapple on the TN success and that worked for a while but soon (during Witness) it would falter badly.

[@SwissPRODMashups]

I feel like we would also had Rihanna's reggae album. She said she wanted to tour along with new music and COVID made that impossible.

[@RonyChatter]

Rihanna never planned on returning to music. She has made it very clear now that music was never her "passion" it was just a route to lead her to her actual destination- being a voice for black woman, inclusivity for all people and being a fashion icon. Rihanna has also kinda said that she is retiring and the way she keeps declining questions considering her music is so indicative of that. She was never planning to take music as her passion, so it's understandable that she wants to step out of that lane.

[@hemin_gway]

KYLIE : DISCO

[@jetfan925]

Maybe you should put artists who never recovered from their pre-COVID peak.

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

I mean Jesus, the "Pussycat Dolls"?

[@VyHuynh202177]

Honestly, whether you like K-Pop or not, you gotta admit that they adapted to the situation cause by the pandemic and used it to their advantage is a very smart move. Groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, and TWICE actually did online concerts on their KZbin channel along with other extra contents like dance choreography videos and it paid off. 😃

[@natygallardo9106]

Other cases: Halsey (Album release: Manic - She embarked on a tour to promote the album but after 17 concerts throughout much of Europe, she postponed the remaining dates around the rest of the world and subsequently canceled it.) Louis Tomlinson (Album release: Walls - He announced a tour to promote this debut solo album but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented those plans and in 2022 was restarted) Meghan Trainor (Album relese: Treat Myself - The COVID-19 lockdowns prevented her from giving further live performances and with two more albums she toured again in 2024) Justin Bieber (Album release: Changes - The tour was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bieber later embarked on the Justice World Tour to promote Changes and its successor, Justice.) BTS (Album release: Map Of The Soul: 7 - The tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A two-day online concert, titled BTS Map of the Soul ON:E, was held on October 10-11, 2020, in place of the postponed world tour; the event garnered 993,000 viewers from 191 countries and territories. The postponed world tour was cancelled on August 19, 2021, due to continued uncertain circumstances and concerns over COVID-19.) Taylor Swift (After the release of her album "Lover", she was intended to do a celebration with her fans with a worldwide festival and concert tour titled Lover Fest, which was due to begin in mid-2020 and included four shows in the United States, ten shows in Europe, and two shows in Brazil. But was officially cancelled in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) Bad Bunny (Album release: YHLQMDLG / El Último Tour Del Mundo - Bad Bunny had originally planned to tour the world in 2020 in support of his second studio album YHLQMDLG. A massive European leg was scheduled to happen in the summer, with Martinez headlining A-list festivals such as Primavera Sound. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most dates were pushed back to 2021 and later to 2022.)

[@natygallardo9106]

The Weeknd (Album release: After Hours - Throughout 2020, various other performances of the album's songs occurred during major televised events like the MTV Video Music Awards, Time 100 primetime event and American Music Awards. But due to tour delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weeknd completed his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, released in early 2022, before launching a tour to support both releases.) Dua Lipa (Album release: Future Nostalgia - To promote the album, Lipa embarked on the Future Nostalgia Tour, which commenced in February 2022 after being postponed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, in November 2020 she shared Studio 2054, a live stream concert in which perform several songs from the album and include guest stars like Kylie Minogue, FKA Twigs and Angéle.) Camila Cabello (After the release of "Romance" on December 2019, Camila was set to embark on The Romance Tour, starting with Europe and then North America, but was later postponed and then cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.)

[@natygallardo9106]

We also include: Harry Styles Doja Cat Charli XCX Ava Max Maroon 5 Little Mix Janet Jackson Adele

[@crystalsnow1138]

@@natygallardo9106 I can't wait for BTS to tour again. I had tickets to their Chicago concert for June 2020 and I held onto them until the tour was officially canceled.

[@LucaBricca]

Every artist was impacted by Covid one way or another: some in better ways than others. A lot of album releases were delayed or impacted in bad ways because they relied on a more traditional promo cycle. (for example chromatica) Other artists managed to adapt their albums style to the times and those required less traditional promo (for example folklore)

[@davidricardomurillocardozo948]

Shakira was also impacted by COVID. After her Super Bowl Halftime show, plans for a tour were revealed and had to be cancelled. Also the singles "Clandestino", "Me Gusta" and "Don't Wait Up" conceived for her next studio album were dismissed as buzz singles in favor of a different concept

[@Youtubeaccount50512]

Shakira had some buzz later on, after the Pique scandal and her “revenge” song was very successful

[@ericc-h4o]

Covid had nothing to do with Normani failing as a solo artist. It’s her record label ( and her ) decision to keep delaying her album release. Also, people were overhyping the hell out of her and acting like she was the next big thing. TBH, it’s was satisfying when her album flopped.

[@blinkforeverswifties]

Sour Candy would've had a music video😢

[@ownyourcrazy8734]

The entire Australian music industry. 5SOS the Kylie Minogue were among the incredibly few lucky ones.

[@estivrep2417]

Little Mix had to cancel a Summer Tour and a lot of promotional mv's were affected. those were very difficult times, and I think not performing or making lot of promotion made Jesy have pannic attacks when they were coming back to the spotlight, and I think that made her part ways with LM before they were supposed to

[@shivamkochhar8465]

Chromatica would have been so big if there wasn’t pandemic. Replay as lead single Rain On Me, Babylon, Sine From Above, 911 as other singles

[@Droorogers]

Kylie wasn't able to tour the DISCO album!

[@ericliu772]

143 is so embarassing Smile is so much better

[@94mp99]

For Taylor Swift, the pandemic causing her: - Have to cancel the Lover Fest that supposed to begin in April 2020 - Have to cancel the release of Cruel Summer as a single to support the Lover Fest (luckily, it was finally released three years later to support The Eras Tour) - With those two above happened, it led to Taylor creating folklore and evermore (aka, two of her best albums)

[@crystalsnow1138]

How about BTS? They had a massive world tour planned for 2020 and then were going to enlist in the military for their mandatory service after the tour was completed. Then the pandemic happened, their entire tour was canceled and they couldn't leave South Korea for around 18 months. Not to mention they had just released a new album that they weren't able to promote properly because of covid restrictions. Although good things did happen like they released another album, had number 1 songs, and earned Grammy nominations which probably wouldn't have happened if not for the pandemic. But they definitely had to change a lot of their plans and delayed their military enlistment because of the pandemic and unfortunately never got to tour before enlisting. That's why so many fans are eager for their return in 2025 because fans have been waiting for a world tour since 2020 (more than likely they'll tour in 2026).

[@hitmann223344]

hate that for chromatica. the moment it should’ve had! 😢

[@ameeruladhaanur6628]

The Pussycat Dolls cancelled their reunion tour 😢😢

[@OctoXplayz]

Ava max too

[@jerryjaguar3239]

janet jackson's black diamond era

[@Simon-zl6ek]

Cruel summer would have had a music video if not for covid.

[@ownyourcrazy8734]

Janet Jackson. Where is Black Diamond?

[@Burningdaylighter]

There are actual REASONS why Normanis album “flopped”… she had ZERO radio, ZERO performances, ZERO music videos, ZERO late night talk show appearances, ZERO physical copies, ONE variant. Not even a clean version. We need to stop labeling it as a flop without actually looking at the details. All the things I’ve mentioned make a huge difference in the performance of an album

[@critique211]

Taylor Swift released 2 albums in 2020

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

An I didn't listen to either one of them. Same urban crap, different yodeler.

[@94mp99]

@@peteywheatstraws4909 Your great miss out, mate. But it's okay, not everyone intellectual enough to handle the masterpieces that are folklore and evermore by Taylor Swift.

[@matuklon]

Wasn't Janet supposed to release Black Diamond in 2020?

[@Jaded_underrated]

Young thug lost 3 million

[@Lulumusic2021]

Cool

[@adrnevez]

There would be no salvation for kesha, normani or katy, pandemic or not

[@TheSkinnyZ]

3:58 by whom? 🫠

[@Moonlight-uv4mu]

Justice for Chromatica.There are so many wasted hits like Replay,Babylon and Enigma.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

Don't forget "Plastic Doll" and "Sour Candy"!

[@kalinkavelinova2529]

Katy Perry

[@blinkforeverswifties]

Smile & Chromatica is a masterpiece 🫶💥💗😭

[@georgetsonis3163]

Normani is just not going to have a solo career, it had nothing to do with Covid

[@aimstar11]

Yeah it was more so both her parents getting diagnosed with cancer - the momentum stopped straight after motivation with the pandemic starting 6 months later 🙄

[@StevieP.]

Gaga's cool i think one of the issues is her fanbase is full of toxic trolls too busy being gross than to actually support their "Mother"

[@eeee8489]

I disagree

[@StevieP.]

​@@eeee8489cool

[@sumeetkumarbordoloi4512]

Same with every fan base. Barbz, arianator ,k pop fan base and Swifties are way worst.

[@sreeyansarout6497]

​@@sumeetkumarbordoloi4512No. They are not worse. They are big. Even if only 5% of them are bad, because the fanbase is so big, they will appear worse than someone with a smaller fanbase where 40% of them are absolutely obnoxious.

[@DoDe-zm7cn]

Istg little monsters are almost as toxic as the barbz they literally hate on every successful pop star from taylor to beyonce to katy

[@endofaneraoutnow3473]

Covid isn’t an excuse

[@eeee8489]

Yes it is

[@absolutelychampagne]

It kinda is when u legally can't tour 😭

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

Covid isn't an excuse for poor songs, but if you can't tour due to overreaction by the government, you are definitely looking at revenue loss and lack of exposure.

[@absolutelychampagne]

@peteywheatstraws4909 covid wasn't "overreaction" ppl were literally dying 😭

[@endofaneraoutnow3473]

@@eeee8489 false. There were successful songs. Even when Covid was at its peak

[@TheSkinnyZ]

Gaga‘s (true) pop eras have been cursed recently, I’m kinda scared for the upcoming one. 🫣