Paula Patton isn’t the only thing that’s left Robin Thicke of late. It seems public interest has too. For, after the crooner’s ‘Paula’ album was revealed to be on course for a less-then-stellar debut this week, its US sales forecast has been revised down.
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According to Hits Daily Double, the project’s somewhat embarrassing 20k-25k first week sales forecast has been updated to reflect a 20k-23k likely debut.
Dismal.
On the one hand, it’s entirely plausible that folk simply didn’t know about the project at all given that its release was announced merely two weeks before its arrival. Yet, there’s the possibility that the “win her back” concept was received as tacky by the masses and has ultimately backfired.
What’s more, for yours truly, there’s also the reality that the album sonically channels the more laid back sound of a pre-‘Blurred Lines’ Robin – a Robin that, though commanding a dedicated niche audience, was nowhere near as successful.
From our vantage point, the LP’s tanking is likely a triangulation of all of the above.
Sad.