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Beyonce Hit with Backlash for Selling Empty $948 Empty Box: ‘Lost Yo Mind’ (intouchweekly.com)

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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

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.