Melly- Z splitting from FAE is what a lot of people wanted though I could never figure out whether I disliked RCA more- just the timing just before Z2 and when he is supposedly in tour rehearsals seems so off. Give us your thoughts please!!!!
This was me yesterday when I heard the news:
I honestly think it was a long time coming - FAE has made a lot of rookie mistakes over the last few years. Here’s my thing - after reading the Variety & HDD FAE press release article that got distributed to everyone on the FAE rolodex if that were true, why not terminate their relationship 8 or even 10 months ago, when there appeared to be a flurry of no shows and cancellations, rather then terminate during what has arguably been his most active period in years these past few months? There’s even legit Scrooge McDuck revenue to be made here coming up for them, what with a new album and a planned tour (he’s even in tour rehearsals) - the Business Hoe Maths do not add up.
I said it yesterday, but you know what really doesn’t look good? When two of your biggest acts walk in quick succession. So, if you’re FAE, what do you do? You try and stop the damage so you don’t walk away looking like a team of sweatys. They couldn’t get a jump on Ellie Goulding leaving, but they were able to get a jump on the stories regarding Zayn, and so they did. If I were petty (I am), I would say that this was probably the fastest work they’ve done on behalf of Zayn in their 3 years of working together!
What I do wonder in hindsight though, is if this visit by Sarah Stennett wasn’t her attempt at trying to get Zehn to reconsider whilst he was in his fancy Miami Music & Nap House:
“Sereh, ah hehve cuhlled dis meetin’ because yew ah fiahed. Theh lack of caht mehmes downloahded tuh muh phuhne wuz theh lahst strahw. “
“Guhdbai Sereh, deah’s an Ehdibuhl Arrenhngement foah yew ahn theh weh ouht”
I would be wholly nahhht surprised if an announcement about Zayn’s new management comes really soon.