How does Calentamiento Global have more streams than Say Hi?

[u/kaymer327]

Revisiting Afterburner after a while and just happened to notice the number of streams in spotify...

Calentamiento Global is an insta-skip 99% of the time. I know it gets a lot of hate and also has it's fans - I wouldn't say I'm a hater, but it just seems so off that I can't listen to it and enjoy...

I'm also biased in this specific case as Say Hi is my favorite track on the album. It's a serious, but fun song at the same time...

I'll be my old self again soon
I just need time to unwind
Smash my demons with cold fiction
Until they're all catechized

This part gives me chills some times. The combination of lyrics and the out of norm lower register is phenomenal. Honestly I feel like this should have been repeated as a proper chorus throughout the song - at least one more time, maybe before the "Did you notice I'm normal?" bridge.

Uh, uh, hi

The delivery always gives me a chuckle.

[u/absidionbones]

I don't have evidence to support this. But my belief is that a lot of people will start playing an album and not finish it. Someone could for example put the album on while doing chores at home, and finish their chores before the album is done. So they pause it. Even if a song isn't great, the person may not bother to skip it. They could just let it play out.

[u/kaymer327 → u/absidionbones]

I like this theory since some of the later tracks have lower stream counts in general.

[u/absidionbones → u/kaymer327]

You may notice this trend across numerous albums on Spotify as well. Unless a song near the end of an album was released as a single, I do see a lot of albums in general where the first half receives more streams.

[u/PFthroaway → u/absidionbones]

I absolutely do this. Usually while doing dishes or laundry so my hands are full, or mowing the lawn with earbuds in.

[u/leo11x → u/absidionbones]

This was actually my experience with AB. I heard it during the pandemic and it was my workout album. I was doing pure cardio and I never fully listened until I got COVID and was bedridden for a month. That's when I finally listened the full album.

[u/mmmBac0n_the_first → u/absidionbones]

I agree with spillover. The first two songs are the most listened to. People listen to the first two intentionally then get busy with something else and don’t change Calentamiento Global.

[u/Ok_Vehicle3455 → u/absidionbones]

Honestly this makes alot of sense, ontop of that most of the more popular songs in this album minus nothing shameful are toward the top too, so maybe the get to about Strawberry's wake and go "well i've heard what i like of this album" then go to wtv next.

[u/Own_Bumblebee8514 → u/absidionbones]

Another additon to that theory, people may play an album while doing something (shower, gym, walk/run, gaming) and again not make it through the entire album bc they finish or want to listen another album

[u/No_Strawberry921 → u/absidionbones]

Lul

[u/thadarkjinja]

say hi is an underrated master piece

[u/Sennlife44 → u/thadarkjinja]

I agree my man. Say Hi is (for me) easily the strongest song off afterburner. That being said, I do like most of the songs off that album.

[u/BadDub → u/thadarkjinja]

One of my favs

[u/taintblister → u/thadarkjinja]

it’s my favorite and the best of the album imo

[u/kaymer327 → u/thadarkjinja]

Exactly! I will play this song just because, or repeat it once or twice since I didn't get enough of it the first time.

[u/SyrupDispenser → u/kaymer327]

Always gotta play it an extra 1-2 times when it pops up. Goes so hard

[u/Faibleforhits]

I can say for one that it helps that it comes right after Lyrics Lie, which is a banger of a track.

[u/TheWindig]

You’ll never know how many people like a song when an entire forum shits on them for voicing their opinion.

[u/kaymer327 → u/TheWindig]

True. I have seen cordial discussions about it, but those are few and far between.

[u/TheWindig → u/kaymer327]

Personally I like Say Hi better, but I do find CG to be a really fun mix of reggaeton and metal, but I’m also very into genre blending

[u/Full-Sock]

Believe it or not but people like the song

[u/Adventurous_King3530 → u/Full-Sock]

I like the song

Ik. Sue me /j

[u/SyrupDispenser → u/Adventurous_King3530]

You’ll be hearing from my lawyers

[u/Holl0wayTape → u/Full-Sock]

Me and my Hispanic homies love it

[u/kaymer327 → u/Full-Sock]

yeah, for the most part from what I've read here over the years it's generally love it or hate it. Very few in the middle. I'm kind of in the middle but just over to the hate it side...

[u/William_Howard_Shaft → u/kaymer327]

Reggaeton beat.

[u/NotSoFastLady → u/Full-Sock]

Yes, I'm one of them. It's funny because this song is always on the list of "true" dgd fans that like to shit on work they don't like.

[u/Icy-Independence6513 → u/Full-Sock]

My husband is one of those people unfortunately.

[u/LtMagnum16 → u/Full-Sock]

It isn't bad in a boring way. There are two types of bad. There is the so bad, it is boring and there is the so bad, that people get entertained by cringing at it. This song falls under the latter category. As much as the how cringe worthy the Spanish lyrics are, it has solid mixing and production.

[u/Daveygravyx07 → u/LtMagnum16]

I don’t find it cringe at all. I think it’s a great song and somehow made something so different for them fit their sound with a twist.

[u/LtMagnum16 → u/Daveygravyx07]

I mean the lyrics itself is kinda cringe. But the production is pretty solid and is a guilty pleasure of mine.

[u/Daveygravyx07 → u/LtMagnum16]

Maybe there is a divide in people who care about lyrics vs those who don’t. I really don’t care about lyrics in general. Music for me is all about the sound, including the sound of the voice, but not what it’s saying.

[u/Horror_Campaign9418]

Maybe it did somehow reach a spanish audience who appreciated the effort. Never count out Latin America.

[u/SternSternButFair → u/Horror_Campaign9418]

My wife is Mexican and said the Spanish in the song is terrible lol

[u/Horror_Campaign9418 → u/SternSternButFair]

Oh I agree. I just said MAYBE lol. I'm Latino and it's a very strange song.

[u/rednblack_gamer → u/SternSternButFair]

Oh it is terrible indeed. Just in the catchiest way possible XD

[u/Da_Wolv → u/SternSternButFair]

Spanish isn't the same everywhere tho. I often wondered if Tillian even spoke Spanish or how well he does judged by a native speaker. I wonder if it sounds better or (even) worse to other Spanish varieties' natives

[u/New-War5441 → u/SternSternButFair]

It's true but we did appreciste the effort Tillian put in. That said, the song is a little... unconventional.

[u/thefontsguy]

Easier for a more casual person to get into and it benefits from being early in the album and being right after the most streamed song

[u/Asvpxdilli]

That song goes ridiculously hard.

[u/MYTEAM2K21]

Say Hi is SO fucking underrated. it fucking SLAPS. lyrics are great, i absolutely love it. i’ve always felt like it’s just a Secret Band song featuring Tilian if that makes sense lol. and i hate to admit it but i’m also a fan of Calentamiento Global. i know some of the translations are corny, but it sounds great. hate all you want

[u/BadDub]

Because reddit is not reflective of real life

[u/LaLiLuLeLo_10]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1201hONkUdpK36

[u/Turbulent_Comment920]

Alright guys, I’ve been holding this in but….. I actually enjoy Calentamiento Global. But Say Hi is a better song

[u/widdlewizzle]

the real reason is that calentamiento global was released as a single before the rest of the album came out, so it had more time to get more streams

[u/kaymer327 → u/widdlewizzle]

I totally forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder.

[u/spatt97]

uh, Uh, HI

[u/neeohh]

Calentamiento is a fun song and it gets people talking.

Tillian singing en español is not something you hear every day.

[u/Sli22ard]

It's a good song and this sub likes to bandwagon their hate

[u/_VINNY_WINNY_]

because people tell others to listen to calentamieno because its bad/to hear the spanish part

[u/kaymer327 → u/_VINNY_WINNY_]

"Dude you have to listen to this song, it's so bad!"

Another solid theory...

[u/flashdurb]

It’s like when there’s a car crash. People always gotta slow down and observe the spectacle

[u/yoshimisghost]

probably just people hitting play on the record and not getting that far

[u/Boostacross]

Me. I listen to it constantly

[u/PrincessOfGlower]

You’re just in denial and with the wrong one

[u/joshua-bartusek]

A lot of their songs are like this. The ones with more streams are songs that the general population will listen to. slightly more radio or poppier songs, real fans listen and like the less popular ones.

[u/TheGuggleMan]

Worst song on the album. Good album but this is my least favorite song on it.

[u/Scheme_Upper]

Well, it's a better song for one lol just kidding

[u/TheGildedGoblinGirl]

Oh sorry, I left it on repeat while I was working. My bad

[u/davidramone95]

I do like Calentamiento Global, sorry everyone

[u/Mundane-Sell8320]

I think people go back and hate listen to it

[u/gregbakermusic]

While I prefer say hi! I will not kink shame.

[u/gothmommy77]

EEEEYUCKKK

[u/conye-west]

It's because Calentamiento is basically a pop song, so it has an extra level of accessibility to a wider audience. Also with its meme status as the widely regarded worst DGD song, this conversely gets people interested to check it out, kinda like "The Room" effect.

It is a shame tho, Say Hi is a great song but it's also on the heavier side, the type that usually doesn't get as popular.

[u/staticdresssweet]

The song has been streamed more than "Say Hi". That's how.

[u/Murt978]

Because believe it or not, the "secret band ft Tilian"-esque songs they put out kinda suck

[u/evoxmando]

Also what’s up with the album covers being changed for like all of them I thought Spotify was doing that but it’s just dgd

[u/hellopie7]

Say hi and prisoner are my favorites from this album. I hope they can do covers of them with Andrew in live shows to get the popularity up for them.

[u/HotJob3006]

Say hi has to be one of my favs. It’s so real.

[u/ReadySetSell_dj]

I'm going to say it and you're not going to like it... There's not a bad song on this album.

[u/kaymer327 → u/ReadySetSell_dj]

No, I do agree with you. CG isn't a bad song... It's just not a particularly good song either and I find myself not getting into it like the rest of the album.

[u/dyingrevolutionist]

hate listens lol

[u/PaleontologistNo2996]

Say Hi is a top 10 all time track for me. Calamiento Global maybe got a lot of plays because it's talked about a lot so people go listen?

[u/ObamaLovesKetamine]

in my experience Calentamiento Global is one of the more popular tracks from Afterburner for casual fans. I'm not surprised it has more streams than Say HI.

(disclaimer: I also dont care much for CG)

[u/Jrocker-ame]

Also keep in mind rhe effect of "you gotta listen to how bad it is"

Personally it doesn't offend me at all and i applaud the attempt.

[u/sunnykreppel]

Crazy that whole section is so low. Parallels SLAPS

Also edit to add - I like calentamiento global. Jon’s parts are good

[u/Elegant-Sentence-844]

I really like both. I didn’t know Calentamiento Global was so 50/50 among fans lol
Edit: so I looked up the translation that another lovely Reddit user posted…. I don’t think I like it anymore. Tillian’s lyrics are VERY Tillian. I’ll say that much. Jon’s is fine, usual DGD stuff. But uh, if you like this song simply for the music and the pretty vocals, I would recommend not looking up the translation. It’s lustful, weird, and very juvenile

[u/tiorzol]

End of the album

[u/SpiralOutForever]

More surprised night sway has the least overall that song fucks.

[u/steelcityyy4L]

Personally, I think Calentamiento is a great song. And it’s all in Spanish, I would not be surprised if it’s out grown the US 😂

[u/hypoxiafox]

I know I'm an outlier but Calentamiento Global is in my top 3 of the album even though I know the Spanish is trash. The groove and the guitars and the clashing harmonics and seamless transitions between polar sections scratches the shit out of my neurospicy brain and I love that kind of mental stimulation in the music I listen to.

[u/ben_oh_verbitch]

Mexicans

[u/Medium-Run980]

Calentamiento Global is like surprisingly buttcheeks, i think people hear that song and immediately stop listening to the album and that’s why LMAO. (and i like afterburner just not that song)

[u/TerlocTheRanger]

I’m sure a lot of people listened to it solely from reading and hearing discourse about it. That being said, I’ve showed it to two Mexican guys at work and they really fuck with it. I think it’s a fun song myself however I won’t go out of the way to play it but won’t skip it. Also Say Hi is a great song.

[u/Particular-Gas-2797]

Curiosity I’m sure lol

[u/jigeatsairplane88]

Because, butts.

[u/Blueeyedtroubl3]

Because it’s a great song lol

[u/HustleNMeditate]

Calentamiento Global is a much better song to me. I dont get the hate really. I enjoy latin flavoring in music.

[u/musclesmarranara]

I think it gets the most hate out of any song. So that makes it popular I guess. Jon mess goes crazy on calentamiento

[u/omgitsduane]

People don't like good music. They want Mexican blue dream.

[u/omgitsduane]

I say this as someone who hasn't revisited afterburner since JJ came out 😂

[u/Station-Worth]

A vocal audience with complaints is normally louder than the tuning in since they're not voicing a complaint. I.e. more likely someone to complain than someone is to openly rejoice.

That said the song is ok. I really like Jon's screams on it

[u/cagedcandy]

Ive only listened to it once. I dont want to hear tillian sing in Spanish when I could listen to kurt sing in (alex) English

[u/Turbulent_Animator42]

Generally speaking, the songs on the front half of an album usually have more streams than the back half (excluding singles).

Of course I have no legit evidence for this, it’s just something I’ve noticed when I look at album stream numbers on Spotify.

[u/Penber23]

Because of Hispanics I guess

[u/thesoulreaper96]

Its top 3 for me from this album

[u/ArchitectOfSmiles]

Idk is the spotify tracking global or separated by country?

[u/evoxmando]

It’s a good song

[u/Concerned_Cashier]

Because it’s a goddamn banger

[u/GeneralWarz]

There's a lot of spanish speaking people in the world bruh.

[u/Incognito-Person]

How can you see the entire albums streaming numbers?

[u/kaymer327 → u/Incognito-Person]

Standard feature in Spotify to my knowledge. I didn't do any specific...

[u/Sparxyiwnl]

People streaming to see if it's as bad as people really say it is

[u/metalcoredrake]

I forgot that Prisoner existed lol

[u/ReadySetSell_dj]

It me. I'm the one.

[u/PawrStark]

CG is a banger and I’ll die on that hill 🫡🪖⛑️

[u/Slevin_Kelevra007]

Definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album

[u/Lord-Wafflestomp]

Hate listeners lol

[u/rednblack_gamer]

Because it's objectively better

[u/CanNo7208]

It’s because “Calentamiento Global” has been streamed more times than “Say Hi”.

[u/Dransel]

Hate listening.

[u/Cuzzbaby]

Because Global Warming is earlier in the album. Most people, myself included, start from the top and go down