I think this is the order of things before a new ARR album: 1) Tentative date of music release appears online in the media..... everyone is excited, yippee, hooray, can't wait....etc. etc.
2) First promo is released. ARR fans download the audio portion everywhere..play it in their ipods, their cars, their super stereos, even if the clip is 20 seconds in bad sound......but it's new ARR music... Discussions abound.....is it good? ARR skeptics and naysayers chime in......"I'm very disappointed....album will be bad....what is ARR thinking????" 3) Some funny person named Gopal in this group releases a fake track list and half of all ARR fans everywhere believe it. 4) Music release date comes.....people go to the stores to ask about the CD...but no CD.... and store people give them funny looks....even claiming never having heard of the film.....disappointing trip back home. Where's the CD? I thought it was going to release today! Huh? What's going on??????? Chaos, questions, uncertainty...... 5) New music date announced in media! Is it true? What's the source? Can we trust it??? Yes, this time it's for real! 4) THE REAL track listing is provided by Gopal and posted on the official AR website....excitement builds, tensions mount....AR fans starting to drool...... 5) New music release date comes.....people flock to stores, wait anxiously on the computers searching download sites.......but.....where's the music? Where's the CD? What's going on? ARREY YAAR...KYA HORA HAI??????????????? "Music was supposed to release today!!!!" Realization sets in that the launch function was set for the day, but CDs will take time to come out, another 2 weeks, due to T-series screwing up something. 6) Another music release date comes out by T-series.....AR fans everywhere very apprehensive.......but willing to wait......wait...wait.....wait....the waiting gets harder everyday...... Will T series deliver? 7)Another promo is released....a new song....something to chew on while we wait for the feast.......more discussions, more analyses, more downloads.....more doubts....."this doesn't sound like ARR...album will flop......I don't have a good feeling about this...etc. etc." People on this group tell these people to shut up and not judge a whole album just by the clips (but inside, they're worried) 8) T series release date is changed again the day before the expected release date due to problems in packaging and distribution.....AR fans everywhere curse T series, calling it bad names, asking why AR albums releases are always botched up and why always with T series... Notable AR fans start to make calls to T series people demanding an explanation and a true release date. Multiple release dates are subsequently announced and mass confusion, frustration, chaos among AR fans develops....which is the real date? Huh? Should I go to the music store that morning or not?????????????? 9) Out of the blue, the album releases unexpectedly while people are frustrated and confused. Downloading begins everywhere while AR fans urge other AR fans to not download and wait to buy the CD. 10) Discussions, reviews, analyses, opinions all come flooding out after hearing the album with at least one person saying the music is a complete disappointment..... .....and a whole other chapter within the AR Rahman journey begins........
