To Spoil Or Not To Spoil?

[Muppetboy09]

I NEED THOSE 30 SECOND PREVIEWS!!! I am so impatient when I find out the track list, and I just want to hear a little bit

[Kevbo1987]

If the full album leaks, it will be difficult for me to resist listening to it early, though I will try my absolute best. If one or two songs leak early, I won't listen to them. I definitely want to hear all twelve songs consecutively when I listen for the first time. As of right now, I don't plan on watching the video Al puts out on the 14th until the 15th, but we'll see if I can resist the temptation.

[Cameron the Taco]

Well, I might listen to the 30 second preview of Jackson Park Express...

[Skippy]

Not a fan of 30-second previews, but would probably listen to the originals just long enough to figure out the style.

[mrmeadows]

If the full album leaks, it will be difficult for me to resist listening to it early, though I will try my absolute best. If one or two songs leak early, I won't listen to them. I definitely want to hear all twelve songs consecutively when I listen for the first time. As of right now, I don't plan on watching the video Al puts out on the 14th until the 15th, but we'll see if I can resist the temptation.

Wow, I'm not that much of a purist. The minute I find out a song is available to listen to, I'll be there.

[TMBJon]

As soon as a full length song is officially released, I'll listen to it. DEFINITELY no 30-second clips for me! Hoping it all comes at once on July 15.

[Yup.]

And though I doubt it will happen, there's also the possibility of one of the songs getting played on Weird Al's appearance on Jonah Raydio this week.

Would you mind terribly linking that?

[Killingsworth]

I wouldn't mind listening to 30-second clips. I kind of get some peoples' aversion to them, but I can't say that I happen to share it.

I'll probably listen to the whole album however it gets to me first whether it leaks or I get it from Amazon that day. As long as the videos will still be fresh and new to me, it's good to listen to the songs whenever they come out.

[mrmeadows]

The one spoiler area I will try to avoid is reading any lyrics (therefore spoiling the jokes) before actually listening to the songs. I would also want to not know what the originals are style parodies of before I can listen and try to decipher them myself. Other than that, I don't consider actually listening to a song ahead of the official release to be a spoiler. If it's the actual song, I guess I don't get what's being spoiled? I kinda get the 30 second snippets being spoilers (in a way), but not if it's the full song.

[Bruce the Duck]

I'm a big Star Wars fan. In 1999, when The Phantom Menace was coming out, I was in a store and saw one of those children's novelizations. I skimmed through it really quickly without really focusing on the content and I saw a picture of Darth Maul sliced in half. That ruined the entire climax of the movie for me.

A similar thing happened when I was bing-watching the entire series of Breaking Bad. I foolishly googled Gus Fring once his character was introduced, and came across a picture from his very last scene. Completely ruined that scene for me.

Reading lyrics or hearing 30-second samples would be just like those experiences for me. In fact, I remember reading the lyrics to "Couch Potato" too, which ruined the song for me the first time I saw it. Depending on how early the leaks come, I might cave in and listen to the whole album early. But it's the whole album or nothing for me.