{"id":37726,"date":"2013-07-30T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T11:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=37726"},"modified":"2013-07-30T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T12:22:54","slug":"james-blunt-emails-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/james-blunt-emails-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"James Blunt emails everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recently unretired musician James Blunt came to the media\u2019s attention yesterday when his new single \u2018Bonfire Heart\u2019 was emailed to a large number of people. Trending on Twitter, it appears half the discussion came from people<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victoriajaneox\/status\/361785288122580992\" title=\"@victoriajaneox\" target=\"_blank\">complaining about the unsolicited email<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and the other half<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuncanBSS\/status\/361860007756709888\" title=\"@DuncanBSS\" target=\"_blank\">complaining they had not received it<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/James-Blunt-250x203.png\" alt=\"James Blunt word cloud\" width=\"250\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37727\" \/>The \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2013\/jul\/29\/james-blunt-email-spam-new-single\" title=\"Guardian article James Blunt\" target=\"_blank\">clerical error<\/a>\u2019 may yet prove to be a marketing coup as the conversation around the new track has been greatly amplified. Not only was \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=James%20Blunt&#038;src=typd\" title=\"James Blunt search on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">James Blunt<\/a>\u2019 trending in the UK, but the conversation seems to have been fairly positive. Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/social-media-monitoring\/\" title=\"Cision Social Media\" target=\"_blank\">Cision Social Media<\/a>, we can create a Conversation Cloud around the subject and see that \u2018James Blunt\u2019 and \u2018Bonfire Heart\u2019 are the most connected phrases.<\/p>\n<p>They say there\u2019s no such thing as bad publicity and the conversation was made up of terms relating to the main points of the news story. Negative words didn\u2019t manage a consistent presence.<\/p>\n<p>Popular tweets from the day include Mikey Guitar, who was RT by James Blunt himself, and Paramore\u2019s Hayley Williams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>If you receive an email with a link to the new James Blunt single, don&#8217;t click on it. It&#8217;s a link to the new James Blunt single!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mikey Guitar (@MikeyMutineer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeyMutineer\/statuses\/361781252094828544\">July 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t lie to me James Blunt, I know you sent this to like a thousand other girls.\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XBwSDzRJd3\">http:\/\/t.co\/XBwSDzRJd3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yelyahwilliams\/statuses\/361878862931574784\">July 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The conversation continued in the blogosphere. <a href=\"http:\/\/scaryduck.blogspot.co.uk\/2013\/07\/blunt-and-to-point.html\" title=\"Scaryduck\" target=\"_blank\">Scaryduck<\/a> was one of the recipients of the email, which he took a screenshot of, and then explained his displeasure. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.co.uk\/music\/news\/a501960\/james-blunt-mass-mailout-mystifies-twitter-users-after-clerical-error.html\" title=\"Digital Spy\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Spy<\/a> curated a variety of tweets on the subjects including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DirtyLilBlunt\/status\/361800873912971264\" title=\"James Blunt's tweet\" target=\"_blank\">James Blunt\u2019s own<\/a>: \u2018Oops\u2026 Just emailed the whole of the UK by mistake! Ha!\u2019 The website also reported that the musician\u2019s new album \u2018Moon Landing\u2019 is due out on 21 October. Good coverage indeed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainment-focus.com\/music-section\/music-news\/listen-to-james-blunts-bonfire-heart\/\" title=\"Entertainment focus\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Focus<\/a> didn\u2019t mention the mailout, focusing instead on the new single. They even included the line, \u2018We reckon it\u2019s going to be a big hit for him\u2019. In light of all the publicity, this could well be true.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">All the graphs were made with<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/social-media-monitoring\/\" title=\"Cision Social Media\" target=\"_blank\">Cision Social Media<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">via\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/cisionpoint\/\" title=\"CisionPoint\" target=\"_blank\">CisionPoint<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">. All the bloggers are listed are available in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/products-and-services\/media-database\/\" title=\"Media Database\" target=\"_blank\">Media Database<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u00a0and were found through Cision\u2019s free\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/influencer-search\/\" title=\"Influencer Search\" target=\"_blank\">Influencer Search<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently unretired musician James Blunt came to the media\u2019s attention yesterday when his new single \u2018Bonfire Heart\u2019 was emailed to a large number of people. 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