1 hour ago, Cain said:

She said the entire album was basically made by the Houdini team

I really hope that some of the tracks with Jeff and Andrew made the final cut as well 

15 minutes ago, Jonathan Cruz said:

I really hope that some of the tracks with Jeff and Andrew made the final cut as well 

I think those won’t be the only people on the album, but they most likely touched every song before they were fully finalised 

7 hours ago, khalyan said:

I've not seen a single negative thing about Dua online other than people here thinking Houdini is flopping. My Twitter feed is full of absolute praise for her 

thats atrl for ya

 

 

Edited November 14, 20232 yr by Katamari

Some of ya’ll stans would not have survived during post-FN era, Levitating and BMH literally struggled on charts, Warner did everything to make BMH a hit especially in states, as for Levitating doing constant 2-2.5M updates for 5 months easily implied that the era is over. One thing with being a Dula Peeper is, you’d have to be patient and trust the process!

https://rave.dj/MwTJLPahUixwiw

 

 

21 minutes ago, NostalgiawithDua said:

Some of ya’ll stans would not have survived during post-FN era, Levitating and BMH literally struggled on charts, Warner did everything to make BMH a hit especially in states, as for Levitating doing constant 2-2.5M updates for 5 months easily implied that the era is over. One thing with being a Dula Peeper is, you’d have to be patient and trust the process!

Exactly!

3 hours ago, LCTV said:

Yeah it's unfortunate it sounds like they stretched her too thin. Based on that interview she doesn't want to be overly booked.

which makes sense. the last thing we want is our girl to have a breakdown from being overworked.

 

i hope that we get training sessions as the second single. and she better keep the red hair for at least 6 months. 

27 minutes ago, NostalgiawithDua said:

Some of ya’ll stans would not have survived during post-FN era, Levitating and BMH literally struggled on charts, Warner did everything to make BMH a hit especially in states, as for Levitating doing constant 2-2.5M updates for 5 months easily implied that the era is over. One thing with being a Dula Peeper is, you’d have to be patient and trust the process!

I remember feeling so disheartened when Levitating just… wouldn’t take off no matter what she tried. I understood the other FN singles after DSN not smashing in the US, but I really thought Levitating was THE one. 

 

..and it was! It just took some time like literally every other Dua song. Houdini is no different. And maybe Houdini won’t even be a hit, but there’s literally a whole album coming. Not every FN single was a smash but the ones that smashed, SMASHED. I’m sure she’s got more up her sleeve, and if Training Season lives up to its hype then we’re only just getting started. Let the last pop girl who actually does eras do what she does best, create an era.

I thought I read Training Season was kinda more generic? Was it really that hyped?

10 minutes ago, futurenostalgic said:

I thought I read Training Season was kinda more generic? Was it really that hyped?

Yea, the two insiders seemed kind of split on them. One liked Houdini more but the other said Training Season was better by far. They agreed that Houdini was more “risky” and Training Season was “safer”.

 

They each liked both tracks regardless so we’re in for a treat either way. 

10 hours ago, anti-***** said:

I think it's kinda pointless to make music videos these days because music fans don't use Youtube any longer. The views are so low. Some kinda visualizers for Tiktok and IG are enough.

It makes sense if the video is interesting and have repeat value

All the drama on the last pages 

 

Dua has always been a slow burner and she was never the type of popstar who has tons of stans to provide great debuts

 

If this flops or smashes only time will tell not the first week performance

This reminds me the time she released Swan Song and a lot of people claimed her career was a One-Era thing after the song was completely ignored

 

Let the girl cook

Edited November 14, 20232 yr by Pinksus

Well there is a Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball in UK on December 12th with line-up announcement this Wednesday

and also Kiss Fm Jingle Ball on December 1st in US no mention of Dua so far)

Also Billboard Music Awards is this Sunday November 19th (no Dua announcement so far)

 

Three good possibilities to perform "Houdini"

 

 

Dua for PUMA

 

 

 

Wait the BBMAs are this Sunday? I thought she was gonna perform there but  

 

This really is her indie era

6 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Wait the BBMAs are this Sunday? I thought she was gonna perform there but  

 

This really is her indie era

Eh it’s being live-streamed instead of televised. I’d love a performance but idk how useful they are this year

Or maybe they will wait with all the performances and promotion until album and tour is announced (I assume in December) and then roll out second single (February 2nd) with Grammy performance (February 4th)

 

It would be good way to promote album and tour as recent Grammy awards winner.

Edited November 14, 20232 yr by mike_int

her team is putting all the money on tiktok. Every few videos, a promoted video of some random guy/girl listening the song shows up

6 minutes ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Eh it’s being live-streamed instead of televised. I’d love a performance but idk how useful they are this year

Oh I see, but tbf it’s not like Americans were watching the EMAs but that performance did help DSN go viral on social media

 

If it’s good it wouldn’t hurt, but as long as she has SOME promo lined up sometime we should be fine

Do we have any idea what the big differences, sound wise, are with Houdini vs Training Season?

1 hour ago, Relampago. said:

Yea, the two insiders seemed kind of split on them. One liked Houdini more but the other said Training Season was better by far. They agreed that Houdini was more “risky” and Training Season was “safer”.

 

They each liked both tracks regardless so we’re in for a treat either way. 

It actually makes sense to go with the "risky" one first 

1 hour ago, mike_int said:

Dua for PUMA

 

 

 

ouuu thats not  

2 minutes ago, WeFoundWill said:

ouuu thats not  

We know who paid for "Houdini" video LOL

1 hour ago, Relampago. said:

Wait the BBMAs are this Sunday? I thought she was gonna perform there but  

 

This really is her indie era

It makes NO sense to not perform, it actually makes negative sense

 

Just record a cute performance (it’s gonna be streamed from different parts of the world) and upload it to YouTube immediately and give the fans what they want and maybe have a viral moment

 

Like is it too much to ask her to perform her lead single