KatyPrismSpirit Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, popmusic said: Global #29 (-10) US #99 (-8) UK #23 (-13) Germany #71 (-8) Well... honne….
NostalgiawithDua Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 48 minutes ago, popmusic said: Global #29 (-10) US #99 (-8) UK #23 (-13) Germany #71 (-8) Well... US rejected it way too quickly, that Grammy performance is our last hope…
greeneyedsoul Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 Y'all remember how the X Factor UK winner's single would always be a xmas #1? People started a movement to make a random song go #1 instead. They were fed up! Little Dullsters should do the same with "Houdini" as a way to boycott xmas music.
AM98GJ Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 I'm trying not to overplay this before the extended is out
kayliah Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 It was frontloaded with a lot of payola but the song is a flop. I hope her label has the money to shove down people's ears. What a tepid comeback. I would rather Physical go viral on Tik Tok like Cruel summer lol at this point. Now that was a hit that got away, same with Cool. 1 1 1
brazil Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 Houdini is actually an amazing song. Much better than DTN. I wonder if it's flopping cause Houdini sounds ethinic or something 6 1
Hurem Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 3 hours ago, kayliah said: What a tepid comeback. A comeback from what? Her last single was released less than half a year ago and is still smashing 3
Solaria Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 3 hours ago, brazil said: Houdini is actually an amazing song. Much better than DTN. I wonder if it's flopping cause Houdini sounds ethinic or something It’s the Albaniaphobia off the GP coming through I fear. The bassline actually has traditional Albanian folk synths incorporated in it. This is Dua’s Nelly’s folklore teaz. 1 3
Paky McGee Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) I don't understand what is actually going wrong and why Houdini song is flopping so hard. Okay, this song is not as mainstream as many of Dua's songs, but it's still confusing to me. I saw yesterday that Houdini debuted at #11 at Billboard Hot 100 chart, which is not that bad, I guess. But I'm afraid what is going to happen next week. The Spotify streams are stagnating, as I see. Free fall maybe? Edited November 26, 2023 by Paky McGee
Rigalo Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 I was told to wait until January for the meltdowns. What happened? 1
kayliah Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Hurem said: A comeback from what? Her last single was released less than half a year ago and is still smashing For her new sophomore proper era. Duh?
Cheers Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 She truly is Dua Perry as I foresaw! Maybe it'll pick up in January after some promo and payola. Oh well, song is still a bop
TeemoR Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 Cute song for sure, I still enjoy it, but definitely not a hit. It didn't connect with the GP. Not an earworm like her other hits. 1
Hurem Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, kayliah said: For her new sophomore proper era. Duh? How is it a comeback when she hasn't gone anywhere? 1
chris1991 Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Paky McGee said: I don't understand what is actually going wrong and why Houdini song is flopping so hard. Okay, this song is not as mainstream as many of Dua's songs, but it's still confusing to me. I saw yesterday that Houdini debuted at #11 at Billboard Hot 100 chart, which is not that bad, I guess. But I'm afraid what is going to happen next week. The Spotify streams are stagnating, as I see. Free fall maybe? Same reason Physical “flopped” in the US. Not mainstream enough for radio, slightly too euro for pop radio. Radio carry Dua’s hits in the US, then that leads to stream. US pop radio plays mostly terrible music so i wouldn’t get offended. Also the US is currently standing country, R&B and rap. 1
TeemoR Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 Just now, chris1991 said: Same reason Physical “flopped” in the US. Not mainstream enough for radio, slightly too euro for pop radio. Radio carry Dua’s hits in the US, then that leads to stream. US pop radio plays mostly terrible music so i wouldn’t get offended. Also the US is currently standing country, R&B and rap. I don't see this becoming a hit like Physical though...
lapisnour Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 Ugh this is all so messy from a marketing perspective. I don’t understand why they decided against releasing in January considering a) the war in Palestine already started when she posted the teaser, then b) it didn’t make any sense to release a proper lead for a third album when DTN is still charting and doing its thing ww, and then c) jeopardizing her success with overexposure to the gp It just all doesn’t make sense to me 1
LanaXtinaFan Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 I have a feeling I will really enjoy this song once the album is out and I hear it as a whole project. but for now, completely over this song. It’s not good enough to catch on with people. Forgettable as a lead. 2
Cheers Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 On 10/31/2023 at 5:05 PM, Cheers said: Hmmm Houdini sounds like the title of a flop single. We will see tho! The title of a song is v important!!! 3
DoubleRainbow! Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 31 minutes ago, TeemoR said: I don't see this becoming a hit like Physical though... Isn’t already doing better than Physicial WW? I think y’all are overreacting 5
TeemoR Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 23 minutes ago, DoubleRainbow! said: Isn’t already doing better than Physicial WW? I think y’all are overreacting What we see is peaks and frontloaded success though due to the big promo and this being her comeback from a massive era.
Relampago. Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 If it doesn’t pick up around late January this is truly dead, but literally no one is smashing right now except Lovin On Me and Greedy (as far as new hits). It’s definitely not GP friendly since I think the production is a little intense for people on first listen but this is still one of her best songs and I’m glad we got this as our first taste of the album. 1
Hustler Posted November 26, 2023 Posted November 26, 2023 The more I listen to it, the more I think it sounds fantastic. The outro alone is high quality. I would honestly still take this kind of quality rather than a quick lil hit from a sophomore to FN … especially when we got DTN in the meantime. I still have faith this will materialize into a big hit by top of the year … you’ll see.
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