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Is “Houdini” a flop?: The Megathread!


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34 minutes ago, Kodak Energy said:

Dua always does this, she’s usually weak on AM, but it’s top ten on global Spotify where she’s strong.
 

 Radio and playlisting will keep slowly building and it’ll climb back up in January and stay for ages.
 

People always count her out and she always proves them wrong. 

Money proves them wrong. At what cost you go to make a song succesful? 
She would prove them wrong if she would smash right out gate, which is not the case. 

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4 minutes ago, Clauss said:

Money proves them wrong. At what cost you go to make a song succesful? 
She would prove them wrong if she would smash right out gate, which is not the case. 

I don’t really agree, I think her fanbase is just more casual. Bruno Mars is incredibly successful but his music is also always a slow burner. 

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Who?dini :eek:

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Had she done a loose/shock value type of sound for the album  it would've been a different story

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32 minutes ago, Kodak Energy said:

I don’t really agree, I think her fanbase is just more casual. Bruno Mars is incredibly successful but his music is also always a slow burner. 

He is a good comparison indeed. But not sure how to compare his stats from when streaming was not as strong as its now, to Dua's stats. 
For me Bruno had slow burner because he depended a lot on radio when that was huge, because he never had great first week sales.
Now.. Dua hits become hits because of radio or because streams? :huh:

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Apple Music is for losers

 

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3 hours ago, vuelve88 said:

I mean, it’s a song written and produced by Kevin Parker, the same guy that worked on “Perfect Illusion” :rip:At least he’s consistent. 

Perfect Illusion’s problem was never Kevin, it was always Gaga’s obnoxious boar-like wailing that made the song unlistenable.

 

OT: ATRL switching saying the song isn’t good just because of its US chart performance :rip: 

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3 minutes ago, bad guy said:

Perfect Illusion’s problem was never Kevin, it was always Gaga’s obnoxious boar-like wailing that made the song unlistenable.

 

OT: ATRL switching saying the song isn’t good just because of its US chart performance :rip: 

You are right about Kevin. Gaga's singing style in that song is hilarious.

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2 hours ago, bad guy said:

Perfect Illusion’s problem was never Kevin, it was always Gaga’s obnoxious boar-like wailing that made the song unlistenable.

 

OT: ATRL switching saying the song isn’t good just because of its US chart performance :rip: 

Perfect Illusion remains the worst lead single ever by a MPG.  Houdini is a masterpiece compared to that garbage.

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The way I haven’t had to track the stats for this song at all cause ODLH do such a good job for me. I just hope you guys don’t go Houdini when she starts smashing again, some of us have jobs to do, lives to live and can’t spend our days tracking stats of artists we hate

 

:suburban:

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The song isn't bad, it's just forgettable. DSN felt like Dua wanting to establish herself. This time she played it safe

 

:clack:

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1 hour ago, By the Water said:

The song isn't bad, it's just forgettable. DSN felt like Dua wanting to establish herself. This time she played it safe

 

:clack:

Yea I wish she would've just went with it all the way. Her voice on an actual tame impala production would've been so good. I do get its meant to be more commercial but watering it down for pop did it such a disservice 

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It will rebound in a few months. 

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This is #4 Apple music worldwide. The only country this is not doing well on Apple music is the USA. If it was doing better in the USA on this platform it would be #1 lol.. Or the #2 curse bahaha. 

 

However this is nothing new for  pop music on that platform. 

 

USA is slower then dead turtles on this platform. 

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The "real lead" Training Season will smash unlike "Dudini"

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Guess "Houdini" pulled a disappearing act :-* 

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It’s going down, she’s yelling Houdini!

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Arts not the charts :clack:

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5 hours ago, Shaner69 said:

This is #4 Apple music worldwide.

it’s #23 on AM WW.

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Just like magic! 

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6 hours ago, ClashAndBurn said:

Guess "Houdini" pulled a disappearing act :-* 

She's pulling a global 

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1 hour ago, bringdanoize said:

it’s #23 on AM WW.

Omg wtf 

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This is shocking tbh :kitty:

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21 hours ago, Fastlane said:

Her Chained to the Rhythm.

I was gonna say her Focus

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It’s such a great song though; sad to see it struggling and not smash out of the gate. Hope with time it’ll grow into a cute hit. 

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