celeb news Dua: “Longevity is more important than instant hits.”

[Psycho]

The 2nd TTH #1 check will be clearing on January 1st

 

[unclefloprry]

Fans of certain artists felt personally attacked  it's sad when you're used to one week peaks or songs that do 10M streams in the  first days and fight for years to reach at least 1B of streams.

 

drag them queen 

Edited December 4, 2023 by unclefloprry

[WitnessOblivia]

Spill, queen!

[Enrique523]

She's right but of course people will use it against her somehow.

[Bloodflowers.]

She's talking about US market here because her songs are instant hits in Europe, South America and Oceania

[Relampago.]

Ouuu she knows Houdini is underperforming rn

 

Get behind me queen!!

[Relampago.]

49 minutes ago, Alex said:

this era starting off rockier than Scarlet is not what I had on my bingo card this year

 

I'm sure she'll prove everyone wrong by the end of 2024 tho!

 

Dua hasn’t relentlessly dragged her fans for supporting her nor donned neo-nazi imagery so I wouldn’t say that

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

17 minutes ago, eleganceislearned said:

I wouldn't say her songs are weird. "It was ahead of its time" teas. 

 

I will say that I'm surprised Houdini didn't coast to the US top ten on sheer momentum. It's a disco type song & not that huge of a departure from FN. The people really just straight up said no. 

Houdini isn’t something I expected to take off in America tbh. Houdini sounds like a song you hear in dark dingy sweaty gay nightclub in Berlin. Dance the Night is an ultra glossy bright poppy disco pop song. Not to say I think Houdini is some avant garde experimental pop song, because it’s not, but I also think only certain fans of Dua are going to love it. Houdini is not a song I’d ever expect someone’s parents or grandparents to ever bop to, whereas I think DTN has that universal broad appeal to it.  
 

i am surprised how poorly Houdini did, it did even worse than I thought it would, but I’m not super shocked it wasn’t an instant hit in America. The fact that Lovin On Me went #1 and was released the same day in America kinda shows you what America prefers, even after Jack’s horrific performance of the song lol. LOM is easily digestible & basic.

[Yoko]

she just received the email that the TTH 1 year residency was secured we’re prepared for a slow burn  

[BloodLuster]

so basically she's skipping Prism and going straight to Witness

 

[wish]

For her past singles sure, but Houdini clearly isn't happening in the US. It's nearly top 10 on Pop radio and only #167 on Spotify. The GP here has already said no.

 

Hopefully she moves on to a new single ASAP, unless she's ready to waste her time on a "moderate hit" at best.

[Apolonio ₃₄]

She's right.

 

[byzantium]

Just release better music Dua. Houdini is not happening. 

[Alex]

17 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Dua hasn’t relentlessly dragged her fans for supporting her nor donned neo-nazi imagery so I wouldn’t say that

and which one had the #1 hit this year?

 

OT: I'm sure the rollout for single #2 will be more refined and impactful, Houdini seems to be a test run of sorts, perhaps it can be relegated to her "Focus". 

 

[Relampago.]

15 minutes ago, Alex said:

and which one had the #1 hit this year?

 

OT: I'm sure the rollout for single #2 will be more refined and impactful, Houdini seems to be a test run of sorts, perhaps it can be relegated to her "Focus". 

 

Dua’s Barbie hit #1 and made over a billion dollars tyvm

 

[Cheeky]

She's not wrong.

 

I don't see her team giving up on Houdini. Aren't physicals being shipped in the US in like late February or something? That's sort of indicative that they're playing the long game here and always planned to. It's also a lead single so I'm sure we'll get a bit more promo in time. 

 

 

[Solaria]

1 hour ago, byzantium said:

Just release better music Dua. Houdini is not happening. 

Houdini is very good. Music that does well on the US charts isnt necessarily good, Lovin on Me is garbage

[naval23]

I honestly wonder if Houdini will be the exception and be one of those weaker debuts that doesn't end up a hit 

 

 

[Sugar-Rush]

The new "it was too ahead of its time for certain people"/"music not the bling".

[shoganai]

Whodini meanwhile is nowhere to be se seen

[Kern]

Me when I flop 

[Bey'Knight]

4 hours ago, Cheers said:

She’s right but I feel like when artists start bringing this up they know their flop era is nearby

Yea it’s giving 

 

 

[Bey'Knight]

4 hours ago, M!X said:

I mean it's true however, unfortunately, I feel like the quality of her work in particular is not appreciated, we can all  agree Future Nostalgia was an AMAZING pop album, like it was so well crafted, it's catchy and modern, yet the songs have this timeless feels to them, yet it feels like people just moved on from Dua because I think Houdini is amazing and should have smashed right out of gate based on FN hype alone but it's kinda flopping?

Personally I feel like it’s not even apparent that she’s launched a new era to the casual observer cus she kept jumping on songs on her break. Maybe she should’ve waited till the Barbie campaign run was over. Just spitballing…

[khalyan]

2 hours ago, eleganceislearned said:

I wouldn't say her songs are weird. "It was ahead of its time" teas. 

 

I will say that I'm surprised Houdini didn't coast to the US top ten on sheer momentum. It's a disco type song & not that huge of a departure from FN. The people really just straight up said no. 

There is nothing disco about Houdini  

[poki]

I've seen where this road goes