Dolce Vita Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Dua definitely seems to be mimicking a more Katy Perry-like career shift right now, transitioning from radio friendly pop girl (Firework, California Gurls, Hot N Cold) into a more sophisticated, acclaimed respected artist and performer (Bon Appétit, Swish Swish, Daisies). DL3 will probably be her Smile, underperforming singles left and right but she will solidify a touring fanbase and won't really flop even if it seems like a career lull. 1 8 1
kendoll2001 Posted February 17 Posted February 17 I’ve always pictured Dua’s trajectory to fall somewhere in between Rihanna’s and Katy’s. She won’t fully evolve into a Rihanna in terms of legends status, or quite reach Rihanna’s heights, but she also won’t fall into the depths of no return Katy’s career fell in less then 10 years. Dua falls right in the middle of evolving into a full legend (Rihanna) and fading as a flash in the pan (Katy). She’ll have a long successful career, respected amongst the industry, critics and fans alike. 1
PopKills Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Not that sad Ke$ha stan lurking in here to upvote any Katy shade 2
HANZ94 Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Dua is actually in a worst stage katy Perry had monster hits like roar and dark horse with her third album meanwhile Dua so far has flops that didn’t click at this point Katy had plenty of #1s and Dua has none I told y’all she was gonna be the new Katy since Dua is very replaceable but Katy so far had a way bigger career 1
Bosque Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 (edited) 3 hours ago, SharGaga said: Dua is still releasing good music let's be real now. Katy on the other hand was a product of Dr. Luke and Bonnie McKee. Without those 2 she hasn't been able to produce any smash hits. The music lacks the flavour it had before even if it never was great to begin with. Katy's music always lacked identity meaning anyone could have sung these songs and the audience wouldn't know any better. Despite her branding herself as a songwriter and musician her music sure is as cookie cutter as they come. Dua has created her own signature style in music and she stands out more than Katy ever will. Didn't y'all hear that dance song Katy released some time ago with choreo and all? Katy doesn't have it in her to make anything as good as FN or any singles from DL3. At least not with her old team doing all the heavy lifting. She's too old for that type of music anyway. Everyone moved on to Taylor and Ariana for great pop music when they realised Katy wasn't ever gonna evolve her music. Katy has Firework to be fair though I agree Dua has successfully worked with more producers, but Kevin Parker doesn't seem to be doing it for her. And Katy has major ballad hits with Wide Awake and TOTGA which Dua is lacking so far. Having a signature style is nice and well but having some versatility in your hits also helps. Edited February 17 by Dephira
Cyanide Posted February 17 Posted February 17 The fact that we even had eras as big as TD is shocking these days. MULTIPLE number ones and platinum unpromoted album tracks, those are heights Dua will never see so the comparison doesn’t make sense and I’m not a Katy fan at all
SharGaga Posted February 17 Posted February 17 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dephira said: Katy has Firework to be fair though I agree Dua has successfully worked with more producers, but Kevin Parker doesn't seem to be doing it for her. And Katy has major ballad hits with Wide Awake and TOTGA which Dua is lacking so far. Having a signature style is nice and well but having some versatility in your hits also helps. Indeed she does but those hits feel like such a distant memory to me. I've never been more than a casual listener so I haven't heard those songs in ages. You know the saying goes you're only as good as your last record and I never felt like Katy put out a strong body of work (album) that would stand the test of time. Great commercial singles? Sure. I guess she has TD for her fans to latch on for the rest of eternity. There's a reason all of her albums are panned because except for a few songs everything she releases sounds pretty much made for commercial success. If she took more risks during her peak she would be more respected as an artist but instead she went for a cash grab by joining Idol. I guess she can prove me right or wrong with this next record. In a nutshell I never thought of Katy as very talented and always had the feeling she would disappear as soon as the GP saw through her shtick. Edited February 17 by SharGaga
spree Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Katy is way more versatile as an artist than Dua ever has been. If anything, Dua is more like Kesha in that she pigeonholed herself into a sound she can't escape from.
Erotica Posted February 17 Posted February 17 On 2/16/2024 at 1:36 PM, ugo said: This dua era is just boring. She literally looks bored in that new video. Feel the same. And Houdini is nowhere near as good as her other singles.
Gladiator Posted February 17 Posted February 17 8 hours ago, Dolce Vita said: transitioning from radio friendly pop girl (Firework, California Gurls, Hot N Cold) into a more sophisticated, acclaimed respected artist and performer (Bon Appétit, Swish Swish, Daisies).
LanaXtinaFan Posted February 17 Posted February 17 I don’t think so but I will say that I’m very disappointed with Dua at the moment. The new music isn’t terrible but I’m disappointed that her new team just clearly don’t seem to have an idea what they are doing. The girl I saw with FN excited me so much. Pop star of all pop stars. But I’m not getting that from her anymore. We are getting lame music videos. Weird promo choices. The drive she had doesn’t seem to be there anymore. Which I kind of expected, it’s hard to consistently serve the way she did with her last era, so can’t really fault her for that. But I really don’t see this new era being anywhere near as successful as her past eras. Still love the girl tho, it’s just sad to watch where her career is going with this era.
keshasfillers Posted February 18 Posted February 18 9 hours ago, spree said: Katy is way more versatile as an artist than Dua ever has been. If anything, Dua is more like Kesha in that she pigeonholed herself into a sound she can't escape from. Strongly disagree, Kesha is way more versatile than Katy and that description fits Katy’s discography better since she’s not shown any change in the direction and has been repeating the same formula since Teenage Dream. 1 1 1
Red Mage Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Is Katy Perry about to get critical acclaim or something? This site is truly hot and cold with Katy. Y’all only like her when you can make comments off the back of someone else’s failures.
VioletsandRoses Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Katy was not faceless no matter how much atrl pushes that narrative. Please don’t compare Katy’s organic sales to the others playlist success. People actually bought Katy’s singles more than her peers and her smash to flop ratio was insane. Her album sales might’ve not been the best but she was very consistent and sold well during the digital climate.
DoubleRainbow! Posted February 18 Posted February 18 As much as I love Dua, the KatyCat fanbase was huge at its peak in 2013-2015, they jumped ship yeah, but that’s another story One of the biggest issues with Dua is that she hasn’t built a big fanbase but that’s not her fault it seems like her generation (the Gen Z) is more into sad relatable teenagers like Olivia and Billie
Bosque Posted February 18 Author Posted February 18 7 hours ago, Red Mage said: Is Katy Perry about to get critical acclaim or something? This site is truly hot and cold with Katy. Y’all only like her when you can make comments off the back of someone else’s failures. She was a very successful artist and I’m sure most people on here boo to her hits…
Watson! Posted February 24 Posted February 24 On 2/16/2024 at 2:27 PM, Great808 said: I know ppl like to drag and shade up and down on this site but all that aside Katy literally was the flash in the pan artist of her gen her peak was just so big singles wise it’s hard to completely realize that but also realize NO one was ever taking her serious at any point at all unlike Dua who has several Grammys and immense critical acclaim and yes her cool factor is still on. Because of that, no. her cool factor is over. at her age, Katy was about to release roar, and dua's singles don't make any noise despite the promo
glitch Posted February 24 Posted February 24 5 minutes ago, Watson! said: her cool factor is over. at her age, Katy was about to release roar, and dua's singles don't make any noise despite the promo There was literally nothing cool about Roar
Watson! Posted February 24 Posted February 24 5 minutes ago, glitch said: There was literally nothing cool about Roar I don't know if it was cool but it was massive hit. dua doesn't seem to be able to have have a hit of scale despite promo and pop friendly environment
ericcartman Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Not yet. "Katy Perry'd" is basically your cool hot appeal expiring. Dua is still hot and cool. The music just sucks right now.
Riverbank Posted February 24 Posted February 24 I mean Katy only flopped during her 4th era... This is Dua's 3rd era and things aren't looking great so far Maybe someone like Fergie or Nelly Furtado would be a more apt comparison
Digitalism Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Why Katy tho? She could still act like she is a serious actress like others have. Acting talent is not important as we have seen with multiple examples. She could also sell make up You could do both like some ex MPGs have done The options to avoid looking like a big flop are endless
BrokenMachine Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Actually what hurt Katy was a 4-year-hiatus followed by showing off her annoying and off-putting personality everywhere. Dua is way better than that, keeps releasing music and her career has remained stable with no signs of slowing down
Papi Juancho Posted February 24 Posted February 24 No, Dua has the success, acclaim and recognition. Katy only had success. 1
BrokenMachine Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) On 2/17/2024 at 8:17 PM, VioletsandRoses said: Katy was not faceless no matter how much atrl pushes that narrative. Please don’t compare Katy’s organic sales to the others playlist success. People actually bought Katy’s singles more than her peers and her smash to flop ratio was insane. Her album sales might’ve not been the best but she was very consistent and sold well during the digital climate. The revisionism Katy was constantly dragged back in the day for just being a 'singles artist' and not being able to sell albums like her peers, and of course Katy was also accused of having payola and radio-driven hits. Katy's touring data is also underwhelming while Dua seems to just getting started in becoming a touring darling, which is not bad for a 'faceless' artist Edited February 24 by BrokenMachine
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