Sweetestsecret Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Houdini didn't reach top 10 on hot 100, training season already falling on Spotify. What Dua should do next?Scrapped the era and start again with new music? Or she should release the album and move on quickly? 2 1
Popular Post suburbannature Posted February 18 Popular Post Posted February 18 Aren’t her songs always slow to pick up and then atrl ends up looking dumb 21 2 1 2
Popular Post ontherocks Posted February 18 Popular Post Posted February 18 Just now, suburbannature said: Aren’t her songs always slow to pick up and then atrl ends up looking dumb True. We are still waiting for Houdini to smash 52
Sweetestsecret Posted February 18 Author Posted February 18 Just now, suburbannature said: Aren’t her songs always slow to pick up and then atrl ends up looking dumb 3 months later, Houdini still didn't smash.. so maybe the things are different now.. 3
Jay07 Posted February 18 Posted February 18 People often compare her to Rihanna but Rihanna was a big celebrity and changed style often, visually and music-wise. She could do RnB, pop, dance, island, ballads. I fear Dua's H&M changing room dance pop may be played out. 7 1
Kern Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Maybe she could still Focus this era and make more disco album These songs are still kinda FN/disco but are trying too hard to be something different and ending up sounding like nothing 3 1
suburbannature Posted February 18 Posted February 18 3 minutes ago, Sweetestsecret said: 3 months later, Houdini still didn't smash.. so maybe the things are different now.. Ok so what now?
SapphireSky Posted February 18 Posted February 18 The songs aren't that good tbh. She could have done way better 12 1
Kristie Kuwa Posted February 18 Posted February 18 I love Dua, truly. But the back to back release of Bey and Taylor will probably kill any momentum of Dua. These two powerhouses will dominate media and the sonic landscape. She needs to be everywhere if she wants to counter that, but so far, shes doing barely anything. I don't know whether Team Dua thinks shes this household name that doesnt need promo because the music speaks for itself (see Beyonce or Taylor), but shes not as established (especially in the US)... 7 3 1
JorgeM Posted February 18 Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, suburbannature said: Aren’t her songs always slow to pick up and then atrl ends up looking dumb Warner is not going to continue doing that indefinetly…she has long enough career to generate interest by helself and not needing months of campaign for every single 5
honestopinion Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Omg it's already #16? Flowers is #17 today, it's about to fall under flowers tomorrow 😭 not one year old song outperforming new girlies releases... no shade to Dua, just impressed by flowers smashery lol. Dua's singles are pretty stable so she will stabilise at 2-2.5 million till album drops and it's not bad and probably will get a hit for the summer. I think GP wants something fun and easy from her
Zefierce Posted February 18 Posted February 18 She should do a collab with Ariana. 2 underperforming queens supporting each other 7 5
glitch Posted February 18 Posted February 18 As much as I like her and her music, it always seemed a bit naive to think she'd be the one to buck the trend when it came to female UK artists. It's nothing to do with her and more to do with the fact that a) it's difficult for non US acts to establish themselves over there and b) the UK will drop most women after one or two eras. 2
Heirloom Posted February 18 Posted February 18 my God aren't you girl tired doing this sh*t over and over 2 1
Solaria Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Houdini is consistently stable at 2.5-2.8M streams daily. It’s a hit especially globally. Training Season will start to do the same once it impacts radio, which it hasn’t yet. Y’all never learn with Dua. She wins every single time 5 2
Ger Posted February 18 Posted February 18 It's doing fine, this is how Dua singles usually start performing. She's a B-List artist in the US, idk why people have such high expectations.
Galah Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Honestly I don't really know what's not clicking. Both "Houdini" and "Training Season" are some of the best mainstream pop songs we've had in the past couple years imo. The production feels elite and sophisticated, the choruses are hooky and earwormy, and it feels like a cohesive and well crafted era thus far. The visuals are probably the weakest element of these single releases, yet we have songs smashing these days without music videos and YouTube is kind of a dead format anyway so I really don't think this is hindering the songs' performance at all. I'm not going to pretend to dislike the music just because it's not setting the charts alight instantly. I'm kinda hoping that they pull a slow burn like Rih's "Only Girl" which went #1 after the second single did. 1
Human Fly Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Houdini doing great world wide. Atrl should stop their obsession with Billboard Hot100 5
Sweetestsecret Posted February 18 Author Posted February 18 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ger said: It's doing fine, this is how Dua singles usually start performing. She's a B-List artist in the US, idk why people have such high expectations. After 'new rules', 'don't start now', 'levitating', 'cold heart', 'dance the night', 'break my heart' she is still B-List in the US? Edited February 18 by Sweetestsecret 1
Bosque Posted February 18 Posted February 18 1 minute ago, Aurora said: Honestly I don't really know what's not clicking. Both "Houdini" and "Training Season" are some of the best mainstream pop songs we've had in the past couple years imo. The production feels elite and sophisticated, the choruses are hooky and earwormy, and it feels like a cohesive and well crafted era thus far. The visuals are probably the weakest element of these single releases, yet we have songs smashing these days without music videos and YouTube is kind of a dead format anyway so I really don't think this is hindering the songs' performance at all. I'm not going to pretend to dislike the music just because it's not setting the charts alight instantly. I'm kinda hoping that they pull a slow burn like Rih's "Only Girl" which went #1 after the second single did. Those songs just aren’t relatable to the GP. The melodies are good so the gays (including me) will bop, but people aren’t going to sing “Catch me or I go Houdini” or “Training seasons over”. It doesn’t help that the visuals are uninteresting and the management has been absolutely terrible. Good for her for making the album she wanted to, but I doubt we’ll see the same budget for DL4 unless there’s a hidden smash on the album. 2
Ger Posted February 18 Posted February 18 2 minutes ago, Sweetestsecret said: After 'new rules', 'don't start now', 'levitating', 'cold heart', 'dance the night', 'break my heart' she is still B-List in the US? Yes, surprisingly, she hasn't been able to build a fanbase there. 1
Shaner69 Posted February 18 Posted February 18 The wierd thing is she is smashing. She's not a peak and drop. Ariana is flopping.
Nick_317 Posted February 18 Posted February 18 22 minutes ago, ontherocks said: True. We are still waiting for Houdini to smash Just wait until January!!!!!
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