celeb news Forbes drags: “Dua Lipa’s New Single Is Off To A Very Disappointing Start In America”

[brenda-walsh]

i don't see an issue with articles like these, he didn't really drag her just reported on the chart numbers. we all know that Dua's songs are slow burners, especially in the US. TS isn't her strongest single but it can still be a stable hit in the long run like Houdini was

[Kayseri Mantisi]

1 minute ago, illia said:

Any detectives here? We gotta track him DOWN 

 

 

 

Just now, Just a Gay on ATRL said:

NOT him. I recognize him from twitter. Lmao.

 

i guess at least he has picked on some of the men too. But idk. I wish people would leave Dua alone. Protect our new queen of harmless pop bops.

Oh that's not... It keeps getting interesting, thoughts?  (i'm not surprised personally)

 

 

[NEUTRON]

Training Day is a mega bop. 

[Sugar-Rush]

Don't know much about Forbes. Is it normal for them to criticize chart performances? Also it's interesting that they claim she's one of the biggest pop stars on the planet right now, while also saying that her single is underperforming. Isn't that sort of an oxymoron?

 

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It’s not unusual for new songs to slip in their second or third week on the Hot 100.

Well they spilled some tea. I know certain songs that dropped like 30 positions in their second week. 

[NumbSoul]

Sure, she's not doing great in the US, but the US is not the end-all and be-all.

Training Season is literally #21 on Spotify WW and she also has Houdini at #22 still, so I think she's doing perfectly fine  

[Orsay]

The era’s kinda bombing so far considering she’s coming off FN and the hit Barbie song. Let’s see what other tricks she has up ha sleeve!

[Smarticle]

Does he have an account here?

[Ger]

I mean, he didn't lie, only ones mad are the same delusional people that put her on some pedestal.

 

"Houdini" was a very good song, but her status in the U.S. is still very underwhelming considering she hasn't yet been able to beat the faceless allegations in the States. At this point, she probably won't, one thing for sure is that it's an uphill battle for British artists to establish really well in America. 

[Dante Silva]

Looking back to DL1, it’s promotion did not initially indicate that U.S. success would be sought later in that campaign. I’d actually prefer her to retreat back to being a regional artist as it’s now becoming apparent that to fit the U.S. mould, she’d have to do some watered down white girl RnB lite like Tate McCrae and that’s absolutely not what I want from Dua.  I find the path she’s already on far more interesting.

[theoghon]

1 hour ago, ohwow said:

 

ManBearPig? 

[TheHanyo]

I've said for years now, but Dua is a pop star cut from the same cloth as Katy Perry. Being hot and young is a big part of the brand, which means they have expiration dates. Doesn't matter how good the bops are... if you can't pivot to something like acting, writing for other artists, or entrepreneurship, you're cooked.

Edited March 7 by TheHanyo

[Dula Peep]

1 hour ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like this is the cutie faguette we're talking about. Thoughts? 

 

Oh god, I've definitely seen him getting fisted at the Eagle....  

 

[magazine]

Forbes posting chart-runs is kinda cringe  I thought it was a classy brand, am I mistaken?

[Subversive]

Right because they have a good eye for predictions

 

[HRHCOLLECTION]

Yeah the two singles just don’t click and I have no desire to listen to them as often as I listened to her previous ALBUMS

 

even some deeper cuts have more replay value

[The Music Industry]

1 hour ago, tost1 said:

Who needs the US when you're #12 on Spotify France 

I mean, let's look at the math. 

 

The amount of streams the #12 song on Spotify France is getting (229K) isn't even enough to enter the top 200 on Spotify US

 

[halcyonday]

oh it's bad for her  whodini ruined her legacy

[Solaria]

5 minutes ago, halcyonday said:

oh it's bad for her  whodini ruined her legacy

The dramatics coming from your posts when you were in the TS thread hyping her up 

 

[IBeMe]

Ever since her comments supporting Palestinian human rights big media outlets have been pretty snarky, rude or flat out defamatory towards her. This isn’t bad bad per se but it’s just pointed for no reason. So many artists are flopping lol….just unnecessary overall. 

[halcyonday]

1 minute ago, Solaria said:

The dramatics coming from your posts when you were in the TS thread hyping her up 

 

me loving TS doesn't change the fact that Whodini was a tragic lead for her

 

[brenda-walsh]

1 hour ago, Sugar-Rush said:

Don't know much about Forbes. Is it normal for them to criticize chart performances? Also it's interesting that they claim she's one of the biggest pop stars on the planet right now, while also saying that her single is underperforming. Isn't that sort of an oxymoron?

 

how would it be an oxymoron? being one of the biggest pop stars on the planet is not built through just one song

 

1 hour ago, Ger said:

I mean, he didn't lie, only ones mad are the same delusional people that put her on some pedestal.

 

"Houdini" was a very good song, but her status in the U.S. is still very underwhelming considering she hasn't yet been able to beat the faceless allegations in the States. At this point, she probably won't, one thing for sure is that it's an uphill battle for British artists to establish really well in America. 

do you even live in the US? everyone here knows who she is, she's literally a household name. there's a reason she was given the slot to sing the Barbie theme 

[Maroonx]

she will recover, don't worry x

[MatiRod]

I knew this wouldn't work in the US. It's too gay and the US public is over gay dance-pop right now. I'm a gay man so don't drag me pls. I hate it. But it is what it is. "Training Season" chorus sounds like an ABBA or Bee Gees song.

[James_Dean]

2 hours ago, KeshaSwift said:

What’s up with Forbes being so shady lately? What a joke of a company or whatever 

It's what happens when companies hire members of stan twitter 

[Hurem]

Not gonna lie, I'm shocked that 'Training Season' was initially supposed to be the lead single, and 'Houdini' was a last-minute change. In my opinion, 'Houdini' was a much better choice for the lead, so I'm not sure why they thought 'Training Season' would be a huge smash. The music video fiasco needs no additional comments.

 

Although I like the new sound, I do prefer the 'Future Nostalgia' sound, and it seems the general public does too. I don't think this album will come anywhere close to 'Future Nostalgia's' success, but that's okay. Not every album needs to smash to be perceived as a quality record.