Relampago. Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Nervous all over again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said: Delusion is a one thing, but it's really not hard to make the case that this kind of music is simply not popular in the US Like the fact this is top dance/electronic genre chart on Hot 100 rn The singles bombed and they are all top 3, cause there is 0 competition, she's alone in her niche cause nobody consumes that music in the US. They are closeminded, we can't do much about it Wait her occupying the whole Top 3 on Billboard Spoiler s Hot Dance/Electronic Chart American queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackoutZone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Just now, Cain said: Wait her occupying the whole Top 3 on Billboard Hide contents s Hot Dance/Electronic Chart American queen She is in fact the first female artist ever to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Just now, Relampago. said: Nervous all over again Does NYC know the album is out? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildAmerican Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 i think we need a think piece on what radical optimism truly means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verthigo Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 36 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said: I can't really come up with a better tracklist, any ideas? Here is mine: 1. Anything for love 2. End of an Era (it flows so well with the spoken ending of AFL) 3. Maria (flows well with the vinyl sound at the end of EOE) 4. Watcha Doing 5. French Exit 6. Houdini (kinda the same 'I come and I go' theme of FE) 7. Training 8. Illusion 9. These Walls 10. Falling (since it reminds me of Gipsy I thought of putting it at the end. It feels like a great pre-closer) 11. Happy for Ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackoutZone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Just now, WildAmerican said: i think we need a think piece on what radical optimism truly means Wasn't Dua saying "Radical Optimism.. it's a phase my friend told me once and it has stuck with me ever since. To me radical optimism means to be optimistic, to roll with the punches, through the chaos. It's what the world needs!" 500 times throughout the rollout enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted May 3 ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 3 These Walls is a career highlight I fear. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hétérosexuelle Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 17 minutes ago, Relampago. said: You know it's not too late, she can pull an Ariana during the DW era when she brought back Scooter and get that last minute hit from TAP And don't worry about your father Dua, I'll be there to comfort him Hate/luv to pull this mom card but I told ya this era won't go well the second Houdini dropped It's just not eating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellyourfriends Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) i really wish she added more cute adlibs on french exit, especially in the outro i'd have loved it moree. Edited May 3 by tellyourfriends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectCure Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 If Afterlight was the closer for DL1 and Love is Religion for FN, she'd really have the strongest album closers among her peers. Happy For You is just perfect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie Kuwa Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 minutes ago, Legend E said: These Walls is a career highlight I fear. Its literally an upbeat Version of Gwens Cool If u get it u get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyonday Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 minute ago, hétérosexuelle said: Hate/luv to pull this mom card but I told ya this era won't go well the second Houdini dropped It's just not eating at least we can all agree it's whoudini's fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator Legend E Posted May 3 ATRL Moderator Share Posted May 3 Just now, Kristie Kuwa said: Its literally an upbeat Version of Gwens Cool If u get it u get it It's actually kinda giving me Ray of Light (the vibe of the album) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiko1230 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) Uhh...not feeling the album :-/ . But ya Houdini was IT by miles. FN and DTN are still massive & all the radio so...once (when not if) she 'returns to her signature disco pop sound' & Tap Management (or something l like it) for her next album in 2025 already pumped! lol The GP esp. in the US (non ATRL) doesn't even know she has a new album OR a 6 month old 1st single. Highly likely think Houdini was a follow up to DTN from the prior era lol. She needs a *break, period. Wait a year & smack down all the doubters & haters & put out another low burn smash right around when she turns 30. Edited May 3 by jamiko1230 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club classic Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 so many highlights. Illusion, Houdini, French Exit, These Walls, Falling Forever, Maria, Happy for You... the only bad song is Anything for Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatyPrismSpirit Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 This album sorta has this like… psychedelic duality to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hétérosexuelle Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 3 minutes ago, halcyonday said: at least we can all agree it's whoudini's fault But when will the gays stop praising it like it's the left-field indie second coming of Duasus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club classic Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 her EU store still hasn't shipped my vinyl variants am I the only one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 minutes ago, hétérosexuelle said: But when will the gays stop praising it like it's the left-field indie second coming of Duasus? Smashdini still on the mouths of the girls like liquor Sorry she'll always be that girl, still hitting 6 months later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilish Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 These walls is kind of hitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherish Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 7 minutes ago, halcyonday said: at least we can all agree it's whoudini's fault Keep the Houdini slander out ya mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storminthedark Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I agree with critics that the album is just okay given the standards Dua set for herself with FN but the reviews of this album show the problems with music criticism atm just as much as some of the TPPD reviews did. Confessional and diaristic songwriting is not the goal for every songwriter and that doesn't mean they're not talented at what they're trying to achieve with their art. There's an argument to be made that Dua's subdued presence in the US is down to her personality type but none of FN was particularly personal in the way some of these reviews are crying out for and that was praised. It feels like a lot of the reviews are using that as a crutch or evidence to prop up their argument for the album not being good, when in reality it's that they feel the production isn't good enough. Holding every major artist to a standard like Taylor and setting expectations of intense moments divulging their personal lives is not good music criticism. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qurl Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 i was holding out for the full album but i can now definitively say she lost whatever sparkle / magic she had during Future Nostalgia .. Houdini and Illusion are cute, there's some interesting melodies on here but the songwriting is mostly atrocious and it all just sounds uninspired. all those vacations and not enough compelling life experiences to draw from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackoutZone Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) Quote "Radical Optimism" is solid. Had Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae or any of the other up-and-coming pop girlies released the album, it would've been a guaranteed star-maker. But bona fide dance-floor diva Dua Lipa set too high of a bar for herself with 2020's "Future Nostalgia," one of the greatest LPs of the decade so far, for its follow-up to stand out. She's her own enemy, but they spilled Edited May 3 by BlackoutZone 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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