Relampago. Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 The one thing, and really only thing, that really worries me about this era is she does seem less hungry. She's a global superstar sure, but a career is more than just numbers and a hit era Dua. You should be trying to improve your craft musically, artistically and other ways. There were signs of improvement this era with her vocals and performances, but even though I like this album more than FN, it's fairly obvious she wasn't pushing herself on this record. Warner and her "management" can plan an era all they like and craft a perfect album, but if Dua feels comfortable with where she's at then there's not really much anyone can do. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 6 hours ago, jomarr said: It's official. Everyone I stan eventually flops. So if you see me in a thread praising someone well they're in danger. Now playing: Delusion (Extended) Literally me Rih: RETIRED Dua: PANNED FLOP Ari: HOMEWRECKER Charli: FLOP Tinashe: FLOP The Weeknd: DAWN FM FLOP Bad Bunny: NADIE SABE HUGE DECLINE Lemme start my application for an Olivia and Taylor stan card, ch 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaXtinaFan Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 seeing things like this make me so sad. We can't even get interesting looks this era. Black coats, that's it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I agree it's worrisome that both her team and Warner have gone missing after the album release. I think Illusion is completely done for so I would just plan a strategy for These Walls with a GOOD video, doesn't have to be expensive, just colorful, fun and have replay value and I would specially work to make a very recognisable and fashionable look to get into people's mind and Twitter so get people talking. Then plan radio adds and push it hard on streaming when the song has decent airplay. If the song performs well, then we can talk about Whatcha Doing remix, but for now that's what they should be doing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halcyonday Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Yeah the album is kinda aging like milk but i'm waiting for a cute summer trip to revive it i'm not surprised it's bombing this hard, it's a cute Bebe album, but Dua can do MUCH MUCH MUCH better than this album 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigalo Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Finally listened today, is reception for this pretty tepid? I was disappointed tbh and FN is my 3rd most played album of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
every1blinks Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 2 hours ago, Relampago. said: Literally me Rih: RETIRED Dua: PANNED FLOP Ari: HOMEWRECKER Charli: FLOP Tinashe: FLOP The Weeknd: DAWN FM FLOP Bad Bunny: NADIE SABE HUGE DECLINE Lemme start my application for an Olivia and Taylor stan card, ch Don't bring that over here!! OT: I truly do love the album and am baffled at the mixed reception to it. It's a tightly crafted pop album. There definitely shouldn't have been a 4 year break between this and FN though 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4rmabutterfly Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 4 hours ago, Relampago. said: The one thing, and really only thing, that really worries me about this era is she does seem less hungry. She's a global superstar sure, but a career is more than just numbers and a hit era Dua. You should be trying to improve your craft musically, artistically and other ways. There were signs of improvement this era with her vocals and performances, but even though I like this album more than FN, it's fairly obvious she wasn't pushing herself on this record. Warner and her "management" can plan an era all they like and craft a perfect album, but if Dua feels comfortable with where she's at then there's not really much anyone can do. I agree with you and that's why it bothers me to see so many Loves saying she set the standard too high with Future Nostalgia and she doesn't need to top it… like, this is a horrible mentality, artists like Beyoncé set the standard already very high 10 years ago with 4, yet she's still wanting to top herself, sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. You can say the same for artists like Taylor, Madonna, Ariana, Billie, Janet too, they all want to top their previous work, regardless of the standard being too high and that's what make them such interesting artists with great longevity. You can see that with RO, Dua went very safe on every aspect, like her vocals, the production, the melodies. It feels like she just wanted to make a cute album that she can dance on tour, and not really challenge herself like she did with FN, which a lot of you guys seems to be ok with it, but to me it's a horrible sign, it's giving Gaga post ARTPOP, just releasing albums to shut up the fans without any ambition or artistic development behind it. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomarr Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, every1blinks said: Don't bring that over here!! OT: I truly do love the album and am baffled at the mixed reception to it. It's a tightly crafted pop album. There definitely shouldn't have been a 4 year break between this and FN though FN era ran for three years (2020-2022). Then her little droplets, i.e., Cold Heart and Dance the Night were megahits in 2022 and 2023. There wasn't a break per se. She really worked her ass off during the FN era, at least at the latter part of it due to COVID restrictions. The era was poorly mishandled but RO remains a solid pop album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannasbe$tfrnd Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 5/15/2024 at 2:11 AM, halcyonday said: now if these songs were personal... Babe if I wanted to listen to someone recite basic metaphors in monotone, I'd rather turn on a poetry podcast. Dua does not have to get down to the nitty gritty of when Billy Bob tore up her Pusey or her heart. Some girlies need to stop over sharing about how they stole their lovers mom's panties and scarves on the date where she scraped her knee on a bench at the park in the west side of London's fish market. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_vocal_technique Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) It's an ok collection of songs but how can you go from FN, full of incredible bangers, to this very mid temperature, genre confused, vanilla mix tape type of product? Girl, bye Edited May 17 by Bad_vocal_technique 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan_brit Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 TS live is always a slay!!! the reaction at the end of the perfomance Sounds & looks good Did Houdini aired at the show?? I can find it Anyway Time perfomance.... A FLOP let me be basic like 90% here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crank_It_Up Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Wait. I didn't realize the Time 100 gala already aired on TV last Sunday. The way no one knew about. The promo keeps on being a disappointment this era. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Performing country songs is not gonna save your era Dua. Call up Max Martin or something instead. Hag. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4rmabutterfly Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 This is so good, I loved it I can't with the songs of this album sounding so much better live, just another unserious thing about this era 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowned8World Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 13 hours ago, jomarr said: It's official. Everyone I stan eventually flops. So if you see me in a thread praising someone well they're in danger. Now playing: Delusion (Extended) lmaooo this happens to me EVERY SINGLE TIME. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 The country collab is sooooo funny to me but you know what at least they're trying! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 7 minutes ago, Cain said: The country collab is sooooo funny to me but you know what at least they're trying! If we have to trend hop to get a budget greenlit for next era… so be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 4 minutes ago, Relampago. said: If we have to trend hop to get a budget greenlit for next era… so be it! Exactly! This is the hunger for a hit I wanna see, no matter if we have to speedrun through her Joanne era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveLights Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 15 minutes ago, Cain said: The country collab is sooooo funny to me but you know what at least they're trying! Radical Optimism (Countryside Tequila Edition) is coming She's coming back to take LIPAMERICA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Her next vacanza will be a trip through the corn fields Kansas Whatever books that Taylor collab I suppose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dula Peep Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Not Cowgirl Lipa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_int Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) How great she looked tho Did the guy just called her DUA LUPA? 0:22 Edited May 17 by mike_int 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 1 minute ago, mike_int said: How great she looked tho See when she doesn't wear black Lorenzo take NOTES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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