This album is boring compared to her last. I do love Training Season though alot, prob my favorite out of all the songs. 

I love Illusion more than ever tbh… huge bop. So fun to dance and work out to. Makes me feel sexy and carefree. 

 

Shouldn't have been a single (let alone be the inspiration for the whole album) but hey, it is what it is

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by Relampago.

Illusion is not the vibe of the album, maybe they want to push it to send the song to BPDP at the grammys, instead of Houdini.

2 hours ago, NostalgiawithDua said:

They really aren't giving up on this song just because of that high budget mv, which they should've have had for TS or literally any other song….

 

Yeah let's make the most eurodance sounding song the flagship single in the US

 

Warner eat ****

They need to find the most successful boring white man and slap them on a These Walls remix and pray for a HAC hit

These Wall ft. Benson Boone 

4 minutes ago, Papi Juancho said:

These Wall ft. Benson Boone 

I'VE BEEN SAYING

 

plus Benson is hot

1 hour ago, Papi Juancho said:

These Wall ft. Benson Boone 

2 hours ago, Papi Juancho said:

These Wall ft. Benson Boone 

THIS with a revamped instrumental

The dark and twisted energy this thread exhumes is kinda iconic. You guys will be okay with her collaborating with Donald Trump himself if that can give her a US hit. 

 

Many things can be right at the same time by the way:

- The album is great, she delivered what she promised and has great replay value.

- Sadly the songs did not connect and a simple skim at the charts would show you that the writing was on the wall for her from the start and I'm sure everyone including her and Warner knew that this is as far as they can push. Yeah maybe they expected Houdini to be bigger in the US but any pop fan with 1-3 years of experience would tell you that nothing on the record can smash in the US. 

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by bearman

26 minutes ago, bearman said:

The dark and twisted energy this thread exhumes is kinda iconic. You guys will be okay with her collaborating with Donald Trump himself if that can give her a US hit. 

 

Many things can be right at the same time by the way:

- The album is great, she delivered what she promised and has great replay value.

- Sadly the songs did not connect and a simple skim at the charts would show you that the writing was on the wall for her from the start and I'm sure everyone including her and Warner knew that this is as far as they can push. Yeah maybe they expected Houdini to be bigger in the US but any pop fan with 1-3 years of experience would tell you that nothing on the record can smash in the US. 

The album may be good but she did absolutely not deliver an (and I quote) "experimental" "psychedelic" album

8 minutes ago, Cain said:

The album may be good but she did absolutely not deliver an (and I quote) "experimental" "psychedelic" album

I don't know but for me it definitely has psychedelic flourishes all over the songs. It's just not the gimmicky psychedelic people expect but more of a positive and summery spin on it. The songs are very similar to Kevin's last album and it's labelled as psychedelic pop. It also has the Neo-psychedelic elements of Primal Scream (the very organic instrumentation mixed in with weird synths here and there). 

 

This literally sounds like a RO outtake 

 

 

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by bearman

Sorry for the double post, but wanted to say that I understand the sentiment here when compared to Future Nostalgia because that record had a very gimmicky implementation of the sound it wanted to achieve (it's not a bad thing). Physical has all cheesy tropes of an 80s song, Break My Heart has a literal INXS sample, Levitating and DSN also feature very common instruments and beats that make the GP and average Joe say 'yeah she's bringing Disco back!!!!'

 

On RO, she finally kinda carved a sound for herself that does not rely on Nostalgia (pun intended) and has more niche references that the average radio listener has no idea of. 

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by bearman

Training Season stans won

Houdini is still on repeat months after the release, I'll never get tired of this song 

#21(-19) on Billboard 200


Spotify (May 20)
#147(+19) Training Season - 1,413,138
#178(re-entry) Illusion - 1,318,200
#192(re-entry) Houdini - 1,286,572

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by Nefertiti0

55 minutes ago, Nefertiti0 said:

Spotify (May 20)
#147(+19) Training Season - 1,413,138
#178(re-entry) Illusion - 1,318,200
#192(re-entry) Houdini - 1,286,572

SMASHical optimism!

Training Season WON

 

1 hour ago, Nefertiti0 said:

#21(-19) on Billboard 200


Spotify (May 20)
#147(+19) Training Season - 1,413,138
#178(re-entry) Illusion - 1,318,200
#192(re-entry) Houdini - 1,286,572

We're celebrating top 200 entries now? Dula just announce the tour please

On 5/18/2024 at 4:43 PM, NostalgiawithDua said:

Most disappointing part of this era has been lukewarm response from UK. They really rejected the whole era, the album was very euro centric and still they rejected it. Every major non-uk artist is out streaming her. I really want her to do good in future!

It's the most puzzling part, how UK rejects this era.

 

Honestly rather than chasing US hits, she should refocus and try to win back UK again. It's time she put out a dance summer anthem for UK & Europe

 

3 hours ago, bearman said:

I don't know but for me it definitely has psychedelic flourishes all over the songs. It's just not the gimmicky psychedelic people expect but more of a positive and summery spin on it. The songs are very similar to Kevin's last album and it's labelled as psychedelic pop. It also has the Neo-psychedelic elements of Primal Scream (the very organic instrumentation mixed in with weird synths here and there). 

 

This literally sounds like a RO outtake 

 

 

that's quite a hill to die on 

1 minute ago, halcyonday said:

that's quite a hill to die on 

I'm very much alive on my hill 

 

2 minutes ago, bearman said:

I'm very much alive on my hill 

 

delusion can be blissful

 

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by halcyonday

Still don't get the album title in relation to the music

 

 

Where is the tour announcement?! Are they waiting to see how US reacts to optimize the touring schedule and venues? The album has been out for weeks.