_Fey Posted April 4 Posted April 4 8 minutes ago, State of Grace. said: I see your point and I kinda agree, but tbh its our fault for expecting a Currents type of album/production from a mainstream pop artist. I adjusted my expectations after Houdini (which is still excellent) The girls will be eating their words up when the full thing comes and the "its growing on me" posts start popping up Yeah I still really like all the songs tbh and I'll wait on any further criticism until after I actually hear Illusion, but after TS and this preview, I can't help but feel like they are holding back to make sure the songs are radio friendly. I think I assumed Houdini was a small preview to the new sound and the rest would go in even harder, but these new songs are making me start to wonder if Houdini is the ONLY song where they went all in. Anyway, I'm still loving these songs at the end of the day. 1
Iris Posted April 4 Posted April 4 4 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said: where is the "psychedelic" music at dua… like this is literally giving future nostalgia. The instrumental
Solaria Posted April 4 Posted April 4 I'm a little pissed that she spent months before the era started hyping this album up as her Ray Of Light for it to just turn out to be… whatever this is. There's such a huge discrepancy between what she thinks this album is vs what it sounds like so far 8 1
mike_int Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just now, Iris said: The instrumental Im sure there will be some "psychodelic" element int he hook or in bridge since this was supposed to be the song which lead the album sound. The snipped is great but it sounds like regular Calvin Harris song so I'm sure there must be something there
mike_int Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just now, Solaria said: I'm a little pissed that she spent months before the era started hyping this album up as her Ray Of Light for it to just turn out to be… whatever this is. There's such a huge discrepancy between what she thinks this album is vs what it sounds like so far She never said it will be her Ray Of Light, just some "insiders" said that and lets be honest, they are saying that every time pop girl tries something new 1
Relampago. Posted April 4 Posted April 4 3 minutes ago, _Fey said: Yeah I still really like all the songs tbh and I'll wait on any further criticism until after I actually hear Illusion, but after TS and this preview, I can't help but feel like they are holding back to make sure the songs are radio friendly. I think I assumed Houdini was a small preview to the new sound and the rest would go in even harder, but these new songs are making me start to wonder if Houdini is the ONLY song where they went all in. Anyway, I'm still loving these songs at the end of the day. Dua said the 3 most commercial songs are getting released first if that's any consolation
Solaria Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just now, mike_int said: She never said it will be her Ray Of Light, just some "insiders" said that and lets be honest, they are saying that every time pop girl tries something new But still she names things like 70s psychedelia, britpop, Massive Attack, etc and it's NOWHERE found in the music so far. This is giving Gaga ARTPOP 'reverse Warholian' tease. I wish they would have just marketed this as her Light Years that would have made MUCH more sense 3
Richie.Valdez Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Sounds awful, what happened to her ear? She used to release banger after banger... now is flop after flop... Scrap the project.
DUA LIPA Posted April 4 Posted April 4 the post chorus with the bells is actually the closest to the sound i wanted for DL3
Iris Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just curious to know, are people listening to the 11 second snippet Dua uploaded to her Youtube channel or to the extended 30 second snippet which includes the full chorus and the hook?
Iris Posted April 4 Posted April 4 4 minutes ago, DUA LIPA said: the post chorus with the bells is actually the closest to the sound i wanted for DL3 Those bells alone obliterated Training Season
DUA LIPA Posted April 4 Posted April 4 4 minutes ago, Solaria said: I wish they would have just marketed this as her Light Years that would have made MUCH more sense maybe people would stop complaining about the water theme if she'd say that she's going for a mediterranean ibiza light years theme 1
Relampago. Posted April 4 Posted April 4 8 minutes ago, Cain said: I mean… am I 😭 I'm definitely not listening to Houdini and TS like I did the FN songs I guess not nn but I thought maybe it sounded like they had grown on you I just can't fathom why anyone would be nervous about the album in comparison to FN when songs like Cool, Pretty Please, Good In Bed, We're Good, etc just.. don't hit anywhere near Houdini/TS for me. Even when I listen to the better songs like Physical, Love Again, FN, DSN… I just get the urge to start Houdini/TS again since it feels so different from anything the other pop girls are doing. Meanwhile during the FN era, The Weeknd (my other fave) and Dua were playing tug of war with the retro sounds and it didn't quite feel as exciting. Idk, I was frustrated with everyone's reactions since Houdini, but now I'm just enjoying the music cause it's truly some of the best pop music I've heard since Ariana and Sweetener/Dangerous Woman 😭 2
State of Grace. Posted April 4 Posted April 4 11 minutes ago, _Fey said: Yeah I still really like all the songs tbh and I'll wait on any further criticism until after I actually hear Illusion, but after TS and this preview, I can't help but feel like they are holding back to make sure the songs are radio friendly. I think I assumed Houdini was a small preview to the new sound and the rest would go in even harder, but these new songs are making me start to wonder if Houdini is the ONLY song where they went all in. Anyway, I'm still loving these songs at the end of the day. Hopefully one of the album tracks leans more into the psychedelic elements. Need a full song of GODini's outro
Supervillain Posted April 4 Posted April 4 3 minutes ago, Iris said: Just curious to know, are people listening to the 11 second snippet Dua uploaded to her Youtube channel or to the extended 30 second snippet which includes the full chorus and the hook? The longer snippet doesn't really change anything
DUA LIPA Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Just now, Iris said: Those bells alone obliterated Training Season the reverbed drum-roll, the bells, the looped backing vocals, the electric clattered synths int he background, the swirling white noisy pad-synth kicking in at the end, give me early 2000s which is what i've been anticipating there was also this strange 70s revival in the early 2000s so houdini can stay, TN however... 1
Solaria Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Houdini is excellent and my favourite Dua song ever. I'm still absolutely obsessed with it. Everything that came after so far is just not giving what I want from her I'm sorry. I hope that they just wanted to get the commercial stuff out of the way. I want the rest of the album to sound different
Cain Posted April 4 Posted April 4 15 minutes ago, Relampago. said: Dua said the 3 most commercial songs are getting released first if that's any consolation Where?
Relampago. Posted April 4 Posted April 4 3 minutes ago, Cain said: Where? I guess she didn't say that verbatim, but at :16 she talks about going for the most upbeat songs to keep people dancing. So I'm sure we're in for some more surprises with the full album!
k4rmabutterfly Posted April 4 Posted April 4 20 minutes ago, Solaria said: I'm a little pissed that she spent months before the era started hyping this album up as her Ray Of Light for it to just turn out to be… whatever this is. There's such a huge discrepancy between what she thinks this album is vs what it sounds like so far What she never said or even teased something like that. I do agree that the singles don't sound as psychedelic as she said tho, but we need to hear the whole album. 6
mike_int Posted April 4 Posted April 4 2 minutes ago, CottageHore said: Wait so is this dropping soon? Next Thursday/Friday depend on your location
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