single Dua Lipa - "Illusion"

[IBeMe]

9 minutes ago, QueenofCopyPaste said:

  

;)

i'm confused why they would think that when all the singles have been pretty much uptempos. maybe a mid tempo would fare better at this point? idk...

[unclefloprry]

Lmao I don't understand why the stans of the Sample Lady with MID music are having a meltdown on this thread, it's so random.  

[illia]

Ava Max Stan's getting way too brave  sit this one out 

[Axel.]

god, it's not THAT bad, and it's just a 30s snippet... relax 

[Sun]

She's truly the most boring, unoriginal popstar and I think people are finally waking up to that fact 

[itsjokesta]

It sounds like something Daft Punk would create and I'm here for that. 

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

The snippet sounds really bad 

 

Houdini remains the it-girl of Radical Optimism  

[Maroonx]

so "Training Season" is indeed getting the "Physical" treatment

[Cain]

3 minutes ago, Maroonx said:

so "Training Season" is indeed getting the "Physical" treatment

Not really, it was sent to US radio 

[Maroonx]

Just now, Cain said:

Not really, it was sent to US radio 

I still cannot get over the fact that her team did not promote "Physical" in the US. That's one of the biggest pandemic pop injustice.

[TCorey]

Not the Ava stans in here acting bold.   Baby miss Dua would never release a track like "My Oh My".   She's not that type of girl.

[Tyrion_LMG]

1 minute ago, TCorey said:

Not the Ava stans in here acting bold.   Baby miss Dua would never release a track like "My Oh My".   She's not that type of girl.

Seriously. My Oh My is a total banger and so is Houdini. Illusion sounds amazing too. Always with the same trash, ny god

[Relampago.]

My Oh My is trash and she will never top My Head & My Heart. Now that that's been established please stop talking about the sample lady

Edited April 4 by Relampago.

[Bey'Knight]

Did her father have previous management experience?
 

If not it was a mistake to bring him on board. She's way too big of a brand to be in untrained hands. She should've just given him a vanity title or some inconsequential role on the tour team like other artists that keep their family around. 

[Virgos Groove]

Sounds like a SMASH.

[Dula Peep]

Not gonna lie, I was really hyped after TS and Houdini snippets but it sounds like somethings missing here... still holding out hope that it will be great tho, at least a good summer banger.... 

... I have a feeling the most obscure track from the record will become the smash hit though... Like Maria... 

 

[black12345]

I like it, excited for the full thing 😎

[MaxMartin]

3 hours ago, Burqa said:

hmmmm the production sounds a bit empty… i guess that's just the first chorus and it will build 

that's what we all thought about TS and look how it ended... 

[Cain]

13 minutes ago, Bey'Knight said:

Did her father have previous management experience?
 

If not it was a mistake to bring him on board. She's way too big of a brand to be in untrained hands. She should've just given him a vanity title or some inconsequential role on the tour team like other artists that keep their family around. 

We thought he was just going to be an interim manager until she got a new one but… seems like he's still there

[Post Malone]

Wait that actually sounded good  first good song of the era is coming

[Relampago.]

I honestly understand why people feel that something's missing, I don't agree, but the "ooo ooo ooos" aren't super flashy. 

 

What confuses me is that so many people love Hallucinate but the "iii iiii iiii iiiis" in that song aren't really different. 

[crf13]

3 out of 11 songs being released before the album's out next month and none of them are special…what a mess.

[Bey'Knight]

6 minutes ago, Cain said:

We thought he was just going to be an interim manager until she got a new one but… seems like he's still there

Well it's not too late to turn the ship around. 
 

Although regardless of the rollout, my personal issue with the music is that it all kinda merges into one … feeling predictable. Might be a good time to switch the tempo and do the unexpected, get people talking. This snippet sounds something to let play in the background cus it's inoffensive but also doesn't leave a lasting impression.
 

I also don't like when artists release too many song ahead of the album. Billie almost ruined HTE for me with that. I literally avoided anything after Therefore I Am till the album came. The discovery rush is depleted when half the tracklist are months old by release date. 

[Relampago.]

1 minute ago, Bey'Knight said:

Well it's not too late to turn the ship around. 
 

Although regardless of the rollout, my personal issue with the music is that it all kinda merges into one … feeling predictable. Might be a good time to switch the tempo and do the unexpected, get people talking. This snippet sounds something to let play in the background cus it's inoffensive but also doesn't leave a lasting impression.
 

I also don't like when artists release too many song ahead of the album. Billie almost ruined HTE for me with that. I literally avoided anything after Therefore I Am till the album came. The discovery rush is depleted when half the tracklist are months old by release date. 

I mean, if nothing else this era will be a learning by lesson to Dua's team. Despite the incredibly dramatic responses to things this era, it's hardly a mega bomb and most importantly— her brand isn't damaged at all, in fact, it might even be better than it was during FN since she's improved as a performer. The music is fine, even if people don't prefer it to FN, it's not awful. 

 

And that's what I don't think people really get. There's a lot of backseat problem solving going on, but I'm not sure there's really any major issues going on. The rollout is a little messy, sure, but FN's was too. Selective memory I suppose. Regardless, not every era is gonna have mega smashes, but Radical Optimism is doing well enough. Next era will be more telling, seeing how she pivots or tries a different direction. It'll be the real indicator of how adaptable Dua can be. RO was always doomed coming off the heels of the biggest pop era of the decade, it was always going to be hard to live up to that, and I think it's time to let that standard go.

[juancsantoyo]

On 3/26/2024 at 2:06 PM, QueenofCopyPaste said:

New single April 11th

On 3/26/2024 at 4:36 PM, QueenofCopyPaste said:

Her label / team didn't expect how Houdini and Training Season performed the way they did, so now

they're hoping new single on April 11 will do better.

 

The new single is produced by the same team but is the most reminiscent to the uptempo dance pop sound of Future Nostalgia. 

1 hour ago, QueenofCopyPaste said:

 ;)

I don't know what's your point here, but I'm going to say the following.

 

1. The release date (4/11) was given by the user below, who is an insider in another forum which you really know well.

2. Their post was done on 3/26 at 1:53pm. ET, while yours was done the same date (3/26) at 2:06pm. ET, which was 13 minutes later.

3. Thank you for copying and pasting (lol!) my opinion and turned into an insight information which wasn't the case. I mean, I'm not an insider and I was just having a conversation with one of them about the song.

4. I can respect your idea if you're saying that "her label / team didn't expect how Houdini and Training Season performed the way they did, so now they're hoping new single on April 11 will do better." is your opinion because that's understandable, but if you're trying to imply that this is something that it was said behind, this isn't true because you're creating a false narrative over a simple idea.

5. I've just realized that I made a typo in my original post (re: writing double 'w' in 'anyway'), so I'm editing that there.