Space Cowboy Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I'm not even trying to be shady How the f*ck she debuts with 15.8M streams? How the f*ck RO does half of what FN did, despite she being more popular now and having a bigger following? What exactly did Dua and her team do wrong? How did they destroy all the hype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdward Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) her campaigning DTN when it was obviously not going to get nominated she probably got her name in awards circuit but still look at Billie releasing months after award season to start her era properly Edited May 4 by thirdward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScorpiosGroove Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 having 3 back to back flops and still not scrapping the album 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivers license Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 the singles rollout was giving GUTS, and i know it's gonna be messier for her because she isn't an album seller or first week girlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco_g2 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 The music is missing the spark that FN had. It feels like more of a pop trick now 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Janet Posted May 4 Popular Post Share Posted May 4 Too many holidays 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Aurora Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 I thought it was cute but less exciting than Future Nostalgia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameraFlashes Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 ask what went right first then you get the answer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TayDuaStan Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 There are in my opinion 2 huge mistakes: the big gap between FN & RO, and having Kevin Parker & Danny L Harle as the main producers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiss It Better Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 she waited too long for the album + the hype peak this year was during Training Season/Grammy performance and she waited like 3 weeks to drop that song should've dropped TS in January and album in the grammy weekend (iirc nobody was releasing that week) 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethereal Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) Nothing went wrong, an under-performance was inevitable - simply because she just isn't THAT girl. I don't see anything that makes her different from her peers like Charli XCX, Rita Ora, Ava Max, and Cher Lloyd. Plus, neither her vocals nor her performances are anything special. When you put it all together, she kind of comes across as being faceless. Edited May 4 by Ethereal 13 1 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burninredhot Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 The argument about the big gap doesn't make sense to me cuz she's remained active throughout the last 4 years. Promoting FN singles, Features, Droplets, Tour. It has to be something else 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 My theory is that the label got involved and messed it up. The promotion for Houdini is at stark odds with the aesthetics and sound of the rest of the record. I like it, but it feels like some nonsense happened behind the scenes that we weren't privy to. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonourableVomit Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 19 minutes ago, Marco_g2 said: The music is missing the spark that FN had. It feels like more of a pop trick now explain Dance The Night explain Cold Heart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolution Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 bad album 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kern Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 it's too psychedelic for GP 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born to Run Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Training Season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterNavy Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 copying my post from the other thread dua has never been a huge debut type of pop girl like rihanna she's always been about longevity and her eras and songs take time to grow. it has been this way since her debut in 2017 and this new era is nothing different and this era is far from a flop. houdini has 400m streams 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeawish Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 imo houdini was a poor choice of first single and the long trail-in after that was a bad idea, she let a flop narrative build up and drag on. but also: dua is a likeable pop girl but the way that she's been built up into some sort of era defining star was always likely to end with a correction at some point. her songs are very hooky, she can make a banger - by the time i've heard them three or four times i'm usually absolutely sold - but i kinda feel like she's a bit more basic than she'd have us believe. the kind of artiste vibes around her (and that she's enjoyed playing into in recent months) have never really been delivered on. perhaps the best idea would have been leaning into being a fun popstar rather than making out that she was reinventing music. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFireLexus Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Nothing went wrong. She was a fad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterNavy Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ONOPKA said: dropping TAP music probably didn't help there was way too big of a wait from houdini to the album release. i actually love all 3 singles. i think they are great pop songs. i really can't understand what went wrong. houdini / training season / illusion are all platinum records in my home. x houdini, training season and illusion are diamond singles in my home and radical optimism debuted 400m first day in my bedroom Edited May 4 by MonsterNavy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duadududt Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 yeah, overall the album isn't as good as FN but Houdini is a top tier song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villas Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Houdini was a wrong choice, even though it might seem a shift from her previous records. It was too early to do that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disconnect Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 8 minutes ago, HonourableVomit said: explain Dance The Night explain Cold Heart Those songs were good lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cowboy Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Just now, Disconnect said: Those songs were good lol Dance The Night is one of her most mediocre songs and sounds like a FN reject 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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