celeb news BBC: Katy's comeback, Joker 2 biggest flops of 2024

[KeirGrey]

15 celebrity flops and fails of 2024

 

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It was supposed to be a triumphant return, but critics and fans complained Katy Perry's latest album 143 sounded dated and showed little artistic growth.

The music video for Woman's World, which saw Perry join a group of dancers wearing tiny outfits on a construction site, was criticised for being regressive, although Perry later said it was supposed to be satirical.

Matters were only made worse when the singer attracted the attention of the Spanish government for shooting the video for follow-up single Lifetimes in ecologically-sensitive sand dunes in the Balearic Islands.

But many fans defended the album, which wasn't as bad as some reviews made out, and Perry's accompanying tour has been a huge success.

Making a sequel to 2019's Joker, which grossed more than $1bn (£790m), was something Hollywood found simply irresistible.

Unfortunately, the resulting film, Joker: Folie à Deux, was something audiences found entirely resistible.

Making the film a musical was a bold swing, but the tonal handbreak turn alienated the fans and critics who adored the Oscar-winning original.

Folie à Deux managed to scrape over the $200m (£158m) mark, but that was barely enough to cover its production budget, let alone marketing costs.

It wasn't the only movie flop of the year - audiences were also unenthusiastic about Madame Web, The Fall Guy, Kraven the Hunter, Megalopolis, Borderlands, Argylle, Unstoppable and Furiosa: A Mad Max Story.

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jy3v2lpweo

[JBJT2786]

It's 2025 already?.....I didn't know i time traveled a year already!!

 

Edit: saw you finally changes the title OP. Lemme get serious.

 

KATY needs to retire.

Gaga needs a new agent for film.

 

I'm surprised Camila isn't on here

 

[OrgVisual]

 

[Phaunzie]

 

Icons of Infamy :3

[Vroom Vroom]

Even in a flop year, Gaga always wins 

[Shelter]

[HASHTAGPOW]

[Lord Gaga]

The way katy completely and utterly failed in all facets of this year while Gaga isn't even being dragged for the failure of joker while having a smash collab and had a flop lead that performed at least 2x better than anything Ms. Perry released. 

 

You guys can keep trying it but in the real world people definitely don't think they're in the same boat.

Edited Thursday at 02:17 AM by Lord Gaga

[Tropez]

4 minutes ago, Lord Gaga said:

The way katy completely and utterly failed in all facets of this year while Gaga isn't even being dragged for the failure of joker while having a smash collab and had a flop lead that performed at least 2x better than anything Ms. Perry released. 

 

You guys can keep trying it but in the real world people definitely don't think they're in the same boat.

You're right. They don't think about them at all. 

[MonsterTown]

gaga flopping and winning at the same time she is on her own lane...#1 biggest hit of the year and more. lady gaga

[GagaChina]

i don't care 

i just need the lifetimes tour in Guangzhou

and i will keep streaming the upcoming lg7

[Onyxmage]

They forgot to talk about DISEASE.  The way she flopped in every facet.

Edited Thursday at 03:12 AM by Onyxmage

[Colmillo]

The way they didn't say "Lady Gaga is a flop", they said "Joker Sequel flopped", but they DID say "Katy Perry flopped", there's a difference there.

[Chemist]

48 minutes ago, Colmillo said:

The way they didn't say "Lady Gaga is a flop", they said "Joker Sequel flopped", but they DID say "Katy Perry flopped", there's a difference there.

The mental gimnastics

 

[Witnessed ET]

Something something about being mates on a boat 

[Breathe On Moi]

alllllllll aboard! 

[lauvender]

Gaga did

Flop Movie

Flop Soundtrack

Flop Jazz Album

Flop Demoted Lead Single 

Edited Thursday at 04:20 AM by lauvender

[May]

Im not a fan of either of those girls but maybe in 2025 let's stop parading BBC around like an authoritative source when the UK is actively revolting and campaigning against its very existence in the modern day, LOL

[Stunnah]

My mind 

 

 

[EnigmaticAndroid]

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15: Tour Troubles

 

Live tours and concerts were disrupted this year for all kinds of reasons.

 

Jennifer Lopez cancelled her live shows after reports of poor ticket sales, although she said it was so she could spend time with family and friends.

 

Tenacious D's tour fell apart after one member made some ill-advised comments about Donald Trump.

 

And Madonna's fans became increasingly frustrated with her lateness.

 

Elsewhere, Adele repeatedly swore at an audience member in Las Vegas who she thought had shouted "Pride sucks". It transpired the fan had actually shouted "work sucks" after the singer discussed her working week. Oops.

 

So fair play to Kate Nash for not only keeping her show on the road, but funding her tour by selling pictures of her bottom online, helpfully bringing publicity to the issues of high tour costs and poor streaming royalties in the process.

Add this in so we can get some JLo, Madonna, and Adele lashes 

 

Especially Madonna 

[fridayteenage]

3 hours ago, Tropez said:

You're right. They don't think about them at all. 

[AvadaKedavra]

Their destinies are intertwined 4 eternity 

Edited Thursday at 05:44 AM by AvadaKedavra

[ClashAndBurn]

They should have brought up Disease and Harlequin too. They were each definitely unmitigated catastrophes of their own.

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

I came in here expecting to drag BBC but then decided to drag the OP instead for misleading. The article said KATY PERRY is a flop and JOKER 2 (a movie with a high budget and with MANY actors and hundreds of people involved - see movie's ending credit for more info) flopped. They did not even mention the Lady Gaga name or Die with a Smile or Disease so it's clear that they did not think Lady Gaga is a flop at all. 

 

Edited Thursday at 06:58 AM by duybeeGAshantiGA

[SoTellMe]

1 hour ago, Chemist said:

The mental gimnastics

 

that's reading comprehension. the article talked about joker 2 as opposed to specifically Katy. yet you comment mental gymnastics........ lmaooo