base talk What are your expectations for Dua Lipa's next record? And why RO is so underrated ?

[MoonGoodandHappy]

What are your expectations for Dua Lipa's next record and when do you think it will be released?

 

Radical Optimism was so amazing, a masterpiece, it deserved so much more success !

 

And her looks/aesthetic this era are so incredible !

 

 

 

 

 

[SpaceOddity]

Radical was a snoozefest especially given who she worked with and her descriptions prior. It's dull, inoffensive and literally has nothing going for it as a statement. The only spectacular moment was Houdini and nothing on the album comes close to it quality wise.  She fumbled hard. 

 

I think she'll experiment with underground club and electronica.

[MoonGoodandHappy]

1 minute ago, SpaceOddity said:

Radical was a snoozefest especially given who she worked with and her descriptions prior. It's dull, inoffensive and literally has nothing going for it as a statement. The only spectacular moment was Houdini and nothing on the album comes close to it quality wise.  She fumbled hard. 

 

I think she'll experiment with underground club and electronica.

Are you serious ? "Happy for You" is a masterpiece ! And "These Walls" is amazing too !

[Kiel D-01]

I love Dua but RO was a bit of disappointment quality-wise. Houdini and a few select songs held up well however.

 

 

[HANZ94]

If she makes yet again another Dance Récord she is gonna flop even Harder

That sound is no longer trending and the world got bored of her doing the same thing again and again 

[SpaceOddity]

Just now, MoonGoodandHappy said:

Are you serious ? "Happy for You" is a masterpiece ! And "These Walls" is amazing too !

Happy For You is cute, but even then, there's so much they could've done with it production-wise to make it more interesting. That's the biggest problem with the album, the bones of a good song are there but nothing pulls you in, no twists, no fun arrangements, no hooks. It was either going to have to be a big pop blast or a step forward in new territories and she failed to do either. 

[Illuminati]

I hope she does a more dancy record. Based on the singles RO could have been an edgier Future Nostalgia but the rest of the album was very milktoast

[Sawk]

She should 180 imo.

 

RadOp's issue was that, at some points, it felt pretty fresh like Houdini, Happy For You, but, at the same time, it felt like some of the Future Nostalgia sound was still embedded in the record's DNA, Watcha Doin', Illusion. 
 

Radical Optimism screams transition era, but I'm afraid Dua isn't going to release a new album soon enough to sort of have a rapid bounce back, if she doesn't release soon, I think her best option is to go in a completely new direction and have an unexpected sound. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Dont know tbh. I want her to do some Nelly Furtado/Timbaland/Missy Elliott esque pop next time she drops a record. But I also wouldn't mind her take the RAYE road and serve some more live instrumentation / jazz pop tease. RO was fine but didn't meet up with the 70s psychedelic UK rave album she promised us

[Sawk]

Another issue with Rad Op as well is that it's a grower album.
 

It clicked for me like the third time of listening, and we all know the GP isn't as forgiving as stans really, if they don't like something the first time, they're usually not gonna have a relisten unless it's because of Radio spam. 
 

The album, while good for me, doesn't really hold up when compared to the perfection that was FN.

[Sawk]

2 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

RO was fine but didn't meet up with the 70s psychedelic UK rave album she promised us

The fact that she promised us a Massive Attack tea and then served us what we got 

[ChooseyLover]

Maybe she'll have some of Charli XCX's nachos for the next album or maybe she'll team up with Dan Nigro like every other pop girl right now. I'm not expecting anything groundbreaking or impressive from her considering her output from 2017 to now. A decent 7/10 pop record at best.

 

I do hope she manages to replicate what she achieved with Houdini and makes an entire album out of that though, can't see why that would be out of her reach.

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Just now, Sawk said:

The fact that she promised us a Massive Attack tea and then served us what we got 

There was a point in time where she would literally say in every interview that the album was psychedelic, 70s inspired, inspired by UK rave culture…. like. she definitely changed the original album

[Sawk]

Just now, KatyPrismSpirit said:

There was a point in time where she would literally say in every interview that the album was psychedelic, 70s inspired, inspired by UK rave culture…. like. she definitely changed the original album

I think the label heard the original album and disliked how riské it was and maybe threatened to shelve it. Dua should've fought to keep it, but oh well. 

[hallucinate]

better music videos

[KatyPrismSpirit]

9 minutes ago, Sawk said:

I think the label heard the original album and disliked how riské it was and maybe threatened to shelve it. Dua should've fought to keep it, but oh well. 

I think her dad convinced her to only keep the most mainstream/commercially sounding songs on the record but it backfired

[sugarysunflower]

returning to her success formula: 
 

Long Black Hair

 

70s / 80s disco, funk

 

Epic music videos 

[Sorbet]

Copy-pasting the Future Nostalgia release and promotion strategy was mistake #1 when her celebrity has increased so much since then and things are more instant now instead of slow burns.

 

I just hope they don't try to push for a deluxe or whatever and either release another 11 track sister album during the tour this year, or start a whole new era with a different approach in 2026. Pushing a sexier and more risky side would be an absolute serve.

[Abracadabra]

She's already said that her next album will be influenced by the orchestral sound of her Royal Albert Hall show. It will be interesting to see if she mixes it with dance-pop or if she will go for a totally new sound

[BlahBlahBlah]

Whatever she does she needs to not wait another 3-4 years again. That will surely kill her career and whatever she puts out will be dead in the water no matter the quality. 

 

I actually think she should do a dance record again but try to go the Cher route with like a Living Proof or Believe with big house sounds. 

[mike_int]

I would love her to go full Ray Of Light  mode, forget whats "in" and what others are doing, forget about length limit for streaming and give us album which is musical journey.

 

I am absolute lover of disco, but it has been used and abused and many times badly in last 5 years I dont want to hear another funky-pop-bass driven song with string for quite time.

 

Mix electronics with orchestral, grunge with trip-hop, ambient with house. Strong melodies with absolute production perfection

 

[Prodigal Self]

I like RO, it's 7 from good to great songs and 3 meh ones. But let's try harder next time

[Lady Claire]

She just needs a new DJ collab and it'll be an easy smash.

 

As of the next album, quit the disco/funk/sound completely and come up with a different vibe like she did when she started the FN era compared to her debut.
 

She'll be fine if she does all of this. RO wasn't panned or a complete bomb, it just came and went but people still like her

[Apostolis]

you need to be delusional to think that RO was underrated.. the nasty singles order... the first single to album rollout lasting almost one year as if shes a tiktok viral girl, the half-assed songs in the album 

[Gesi]

"Training Season" is definitely underrated song. She should do more fun pop songs like Future Nostalgia etc (without the last two of album),

and also some pretty model looking video music.