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Been listening to The New Confessions non-stop since it came out. Incredible album. Up there with The Old Confessions as her best work this century.

London used to be part of Serbia in the 90s?! I guess I must be suffering from a severe case of the Mandela Effect because I recall it being part of England for the last 1000 years.

Dua and Dugi performed at Sunny Hill Festival last night.

She was granted citizenship by presidential decree so she probably didn't fill any paperwork AT ALL.

Dems skipping C2C and going straight to their Joanne era. Who would have thought?

Dua Lipa isn't (but her father may very well be). That would explain why she's a humble person but pretentious when it comes to her music. If anything, Happy For You is the kind of song a self-absorbed person would be incapable of writing.

Releasing TS instead of promoting the hell out of Houdini was a huge mistake. Houdini could've cracked top 10 in the US with better promo.

90s and early 2000s is also what I hear. I am able to recognize only some minor 70s elements, such as the drums in the pre-chorus of Training Season for example. Somebody else also mentioned some ABBA influences.

Rather it flopped because people hated it

I don't think it's Kevin who added the church bells.

Omg I think Falling Forever is finally growing on me.

These numbers are similar to Future Nostalgia and that one had a huge hit when it was released.

I'm trying my best to like that song since it appears to be a fan favorite but somehow it just refuses to grow.

She deserves all the backlash for not promoting Houdini enough.

Whatcha Doing and Maria tend to disagree.

Imagine the lashings FN would get for its last two tracks if it were released today. In retrospect, she was extremely lucky to get a 88 score back then. I think RO would've fared much better with critics if it were released back then.

Do we have the instrumentals yet?

She should book writing camps next time.

Whatcha Doing grew on me immensely. At first I found it underwhelming but now I have it on repeat. Kevin and Dua did that.

Subconsciously she's tried to recreate FN. EOAE tries hard to be the FN (title track) of RO. Houdini is the DSN. Training Season is the Physical. Whatcha doing is the Levitating. French Exit is the Pretty Please. Illusion is the Hallucinate. AFL is the GIB/BWBB Falling Forever and Maria are the Love Again.

I personally love it, especially the production.

Whatcha Doing as a US single and Maria as a European/LA single would be a good combo.

After listening to the album a couple of times, my trinity is Houdini - Illusion - Maria.

Overall a great album, all 10 tracks are decent in full, even that one incomplete demo (or interlude?) is listenable. There are minimal psychedelic elements in most tracks. Houdini remains my favourite track.