Dua Lipa

It's kinda quiet in her ...has no one listened to the album yet?

Or do people no longer care about Dua Lipa? :(

I don't think it's out yet

I mean I definitely don't care enough about Dua Lipa to seek out leaked files

Me neither.

I just assumed some people here got early access to releases.

I fully expect it to be pretty good, okay, toe taps a little, and then when I’m finished I’ll never feel the need to hear it ever again for the rest of my life. Hope I’m wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dua_Lipa#2023%E2%80%93present:_acting_debut_and_Radical_Optimism

the album "was released on 3 May 2024." which is tomorrow.

future nostalgia

granted i'm in america but i feel like there is zero hype for this, didn't realize it was about to drop until now

I think her music feels like generic radio stuff now, even if it didn't always. I even hear other artists copping stuff from her, like having a group of girls shouting "Yeah yeah yeah."

She's on SNL this weekend. Maybe that will stir some buzz.

well she has released a series of retread singles that are essentially objectively not as good as the singles from the previous record. so it feels like a 1+1=2 situation to me

there's been a weird disconnect with the rollout where she has cited a bunch of british rock bands as influences but the audience is just hearing a replay of her last 'era'... i wonder if the album will reveal a tension between the single choices & the album tracks that makes her framing of it make more sense

i don't think the singles really felt that much like retreads - they very much sound like they're produced by kevin parker - but they're a definite step down

listening now the first track is really nice, much better than the singles

i'm kinda expecting that all the talk about being influenced by primal scream is just referring to like, the shuffling percussion in the background of "houdini"

None of the songs touch the highlights of the previous album for me, but I enjoyed my first listen. It's a little bit more all-over-the-place than I expected; after the first track I thought the through line might've been...Moloko or fin de siècle William Orbit or something, but it's less balearic than that. "Falling Forever" reminded me of a Eurovision song!

I predict it will do well across Europe, but absolutely nothing in the US.

She should've sung on the Mdou Moctar album.

"maria" sounds like "island in the sun" lol

i definitely like the tracks where it's trying to sound like moloko more than the ones that sound more obviously like tame impala

this is pretty solid, there's no real duds, but it's never really great either. i agree about it likely doing well in europe but flopping in the usa

yeah agree with that. a number of solid tracks here, particularly the closer (which really starts and ends like 10cc)

"Illusion" is still a dud though

ufo, I mostly agree with that. There aren't weak songs here, but apart from End Of An Era which I love there's nothing that touches the best moments on Future Nostalgia. I think it could grow on me after a few listens. I really like how lush and chilled out it is.

it's probably more solid as an album than future nostalgia which bizarrely fell off in the last few tracks, but it doesn't reach the same highs. i'm frustrated though because there are some good ideas that they didn't lean into enough

Meh. On first listen has none of the charm and a fraction of the hooks of Future Nostalgia.

I predict it will do well across Europe, but absolutely nothing in the US.

Sounded to me like a (flawed?) attempt to appeal more to a US “real songs” market IMO. But maybe I don’t know what I’m talkin’ ’bout.

This album isn't any more uneven than the last one. "End of an Era" is at least as much a banger as "Physical."

i like this album just fine, I think she has a solid catalog

yeah, the new album doesn't feel like a quality drop.

hands down my favorite pop star. great voice, terrible dancer, super lovable, great songs.

This album isn't any more uneven than the last one. "End of an Era" is at least as much a banger as "Physical."

― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

I'm really hooked on End of an Era at the moment. I especially love the "I've lost all my senses, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la" bit. It's one of my favourite songs she's done.

I'm really surprised by the negative reaction this is getting online. I saw a few people call it her Solar Power which is just cold. Maria is the only one I'm not totally sold on at the moment. Even the singles have grown on me.

I'm wondering which single will be put out next. I can't really see a big Levitating moment on here.