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Post by Juan Carlos on Jan 25, 2018 10:47:55 GMT -5
She was interviewed by Brennan Carley for GQ Magazine's new issue. Some interesting details about the interview is that "New Rules" came out in a later session in Los Angeles with "Begging". This surprises me because I was aware that "Lost In Your Light", "IDGAF" and "Homesick" were the only last tracks to be recorded, so this was the reason why her album had the last pushback from February 10 to June 2, but I didn't know that it included the other two as well. "That [in reference of "New Rules"] came out of later sessions, and it was also the last, final push where I did my last two trips to L.A. and I got "I Don’t Give a Fuck" [her single "IDGAF"], I did "Lost in Your Light," and I did "Homesick" and "Begging." It was really those last few trips that really kind of solidified and closed the album for me, which I was really grateful for.
I'd been postponing the album. I wanted lots of new songs on there. I didn't just want to fill it with The Very Best Of! So it gave me the opportunity to add lots of new songs. It's also the reason I got the tattoo 'Patience' on my hand: So I can remember.
But yeah, "New Rules"... it's crazy, really, what that song's done, because... I couldn't have made this shit up." She also confirmed that she didn't co-write "New Rules". Although she isn't credited on this song in the booklet, there were some information that she did. Moreover, she discussed how her perspective has changed on songwriting if it's taken into consideration that she preferred the songs she'd had written. "I did not [in reference of "New Rules"]. I think it's definitely changed. I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story's coming from me. But "New Rules" is a song that I felt like I had been in the room and written. I'm so close with Emily [Warren] and Caroline [Ailin] and Ian [Kirkpatrick], who had worked on it, that I feel like it was a song they had written with me in mind. I'm proud of it as if I had been in that room. I just feel so closely to it. I guess I don't have that perspective anymore. But like I said, I still love writing everything. And I'm still going to do it. But it's a song that I feel like I can relate to on a personal level, that I also feel that when I do perform it, it becomes mine and I embody it in a different way."
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Post by deepston on Jan 28, 2018 10:01:00 GMT -5
Obsessed with Begging. New Rules and Be The One are still the best songs on the album and both deserved to smash.
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Post by Choco on Jan 28, 2018 10:14:51 GMT -5
Some recent chart moves:
"New Rules" moved up to #1 on Pop radio.
"IDGAF" reached #4 on the UK, already her second highest peak there. #5 Spotify WW, #44 US (thank you Migos... it was #23 the day before). They need to give it an adds date ASAP because NR getting to #1 on Pop radio means there's only so much room left for it to grow before peaking.
"Dua Lipa" moved up to #32 on the Billboard 200, a new peak. Let's see if SNL can take it higher.
"Be the One" remains a great song and the US should be ashamed for letting it flop there. :sip2:
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Post by Juan Carlos on Jan 28, 2018 22:12:09 GMT -5
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Post by Ty on Jan 30, 2018 14:22:26 GMT -5
And the "fuck your team" t-shirt. I love her.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 1, 2018 23:50:03 GMT -5
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Post by deepston on Feb 2, 2018 10:22:57 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 2, 2018 12:52:09 GMT -5
"New Rules" was certified double platinum (units in excess of 1200k) by the BPI, becoming her first single to reach this milestone. "Be the One" and "Scared to Be Lonely" are certified platinum (units in excess of 600k), while "No Lie", "Hotter Than Hell" and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" are certified gold (units in excess of 400k). "IDGAF" is expected to be certified silver (units in excess of 200k) next week.
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Post by GP on Feb 3, 2018 7:44:12 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 3, 2018 11:07:30 GMT -5
Her team is usually late promoting her in the US, but it's never to late to do that, I guess? Either way, I'm glad that they booked her on The Ellen Show and I'm kind of sure she's going to make her debut performance in a daytime talk show there.
As a side note, SNL is tonight, so I assume that "New Rules" and "IDGAF" are the most obvious picks, despite there's not any information about which songs she's going to perform there yet. However, I'm wondering if she could do a medley of them and perform a midtempo ("Genesis" would be my choice obviously) to showcase her vocals there, although I'm not expecting this to happen.
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Post by GP on Feb 3, 2018 13:49:50 GMT -5
I think she's going with Homesick, you can see a sort of audiocheck of it in a Instagram video.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 13:58:38 GMT -5
She's so F**king hot it's unbelievable... and I say this as a strick fan of dick.
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 3, 2018 14:13:41 GMT -5
I think Homesick is a great choice for the second song.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 3, 2018 20:21:13 GMT -5
I think she's going with Homesick, you can see a sort of audiocheck of it in a Instagram video. Wait. You're referring about this one, right? I didn't realize that it includes some notes of "Homesick". :facepalm: Either way, if that is taken into consideration, I guess she will perform "New Rules" and "Homesick", similarly to what she did in Sounds Like Friday Night on BBC One in December. The latter could help to promote the album, aside of showcasing her vocals, and a medley of the former with "IDGAF" could work too, but I think that she may give its debut TV performance at the BRITs.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 3, 2018 20:22:08 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 4, 2018 0:04:22 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 4, 2018 2:06:41 GMT -5
She performed "New Rules" and "Homesick" on Saturday Night Live.
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Post by GP on Feb 4, 2018 6:03:15 GMT -5
That Homesick performance was brilliant!!
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 4, 2018 9:39:21 GMT -5
Yeah the Homesick performance was so good!
NR was fine as well, but it'd have been better with dancers to recreate the energy of the video if she wasn't going to move around the stage much herself.
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Post by deepston on Feb 4, 2018 11:35:23 GMT -5
That Homesick performance might mean she will follow "New Rules" with that song in the US.
The stage on the "New Rules" performance looks a bit empty. Some backup dancers would have been good. Vocally I've seen much better from her.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 13:19:11 GMT -5
Actually my biggest complaint with the NR performance is that she didn't just stand in one place and sing. She is so obviously not a natural dancer/still inexperienced when it comes to moving around on a stage that the attempts at recreating some of the video moves on her own looked disjointed. That perf would have been much better with just a mic stand and some sultry looks at the camera.
Agreed on Homesick being flawless, however. Even if they do decide to go with IDGAF in the states, I'm glad she chose to perform Homesick instead b/c an IDGAF performance probably would have been more of the same re: stage awkwardness.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 4, 2018 17:10:25 GMT -5
I will kii if "Homesick" is the next US single, but I doubt this ain't gonna happen to be honest.
I've seen that there are a lot of comments saying why did she perform "Homesick" instead of "IDGAF" (her current single), but it's not in the US yet, so an album track seems the most viable choice, especially if it's a midtempo. Obviously, she could have launched this with a performance, but I guess I sort of this to happen though. I mean, when she announced "New Rules" as a single, she performed "Be the One" in Good Morning America because that one was her current single there, despite it was time to move on into another song because "Be the One" was stalling on Pop radio.
Anyway, regarding her performances, I liked that she didn't have any back-up dancers on "New Rules" to recreate the music video because she would have been more stiff to be honest. If I remember correctly, she tried to do this on The Jonathan Ross Show back in October and it wasn't too good in my opinion. On the other side, she slayed "Homesick" and it was a way to tell people that she can sing.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 4, 2018 17:11:13 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 7, 2018 2:19:28 GMT -5
Dua will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! next week. She will film an 'outdoor mini concert' on February 14, but it's unknown if that day will be the broadcast. The same day, she's going to do the BRITs BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge from LA.
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Post by Normi on Feb 7, 2018 2:27:29 GMT -5
Shook SNL, Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel, BRITS etc. What are they doing? But yay I guess, as the album is starting to perform moderately well as it's still in the 30s on Billboard 200
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 8, 2018 11:44:42 GMT -5
"High", her collaboration with Whethan from the Fifty Shades Freed film, will be out tomorrow, but it was premiered exclusively by The FADER today. You could listen to it here. https://www.instagram.com/p/Be8QCUyFm_R
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 9, 2018 9:42:03 GMT -5
Votes for the Best Video and Breakthrough Act categories at the BRITS are up.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Feb 9, 2018 15:44:36 GMT -5
"IDGAF" is expected to be certified silver (units in excess of 200k) next week. And this happened.
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