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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 28, 2021 11:06:26 GMT -5
Exactly lol. He was nothing more than a good tack-on for a hit. “We take the cash, we cash the cheque, we show them what they wanna see.” Let’s see her remove it from streaming platforms and then we’ll talk.While I do think many artists/teams conveniently look over signs of problematic behavior for the sake of a hit, I hate when people say things like this (about any artist) as if there isn't an entire label of CEOs who make the final decision to scrap or pull something. Dua is only two albums into her career, she does not have that kind of unilateral control. If anything I'm surprised she said something at all because she really could have said nothing and kept posting unbothered vacay pics. The song isn't being actively promoted anymore. DaBaby has had 18394343890 collaborators but we need to hear from the pop girl! We need so see HER pull HER hit song! Sorry, the way this is panning out just irks me. You know how Spotify lets you block certain artists from having their music come up in playlists? They should let you do that for individual tracks. Much better and cleaner than having labels and CEOs play the morality police. |
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 28, 2021 11:44:30 GMT -5
Is the dislike/thumbs down an imperfect stand-in for that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2021 11:54:33 GMT -5
It makes sense why folks were focusing on Dua to react given her song with DaBaby is currently in the top 5 on the charts (and set to be the top song of 2021). We also need to remember pop music fans are those who care most about accountability and calling out problematic behaviour, and we know the majority only cares about female artists. Let's not weaponize sexism here when this attitude is coming from the pop community itself, who are eager to incite drama and stan fights. (this isn't directed at anyone here - just observations from around Twitter and other forum communities). This comment on popheads sums it up pretty well.  Now, Dua only gains by openly condemning his behaviour, and to have a high profile artist like her commenting on the situation only makes the news more widespread and is more likely to affect DaBaby's career. However, I don't think it's necessary for her to delete the "Levitating" remix. Encourage radio stations and streaming playlists to feature the solo version instead? Absolutely. But otherwise, it's affecting her more than him, which is not the goal here. Finally, I second the sentiment that it would be amazing if past collaborators from the hip hop industry call him out (Roddy Ricch, Post Malone, Lil Baby, Young Thug, Jack Harlow, etc..), but given most are super inactive on social media in the first place, I'm not holding out much hope. Just leaving my take on it. 🙂 Fans in the pop community are (in brief fairness to them, probably unknowingly) weaponizing sexism themselves when they do this though...Industry Baby is set to debut in the top 5, LNX all but lives on social media when he's not on a stage or a video set, and I know these same pop fans who like to incite fan wars are fully aware of/many listen to LNX, but no one is keeping the same energy and asking him (or Jack Harlow) for their opinions despite both having worked with DaBaby Before and arguably being as prominent as Dua is right now. I'm going to cut myself off here because it's not really a tangent anyone asked for, but the pop community has its own layers of sexism that it could stand to acknowledge and the hyper-focus on the female stars that many of them like to engage in is one visible symptom of that. While I do think many artists/teams conveniently look over signs of problematic behavior for the sake of a hit, I hate when people say things like this (about any artist) as if there isn't an entire label of CEOs who make the final decision to scrap or pull something. Dua is only two albums into her career, she does not have that kind of unilateral control. If anything I'm surprised she said something at all because she really could have said nothing and kept posting unbothered vacay pics. The song isn't being actively promoted anymore. DaBaby has had 18394343890 collaborators but we need to hear from the pop girl! We need so see HER pull HER hit song! Sorry, the way this is panning out just irks me. You know how Spotify lets you block certain artists from having their music come up in playlists? They should let you do that for individual tracks. Much better and cleaner than having labels and CEOs play the morality police. They need to move that block feature to desktop, too. A lovely feature but one that is unfortunately useless to me when I'm at home. Definitely agreed on it being better than expecting someone else to play morality police. The 'top down' approach doesn't actually solve anything. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2021 12:02:36 GMT -5
Is the dislike/thumbs down an imperfect stand-in for that? Kinda? I think the small catch-22 is that the algorithm stops suggesting whatever song you thumbs down but also suggests less of that artist's songs overall. If you only thumbs down one song by that artist and listen to their other music regularly this is probably not an issue though. |
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 28, 2021 12:30:44 GMT -5
Is the dislike/thumbs down an imperfect stand-in for that? Kinda? I think the small catch-22 is that the algorithm stops suggesting whatever song you thumbs down but also suggests less of that artist's songs overall. If you only thumbs down one song by that artist and listen to their other music regularly this is probably not an issue though. Maybe a like/dislike combo on a singular artist can create more nuance. |
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Post by Juan Carlos on Jul 28, 2021 20:26:50 GMT -5
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Post by Choco on Jul 29, 2021 12:23:17 GMT -5
Still not a huge fan of the track but the visual was really good.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 7, 2021 10:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 8, 2021 20:37:40 GMT -5
Dua will be featured on Elton John's upcoming special project. The track, which is called "Cold Heart", is out next week.   |
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 10, 2021 10:32:01 GMT -5
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Post by Normi on Aug 10, 2021 10:40:12 GMT -5
That's a lot of 27s
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 11, 2021 11:58:39 GMT -5
Dua will be featured on Elton John's upcoming special project. The track, which is called "Cold Heart", is out next week. Officially announced. PNAU is credited as the remixers of the song. |
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 14, 2021 9:50:04 GMT -5
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Post by kimberly on Aug 16, 2021 13:06:18 GMT -5
she has good taste, apparently. added some of these to my reading list:
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 22, 2021 21:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by August on Aug 23, 2021 14:35:57 GMT -5
Ok, I am totally obsessed with this.
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Post by AmazDrag on Aug 24, 2021 7:36:52 GMT -5
Looks like the rest of its run will be credited solo:
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 27, 2021 11:26:49 GMT -5
"Levitating" has been certified double platinum (sales in excess of 1.2m) in the UK.
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Post by die Lotterie on Sept 2, 2021 9:33:03 GMT -5
This woman and her sweet personality is such a gift. Love her to pieces.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Sept 2, 2021 22:15:50 GMT -5
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Post by Juan Carlos on Sept 7, 2021 11:53:41 GMT -5
"Levitating" lands at #3 on Billboard's Top Songs of the Summer 2021.
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Post by kimberly on Sept 12, 2021 3:50:21 GMT -5
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Post by circadian on Sept 12, 2021 5:41:07 GMT -5
Just saw that on IG. Oh, shit. Single release?
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Post by AP on Sept 12, 2021 7:47:14 GMT -5
US tour announce, prob.
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Post by Mark on Sept 12, 2021 10:45:58 GMT -5
I hope it's not a single release, lol. This is my favorite album of 2020 and I'm all for album rollouts lasting beyond when the actual album is released, but it's time to move on from FN. Take a break, girl, and then give us something totally new.
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Post by bat1990 on Sept 12, 2021 11:40:50 GMT -5
Since Dua was the inspiration for my 'Complete Edition' playlist project, here are the slightly expanded versions of her two albums. {Dua Lipa}1 Genesis
2 Lost In Your Light
3 Hotter Than Hell
4 Be The One
5 IDGAF
6 Blow Your Mind (Mwah)
7 Garden
8 No Goodbyes
9 Thinking 'Bout You
10 New Rules
11 Begging
12 Homesick
13 Dreams
14 Room For 2
15 New Love
16 Bad Together
17 Last Dance
18 For Julian
19 Want To
20 Running
21 Kiss And Make Up (Dua Lipa & Blackpink)
22 One Kiss (Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa)
23 Electricity
24 Scared To Be Lonely (Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa)
25 No Lie (Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa)
26 Bang Bang
27 Golden Slumbers
28 High
{Future Nostalgia}1 Future Nostalgia
2 Don't Start Now
3 Cool
4 Physical
5 Levitating
6 Pretty Please
7 Hallucinate
8 Love Again
9 Break My Heart
10 Good In Bed
11 Boys Will Be Boys
12 Fever
13 We're Good
14 Prisoner (Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa)
15 If It Ain't Me
16 That Kind Of Woman
17 Not My Problem
18 Un día (One Day) (J Balvin / Dua Lipa / Bad Bunny / Tainy)
19 Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix)
20 Love is Religion
21 Swan Song
22 Can They Hear Us
23 Cold Heart
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Post by spiritboy on Sept 12, 2021 13:31:20 GMT -5
It's rumored to be Pretty Please being the next single announcement. Personally i hope it'll be tour announcement and Love Again should be the last single released from FN.
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Post by AP on Sept 13, 2021 8:19:55 GMT -5
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Post by thezatch on Sept 13, 2021 8:29:37 GMT -5
YESSSSS! Columbus, here I come! I HOPE with Megan as an opener, they give us that “Levitating” mash-up live! :kii:
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Post by andrebra on Sept 13, 2021 8:43:34 GMT -5
So Megan is seriously only going to like 3 shows??
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