Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

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Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for "Hallucinate"?

[Albie]

Apr 1, 2020 16:53:23 GMT -5 avatar said:

Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for "Hallucinate"?

[Juan Carlos]

Hannah Neaves, who is Tap Music head of marketing, was interviewed by Music Week and she mentioned that Dua decided to step away from social media because of the trolls and she's much stronger as a result. Also, she talked about the relationship Dua has with her fans and the campaign of Future Nostalgia, implying a re-release of it.

Regarding the album and what's next about it, she said the following.

"That's the most important point: this is an album campaign for the next two or three years and her touring. It's a brilliant, brilliant pop album and it will stand the test of time because she's gone for some of the classic tropes of the best pop music of the last 50 years. It's really exciting; it's definitely about the long game with Dua. It took a long time to get to the position she was in on the first album and it feels likes her ascent has been quite fast for a new artist, we all know how long it takes in the current climate. It's not just about week one, it's about the next two to three years, we want her to be doing stadiums, globally."

[ampersand]

So glad they have their eye on longevity. I've hated how short album campaigns have become because of streaming. I think Dua might be the last pop star of her kind.

[Juan Carlos]

The Wednesday update is out in the UK. The gap between CALM and Future Nostalgia is around 200 copies and both albums have sold more than 20k copies there now. Also, "Physical", "Don't Start Now" and "Break My Heart" are currently at #3, #4 and #6, respectively.

As a side note, these were the overall sales for CALM and Future Nostalgia as of Tuesday's midweek.

5 Seconds of Summer – CALM

19,842 overall
8,190 cassette [41.28%]
7,886 CD [39.74%]
1,153 vinyl [5.81%]
787 download [3.97%]
1,826 streaming [9.20%]

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

16,859 overall
2,848 cassette [16.89%]
2,177 CD [12.91%]
1,437 vinyl [8.52%]
3,136 download [18.60%]
7,261 streaming [43.07%]

Also, these were the increases per format from Monday's midweek to Tuesday's midweek.

5 Seconds of Summer – CALM

+645 overall
±0 cassette
+149 CD
+4 vinyl
+48 download
+444 streaming

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia

+4,631 overall
+1,432 cassette
+724 CD
+290 vinyl
+238 download
+1,947 streaming

[musicbuff26]

Think I’ve finally listened to the album enough times to fully digest. Pretty sure this is the first full album I’ve listened to in over year, btw.

Rankings:

Don’t Start Now and Physical not included (it’s hard for me to separate the fact that they’ve been out for so long and I’ve burned through them). Love them both though and hope that Physical can still be a single in the US.

1. Levitating- In LOVE with this one. So breezy, very 70s while also being current (dare I say, futuristically nostalgiac?). The “yeah yeah yeahs” are amazing. And then when she gets to the bridge (I think that what it’s called) and has kind of a funky accent. Ugh, love it all.

2. Pretty Please- Wasn’t feeling this one at first, but it quickly climbed up on the list for me. Just the way the bass comes in during in the chorus, I love it.

3. Break My Heart- great second single (I think it’s better as a second single than Physical for the US, more palatable).

4. Cool- just very breezy. Would be a great summer single

5. Hallucinate- I like it but I’m not in love with it yet

6. Future Nostalgia- pretty good title track

7. Love Again- I actually really like the lyrics and melody but not a big fan of the sample.

8. Good in bed- just kind of meh

9. Boys will be boys- probably the only one I skipped most of the time

If I could choose the singles (US) from here on out:

1. DSN
2. BMH
3. Levitating
4. Physical
5. Pretty Please/Cool (cool belongs in the summer though but Levitating fits Summer 2020 better)

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Anthony Fantano gives the album a 7!

[MissAmericana]

Apr 1, 2020 21:56:31 GMT -5 @johnathanthegod said:

Anthony Fantano gives the album a 7!

He's like Pitchfork in human form. Disgusting, really.

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Apr 1, 2020 23:01:07 GMT -5 MissAmericana said:

Apr 1, 2020 21:56:31 GMT -5 @johnathanthegod said:

Anthony Fantano gives the album a 7!

He's like Pitchfork in human form. Disgusting, really.

Eh, he was really positive of the album, a lot more than I thought he was going to be. Complimented her vocals and her songwriting and didn’t come across as biased or ‘above pop music’ at all. Why do you think that’s disgusting?

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Apr 1, 2020 23:07:37 GMT -5 @johnathanthegod said:

Apr 1, 2020 23:01:07 GMT -5 MissAmericana said:

He's like Pitchfork in human form. Disgusting, really.

Eh, he was really positive of the album, a lot more than I thought he was going to be. Complimented her vocals and her songwriting and didn’t come across as biased or ‘above pop music’ at all. Why do you think that’s disgusting?

He is not qualified to even review dog food. He wouldn't know good music unless it bit him on the right nipple. He is disgusting.

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Apr 1, 2020 23:13:17 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

Apr 1, 2020 23:07:37 GMT -5 @johnathanthegod said:

Eh, he was really positive of the album, a lot more than I thought he was going to be. Complimented her vocals and her songwriting and didn’t come across as biased or ‘above pop music’ at all. Why do you think that’s disgusting?

He is not qualified to even review dog food. He wouldn't know good music unless it bit him on the right nipple. He is disgusting.

Lol fair enough. I think anyone deserves the right to give their opinion on things that interest them, especially a subjective thing like music, I see it all the time here on Pulse. I think his weird tastes are pretty interesting and I discovered Brockhampton because of him.

Also he gave Charli a 9/10 and that’s my s**t.

[Youknowit]

Apr 1, 2020 19:57:52 GMT -5 Juan Carlos said:

The Wednesday update is out in the UK. The gap between CALM and Future Nostalgia is around 200 copies and both albums have sold more than 20k copies there now.

Don’t forget streaming numbers for Tuesday were not included. So realistically, she’s probably a little over 1K ahead of them.

[Lumi]

The way this has been on repeat since Friday and only came off for the first time today to listen to Troye's new song... pop legends.

[GP]

Numbers out
Including Fri-Wed sales, Fri-Tue streams:
FN: 26.6K
CALM: 22.4K

She's winning by 4k already omg

[PGriffin]

I’m starting to like Cool and Levitating. She should get Ariana on Good In Bed.

[Juan Carlos]

With streaming data to be added, Dua is on course of selling more than 30k in the UK. Yay!

[ka450]

Apr 1, 2020 7:02:39 GMT -5 GP said:

This was picked as an early front-runner for a GRAMMY nomination for 'Album Of The Year' by Billboard!

There is no way it will not get nominated. It will be popular for months to come. It probably wont win but still a big achievment!

[schnetzka]

So I don't know how charting works when it comes to the Grammys but do albums that want awards have to chart well? Like since she's estimated to debut at number 5, is that a number that can get a Grammy? I want her to get one but I don't know how it works.

[jamatthews83]

In past it didn't matter, but more recently they are desperate to nominate trendy acts.

[gbaby]

"Cool" is the standout for me. I don't know that I love "Break My Heart" quite as much; it feels like it's missing something. Makes me wish "Physical" got more attention.

[Crimsonio]

Apr 1, 2020 16:53:23 GMT -5 avatar said:

Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for "Hallucinate"?

How can you hate Hallucinate when it's literally like being on poppers but a song? 

[kindofbiased]

Something tells me they're gonna go with Hallucinate as the next single considering it seems to have the most buzz out of all the non-singles in the US. Obviously will let Break My Heart run its course first though...

Hallucinate could actually work for the summer I think, my friend said it had very summer 2015 vibes when they were listening for the first time and I hear it

[weaver]

Apr 2, 2020 11:25:46 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

Something tells me they're gonna go with Hallucinate as the next single considering it seems to have the most buzz out of all the non-singles in the US. Obviously will let Break My Heart run its course first though...

Hallucinate could actually work for the summer I think, my friend said it had very summer 2015 vibes when they were listening for the first time and I hear it

Hallucinate would work as a single, but I'd much rather see them go with Cool or Levitating next. Cool is THAT SONG for me right now. The beat slaps.

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Cool screams summer single above everything else
It would be a huge missed opp if they didn't fly with it

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Apr 2, 2020 11:25:46 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

Something tells me they're gonna go with Hallucinate as the next single considering it seems to have the most buzz out of all the non-singles in the US. Obviously will let Break My Heart run its course first though...

But it doesn’t have the most buzz. Levitating has been consistently selling better on iTunes and it also has been streaming more than Hallucinate on both Apple Music and Spotify. This is despite Hallucinate being playlisted while Levitating is not on any playlists on either platforms.

If anything, Levitating is the one with the most buzz and should be the next single.

[Juan Carlos]

Dua is playing UNO with Ronam Kemp on Instagram Live and she confirmed that she's releasing a deluxe version of the album and she's holding back on some songs too. No specific date was given though.

[Normi]

I love how Cool was co-written by Tove, uuh two queens made a perfect song, agreed with everyone it needs to be next for summer!
I've also really grown into appreciating the title track, what a great opener that perfectly highlights the main aspects of this album! It's also a major bop
BWBB remains just OK though

[Deleted]

Boys Will Be Boys honestly I think is a new favorite for me
I love the sentiment of the song, it's a good closing track in which it closes the record with a distinct song and an important message, I also think the production and overall melody is simple but works in it's favor by focusing on the song's message.

I think it's how a song of it's type should be done as opposed to something like The Man.
But that's just my opinion

[Deleted]

Apr 1, 2020 16:53:23 GMT -5 avatar said:

Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for "Hallucinate"?

I don't love the vocal effects, but I do love everything else

[Juan Carlos]

Apr 2, 2020 12:42:03 GMT -5 Juan Carlos said:

Dua is playing UNO with Ronam Kemp on Instagram Live and she confirmed that she's releasing a deluxe version of the album and she's holding back on some songs too. No specific date was given though.

To complement this, she also revealed the following.

• Regarding her collaboration with Miley Cyrus whether it will be released, she said that she's unsure if the song (which is "LA Money") is the right one. However, to clarify this, ALMA is going to release this song on her upcoming debut album, so they aren't going to release it though.
• She was asked to choose between "Levitating" and "Hallucinate" as the song she likes the most and she picked the former.
• Before she had the idea of Future Nostalgia as the album title, she thought that the album could be called Glasshouse. However, she scrapped that idea when she found out that Jessie Ware has a song (and album) with that name, so she referenced that on the title track.