Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (May 3, 2024) • Page 19

“Flop.”

 

that’s way better than projected lol

 

the flop narrative makes even less sense from a quality stand point when you think about it like this: radical optimism has a good amount of solid tracks with a few duds which was pretty much the expectations you had for pop albums before (radical) poptimism took over last decade and everyone started expecting these mammoth artistic statements akin to a Beyoncé album or an Adele album or else you’re a flop. Like I think peoples expectations are wayyyyy too high sometimes.

 

It’s like how the last Adele album was a “flop” despite selling like 700,000 copies in the first week.

 

if an album doesn’t cure cancer, I don’t want it

 

Am I allowed to be mad at how much vinyl they pressed though??

 

yes it ruined the industry

 

any given store I go to that sells vinyl has dozens of copies it’s disgusting that’s all going to be in a landfill one day

 

Yes! I don’t know what they were thinking. Even prime era Adele wouldn’t have sold all that.

 

The obsession with "eras" goes hand in hand with this too. If there's not a complete and total reinvention every album then people are like "oh it's just more of the same". But sometimes there's value in revisiting a similar sound and seeing what else you can mine out of it, or how you can update it a bit so that it sounds fresh but still scratches the same itch (which I would argue is the case with this album).

 

They're called album cycles. Let's go back to that.

 

I vote for Ages

 

The Age of Dua (2017-2019)
The Age of Nostalgia (2020-2023)
The Age of Optimism (2024 - )

 

fuck it, the Radical Optimism epoch

 

Need an “Anything For Love” extended version asap

 

Every time I see the “Training Season” video, I think the LANY guy might have one of the biggest bag fumbles of all time.

 

“Late on a chewsday” is officially my fav Dua lyric

 

Dua Lipa Setlist at Waldbühne, Berlin

First show since the album came out. Wish she played more from it

 

These Walls!! Not bad, it’s a good mix of all her stuff

 

amazon merch!

Amazon.com: Dua Lipa

 

Down to no 81 in its sixth week, charting below albums such as The Best of Nickelback, the first Hozier record, and Kanye’s Graduation.

Bizarre how no North American dates have been announced still.