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brunaurshe
i heard a theory that the album was destined to be psychedelic pop but her label didn’t allow her to put the more “experimental” tracks out cuz they’re not on par with duas brand this far
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HURRRlCANE
not sure if you trolling but there's nothing psychedelic about whatcha doing (which sounds like another Levitating) 💀
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dreamingcells
There wouldn't be enough time to completely change the album direction in the span between Training Season and the release date. Especially with pressing so many vinyl variants. The album release would've been severely delayed if they'd made any drastic changes to the tracklist this late on.
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takemeapartt
yeah, insiders said the album era was meant to be more red and more the style she promised, but changed it last minute for unknown reasons, training season was also supposed to be the lead and have a massive mv w explosions, but got scrapped bc of the conflict in gaza I think. she rlly could've had a big era but did everything wrong I fear
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takemeapartt
bc the music isnt the problem, the songs are rlly good, its just the way she executed it
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dreamingcells
The majority of people complaining about this don't even listen to that type of music in the first place. 🫢
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avatarroww
Very good album, but she mislead everyone of how it sounds lol. I think its more sonically blurry than Future Nostalgia.. not complaining but I think she sold it wrong. It seems like an amalgamation of DL1, FN, and this newer slightly darker psychedelic sound. Some of these songs play it very safe, I feel she could have gone further. Regardless some outstanding tracks!!
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laispgaiola
like cmon kevin parker go harder on those bridgessssssssss where's those synths and electric guitars
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laispgaiola
I actually like this album, but Dua's team fumbled the promotion here. I played the album hoping for a psychedelic-pop-infused trip (as she said for Rolling Stone UK), but instead, RO is nothing like that. Full of bops, of course, but not like Dua was selling it. It's good, but not great like i hoped.
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laispgaiola
Best tracks: End of an Era, Houdini, These Walls, Illusion, Falling Forever, Maria. Worst tracks: Whatcha Doin', Anything for Love.
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adaltonico
sobre a promessa de um album psicodélico? ela jogou varias fakes news e jogou verdadeiras também, foi a estratégia de divulgação dela
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human-nature
Não sei se é porque a Dua vive de férias (kkkcry), mas senti uma vibe de "disco pra ouvir na viagem". Energia de praia, estrada, vento no rosto. A capa do album tem tudo a ver com a sonoridade dele. Faltou o pop psicodélico que ela tanto prometeu, mas tá longe de ser ruim. These Walls, Whatcha Doing e Falling Forever me conquistaram de primeira.
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human-nature
Voltei pra aclamar as produções de French Exit e Maria. Essa mistura do eletrônico com instrumentos de cordas é maravilhosa. Lembra o som que a Madonna entregou nas eras Music e American Life, e faz muita falta no pop atual. Aliás, quando li que esse disco seria psicodélico, eu imaginei algo vibrante como Beautiful Stranger da rainha. Se a Dua tivesse chamado o William Orbit pra produzir, ele chegaria fácil no conceito que ela descreveu nas entrevistas. *sim eu tô muito madonner esses dias*
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viniciuws
she promoted it as a "1970s-era psychedelia" but there's nothing of sorts here. for reference, i think st. vincent's 'daddy's home' draws more from this psychedelic sound than this album. i definitely see she did her homework and really based a lot of this off 70s sound but could have gone harder than that. especially in the concept, which looks nothing like 70s psychedelia. again, 'daddy's home' is better at this too. maybe dua played it safe because she didn't want this not be gp-friendly. still it's a good album and i know it'll definitely grow on me overtime.
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Jesuscharles
turns out to be a summery enjoyable album when you don't have annoying people around telling you that its a shitty album
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Gholdenbro
This is Future Nostalgia's laid-back cousin that lives in a beach house in California that is living their best life
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coldinthewater
when people get over the initial expectations i think it will be loved widely
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lemonadeskuat
parabéns pra quem escolheu os singles pq fizeram a gente pensar que esse álbum ia ser BOM
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sigurimi
imo aside from a couple of songs this record suffers from the TikTokification of pop music — no build-up, meant to be heard as snippets or choruses. Every single from this album would benefit from being ~a minute longer (the extended version of "Illusion" could have been the standard version) — they feel super rushed and compact in an unpleasant way.
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mrdor1stan
I liked every Extended version better than original, hoping we’ll get more of them with new singles
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mattbellamys
i think yall gotta understand that she's a worldwide popstar and wouldn't give us a psych record like melody's echo chamber or any other project kevin has been involved in. i get the disappointment and it was labeled very wrongly during album promotion but it's still a very cute record. gives me major early 00s british pop revival feels.
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AG90sbaby
Ainda estou perplexo com o fato de que ela escolheu as piores pra virarem single. O álbum é bom e coeso, e realmente não é tão idêntico assim ao FN… Ela deveria ter escolhido algumas das músicas que quebrassem com o clima de discoteca do álbum anterior pra promover o RO. Com ctz teria hitado muito mais... Faltou visão estratégica.
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coldinthewater
the reception to this album has way less to do with the quality and more to do with what people expected. i’ll admit i was confused on my first listen but it really is a no skip bop after bop album if you give it a chance
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CarolzzSantos
This album really made me feel right there with her in the recording session, you know? And I LOVED that feeling through out the whole album, especially on Anything For Love. It does sound unfinished but to me that was perfect and i felt like that was the point. That was the moment for me. The whole vibe of the album is really personal and she really did make me feel like we were together vibing in that studio. That is the album for me. It’s really hard to compare it with her previous ones because I do consider them perfect albums as well. This is why I won’t do this to Radical Optimism. On its own, it’s a really great album and I definitely felt that this was her most personal project so far and the risks she took here paid off. Hopefully this project will be given a chance to grow even more with time!
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mattbellamys
this album is going to be this years "the age of pleasure" by janelle by being labelled as a flop by fanbases but praised/loved by critics for the fun summer vibes and immaculate production🙉
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kim-lip
the marketing of this album is the driving factor behind the lukewarm reception. dua’s one of the few mainstream pop acts in recency to give us a fully fledged era; one that heavily relied on a specific soundscape. it’s not surprising that people want something outside of her comfort zone especially when certain sounds were promised and not delivered. i do however, have to be in the minority of people who enjoyed this project top to bottom 🤷
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luckittycat
Cute, some parts are remind me of her debut which I actually loved so much though I will agree the promo for the album doesn't really match what I'm hearing. Only song I didnt like was french exit lol
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