Dua Lipa - "Houdini" + 3rd Album

[2014]

I know she hasn't but it feels like she's been away for ages? Ready for her slayage once again!

 

[lushLuck]

This can't come soon enough. I don't have any hope this cute soundtrack disco moment will live up to the standard of the last era, but a fun inoffensive bop is just what I'll need to tide me over through the summertime.

 

[soratami]

The way I completely forgot about Potion until it was mentioned here. I actually like it but it really came and went huh. Well, the new song definitely sounds promising.

 

[MC54]

"Potion" flopping isn't her fault. It's Calvin Harris' lame duck "summer breeze" crap sound to blame.

 

[Hyrulian]

Potion is a bop! But yeah, that is on Calvin for letting that whole album flop / poor rollout.

 

[Vasilios]

Excusessss

 

[UltimatColossus]

I love Dua but even I found Potion to be unlistenable.

 

[Vasilios]

I liked Potion, Sweetest Pie was such a big disappointment though as I was stanning both women HARD when it was out.

 

[MC54]

I'm not one for unofficial remixes but this was the only version I still went back to in my own DJ sets and just playing for friends on weekends.

POTION (AMICE REMIX)​

https://hypeddit.com/eweshy

 

[goldsoundz]

Not loving the snippet, but maybe it will be better with vocals. It sounds more Austin Powers than “Levitating” to me.

 

[D.Jay]

Her output last year was not it to be honest. Not that it was meant to be as she was in between eras, but still, both collabs had no replay value.

 

[HypersonicSupernova]

However, when her collabs smash, they fucking smash.

We have but that won't happen with Dua. She's A-list. She has multiple recurrent streaming ubersmashes. She payed hundreds of sold out arena shows. She's constantly doing stuff in fashion and getting heavy online coverage. People speculate about her relationships, she has a podcast, she never disappeared for more than two or three months.

And three years after Future Nostalgia, still no big pop girl has successfully set a new blueprint for how pop sounds today, and the disco wave Dua rode so well continues to be popular (while mutating). In the same way Ariana became the face and voice of pop that incorporated trap and dominated the Hot 100, Dua is the face and voice of dance-pop with disco origins.

And the charts are becoming considerably more female. There's so much appetite for her kind of pop right now. The GP is not about to forget her. Super glad we get new music anyway obv. But she doesn't need to be doing this. Seems like a for-fun venture.

All of the above. She’s cleverly extending her brand and celebrity status in ways that’ll only help her going into the next era.

The face of Versace and YSL, running a highly successful podcast + book club with appearances scheduled at literature festivals. Plus a cute cameo & song for one the summer’s most anticipated movies. There’s no denying Dua is incredibly savvy. Sure a few things flop (We’re Good can stay at the bottom of the ocean). But all in all, she seems to be going in the right direction.

Plus, the Future Nostalgia era only wrapped up in December 2022. And nobody else has sustained a three year era in a very long time.

And let’s not forget, when her collabs smash, they fucking smash. Cold Heart was one of the biggest songs of 2022.

 

[lushLuck]

Dua certainly isn't above a flop, but I agree her profile is now large enough that her career can easily withstand a few underperformers here and there. So long as the actual lead single for her next era smashes - which does seem undeniable right now - she's perfectly safe. The chart performance of a high-profile soundtrack single won't really matter in the long run; the amount of buzz/promo she's getting for just being part of the Barbie campaign is a massive success in itself.

 

[HMD]

I can’t wait for new Dua.

 

[RJF]

Everyone talking about this flopping… watch this be a smash that siphons hype from the eventual lead single.

 

[devilpray]

I love her and I won't say anything because I don't want to jinx this

 

[Joe.]

I do wish this didn’t sound so much like ‘Don’t Start Now’ from the very brief clip but I will take a Future Nostalgia retread over the last couple of tracks she released.

 

[Leopold]

Fingers crossed for her own Padam.

 

[BrokenHearts]

The movie is inspired by Disco music, what did you expect? Come on now.

There is another teaser and strings are huge.

 

[Laurence]

Everyone talking about this flopping… watch this be a smash that siphons hype from the eventual lead single.

On the one hand, we gotta discredit our predictions here where PJ will predict a smash and it'll flop into oblivioun. Or we predict a bomp and smash smash smash.

But on the other hand... We seem to love it already! And you know what happens when something becomes a PJ favourite...

Inch resting.