I had that feeling with Levitating. Incredible song but the orchestra didn't really add something new or interesting.After MANY spins of the live album, my main take is that the Future Nostalgia tracks sound a little bit flatter than the Radical Optimism tracks. It’s like the original production of the tracks of the last album helped building those new orchestral arrangements while the more electronic production in the Future Nostalgia songs are not easy to translate to that new sounding space.
She needs another Sean Paul collab.
She's on a Christmas special of Carpool Karaoke, now on Apple TV, trailer below:
In a thread full of outlandish, out of pocket and frankly concerning posts this one truly beats them all.It's strange to say it but...I miss James Corden.
Looks like the CBS edit aired more of the songs.
She's on a Christmas special of Carpool Karaoke, now on Apple TV, trailer below:
The thread is basically a constant loop of people blaming her for the lack of performances and a couple of cigs (including me) saying that a Kelly Clarkson performance was not going to make Houdini smash.
Let’s be real, she had one of the most extensive campaigns this year. Album is great but it just hasn’t clicked.
I don’t disagree but again what are the performances she needed to do to fix that? Is a Today Show or a Kimmel performance really going to make her a household name in a few weeks. CBS just aired her special with almost all her album and that also didn’t move the needle. Is there a promo opportunity bigger than your own concert on national TV on primetime preceded by a week long promo trail where she appeared on every CBS show?Yes and no. I think it's true that the material just wasn't as instant as the Future Nostalgia singles, but I also think this campaign proved that in the US she is not a mega star with a devoted fanbase. She is a popular singer who is as popular as her last hit. She isn't quite in the position yet to let the music do all the work. She probably needed a buzzier video (certainly for Training Season which is the worst match of video and song I can think of in recent memory) and she needed a few big performances. And to be doing those when it was an actual current single, not a few months later.
Ultimately the album just isn't that strong. It's really pleasant. She needed more than that at this stage. She'll rebound fine. She's selling tickets, she just needs some radio love.
Sabrina?! The Sabrina that did SNL, the VMA's, put her showmance in her music video, Live Lounge, The Tonight Show (twice!), CBS This Morning, and just wrapped press for her Netflix Christmas special?That's about as traditional pop star promo as it gets.like the ones Sabrina did.
This is basically Sabrina’s debut era so it’s normal. What I’m saying is that Radical Optimism has no meta-narrative or any narrative at all as a matter of fact. The era’s online footprint is basically her wiping her Instagram and her dad starting a fake Twitter fan page with cringy tweets. Just compare that to the super focused, online first campaigns that her peers did (including Sabrina) and you get your answer.Sabrina?! The Sabrina that did SNL, the VMA's, put her showmance in her music video, Live Lounge, The Tonight Show (twice!), CBS This Morning, and just wrapped press for her Netflix Christmas special?That's about as traditional pop star promo as it gets.
The way this entire album ended up in my 2024 Spotify Wrapped... feel sorry for the cigs that still don't get it etc etc
A smash in in my house!
You're in for quite the treat with her first two albums, especially Future Nostalgia (without question, one of the best albums of the last decade).Dua (and this album) were then top of my Spotify wrapped. I love this album. I don’t know how it compares to her earlier releases but I do intend to give them a listen.