Does Pop Girls And Tame Impala Not Mix?

[RAMROD 108,453]

Kevin Parker is undoubtedly a very talented musician and make some great and amazing music for his own projects.

But when her produces for pop girls, the results seems not doing so hot? Like we, hardcore pop listeners might enjoyed them but outisde our bubble, the opinions are mixed.
We saw 2 examples now from Gaga (Perfect  Illusion) & Dua (Houdini), both are first single for their album, and are received lukewarmly by the music listeners.., and the charts, despite the street creds that these 3 big names got. (And yes, Same Ol' Mistakes by Rihanna didn't count cos she was singing cover version of Tame Impala's song.)

Why is that? Does he need to work with more pop girls to know better how to produce dancey pop songs? Or his style just don't mix with pop girlies genre? Or is there another factors that causing this?

 

 

[Sorcerer 12,468]

The psychedelic rock sound may be polarizing for the locals, but it's just two examples so far. Houdini may still smash like Dua's previous sleeper hit singles.

[RAMROD 108,453]

6 minutes ago, Sorcerer said:

The psychedelic rock sound may be polarizing for the locals, but it's just two examples so far. Houdini may still smash like Dua's previous sleeper hit singles.

Let's hope so. I am rootong for both, it is such a bop 

[Lextyr97 19,751]

I think they're both good but they're both very extreme. Perfect Illusion is super loud and adrenaline pumping for the whole 3 minutes. Houdini is just flat for me the whole way through, but it's enjoyable still

[Starmie25 17,899]

I like Kevin Parker, but he does have a very signature sound and aesthetic.

Even his work with Kali Uchis it felt more like Tame Impala ft. Kali 

[elijahfan 25,930]

I'm not sure he should be given that much credit. His Illusion demo is extremely different from what Perfect Illusion ended up sounding like, and I believe Houdini is primarily representative of the work of producer Danny L'Harle.

[androiduser 7,438]

I think Houdini got a good reaction and can't be compared to Perfect Illusion.

[Ladle Ghoulash 22,138]

3 hours ago, Sorcerer said:

The psychedelic rock sound may be polarizing for the locals, but it's just two examples so far. Houdini may still smash like Dua's previous sleeper hit singles.

Imo, neither of those songs sound like psych rock lmao 

[AnglerfishbraBENUS 5,734]

We don’t know what Perfect Illusion would have sounded like had Gaga sung it less raw and full of emotion - which fit the song, but didn’t really bring out the full potential of the song imo

 

Houdini is a fantastic song and will be a hit 

[Ladle Ghoulash 22,138]

1 hour ago, AnglerfishbraBENUS said:

We don’t know what Perfect Illusion would have sounded like had Gaga sung it less raw and full of emotion - which fit the song, but didn’t really bring out the full potential of the song imo

 

Houdini is a fantastic song and will be a hit 

Hard disagree. PI slams and Houdini is flaccid + forgettable 

[AnglerfishbraBENUS 5,734]

4 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Hard disagree. PI slams and Houdini is flaccid + forgettable 

i think we agree on that actually lol Perfect Illusion slams to its detriment on pop radio while Houdini’s inoffensiveness lends itself to a long life on radio. doesn’t mean i think PI is a bad song

[Sorcerer 12,468]

7 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Imo, neither of those songs sound like psych rock lmao 

That's why I said psych rock "sound." Houdini has been described as neo-psychedelia. Obviously, PI and Houdini are both pop songs from pop stars.

[Ladle Ghoulash 22,138]

58 minutes ago, Sorcerer said:

That's why I said psych rock "sound." Houdini has been described as neo-psychedelia. Obviously, PI and Houdini are both pop songs from pop stars.

Yeah, but I said that neither of them “sound” like psych-rock. Houdini is very very very tangentially psychedelic. 

[VTV 12,796]

He is the anti pop star producer like Jack Antonoff to TS and Lana. 

 

Industry bland.

[Chesescake 3,958]

I think it's more on the pop girls' side to blame.