Radical Optimism is Dua Lipa's shortest era on UK Charts

[Blackout19 12,029]

Illusion is really the only good song 

[Bling 31,442]

Makes sense imo. It's very inconsistent with high highs and very low lows imo. 

[nATAH 49,829]

2 hours ago, JoanneMonster said:

well you easily hace very bad taste

my taste is fine

[nATAH 49,829]

2 hours ago, ALGAYDO said:

But sis…. TS is one of the 3 good songs on RO…

but its just so... plain in comparison to her previous songs

[monstertoronto 10,211]

I’m honestly surprised to read this. I spent 2 different weeks in London this summer and I’m not exaggerating when I say that some days every single shop I went into was playing a Dua song from this album. I know that’s a very small sample size, but the impression I got from my visit was that London was all about this album. 

[RickMonster98 7,462]

it's not a bad album by any means

but yeah, quite forgettable

feels like it needed way more time and work to fully develop to its full potential

its 3 singles were good, especially Houdini ofc 

[SimonBaetens 8,706]

21 minutes ago, RickMonster98 said:

it's not a bad album by any means

but yeah, quite forgettable

feels like it needed way more time and work to fully develop to its full potential

its 3 singles were good, especially Houdini ofc 

Yeah I don’t dislike it but I haven’t listened to besides the weeks immediately after its release

[Neroneau 1,017]

Extended version of training season was so good tho 

[killme89 1,415]

4 hours ago, Battle 4 Ur Life said:

I am not surprised because the album is absolutely more alternative-oriented. I have to be honest tho, it’s not outstanding but I cannot dislike this album. Most of the songs sounds really cool and go for a more breezy, more folksy kind of pop and I personally was here for it. Illusion is for me the only real four on the four dance pop track I can remember this year but that’s also the track that mostly resembles her past work. So I guess maybe just the timing wasn’t the best for the kind of vibe they wanted to go try. and it was right after Dance The Night which was produced by Mark Ronson and he’s known to bring the funk to town so people just left because the rush and the adrenaline just wasn’t really in this album.

I don’t see anything alternative about it tbh 

[windzo 765]

Wow she really ment 

"I come and I go" - Houdini 

Edit: just saw someone already made the joke 

Edited September 7, 2024 by windzo

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Radical Optimism had such a niche vibe that it needed much more pr imo to really hit the GP how it was meant to be and to be compared to her previous success. It leaves me thinking something was up with her label 

[Teletubby 150,049]

4 minutes ago, chromaticainmyhead said:

Radical Optimism had such a niche vibe that it needed much more pr imo to really hit the GP how it was meant to be and to be compared to her previous success. It leaves me thinking something was up with her label 

she is a priority for her label, there was no other artist who got as much promo, playlisting, radio airplay as Radical Optimism got

[blzr 1,586]

I think the main issue with the music and the marketing, was everything was too formulaic, trying to replicate the success of future nostalgia. I think nowadays what really makes for a successful album and era is a bit of experimentation and doing things in a different way. If she delved deeper into psychedelica she would’ve been onto something.  
 

Still a great album though!

[Hyperobject 66,771]

I’m so confused as to what went wrong with Training Season… like it’s such a banger idc. that and Maria deserved better imo. 

[Bronco 11,710]

5 hours ago, monstertoronto said:

I’m honestly surprised to read this. I spent 2 different weeks in London this summer and I’m not exaggerating when I say that some days every single shop I went into was playing a Dua song from this album. I know that’s a very small sample size, but the impression I got from my visit was that London was all about this album. 

Honestly shop playlists in the UK rarely feel connected to whats popular in the UK charts these days.