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Tired of making unrealistic wish list for future Coachellas. OMG Coachella 2007, there were so many mind-blowing conflicts and moments in its epic early years but stage hopping and running in so many sets that were happening at the same time, including being right where Sonic Youth and Faithless were at, as that will go down as one of GOAT in my indie live music hipster life lol. It was both spiritual and life-changing. Fortunately, I am so young and so easy doing stage-hoppings in all of them at that time lol. I could had gone home and already contented blown-away as a music fan after being part of history few hours earlier that Day One at Amy Winehouse then Arctic Monkeys.
that Faithless set in 2007 was easily in my top 3 of that year, maybe even the top set in hindsight. It was pretty much the only time they ever brought the band over to the US and I think if there's any time they are at least somewhat likely to return it's next year. Plus, I need to properly mourn and celebrate Maxi and these shows seem like they would be the perfect chance. It won't be the same without him, but just put a tribute on the screen for a couple tracks so we can hear his lyrical spoken words and I can cry and dance to Mass Destruction and Insomnia.
I know it's unlikely, but if they play anywhere in the US next year it'll be at Coachella.
YES! My heads up to now spinning every time I attempt making Top 10s that year and in 2006, 2008 etc. I don’t know man if we can even get next year one of Faithless, Grace Jones, Aphex Twin, Soulwax, Slowdive, Massive Attack, Mogwai, Royksopp, Sigur Ros, The Shins, Fever Ray, The Knife, Trentemøller, Nicolas Jaar, Foals, Spoon, Damien Rice, Süfjan Stevens (how is he), Jose Gonzalez, Sia, Autechre, Portishead, Venetian Snares, Moderat, Klaxons, DCFC/The Postal Service(seen them on their own but at Coachella would be lovely) etc so many not even close to Faithless music lol as I might as well reverse jinxed it hahaha. Vampire Weekend made it this year so who knows. I can probably forget dreaming about Oasis, Pulp, The Charlatans, The Verve coming back etc because of what happened with Blur.
Dua Lipa with an underperforming album is still a bigger get than Lana, Tyler or Doja and makes bigger headlines than any of them. If Scarlet didn’t prevent Doja from headlining then I don’t see why this album would.
This delusional ass take.
Lana’s last record sold 115k first week. Tyler’s last record sold ~160k.
Dua’s looking to sell 40k. Get fucking realllllll lol
lol but but but Top 10 at Spotify. Someone said she is at #7. Right now for May 2024 , Justin Bieber at #7 and Dua at #8. People keep listening at least a day in a given month on repeat , non-stop for your favorites at the top of Billboard/Spotify. 😝
Lana’s last record sold 115k first week. Tyler’s last record sold ~160k.
Dua’s looking to sell 40k. Get fucking realllllll lol
lol but but but Top 10 at Spotify. Someone said she is at #7. Right now for May 2024 , Justin Bieber at #7 and Dua at #8. People keep listening on repeat , non-stop for your favorites. 😝
Monthly listeners is kind of an irrelevant metric tbf, for example someone like Bebe Rexha who has no cultural pull can have more monthly listeners that say a Frank Ocean type simply because they had a massive radio song in 2015.
All of nowhere, it’s cool to hate on Dua. Been reading post on predictions for Coachella 2024 and many of you were super excited to have her headline and now that she could actually do it in 2025 … where are you ??
Saw her live performance in time square and let me tell you , the music sounds really good live and would make a great Coachella set.
Post by braundiggity on May 6, 2024 11:35:05 GMT -5
The funny thing to me about the Dua reactions here to me are that there are significant reactions at all. That album was...fine. I'm surprised anyone could feel either strong love or strong hate for it. A bit bland, generally pleasant, no songs that hit me on first listen the way Houdini did. Nothing here makes her less of a headliner (though I'll admit I'm less excited about her headlining now). Maybe it'll grow on subsequent listens.
Also a reminder that pretty much every time an artist comes out with quotes about how different their new album is going to be with comparisons to left field artists like Massive Attack, it's almost always bullshit. Except for the Killers talking up Bruce ahead of Sam's Town.
The funny thing to me about the Dua reactions here to me are that there are significant reactions at all. That album was...fine. I'm surprised anyone could feel either strong love or strong hate for it. A bit bland, generally pleasant, no songs that hit me on first listen the way Houdini did. Nothing here makes her less of a headliner (though I'll admit I'm less excited about her headlining now). Maybe it'll grow on subsequent listens.
Also a reminder that pretty much every time an artist comes out with quotes about how different their new album is going to be with comparisons to left field artists like Massive Attack, it's almost always bullshit. Except for the Killers talking up Bruce ahead of Sam's Town.
I have to agree with you here. The album is fine. I don't hear the Massive Attack inspiration. But her catalogue is strong enough and it'll be a fun set on Main Stage instead of an utter snooze like LDR.
I like the Dua album a lot. The instrumentation on it is really nice, her voice sounds great, and the album feels sleek and mature. Future Nostalgia has higher highs, but it also has songs that I have never liked (Boys will be Boys, Good in Bed). I like every song on Radical Optimism. Even Dua's "rapping" has matured into something less cringe. I think this one's a grower, personally.
Can someone ask the old lady from Egypt what she thinks of Lana Del Rey headlining Coachella so we can know whether the festival has redeemed its reputation as a laughingstock worldwide
This Dua hating is absurd. Significantly bigger headliner than Lana, Tyler, and Doja. It would already be a strong start to the 2025 line-up.
I mean if this were true wouldn’t her album sales reflect it? Or even the streaming figures?
The sales in the US are truly abysmal. People aren’t tuning in here. With that, what makes you think she’s a bigger headliner than Lana, Tyler, and Doja, whose recent albums sold 115k, 169k, and 72k respectively?
This Dua hating is absurd. Significantly bigger headliner than Lana, Tyler, and Doja. It would already be a strong start to the 2025 line-up.
I mean if this were true wouldn’t her album sales reflect it? Or even the streaming figures?
When you have a bad album roll out you pay the price in first week sales. Nobody right now should take 7 months to release something. Finish the record and then do everything. Dua said it still wasnt finished when Houdini was released.
The funny thing to me about the Dua reactions here to me are that there are significant reactions at all. That album was...fine. I'm surprised anyone could feel either strong love or strong hate for it. A bit bland, generally pleasant, no songs that hit me on first listen the way Houdini did. Nothing here makes her less of a headliner (though I'll admit I'm less excited about her headlining now). Maybe it'll grow on subsequent listens.
Also a reminder that pretty much every time an artist comes out with quotes about how different their new album is going to be with comparisons to left field artists like Massive Attack, it's almost always bullshit. Except for the Killers talking up Bruce ahead of Sam's Town.
I have to agree with you here. The album is fine. I don't hear the Massive Attack inspiration. But her catalogue is strong enough and it'll be a fun set on Main Stage instead of an utter snooze like LDR.
I have not listened to it. Now I get it why someone brought up Massive Attack as counter-programming against her. lol I am very curious now and will probably like it as it is my kind of sound (and with some people here not liking it yet hehe) Disclaimer: I tried a little bit to listen the albums of these recent or potential HLers but ugh could not finish them. I am a huge fan of Lana Del Rey and Olivia Rodrigo on records though. And having this feeling of Rihanna being at least 5 years too late for Coachella. But absolutely on board ready to groove for her greatest dance hits in the desert as a consider her a huge upgrade especially versus last year’s.