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I don't like none of the new releases and Rihanna in India

🕑 Added 2024-03-07 00:36:04 +0000 UTC

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Farhana Islam

I disagree. I rewatched Dua Lipa recent Grammys performance and Grammy 2021 performance multiple times…

farquaadsbestie

i’d turn it up for body do tho ☝🏽

Kyla

as a pop music lover, it’s been hard post-pandemic because it’s just not giving rn. dua lipa has some bops im not finna lie but… A popstar she is not. We need popstars back who actually wanna be a pop STAR, who wanna give us vocals, choreography, and concepts all at once. I want artists to actively plan on making a statement, making iconic moments and contribute to the pop culture zeitgeist. im bored!! which is worse than anything. loved this pod as always Kenya 🩷

Pearl Kasi

That horse lady needs to be reminded that she has an album release coming😭

Josep22

Kenya please do final Oscar predictions like Variety does!

Catlady972

What if Rihanna never wanted to be a singer and it just paid the bills. Now she can move on to fashion and make-up, super difficult areas to get into but not if you have brand recognition.

carly gill

😂😂😂

rudi!!!

this made me realize we still don't know the act ii tracklist and the album is coming in three weeks 😵‍💫

Jade White

Yup! Rihanna was WORKING.

Jade White

I’m Beyhive through and through but I’ll always root on Rihanna for the sheer fact that she was able to push through and still take her career to unimaginable heights after the public turned on her with that Chris Brown situation.

Yassin Tall

huh??! oh no rih can sing n dance but never gonna put the work in to be on 100. watch vids of her in the studio. i’m not even a super fan of her but she’s such an icon. 100% incredible taste. if bey had her taste she’d be even bigger than she is. and i’m talking moreso about ivy park. honestly i think a lot of rihs charm is in her acting skills and music vids. she’s real!

germaninatlanta

Can you do a cecred review when you have it? I wanted to buy the whole package but then got mad when you couldn't apply the 10% off for that package. It's not about the money, it's the principle 🤣

Diandra Says

I agree with the majority of your takes on Rihanna, and I also believe that redefined what a pop star could look like. The fact the she’s had sustained success despite her lack of conventional and traditional talent, paired with the lack of ability to legitimately compare others to her or “recreate” her success showcases why she’s amazing. She always gave the vibe that she did want she wanted to do and was content with that. I look at her as a concept more than an artist and she’s a fun performer. It feels good to see someone appear to do what they want when they want and I think that’s why we’re drawn to her

Dee

No like pre-ANTI (I went to the tour) I wasn’t online in pop stan spaces but we were in the trenches for about two yrs straight with grammies and radio because they kept playin in her face with the genre/categories labels—- in regards to ANTI tour performances, it was mainly visual/aesthetic… she had stunning visuals and performed a chunk of the hits.

Dani

Also Rihanna gave us 7 albums in 7 years which is unheard of now.

Dani

I disagree with Rihanna can’t sing or dance. She can sing and dance, she’s just not hardcore about it. She’s laid back, chill, has a good ear. She may not be professionally sound or classically trained, but she has a very good sense of rhythm and style for her music.

Valerie

Rihanna is the personality hire of the music industry

ceeitrus

the problem with chloe is she clearly has the ingredients to make good music but doesn’t have the formula to make it sound good, every song she puts out is just derivative of someone else who does it better, Chloe wants to make that experimental pop r&b music but it always comes off as if she’s trying to wear someone else’s wig, either she need to get the producers that do those songs and make it sound better or she need to stop making solo music and get back with Halle, like if she’s gonna bite off tinashe and sza, she needs to do it right, and it doesn’t help that she doesn’t have the sauce or swag they got to pull off a sound like that, and it’s crazy cus FYS and treat me could’ve worked if she had finesse and swag, which she doesn’t

ceeitrus

Ppls insistence for a new Rihanna project is purely out of selective memory and nostalgia lol there’s really no reason for Rihanna to put out music anymore when she’s making billions off makeup, the only reason ppl want her to put out new music is bc the pop landscape is boring, at least when Rihanna was active we we’re guaranteed a hit, nowadays the girls are getting lazy, but Rihanna is lazy too which is the funny part, like you said ppl want Rihanna to be something shes never been, they wanna see Rihanna perform live so bad and then when she does they whining about her not doing any boom cats, and I’m like when Rihanna ever been known to do boom cats? NEVER lol like let’s be serious

ceeitrus

the “dua lipa got so much better” girls be taking me out bc it just highlights how ppl love putting white women on a pedestal for doing the bare minimum, 95% of dua’s stage presence is camera work, cute outfits and having a gang of backup dancers, I call it the kpop effect bc a lot of kpop artists’ performances are masked by a bunch of camera work to give the illusion the performance is better than it is, then you see fancams of the live performance and they performing like ass, now granted dua doesn’t perform like ass, she performs with whatever’s comfortable for her and the best of her ability, I don’t expect every pop girl to do a boom cat, for some that’s just not their wheelhouse, and that’s fine that she does that but twitter stans toting dua as if she made this grand transformation in stage presence is unserious bc she’s still giving nothing relatively speaking

Lavender1495

I was not shocked that i didn’t like FYS like I need cxh back in the booth asap. I’m intrigued/excited for Halle’s solo music tho

Lavender1495

Yea I love Dua but she is still very basic cuz the Grammys and Brit’s performances were not that great and damn distracting with all of the dancers on the stage 😭

Gabriel Benton

Zendaya can act tho. Just watch Euphoria and Dune. She’s really grown.

Willyne Smith

one song that really highlights rihanna's development before they concretely found her 'sound' is Let Me off of Music of the sun. I like the song and I think it's catchy but the drums are like proto-B'day specifically taking from a Green light or Deja Vu whereas the chords and vocal (which are not great) are pulling from a DIL with this arabian sample and the things rihanna tries to do with her voice, Really interesting to see how her 'ear' developed over time and how that coincided with the influences around her.

Kris

“Treat me like a treat me” had me cackling 💀💀

Gabriel Benton

Kenya, do you like the preview of Halle’s new single “In Your Hands”?

Dijanae

Everyone at my momma’s house wanted to fight me when I said that SB performance was not good from Mr. Ray Ray 😭😭😭 I’m glad to know that it’s not just me with those thoughts.

Colby

I AGREE ABOUT DUA. i literally watched the training season performance and was like god damn it’s 50 dancers taking away from the spectacle she was attempting. also i think she should just give us a good lip sync

Daria Black

Rihanna is one of the laziest performers of our generation and has gotten away with it for soooooo long. People saw that wedding and were like “OMG I CANT WAIT FOR THE TOUR” in the comments. Gotta be witchcraft and colorism.

Keith Primas

I’m just waiting for CxH

Kivone

No you didn’t say Chloe music just sounds like radio and say you love dua lipa in the same podcast….

Keith Primas

Rihanna has an eye that is rarely seen. The singles, the music videos..the Disturbia MV is still one of my all-time favorite music videos. BOM BOM BEE DOM

Alesia Odare

Funny enough I feel like Dua had a more distinct image and personality with her first album in spite of the lackluster performances from that era.

Deeqamohxo

Also rihanna came up in the perfect time like the 2010s were anti 00s

Deeqamohxo

Dua lipa in the houdini was so lack luster like she should’ve just had the dancers only in the vid

Shady Tyrell

I have this sneaking suspicion that Halle is/was the genius behind Chloe and Halle’s music. The snippets we’ve seen of Halle’s solo music sound soooo good. Chloe need to have Halle write her stuff tbh.

Comfortably Plump

Great points about rihanna honestly. I do love her 2016 bma's performance of love on the brain tho

Maricela Amaya

idk i feel like this year in music hasnt started off well. for example, i am a 21 savage fan. and i was fine with the album he came out with, but at the end i only go to 2 of his songs from the album. then, u have many artists releasing singles. and tbh beyonce has been the only one to really make me feel something. idk, i guess im looking for a 2022 type year. because me personally i think 2022 has been the best year in this decade for music. idk, why but i can see beyonce postponing the album… idk guys just a theory. but hey im entertained at least a bit.

aj◇

And another thing, when the hell are Chloe and Halle gonna make their next album? It’s been a million years…..

aj◇

“Eat off their dividends” Kenya pls 😭 that’s exactly what the song gave tho, I wasn’t moved at all.

Nikki

Miley and Cardi let me down this past week for sure, I was so excited. Cardi really dropped the ball because wtf was this mama??? I’ve hopped off the Chloe train. Sorry. Give me a Chloe x Bailey album or give me nada.

Diana

When Rihanna got nominated for an Oscar for Lift Me Up when Tems is the one doing the pretty backing vocals, I said oooh. Who gonna do the singing on that Oscars stage? skslfkdlsk but I do love her and her music. I agree that the India performance should close the book on the new music convo. 80 million monthly listeners (idrc about this kinda stuff but) on spotify with no album is crazy. Hits that you don't get sick of. I've found myself listening to ANTI on repeat for 3 months straight and then the following year I do the same thing again like. Got nothing to prove, ended on a high, she's good to retire fr

Comfortably Plump

Kenya is right about me being easily impressed when it comes to performances, I admit that. But my bias isn't just for the white girls. I literally have enjoyed Summer Walker performances. It don't take much with me if i like your music 😂. I think being an early days Swiftie has conditioned me to be like this, cuz way back when, her performances were questionable to say the least. And I stood by her! So yeah, it's easy for me to be impressed by Dua Lipa after that.

KRYSTAL

I turned off cardi b freestyle, didn't like it

KRYSTAL

I ain't even know Chloe released a song lmao haven't seen it on my timeline no where

Danielle A

Oh yeah she def needs to lean into that cool girl persona

Danielle A

The missed opportunity to go I don’t wanna do this anymoooooreeeeree 😭😭

Nini

how do you feel about halle's solo music? (she just released a snippet of her new song on instagram). frankly, the baileys need each other. they're not bad solo artist but UGH when they're together they make something unique and powerful

Darleen M

Kenya hi 😁. Being bold here, But can I send you some if my music to listen to🤭?

LukeM

The Dua Lipa commentary!!! I feel so seen. She's very much a look hot and pose performer. Choreography at this point feels forced, I wish she'd do something more natural like the clips of her clubbing.

Danielle A

About Rihanna not having any true musical talent but still killing it - it’s how I feel about Zendaya like the girl can act better than a regular person, but she’s a force of her own because of her style and I feel like it’s really carrying her since she carries herself so well. That’s Rihanna to me

Mai

You are literally right about Dua, I love her but i’m not GAGGED. And the audio is fine girl don’t worry.

Danielle A

And yeah I felt like I was going crazy over the Dua Lipa gaggery like I mean. She’s still stiff she just has more energy, people are easily impressed whereas Chloe gives theatrics and gets clowned