Doja Cat - "Gorgeous"

[K.C.]

This is out on the 26th. It's got a big visual component to it. Looks like along the lines of the George Michael "Freedom" fashion iconography PASTICHE.

 

[K.C.]

 

[K.C.]

 

[K.C.]

 

[Pipo]

POOR JEALOUS TYPE

 

[Jark]

POOR JEALOUS TYPE

felt like a weak first single to me. this sounds a bit less 80s pastiche but stronger melodically, let's see.

 

[Jark]

the album is also out friday - the new final artwork she shared is not good.

especially weird when the vinyl variants are all so 80s coded and delicious. like what is this honey.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

the album is also out friday - the new final artwork she shared is not good.

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especially weird when the vinyl variants are all so 80s coded and delicious. like what is this honey.

Jark lost

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Anyway, bottom middle is clearly the correct answer.

 

[K.C.]

That album art could've been good for a different album, but a strange choice for an album that's relying on such a literal use of 1980s iconography.

 

[Music]

Has Jealous Type been and gone then? I thought it was a potential massive hit.

 

[K.C.]

I still really like Jealous Type, but in hindsight it does seem like it should've been a latter single rather than the lead.

 

[Joseph]

I think it’s fine for a lead single but part of the issue is she spent the last album cycle slagging off her pop era only to come crawling back to it when the other shit wasn’t working out that well.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Jealous Type is amazing and I've had it on repeat since it was released

 

[Jark]

I think it’s fine for a lead single but part of the issue is she spent the last album cycle slagging off her pop era only to come crawling back to it when the other shit wasn’t working out that well.

well the last album spawned two big hits, Paint the Town Red is at 1.4 billion on Spotify - I think she's just someone who hates everything she's made before. which is annoying!

 

[Pipo]

That album art could've been good for a different album, but a strange choice for an album that's relying on such a literal use of 1980s iconography.

her VMA performance was perfectly 80s coded; I didn't know she could dance like that!

 

[GNL]

That album art could've been good for a different album, but a strange choice for an album that's relying on such a literal use of 1980s iconography.

It's a reference to the Challenger disaster. An iconic 80s moment with a COUTURE TWIST.

 

[K.C.]

her VMA performance was perfectly 80s coded; I didn't know she could dance like that!

LOVED her choreo.

 

[Joseph]

 

[K.C.]

That's not normal is it? I wonder why.

 

[Pipo]

It's very common practice. I've seen it before; record companies are clueless.

 

[K.C.]

It's very common practice. I've seen it before; record companies are clueless.

Is it an indicator that they're slowly starting to shelf her?

 

[K.C.]

I don't even know why they chose "Gorgeous" as the next single. "Cards" and "Take Me Dancing" seem like SUCH obvious choices. Especially when one of them features SZA! Do they WANT her to flop?

 

[POP!]

Yeah not sure why they haven’t pushed Take Me Dancing. Radio adds dates don’t mean much these days anyway.

 

[Shoat]

Take Me Dancing is one of the most forgettable tracks on an otherwise great album. It would be a single solely based on the SZA tie-in.

I know it has lyrics, but is that particularly novel these days?