Bebe Rexha, Zara Larsson, etc (not going to pretend I know what Dua Lipa is) are surplus to demand. We have a lot of pop stars right now, new ones need to offer something different. Those girls have good songs but no identity as artists. Zara was distinctive at first, her precocious diva persona on "Lush Life" was memorable, but she became a faceless hook girl after that. Bebe has always been generic.
Bebe Rexha, Zara Larsson, etc (not going to pretend I know what Dua Lipa is) are surplus to demand. We have a lot of pop stars right now, new ones need to offer something different. Those girls have good songs but no identity as artists. Zara was distinctive at first, her precocious diva persona on "Lush Life" was memorable, but she became a faceless hook girl after that. Bebe has always been generic.
Dua Lipa is lowkey better than those 2 though. The one who absolutely must go is Daya.
Her approach to song selection on her debut album reinforces the singing-competition vibe-- the music is scattered, covering all the bases in an over-eager attempt to prove vocal chops. It's very ironic, then, that she titled the record Who You Are, because she does pretty much everything but assert a coherent identity over the course of 13 tracks.
Whenever I feel depressed I read this review and suddenly life is ok
Selena & the Scene > Selena, Selena Q, and Shakira
Naturally, Round and Round, Who Says and A Year Without Rain are very-very-very lowkey classics here in Russia. They were always spammed on music TV channels.
Daya is trash. She can't sing, she can't dance, her song-writing skills are awful, and she looks like that kid in high school who hangs out with 3 other basic people for the whole 4 years and stan One Direction and Justin Bieber
