They said this about Blinding Lights in December 2019

i hope so...the extended version of that song changed it from meh to great

Abel should've released that version as the main version and use the other one as a radio edit

I come and I go

thank god because she’s insane for leaving that Tame Impala esque post chorus breakdown ONCE at the very end and not again

no pandemic and more competitors

The charts are all-time weak right now, statistically speaking

True
Just saying pandemic was a very special period

This is true which is even more puzzling why this song is flopping. This extended version needs to click with the public. The only 2 reasons for this flopping are either because Christmas music is taking attention or people just ain't feeling this song

judging off this version of the song, the songwriting just aint there... it's too compact and short for a dance track, like the instrumentals have no room to breathe at all

#1 ON THE ATTHEPYRAMIDS HOT 100!

the only charts that matter

BGFX HOT 100 outsold !

houdini song and video are both gas

but is this song on Blinding Lights level?

who is realistically a competitor of dua lipa that occupies a similar lane that's bigger or the same level as her

Tate McRae is overshadowing her I fear

yea greedy really the only really song i can point to

but tbh i'm here for actual danceable music on the charts akin to the mid-late 00's rather than the slog we've been in the past few years

To y’all there was no such thing as “Blinding Lights level” in December 2019. Y’all said it flopped.

Pop hits are about the longevity game, we’ll know how this song truly did by Spring/Summer 2024

song will be out of the Hot 100 in two weeks, will return to #87 after Christmas for one week and then will hover in the lower half for the rest of time

Don’t Start Now debuted at #30, fell all the way to #52, and didn’t reach the Top 10 until its thirteenth week on the chart.

Pop singles should never be judged by initial chart position. They always play the long game.

but Don’t Start Now was an instant classic

Houdini is okay

This is a subjective opinion lmao

This slaps

Why did I wait this long to listen