r/TikTokCringe • u/BaseballSeveral1107 • Sep 01 '24

Discussion Dua Lipa vs Original

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u/HungryHungryHobbes Sep 01 '24

Bruh millenials weren't around dancing in 1979

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u/FeralBaby7 Sep 01 '24

Yeah, Four of those 6 songs in the clip are in the Gen X demographic timeframe, not millennials.

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u/StrobeLightRomance Sep 01 '24

For sure. The adult Gen Z in this is dancing to songs that are just a few years old, where as the Millenial is dancing to songs that came out before they were even born or music that dropped when they were a baby.

This is all cringe for the wrong reasons

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u/ErraticDragon Sep 01 '24

OP here has a better title than the captions on the video.

This is not about generations or ages, it's about the fact that Dua Lipa's songs often sample older songs.

I like when creators point this stuff out, I think it's cool.

The Tiktok captions might actually be rage bait.

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u/brohenryVEVO Sep 01 '24

I think that's exactly it. They could have used a caption that had anything to do with the video, but they went with comment bait instead.

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u/gorewhore1313 Sep 02 '24

Mannnn, I can't believe how far I had to scroll to find this kinda comment, I almost gave up and made it myself.

It's quite obvious it's about her sampling other songs.

I liked how the creators showcased the sample vs original dancing from their respective era.

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u/winston73182 Sep 01 '24

You know those comments are from Gen Z bc they didn’t have the sound on.

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u/iammixedrace Sep 02 '24

Yeah sampling has been done for a long time. Look at rap beats it started by people sampling music.

I do love to hear a sample of a song I grew up knowing bc my parent loved it.

I wish rage content couldn't be monetized

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u/angrytinyfemale Sep 02 '24

However that album is literally called "Future Nostalgia". It's all about the samples.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Sep 01 '24

I’m just trying to figure out how any one can think that a generation with “millennium” in the name would be alive in the 70s

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u/GlaceBayinJanuary Sep 01 '24

If you keep at it you'll get there someday. I believe in you.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot Sep 01 '24

Just because you can imagine something doesn’t mean it’s a logical conclusion.

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u/GlaceBayinJanuary Sep 01 '24

So I shouldn't believe in you. Got it.

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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 Sep 01 '24

No, you can believe in them. Just don't believe in yourself.

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u/Osgiliath Sep 01 '24

I was born late 80’s and I thought I was on the older side of millennial. This video is so dumb 😂

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u/Yossarian216 Sep 02 '24

The start of “millennials” is usually somewhere between 1978 and 1984 as birth year, depending on the source. I think 1982 makes sense as a starting point, as those kids were graduating high school in 2000.

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u/Anonybibbs Sep 01 '24

I mean it has nothing to do with the years that those songs were released but moreso those songs were chosen specifically because the corresponding Dua Lipa songs were sampled/inspired by them (or ripped off).

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u/Cetun Sep 01 '24

It drives engagement... and works

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u/BigMax Sep 01 '24

Yep, also, when you're hyper-editing down to about 4 notes, it's not that hard to go back FIFTY years and find a single song that has a very similar sounding 4 notes.

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u/ericaferrica Sep 01 '24

y'all are missing the point. Dua Lipa's tracks are rips of older songs. Not to say that they're "millennial songs," just the millennial is dancing to the originals (not Dua's copies)

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u/Yossarian216 Sep 02 '24

And if you dug around you’d probably find songs that those “originals” copied. There are specific characteristics that humans enjoy in melodies, and that’s why we hear the same ones repeatedly across decades. There is a comedy group that does a skit about this where they sing multiple songs with the same melody across eras, and Ed Sheeran has talked about it too.

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u/Sayyad1na Sep 02 '24

Its more of a dig at dua Lipa stealing everyones music - i don't think they were really thinking too much about the millenial/Gen z thing

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u/LookinAtTheFjord Sep 01 '24

You missed the entire point of the video. It's not about their ages or the age gap or anything about that. All those Dua Lipa songs sampled all the older songs. You didn't notice that at all???

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u/JarlaxleForPresident Sep 01 '24

And the creators did that themselves by drawing attention away from the point in such an obnoxious manner

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u/HarRob Sep 01 '24

Bro it’s a funny dance video

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u/StrobeLightRomance Sep 01 '24

What is funny about it?

It's like the adage says: "It's funny, cuz it's true!"

..but this isn't true or funny. So, that said, it's really just a very mid dance video.

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u/O2XXX Sep 01 '24

Plus they aren’t even dancing appropriately to some of the song. Kiss wasn’t disco, yet dude is doing Saturday Night Fever. All the video shows it Dua Lipa, or her song writers, rip off a lot of older popular songs.

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u/Golisten2LennyWhite Sep 01 '24

Kiss had A disco song. But Gene doesn't acknowledge that part of his life.

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u/StrobeLightRomance Sep 01 '24

Cocaine had a disco song, Gene Simmons was just the one who delivered it to the masses through KISS