GROSS: Rock critic Ken Tucker reviewed the new album "Future Nostalgia" by Dua Lipa. I'm grateful for that, just as I think a lot of listeners are grateful for Dua Lipa's reminder of how carefree we once were and may be yet again. So it's no wonder Dua Lipa's new album caught my attention. go-go music from the '80s and a lot of disco. As I go about my days, I've been drawn to instrumental music - jazz mostly and Thelonious Monk's piano in particular, but also lots of rhythm-based pop music, George Clinton's P-Funk, Washington D.C. TUCKER: During this time of distancing and anxiety, I sometimes find it difficult to apply the kind of intense listening I normally do in order to write and talk about music. But I'm going to love you like a fool, breathe you in until I hallucinate. Body make you silly, make you do what I want. No, I ain't got no money, but I'm letting you know that I'm going to love you like a fool, breathe you in until I hallucinate. Although Lipa recorded her new songs before COVID-19 began shutting down the world, the mood she sustains here - persistence and pleasure placed in opposition to defeat and despair - is both true to its disco roots and also remarkably timely.ĭUA LIPA: (Singing) Pocket full of honey and I'm ready to go. TUCKER: Much of the vintage disco Dua Lipa is saluting on this album was released in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. I know you've got my back, and you know I've got you. Don't you agree? Don't you agree? Who needs to go to sleep when I've got you next to me? All night, I'll riot with you. Don't you agree? Don't you agree? You've got me feeling diamond rich. And I would say that Dua Lipa is a much better singer than Olivia Newton John, even as she winks at a certain 1981 hit on this new song "Physical."ĭUA LIPA: (Singing) Common love isn't for us. The guitars and keyboards are sometimes strongly reminiscent of the great disco band Chic. At other times, I detect the low growl of Donna Summer. In some of her vocals, you can hear Madonna in her "Like A Virgin" period. TUCKER: Dua Lipa is only 24, and thus she's experiencing nostalgia for a time - the late '70s and early '80s - that precedes her birth. If you're feeling like you need a little bit of company, you met me at the perfect time. Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eye, shining just the way I like. I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm where the music don't stop for life. For example, I love the crisp authority that runs beneath the dance-floor theatrics of this song called "Levitating."ĭUA LIPA: (Singing) If you want to run away with me, I know a galaxy, and I could take you for a ride. What resulted is a collection of very smart, snappy disco compositions that immediately stands out from nearly all current popular music for its sheer bursting joyfulness. ![]() ![]() The phrase was meant to describe a future of infinite possibilities while tapping into the sound and mood of some older music she loved. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: Dua Lipa says she had the title "Future Nostalgia" before she had a clear idea of what her new album would be. You want the recipe but can't my sound, my sound. My name's on the tip of your tongue, keep running your mouth. I know you're dying trying to figure me out. I know you like this beat 'cause Jeff's been doing the damn thing. Like modern architecture, John Lautner coming your way. Future nostalgia.ĭUA LIPA: (Singing) You want a timeless song. And Ken says her artistry has only become more impressive on this new release. She won a best new artist Grammy last year. ![]() It's Dua Lipa's second album called "Future Nostalgia." She's the daughter of Albanian immigrants, raised in England. Rock critic Ken Tucker has a review of a new album he describes as at once a throwback to disco of the '70s and '80s but also something fresh and much needed.
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