Albanian singer and songwriter, Dua Lipa has returned with her long-awaited new album named ‘Radical Optimism.’ Stream the full album below.
The 11-track album was made with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, as well as Tobias Jesso Jr. (the singer-songwriter Adele has labeled her “secret weapon”), OG PC Music artist Danny L Harle (PinkPantheress, Caroline Polachek) and Lipa’s long-term collaborator Caroline Ailin, co-writer of “New Rules”.
It’s not the obvious team for a chart-dominating name like Lipa to recruit, but maybe there was radical optimism in that, too. Plus, the proof came in the first song they wrote together: A moodier sister to standout “Hallucinate”, “Illusion” is an indisputable banger that feels tailor-made for Lipa’s 2024 Glastonbury headline set (something else she manifested for her third album). “It was like, ‘OK, how are we all going to connect in the room? How is it all going to work?’” says Lipa. “[‘Illusion’] kicked us off. When we wrote that song, it just gave us confidence as a group.”
“With this album, I feel like I’ve managed to put so much more honesty out there and be really open in a way that I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to,” she says. “It was a beautiful experience to not be afraid.” That was helped, again, by the team around her. “You come into the room, you’re hanging out with your friends and you’re just having a tell-all,” she says. “There was absolutely no holds barred. They knew everything that was happening. There was no judgement. The fact that everyone felt free to just be themselves is what, I think, created such a beautiful energy in the room.”
Last month, She announced the news via Instagram with the caption, “RADICAL OPTIMISM MY 3RD STUDIO ALBUM OUT MAY 3RD 2024.”
Dua Lipa Returns With New Album, ‘Radical Optimism’ – Stream Now
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