Dua Lipa returns today with her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia. The 11-track project had its release date moved up a week following online leaks and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It includes four recent singles: “Future Nostalgia,” “Physical,” “Break My Heart,” and “Don’t Start Now.” The latter track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this month.
“What I wanted to do with this album was to break out of my comfort zone and challenge myself to make music that felt like it could sit alongside some of my favorite classic pop songs, whilst still feeling fresh and uniquely mine,” she said in a press release. “I was inspired by so many artists on the new record from Gwen Stefani to Madonna to Moloko to Blondie and Outkast, to name just a few. Because of the time that I’d spent on the road touring with my band I wanted Future Nostalgia to have a lot more of a live element, but mixed together with modern electronic production. My sound has naturally matured a bit as I’ve grown up but I wanted to keep the same pop sensibility as I had on the first record.”
