{"id":32295,"date":"2023-11-12T11:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=32295"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:12:36","slug":"dua-lipa-is-back-with-new-song-houdini-and-its-a-banger-single-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=32295","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Is Back With New Song \u2018Houdini,\u2019 and It\u2019s a Banger: Single Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
After the long life of Dua Lipa\u2019s 2020 sophomore album \u201cFuture Nostalgia\u201d \u2014 which was pandemic dance therapy for so many \u2014 there\u2019s been a hot remix album, a year-long world tour, a global hit single with Elton John and her effervescent single from \u201cBarbie,\u201d so it really doesn\u2019t seem like Variety\u2018s 2022 co-Hitmaker of the Year been absent. Yet it\u2019s been almost three years since \u201cNostalgia\u201d dropped, and today we get the first look at her next chapter with \u201cHoudini,\u201d the lead single and video from her still-untitled third full-length album. It\u2019s a banger alright, with a driving beat, a throbbing bass hook and some very \u201880s synthesizer washes vaguely reminiscent of Talk Talk\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s My Life.\u201d The lyrics aren\u2019t about the legendary escape artist except in a symbolic sense (\u201cI\u2019m not here for long\/ Catch me or I go Houdini\u201d). In the announcement, she says, \u201cThis track represents the most light and freeing parts of my singledom. \u2019Houdini\u2019 is very tongue in cheek, exploring the idea of whether someone is really worth my while or if I\u2019ll ghost them in the end. You never know where something may take you, that\u2019s the beauty of being open to whatever life throws your way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHoudini\u201d is both a progression from and a continuation of \u201cFuture Nostalgia\u201d: The song\u2019s hard beat and dancefloor vibe are pretty much exactly what fans of that album will be hoping for, but its musical backing \u2014 coming from the inspired pairing of Tame Impala\u2019s Kevin Parker and Caroline Polachek\/ Charli XCX collaborator Danny L. Harle \u2014 is more melodically nuanced than that album\u2019s stadium-sized hooks. \u201cHoudini\u201d is still big, but there\u2019s more going on around the edges, and an unexpected new hook drops into the song\u2019s last minute that brings it to a different place. The song was written by Lipa with Parker and Harle as well as top-flight songwriters Tobias Jesso Jr. (Adele, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus) and Caroline Ailin (whose cowritten several Lipa hits). There\u2019s been little advance word about what the new album sounds like. She recently told the New York Times that it\u2019s inspired by \u201c1970s style psychedelia\u201d (although there\u2019s little indication of that here). In early 2022 when Lipa told Elton John on her \u201cDua Lipa: At Your Service podcast\u201d that it was halfway finished, but speaking with Variety late last year, she said, \u201cIt\u2019s taken a complete turn as I\u2019ve carried on working, and I really feel now that it\u2019s starting to sound cohesive. So I\u2019m going to keep writing in the early months of the new year and see where that takes me. The album is different \u2014 it\u2019s still pop but it\u2019s different sonically, and there\u2019s more of a lyrical theme. If I told you the title, everything would make sense \u2014 but I think we\u2019ll just have to wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no official release date yet, but album is expected early next year, so the wait will soon be over.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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