Dua Lipa unimpressed by posts saying that Houdini mimicked her previous releases

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Recorded in London and Malibu with Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, Danny L Harle, Caroline Ailin and Tobias Jesso Jr (with past collaborators including Emily Warren, Ian Kirkpatrick and Ali Tamposi also involved), Radical Optimism strides past the bombastic pop of her self-titled debut and 2020's disco-tinged Future Nostalgia  into more experimental territory. Lipa wanted to summon the energy she feels when she plays records by Primal Scream, Massive Attack and Portishead.

The shattered disco ball in the video for her Barbie behemoth Dance The Night was no accident. While she is visibly chuffed by the Barbie experience, Lipa calls the track "the last hurrah" for the Future Nostalgia era.

She was unimpressed by posts on social media saying that lead single Houdini mimicked her last releases.
"It's not the same at all," she says, pointing to her "heavy, high octane, performance-led" turns at the Grammys and BRITs as evidence of where she's going.
"People just say things for the sake of saying things or to rile people up," she adds. "I don't resonate with that at all. Also, I've been listening to the new songs [compared to] Physical or Love Again and they have no relation whatsoever. They sound like me because I'm singing them, but sonically they're worlds apart."

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[HotLikeMexico 6,291]

[Ronnie 6,087]

Delusional Optimism 

[Anderson123 42,007]

Oh she knows. 

[Lextyr97 20,712]

Sounds like damage control

[Bronco 22,284]

This approach to PR only works if you have a hardcore fanbase like Swifties/Beyhive who will defend delusion

[TheOriginalOne 11,424]

15 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

but sonically they're worlds apart."

[SOON 4,290]

Sis C'mon let's be real they sonically do sound alike, as a little duaster it must be said 

[Red 99,017]

Is she trying to gaslight us or smth

[Versace 8,044]

Gurl it’s still the same dance pop music meant for radio. I think it was time to put out a more vulnerable single but she missed the mark. 

[LateToCult 41,667]

That’s like saying evermore is completely different from folklore. 

[Dennis 8,391]

Lowkey kinda loving how she's doubling down on this

[Lucas 30,496]

It's still very Duaesque but I personally don't think they sound THAT similar

[RAMROD 116,035]

Dua whe she read those comments 

[RAMROD 116,035]

2 minutes ago, Dennis said:

Lowkey kinda loving how she's doubling down on this

Her fans will be more delulu now with dying on that hill now