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Dua Lipa has finally released her highly anticipated third studio album, "Radical Optimism," on Friday. This 11-track record marks her first full-length project in four years since the smash hit "Future Nostalgia" in 2020.
The 28-year-old pop star has been teasing the album since last year, with the lead single "Houdini" dropping in November 2023.
"Training Season" and "Illusion" followed in February and April 2024 further amping up excitement for the full release.
"Radical Optimism" boasts an impressive list of co-producers, including Danny L Harle, Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Andrew Wyatt, and Ian Kirkpatrick, promising a diverse and dynamic soundscape.
“Dating, I think overall, is just a little confusing,” Lipa said about the album's theme, which explores her experience with single life after a breakup.
“It’s either through friends of friends or people you trust where you can meet new people, because [dating] is not so straightforward when you are, I guess, a public person,” she added.
Lipa described the album as, "that feeling of chaos and danger and unexpected things coming into your periphery and remaining calm in the face of it."
“Radical Optimism, and the way that I see it, is this idea of rolling with the punches of not letting anything get you down for too long, of always seeing the positive side of things, of being able to grow and move forward and change your perspective regardless of what’s happening in your life,” she explained.
