Club Future Nostalgia is the first remix album by English singer Dua Lipa and American DJ The Blessed Madonna. The DJ Mix edition was released on August 28, 2020 and the standard edition released on September 11, 2020, through Warner Records.
The album was crafted by remixes of tracks from Dua Lipa's second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020), with the remixes being created by an assortment of DJs and producers, including Masters at Work, Larry Heard, Mark Ronson, and Stuart Price. Guest appearances are included from Missy Elliott, Madonna, and Gwen Stefani and the returning guest appearances BLACKPINK.
Background[]
Following the March 2020 release of her second studio album Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa was unable to tour for the album due to the restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she was brought much joy after seeing her fans listening to Future Nostalgia in their homes and on Zoom parties as if they were with her. Intending to "take the party up a notch", Lipa enlisted the help of The Blessed Madonna to put together an "old-school" mixtape with remixes of songs from the album, alongside samples.[1][2] The two of them met at the Glastonbury Festival in 2019, and The Blessed Madonna remixed Dua Lipa and Silk City's song "Electricity" in October 2018 before they ran into one and other at NYC Downlow.[3] The Blessed Madonna got involved in the project around May 2020, following a Zoom call between both her and Lipa's respective teams. She handled executive production and A&R duties for Club Future Nostalgia.[4]
Club Future Nostalgia was created in two months, during lockdown protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] From the beginning of creation, Lipa and The Blessed Madonna were on the same page for what their vision of the album was. The Blessed Madonna started by creating a list of samples and remixers that she wanted for the album, many of whom had already been approached by Lipa's team, including Paul Woolford, Jayda G, Gen Hoshino, Larry Heard, and Yaeji.[6] The Blessed Madonna worked on Club Future Nostalgia from her home studio in London, with a workflow that consisted of breaking down the remixes into sections, creating new versions of them, and going back and forth with engineers while waiting on features.[7]
Commercial performance[]
In the United States, Club Future Nostalgia debuted at number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart issue dated September 12, 2020, with first-week sales of 18,000 album-equivalent units.[8] In the same week, the album became both Lipa and The Blessed Madonna's first entry on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart,[9] where it debuted at the top position, breaking the 13-week streak of Lady Gaga's sixth studio album Chromatica (2020).[10] Elsewhere, Club Future Nostalgia reached number 13 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[11] The album spent only one week on all the respective charts it entered.
Visualizer[]
A visualizer for the DJ Mix edition of Club Future Nostalgia was made available for digital download and streaming August 28, 2020.[12] Lipa got the idea for it when preparing her "Hallucinate" video, thinking it was the perfect time to try and get animators to bring their own world with each song. She further thought that during the COVID-19 pandemic would be the only time she would be able to do this.[13] The visual was created as a collaboration between production companies Blink Ink and Blink, with production from Gareth Owen and Corin Taylor.
Production on the visualizer began in late spring 2020.[14] James Papper of Blink Ink handled the direction for the animated parts of the video, working with 13 different artists. Each artist had to work under COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions from their home cities, which included Madrid, Seoul, Sydney, Berlin, Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York City, Kentucky, Ghent, and London. The visualizer for each track was designed by a different artist, which mirrors the album's structure where each track is remixed by a different producer. Live action visuals are included, which were directed by Hooper. They include the music video for the remix of "Levitating", as well as clips of Lipa with her boyfriend Anwar Hadid.[15]
Tracklist[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Future Nostalgia" (Joe Goddard Remix) | Dua Lipa, Jeff Bhasker, Clarence Coffee Jr. | Joe Goddard, Jeff Bhasker | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Cool" (Jayda G Remix) | Lipa, Ben Kohn, Kamille, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Shakka Philip, Tove Lo | TMS, Stuart Price | 2:06 |
| 3. | "Good In Bed" (Zach Witness & Gen Hoshino Remixes) | Lipa, David Charles Marshall Biral, Melanie Joy Fontana, Upsahl, Cameron McVey, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Jamie Morgan, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan, Paul Morley, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Ramacon | Lindgren, Take A Daytrip | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Pretty Please" (Midland Refix) | Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Kirkpatrick | Kirkpatrick, Juan Ariza | 1:28 |
| 5. | "Pretty Please" (Masters at Work Remix) | Lipa, Julia Michaels, Caroline Ailin, Kirkpatrick | Kirkpatrick, Juan Ariza | 1:54 |
| 6. | "Boys Will Be Boys" (Zach Witness Remix) | Lipa, Justin Tranter, Jason Evigan, Kennedi | Koz | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Love Again" (Horse Meat Disco Remix) | Lipa, Chelcee Grimes, Crosby, Wallman, Wartel, Coffee Jr., Kozmeniuk | Koz | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Break My Heart / Cosmic Girl" (Dimitri From Paris Edit) | Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Michael Hutchence, Blair Gormal, Andrew Farriss | Watt, The Monsters & Strangerz | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Levitating" (featuring Madonna & Missy Elliott) (The Blessed Madonna Remix) | Dua Lipa, Hudson, Coffee Jr., Stephen Kozmeniuk, Madonna, A. Elliott | Koz, Stuart Price | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Hallucinate" (Mr Fingers deep stripped mix) | Lipa, Sophie Frances Cooke, Samuel George Lewis | SG Lewis, Price | 1:53 |
| 11. | "Hallucinate" (Paul Woolford Remix Extended) | Lipa, Sophie Frances Cooke, Samuel George Lewistrack 12=Love Is Religion | SG Lewis, Price | 1:49 |
| 12. | "Love Is Religion" (The Blessed Madonna Remix) | Lipa, Coffee, Daniel Traynor, Hudson, Kozmeniuk, Uzoechi Emenike | Grades, Koz | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Don't Start Now" (Yaeji Remix) | Lipa, Caroline Furoyen, Emily Warren, Ian Kirkpatrick, Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjoerklund, Jürgen Korduletsch | Ian Kirkpatrick | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Physical" (featuring Gwen Stefani) (Mark Ronson Remix) | Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Coffee Jr., Jason Evigan | Evigan, Koz, Gian Stone, Lorna Blackwood | 2:39 |
| 15. | "Kiss and Make Up (Remix)" (with BLACKPINK) | Lipa, Grimes, Yannick Rastogi, Zacharie Raymond, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent, Teddy Park, Andy Armer, Randy Alper | Banx & Ranx | 2:21 |
| 16. | "That Kind of Woman" (Jacques Lu Cont Remix) | Lipa, Coffee Jr., Justin Parker, P Nelson, Sam Dew, Stevie Nicks | Parker | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Break My Heart" (Moodymann Remix) | Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Michael Hutchence, Blair Gormal, Andrew Farriss | Watt, The Monsters & Strangerz | 6:11 |
| Total length: | 50:07 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Future Nostalgia" (Joe Goddard Remix) | Dua Lipa, Jeff Bhasker, Clarence Coffee Jr. | Joe Goddard, Jeff Bhasker | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Cool" (Jayda G Remix) | Lipa, Ben Kohn, Kamille, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Shakka Philip, Tove Lo | TMS, Stuart Price | 2:06 |
| 3. | "Good In Bed" (Zach Witness & Gen Hoshino Remixes) | Lipa, David Charles Marshall Biral, Melanie Joy Fontana, Upsahl, Cameron McVey, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Jamie Morgan, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan, Paul Morley, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Ramacon | Lindgren, Take A Daytrip | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Pretty Please" (Midland Refix) | Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Kirkpatrick | Kirkpatrick, Juan Ariza | 1:28 |
| 5. | "Pretty Please" (Masters at Work Remix) | Lipa, Julia Michaels, Caroline Ailin, Kirkpatrick | Kirkpatrick, Juan Ariza | 1:54 |
| 6. | "Boys Will Be Boys" (Zach Witness Remix) | Lipa, Justin Tranter, Jason Evigan, Kennedi | Koz | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Love Again" (Horse Meat Disco Remix) | Lipa, Chelcee Grimes, Crosby, Wallman, Wartel, Coffee Jr., Kozmeniuk | Koz | 2:55 |
| 8. | "Break My Heart / Cosmic Girl" (Dimitri From Paris Edit) | Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Michael Hutchence, Blair Gormal, Andrew Farriss | Watt, The Monsters & Strangerz | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Levitating" (featuring Madonna & Missy Elliott) (The Blessed Madonna Remix) | Dua Lipa, Hudson, Coffee Jr., Stephen Kozmeniuk, Madonna, A. Elliott | Koz, Stuart Price | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Hallucinate" (Mr Fingers deep stripped mix) | Lipa, Sophie Frances Cooke, Samuel George Lewis | SG Lewis, Price | 1:53 |
| 11. | "Hallucinate" (Paul Woolford Remix Extended) | Lipa, Sophie Frances Cooke, Samuel George Lewistrack 12=Love Is Religion | SG Lewis, Price | 1:49 |
| 12. | "Love Is Religion" (The Blessed Madonna Remix) | Lipa, Coffee, Daniel Traynor, Hudson, Kozmeniuk, Uzoechi Emenike | Grades, Koz | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Don't Start Now" (Yaeji Remix) | Lipa, Caroline Furoyen, Emily Warren, Ian Kirkpatrick, Thor Baldursson, Mats Bjoerklund, Jürgen Korduletsch | Ian Kirkpatrick | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Physical" (featuring Gwen Stefani) (Mark Ronson Remix) | Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Coffee Jr., Jason Evigan | Evigan, Koz, Gian Stone, Lorna Blackwood | 2:39 |
| 15. | "Kiss and Make Up (Remix)" (with BLACKPINK) | Lipa, Grimes, Yannick Rastogi, Zacharie Raymond, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent, Teddy Park, Andy Armer, Randy Alper | Banx & Ranx | 2:21 |
| 16. | "That Kind of Woman" (Jacques Lu Cont Remix) | Lipa, Coffee Jr., Justin Parker, P Nelson, Sam Dew, Stevie Nicks | Parker | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Break My Heart" (Moodymann Remix) | Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Wotman, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss | Watt, The Monsters & Strangerz | 6:11 |
| Total length: | 50:07 | |||
Personnel[]
Album[]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Club Future Nostalgia.
- Madonna – additional vocals
- Missy Elliott – additional vocals, vocal recording (herself)
- Gwen Stefani – additional vocals
- The Blessed Madonna – DJ mix, remixing, additional production, drum programming, synthesizer
- Lauren D'Elia – engineering, vocal production (Madonna and Gwen Stefani), vocal recording (Gwen Stefani)
- Sean Solymar – assistant engineering
- Joe Goddard – remixing
- Jayda G – remixing
- Zach Witness – remixing
- Gen Hoshino – remixing
- Midland – remixing
- Masters at Work – remixing
- Horse Meat Disco – remixing
- Larry Heard – remixing
- Paul Woolford – remixing
- Yaeji – remixing
- Mark Ronson – remixing
- Jacques Lu Cont – remixing
- Moodymann – remixing
- Kaytranada – remixing
- Mike Dean – mixing, mastering
- Brandon Bost – mixing
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Matt Colton – mastering
Visualizer[]
Credits adapted from YouTube.[16]
- Blink Ink x Blink – production company
- James Papper – director
- Will Hooper – director
- Gareth Owen – producer
- Corin Taylor – producer
- Josef Byrne – executive producer
- Laura Northover – executive producer
- Rosanna Morley – production manager
- Seb Jowers – production manager
- Jamie Harris – editor
- Katie Dolan – commissioner
- Robin Velghe – artist collaborator
- Sucuk & Bratwurst – artist collaborator
- Jonathan Zawada – artist collaborator
- Actual Objects – artist collaborator
- Claire Cochran – artist collaborator
- Rick Farin – artist collaborator
- Nick Vernet – artist collaborator
- Connor Campbell – artist collaborator
- Robert Beatty – artist collaborator
- Mason London – artist collaborator
- Miza Roux – artist collaborator
- Ignasi Monreal – artist collaborator
- Saida Saetgar – artist collaborator
- Studio Dosage – artist collaborator
- Julian Glander – artist collaborator
- Victoria Vincent – artist collaborator
- Seo Young – artist collaborator
References[]
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Announces Remix Album, 'Club Future Nostalgia'"
- ↑ "Interview: The Blessed Madonna Talks 'Club Future Nostalgia'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa / The Blessed Madonna: Club Future Nostalgia Album Review"
- ↑ "Club Future Nostalgia: how Dua brought the dancefloor home"
- ↑ "The Blessed Madonna on the 'Extraordinary Experience' of 'Club Future Nostalgia' & What Missy Said About Her 'Levitating' Remix"
- ↑ "The Blessed Madonna On Creating The Dua-Verse In 'Club Future Nostalgia'"
- ↑ "The Blessed Madonna on the 'Extraordinary Experience' of 'Club Future Nostalgia' & What Missy Said About Her 'Levitating' Remix"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Chart History (Billboard 200)"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna's 'Club Future Nostalgia' Debuts at No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Chart History (Canadian Albums)"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna – Club Future Nostalgia (Official Visualiser)"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Talks 'Club Future Nostalgia'"
- ↑ "Behind The Video Album: James Papper & Will Hooper on Dua Lipa x The Blessed Madonna 'Club Future Nostalgia'"
- ↑ "Club Future Nostalgia Mixtape by James Papper x Will Hooper"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa & The Blessed Madonna – Club Future Nostalgia (Official Visualiser)"