Dua Lipa (album)

Not to be confused with the singer, Dua Lipa.

Dua LipaStudio album by Dua Lipa
General information
Released	June 2, 2017
Recorded	2013–2017
Studio	Various Atlantic, Comic Sands, Paramount, Pulse, Rocket Carousel, The Synagogue (Los Angeles, California) Eg's, HyGrade, The Music Shed, Sarm, TaP / Strongroom 7, Wendyhouse (London, UK) KasaKoz (Toronto, Canada) Modulator Music (Canada) NRG Recording Studios North Hollywood, California) Sony/ATV Woodshed (Malibu, California) Zenseven (Woodland Hills, California)
Genre	Dance-pop, Electropop, R&B
Length	Standard: 40:43 Italian Edition: 43:00 Deluxe: 60:08 Japanese Edition: 67:56 Japanese Special Edition: 79:07 Complete Edition: 29:53
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Axident, Digital Farm Animals, James Flannigan, Emile Haynie, Ian Kirkpatrick, Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk, Jon Levine, Miguel, Bill Rahko, Ten Ven, TMS, Greg Wells, Eg White, Andrew Wyatt
Dua Lipa chronology
Previous	The Only (2017)
Current	Dua Lipa (2017)
Next	Live Acoustic (2017)
Singles from Dua Lipa
1. "New Love" Released: August 21, 2015 2. "Be the One" Released: October 30, 2015 3. "Last Dance" Released: February 9, 2016 4. "Hotter Than Hell" Released: May 6, 2016 5. "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" Released: August 26, 2016 6. "No Lie" Released: November 18, 2016 7. "Scared to Be Lonely" Released: January 27, 2017 8. "Lost in Your Light" Released: April 21, 2017 9. "New Rules" Released: July 7, 2017 10. "IDGAF" Released: January 12, 2018 11. "One Kiss" Released: April 6, 2018 12. "Electricity" Released: September 6, 2018
Promotional singles from Dua Lipa
1. "Room for 2" Released: October 28, 2016 2. "Thinking 'Bout You" Released: January 6, 2017 3. "Homesick" Released: December 1, 2017 4. "Want To" Released: September 7, 2018 5. "Kiss and Make Up" Released: October 19, 2018

"Dua Lipa" is the debut self-titled studio album by British singer Dua Lipa. It was released on June 2, 2017, through Warner Bros. The album is a dance-pop, electropop, and R&B record with elements of disco, hip hop, and tropical house. It includes a sole guest appearance from Miguel, as well as additional vocals from Chris Martin of Coldplay.

The album has spawned eight singles, including the UK top 40 singles "Be the One", "Hotter Than Hell", "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", "IDGAF" and "New Rules", with the last becoming Lipa's first number-one single in the UK. "New Rules" also reached the top 10 in the United States, peaking at number six. The album received positive reviews from music critics. In October 2018, Lipa reissued the album, subtitled Dua Lipa (Complete Edition), adding seven additional tracks including "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris, which was Lipa's second number-one song and the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK, and the UK top-ten single "Electricity" with Silk City.

Background and composition

Lipa developed a love for music at an early age, influenced by her father who performed in the Kosovan rock band Oda. She began singing at the age of five and wrote her first song about how she wanted to be like her mom when she was older. Lipa played the cello in school and also auditioned for her school's choir, but was rejected after being told she could not sing. She began singing lessons after that. While living in Pristina, Kosovo during her teen years, Lipa's ambition to start a music career grew. At the age of 14, she wrote the song, "Lions & Tigers & Bears" which was inspired by The Wizard of Oz (1939). She published it on her SoundCloud page as her first demo in February 2012. Lipa determined that the smaller music industry of Kosovo did not match the type of career she wanted as she desired a "global scale" one. As a result, she relocated to London where she was born, at the age of 15. Her parents felt comfortable allowing her to move there as the daughter of one of their friends lived there.

After finishing school, Lipa took a gap year to find a manager while working at a restaurant. She was influenced by the discovery of Justin Bieber on YouTube which inspired her to take the same route as him. She began a modeling career to gain contacts in the music industry. Lipa began posting covers of songs such as "If I Ain't Got You" (2004) by Alicia Keys and "Beautiful" (2002) by Christina Aguilera on YouTube. Although her videos did not reach great popularity, she used them as a form of portfolio and took them to London clubs such as KOKO where she thought she would meet people from the music industry who she could show them to. Additionally, Lipa uploaded music to SoundCloud, gave demo CDs to radio stations and sang in advertisements. After starring in an X Factor commercial, she met a producer who offered her a publishing deal. Flummoxed by this, she contacted an online friend for help as she did not understand it. He redirected Lipa to his attorney who advised her to not take it. The lawyer was impressed by her and introduced Lipa to Ben Mawson of TAP management while she was holding meetings with management companies. She eventually signed a publishing and management deal with TAP and a record deal with Warner Records; the latter company wanted her because they did not have a big female pop artist.

Release

The album was originally scheduled to be released on 30 September 2016, but it was eventually pushed back to 10 February 2017. On 11 January 2017, Lipa announced via Twitter that the album's release had been delayed again until 2 June, as she wanted to include "new songs and exciting collaborations". The song "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" was released to iTunes on 26 August 2016, along with the reveal of the album artwork and pre-order.In April 2017, a series of animated collages for each track on the album was produced by artist Joe Webb.

Artwork

The official standard cover art for Dua's self-titled album was revealed on August 24th 2016 via Dua's Twitter account:

"I'm so excited to share my album artwork with you and thank you all for being so patient and supportive. The reason it is self-titled is because this album is me. It's a pure representation of who I am as a person and as an artist".

It features Dua in a scaly jacket and she stares longingly into the camera with wet hair covering one side of her face with shades of purple and blue. The deluxe album cover features the same picture of Dua, just with the difference in the shades, now being pink and green, while the Complete Edition features the same picture with glitter added to the background.

The image used was shot by Rankin and is an unused picture from her Hunger Magazine cover shoot. No further images by Rankin were used as press shots for the album; the album booklet features pictures shot by Markus Pritzi on February 17th 2017.

Standard edition artwork

Deluxe edition artwork

Complete edition artwork

Japan special deluxe edition artwork

Singles

1. "New Love" was released as the album's first single on August 21, 2015.
2. "Be the One" was released as the album's second single on October 30, 2015.
3. "Last Dance" was released as the album's third single on February 9, 2016.
4. "Hotter Than Hell" was released as the album's fourth single on May 6, 2016.
5. "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" was released as the album's fifth single on August 26, 2016.
6. "Lost in Your Light", featuring by Miguel, was released as the album's sixth single on April 21, 2017.
7. "New Rules" was released as the album's seventh single on July 7, 2017.
8. "IDGAF" was released as the album's eight and last single on January 12, 2018.

"New Love"

"Be the One"

"Last Dance"

"Hotter Than Hell"

"Blow Your Mind (Mwah)"

"Lost in Your Light"

"New Rules"

"IDGAF"

Promotional singles

1. "Room for 2" was released as the album's first promotional single on October 28, 2016.
2. "Thinking 'Bout You" was released as the album's second promotional single on January 6, 2017.
3. "Homesick" was released as the album's third promotional single on December 1, 2017.

"Room for 2"

"Thinking 'Bout You"

"Homesick"

Tracklist

Standard Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Genesis"	Ferras, Christy "Zee" Zakarias, Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Clarence Coffee Jr., Axident	Axident, Leroy Clampitt, Lorna Blackwood, Cameron Gower Poole	3:25
2.	"Lost in Your Light" (featuring Miguel)	Lipa, Miguel, Rick Nowels	Koz, Miguel, Lorna Blackwood	3:23
3.	"Hotter Than Hell"	Adam Midgley, Lipa, Tommy Baxter, Gerard O’Connell	Koz, Jay Reynolds, Tom Neville	3:07
4.	"Be the One"	Pawws, Digital Farm Animals, Jack Tarrant	Digital Farm Animals, Jack Tarrant	3:22
5.	"IDGAF"	Lipa, Joe Kirkland, Jason Dean, Skyler Stonestreet, MNEK, Larzz Principato	Koz, Larzz Principato	3:37
6.	"Blow Your Mind (Mwah)"	Lipa, Jon Levine, Lauren Christy	Jon Levine	2:58
7.	"Garden"	Sean Douglas, Greg Wells, Lipa	Koz, Greg Wells	3:47
8.	"No Goodbyes"	GRADES, Ilsey, Lindy Robbins, Lipa	GRADES, Koz	3:36
9.	"Thinking 'Bout You"	Adam Argyle, Lipa	Koz	2:51
10.	"New Rules"	Emily Warren, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick	Ian Kirkpatrick	3:29
11.	"Begging"	Gabe Simon, James Flannigan, Cara Salimando, Lipa	James Flannigan, Koz, Suzy Shinn	3:14
12.	"Homesick"	Chris Martin, Lipa	Bill Rahko	3:50
Total length:				40:43

Italian Special Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Dreams"	Tom Neville, Chelcee Grimes, Dua Lipa	Tom Neville	3:40
14.	"Bang Bang"	Sonny Bono	Koz	2:17
Total length:				43:00

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Dreams"	Tom Neville, Chelcee Grimes, Dua Lipa	Tom Neville	3:40
14.	"Room for 2"	Tom Neville, Autumn Rowe, Lipa	Tom Neville	3:28
15.	"New Love"	Andrew Wyatt, Emile Haynie, Lipa	Emile Haynie, Andrew Wyatt	4:31
16.	"Bad Together"	Chelcee Grimes, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Lipa	TMS	3:58
17.	"Last Dance"	Talay Riley, Koz, Lipa	Koz	3:48
Total length:				60:08

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Dreams"	Tom Neville, Chelcee Grimes, Dua Lipa	Tom Neville	3:40
14.	"Room for 2"	Tom Neville, Autumn Rowe, Lipa	Tom Neville	3:28
15.	"New Love"	Andrew Wyatt, Emile Haynie, Lipa	Emile Haynie, Andrew Wyatt	4:31
16.	"Bad Together"	Chelcee Grimes, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Lipa	TMS	3:58
17.	"Last Dance"	Talay Riley, Koz, Lipa	Koz	3:48
18.	"Hotter Than Hell" (Miike Snow Remix)	Gerard O’Connell, Tommy Baxter, Adam Midgley, Lipa	Koz	4:12
19.	"For Julian"	Eg White, Lipa	Eg White	3:36
Total length:				67:56

Japan Special Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"New Rules" (Initial Talk Remix)	Dua Lipa, Emily Warren, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick	Ian Kirkpatrick	3:44
21.	"IDGAF" (Initial Talk Remix)	Whiskey Water, Dua, MNEK, Skyler Stonestreet, Larzz Principato	Koz, Lorna Blackwood	3:27
22.	"IDGAF" (Hazers Remix)	Whiskey Water, Skyler Stonestreet, Larzz Principato, MNEK, Lipa	Hazers, Koz, Lorna Blackwood	4:00
Total length:				79:07

Complete Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Genesis"	Ferras, Christy "Zee" Zakarias, Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Clarence Coffee Jr., Axident	Axident, Leroy Clampitt, Lorna Blackwood, Cameron Gower Poole	3:25
2.	"Lost in Your Light" (featuring Miguel)	Lipa, Miguel, Rick Nowels	Koz, Miguel, Lorna Blackwood	3:23
3.	"Hotter Than Hell"	Adam Midgley, Lipa, Tommy Baxter, Gerard O’Connell	Koz, Jay Reynolds, Tom Neville	3:07
4.	"Be the One"	Pawws, Digital Farm Animals, Jack Tarrant	Digital Farm Animals, Jack Tarrant	3:22
5.	"IDGAF"	Lipa, Joe Kirkland, Jason Dean, Skyler Stonestreet, MNEK, Larzz Principato	Koz, Larzz Principato	3:37
6.	"Blow Your Mind (Mwah)"	Lipa, Jon Levine, Lauren Christy	Jon Levine	2:58
7.	"Garden"	Sean Douglas, Greg Wells, Lipa	Koz, Greg Wells
8.	"No Goodbyes"	GRADES, Ilsey, Lindy Robbins, Lipa	GRADES, Koz	3:36
9.	"Thinking 'Bout You"	Adam Argyle, Lipa	Koz	2:51
10.	"New Rules"	Emily Warren, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick	Ian Kirkpatrick	3:29
11.	"Begging"	Gabe Simon, James Flannigan, Cara Salimando, Lipa	James Flannigan, Koz, Suzy Shinn	3:14
12.	"Homesick"	Chris Martin, Lipa	Bill Rahko	3:50
13.	"Dreams"	Tom Neville, Chelcee Grimes, Dua Lipa	Tom Neville	3:40
14.	"Room for 2"	Tom Neville, Autumn Rowe, Lipa	Tom Neville	3:28
15.	"New Love"	Andrew Wyatt, Emile Haynie, Lipa	Emile Haynie, Andrew Wyatt	4:31
16.	"Bad Together"	Chelcee Grimes, Tom Barnes, Pete Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Lipa	TMS	3:58
17.	"Last Dance"	Talay Riley, Koz, Lipa	Koz	3:48
18.	"Want To"	Andrew Jackson, Lipa, ADP	Koz, ADP	3:31
19.	"Running"	Andrew Wyatt, Lipa	Koz	3:41
20.	"Kiss and Make Up" (with BLACKPINK)	Lipa, Soke, KNY Factory, Mathieu Jomphe-Lépine, Chelcee Grimes, Teddy Park, Ruffsound	Banx & Ranx	3:09
21.	"One Kiss" (with Calvin Harris)	Calvin Harris, Jessie Reyez, Lipa	Calvin Harris	3:34
22.	"Electricity" (with Silk City)	Clément Picard, Maxime Picard, Lipa, Diplo, Mark Ronson, Diana Gordon, Romy, Jr. Blender, Jake Oh, Rami Dawod	Jr. Blender, Jarami, Picard Brothers, Riton, Alex Metric, Diplo, Mark Ronson	3:58
23.	"Scared to Be Lonely" (with Martin Garrix)	Martin Garrix, Georgia Ku, Nate Campany, Kyle Shearer, Giorgio Tuinfort	Martin Garrix, Valley Girl, Giorgio Tuinfort, Lorna Blackwood	3:40
24.	"No Lie" (featuring Dua Lipa)	Andrew Jackson, Sermstyle, Emily Warren, Sean Paul	Pip, Sermstyle	3:41
25.	"New Rules" (Live)	Emily Warren, Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick	Jay Reynolds, William Bowerman, Ian Kirkpatrick	4:35
Total length:				90:01

Cut Songs

Dua worked extensively on the album from 2013 to 2017 recording over 160 songs. Dua Lipa was finally released in June 2017 to Standard, Deluxe and Japanese editions, following two delays from originally scheduled release dates September 2016 and February 2017. Due to the postponements, the tracklist underwent several changes, reflecting the ongoing creative process.

Previously released songs such as "New Love", "Last Dance", "Room for 2" and "For Julian", along with "Dreams" and "Bad Together", were originally intended for the earlier versions of the album. Notably, all of these tracks were either performed live or debuted during the 2016 UK and Hotter Than Hell Tours. These songs would later be selected as bonus tracks for the final Deluxe and Japanese editions, in order to make room for newer material created during the later 2017 recording sessions — namely the tracks "New Rules", "IDGAF", "Lost In Your Light", "Begging", and "Homesick".

Songs that were intended for earlier versions of the album and made it onto the final Standard tracklist included the previously released singles "Be The One," "Hotter Than Hell," and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)," as well as previously performed tracks "Thinking 'Bout You" and "Genesis." By the time of the final June 2017 release, the only unreleased songs from the earlier drafts that ultimately made the cut were "Garden" and "No Goodbyes".

Songs including "Afterlight", "Follow Me", "That Girl at the Party" and "Kiss and Make Up" were highly considered for the original September 2016 and February 2017 releases but were ultimately scrapped. Additionally, "Try" was cut from the final June 2017 release.

For the 2018 re-issue of the album, Dua worked on the tracks "Running" and "Want To". Both of them were created during her earlier recording sessions and debuted live in 2016, but were left unfinished. Dua selected them because she described them as unreleased "fan-favourites". She also worked on a duet with BLACKPINK in unreleased track "Kiss and Make Up". The song was originally teased in 2016, but left off the tracklist because Dua thought the song did not fit her album at the time, and also, because she wanted it to be a collaboration. Even though Dua kept working on new songs — including the track "Bad Idea" — following the release of her debut album and before beginning recording sessions for her sophomore album in January 2018, none of this newly recorded material appeared on the October 2018 re-issue.

Formatting	Indicates
S	Song or parts of it were given to somebody else
Underlined	Snippets, fragments or lyrics of the song leaked
Strikethrough	Song was not recorded by Dua
R	Song was reworked for other projects

Leaked

1. 21 Grams
2. Afterlight
3. All I Ever Wanted Was You
4. All Or Nothing
5. Already Gone
6. Autumn Rain
7. Babylon ^R
8. Bad Idea
9. Bad As We Wanna Be
10. Be Alright
11. Beautiful Nothing
12. Beg
13. Beg For It
14. Berlin Summer
15. Between A Bullet And A Heartbreak
16. Bite The Bullet (feat. Trey Campbell)
17. Blame
18. Body
19. Burnt Sugar
20. Chasing The Dragon
21. Choose
22. Cold Blooded
23. Confessions Of A Broken Heart
24. Cry Baby
25. Cryptic ^R
26. Cut
27. Daddy
28. Dead Weight
29. Dear Life
30. Deep
31. Diamonds & Crowns
32. Do It Again
33. Down Boy
34. Drinkspiration
35. Drinking
36. Drunken Kiss
37. Emergency
38. Elvis
39. Favourite Problem
40. Find My Way
41. Follow Me ^R
42. Fun
43. Funerals
44. Get Arrested
45. Good Things
46. Gravy Baby
47. Greedy ^S
48. Hard Liquor
49. Hard Work
50. High Expectations
51. High, Wild And Free
52. Homesick (2014)
53. Hooligan ^RS
54. Hot Air
55. How To Love
56. Human ^S
57. Hunters
58. I Blame Money
59. I Can't Save You
60. If I Told You
61. I'm All Yours
62. Irreversible
63. Just Good Friends
64. Kids
65. Kinda Like That
66. Kiss The Boys
67. Lies Lies Lies
68. Lights Off
69. Lipstick Blues
70. Living Life
71. Lonely
72. Looking For Trouble
73. Lose My Mind
74. Lose Myself
75. Lost In Translation
76. Lot To Love
77. Love Me Like
78. Love Me More
79. Love You Better
80. Million Dollar Smile
81. More Of You
82. Need A Cigarette
83. Need You ^R
84. New York (Mend My Broken Heart)
85. Nothing But The Lights On
86. Nothing I Wouldn't Do
87. Numb
88. O.B.E.Y
89. One More River ^S
90. On My Own (feat. Artery)
91. One For The Night
92. Overflow
93. Owe
94. Painkiller
95. Pieces
96. Pour Me A Lie
97. Private Lies
98. Quiet Moment ^S
99. Queen Of Hearts
100. Remember Me
101. Retrograde ^S
102. Requiem Lights
103. Roses & Fire
104. Rule Number 4
105. Rumors ^s
106. Runaway Child
107. Satisfied ^S
108. Save Someone
109. Say It Back
110. Set Myself On Fire
111. Should, Woulda, Coulda
112. Six Feet Under
113. Someone You're Not
114. Spilt Milk
115. Spirit
116. Stand My Ground
117. Stuck (Be The One)
118. Sunday School
119. Superhuman
120. Super Villain
121. Superstitious
122. Swing In Motion
123. Talk About It
124. Talk Myself (Out Of It)
125. Talking Body (Cover)
126. Tattoos
127. Tell Me
128. Telling It Like It Is ^RS
129. Terms & Conditions
130. Thank You Very Much ^s
131. That Girl At The Party
132. Think I'm Gonna Go
133. This Is How You Leave Me
134. Timber (Who's Laughing Now)
135. Too Late
136. Top Dollar
137. Try ^S
138. Twisted Paradise
139. Under The Lights
140. Untitled song
141. Use Me
142. Used To You ^S
143. Voodoo ^R
144. We Die Differently
145. Who Do You Love
146. Wicked & Wild
147. Worst Enemy ^R
148. You Boy
149. You The One
150. Yours

Unleaked

1. 24/7 ^S
2. A Different Way ^S
3. Come Down
4. Like Me Like That
5. Look So Good
6. Tears On The Dancefloor
7. Too Cool
8. Too Close
9. Touching Bodies
10. When It Comes To Us ^S
11. Where Do We Go From Here
12. Untitled song with Dan Nigero

Tours

(2016-2018)

• Hotter Than Hell Tour
• The Self-Titled Tour
• US and Europe Tour

(2020-2022)

• Studio 2054
• Future Nostalgia Tour

Gallery

Photoshoot

Artwork without lettering

Deluxe artwork without lettering

MQ, Full

Behind the scenes

Trivia

Original album cover.

• The original standard album art was shot by Nicole Nodland and it was leaked on July 5^th, 2016, three days ahead of the planned album preorder. Due to fans' dissatisfaction with the cover art, the preorder was pulled from digital retailers and a revised cover was revealed in late August.
• This album is notable for having one of the longest eras in mainstream pop in recent years, since "Be The One" was released in late 2015 and the last main single, "IDGAF" was released in early 2018.
• The album release was delayed by a year from its first announcement in May 2016 and pushed back twice.
• As of August 2024, Dua Lipa's debut album had more than 12 billion streams on Spotify, making her the first female artist to achieve this feat.