| Not to be confused with the singer, Dua Lipa. |
"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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Lipa played the cello in school and also auditioned for her school's choir, but was rejected after being told she could not sing.[5] She began singing lessons after that. While living in Pristina, Kosovo during her teen years, Lipa's ambition to start a music career grew.[6] At the age of 14, she wrote the song, "Lions & Tigers & Bears" which was inspired by The Wizard of Oz (1939).[7] She published it on her SoundCloud page as her first demo in February 2012.[8] 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.[9]
After finishing school, Lipa took a gap year to find a manager while working at a restaurant.[10] 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.[11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14]
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.
Singles[]
- "New Love" was released as the album's first single on August 21, 2015.[15]
- "Be the One" was released as the album's second single on October 30, 2015.[16]
- "Last Dance" was released as the album's third single on February 9, 2016.[17]
- "Hotter Than Hell" was released as the album's fourth single on May 6, 2016.[18]
- "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" was released as the album's fifth single on August 26, 2016.[19]
- "Lost in Your Light", featuring by Miguel, was released as the album's sixth single on April 21, 2017.[20]
- "New Rules" was released as the album's seventh single on July 7, 2017.[21]
- "IDGAF" was released as the album's eight and last single on January 12, 2018.[22]
Promotional singles[]
- "Room for 2" was released as the album's first promotional single on October 28, 2016.[23]
- "Thinking 'Bout You" was released as the album's second promotional single on January 6, 2017.[24]
- "Homesick" was released as the album's third promotional single on December 1, 2017.[25]
Tracklist[]
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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[]
- Bold and Underlined typing indicates that the full studio version has been leaked.
- S indicates that the song or parts of it were given to somebody else.
- 21 Grams
- A Different Way
- Afterlight
- All Or Nothing
- Already Gone
- Babylon
- Bad Idea
- Beautiful Nothing
- Beg
- Beg For It
- Berlin Summer
- Between A Bullet And A Heartbreak
- Bite The Bullet (with Trey Campbell)
- Blame
- Chasing The Dragon
- Choose
- Come Down
- Cry Baby
- Cryptic
- Daddy
- Deep
- Do It Again
- Do More
- Down Boys
- Drinking
- Drunken Kiss
- Emergency
- Favourite Problem
- Follow Me
- Fun
- Get Over You
- Good Things
- Greedy
- Hard Liquor
- High, Wild And Free
- Hooligan
- Human
- I Can't Save You
- I Was Like
- Intermission
- Irreversible
- It's Too Late
- Just Friends
- Kinda Like That
- Like Me Like That
- Living Life
- Lonely
- Look So Good
- Looking For Trouble
- Lose Myself
- Lost In Translation
- Lot To Love
- Love You Better
- More Of You
- Need You
- New York (Mend My Broken Heart)
- On My Own (with Tinie Tempah)
- One For The Night
- One More River
- Overflow
- Owe
- Pieces
- Pour Me A Lie
- Quiet Moment
- Remember Me
- Requiem Lights
- Retrograde
- Roses And Fire
- Rudimental
- Rule Number 4
- Rumors
- Runaway Child
- Running Out
- Satisfied
- Save Someone
- Set Myself On Fire
- Six Feet Under
- Someone You're Not
- Stand My Ground
- Stuck (Be The One)
- Super Villain
- Superstitious
- Talk Myself (Out Of It)
- Tattoos
- Telling It Like It Is
- Terms And Conditions
- Thank You Very Much
- That Girl At The Party
- Too Close
- Too Cool
- Top Dollar
- Try
- Twisted Paradise
- Under The Lights
- Use Me Up
- Used To You
- Voodoo
- Wake Up Alone
- Want It All
- We Die Differently
- When It Comes To Us
- Where Do We Go From Here
- Wicked And Wild
- Worst Enemy
- You Boy
- You The One
- Yours
Tours[]
(2016-2018)[]
(2020-2022)[]
Gallery[]
Photoshoot[]
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Behind the scenes[]
Trivia[]
- The original standard album art was shot by Nicole Nodland and it was leaked on July 5th, 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.
References[]
- ↑ "'Era' dhe 'ODA': Rikthim, sukses, pasion!"
- ↑ "Meet your new favourite popstar Dua Lipa – just don't call her the new Lana Del Rey"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Is the Anti–Pop Star"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa: 'I wrote my first song aged four or five'"
- ↑ BBC News - "Dua Lipa: A pop star in waiting"
- ↑ "A Tale of Two Cities"
- ↑ "Interview: 2016 Must-Know – Dua Lipa"
- ↑ "Lions & Tigers & Bears by Dua Lipa"
- ↑ Rolling Stone - "Dua Lipa: Dancing in the Dark"
- ↑ The New York Times - "Dua Lipa's unplanned, Uncertain, Unprecedented Album Launch"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Recovered from a Rough Modeling Career to Become a Pop Sensation"
- ↑ "Meet Dua Lipa, a Restless Spirit with a Mighty Big Voice"
- ↑ ABC News - "How Dua Lipa went from aspiring singer to one of today's top global female pop stars"
- ↑ "Artists have the best chance of success when they get things rolling themselves"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa airs her visuals for Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt-produced single 'New Love'"
- ↑ "Song Stories: Dua Lipa, 'Be the one'"
- ↑ "Hell Yes! Here's Dua Lipa's New Tune 'Last Dance'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Performed a Sinuous 'Hotter Than Hell' on 'Fallon'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Stomps Back Into the Spotlight on 'Blow Your Mind (Mwah)'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa talks Lost In Your Light, her debut album & more!"
- ↑ "Ian Kirkpatrick on helping create Dua Lipa's 'New Rules' and other weirdo mega-hits"
- ↑ Rolling Stone - "Watch Dua Lipa Bring Live Band, Mirrors to 'IDGAF' 'Colbert' Performance"
- ↑ Dua Lipa opens up her 'Room for 2' with new video
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Releases Soulful Ballad 'Thinking 'Bout You': Listen"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa on how her 'surreal' meeting with Chris Martin led to 'Homesick'"
- ↑ Amazon - Dua Lipa (Italian Special Edition)
- ↑ iTunes - Dua Lipa (Deluxe)
- ↑ Dua Lipa / デュア・リパ」｜ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン
- ↑ Dua Lipa（Japan Special Edition） / デュア・リパ（ジャパン・スペシャル・エディション）
- ↑ iTunes - Dua Lipa (Complete Edition)
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| Artists | Dua Lipa • Miguel • Chris Martin • BLACKPINK • Sean Paul • Silk City • Martin Garrix • Calvin Harris |
|---|---|
| Standard tracks | "Genesis" • "Lost In Your Light" • "Hotter Than Hell" • "Be the One" • "IDGAF" • "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" • "Garden" • "No Goodbyes" • "Thinking 'Bout You" • "New Rules" • "Begging" • "Homesick" |
| Deluxe tracks | "Dreams" • "Room for 2" • "New Love" • "Bad Together" • "Last Dance" |