"Homesick" is the twelfth track from Dua Lipa's self-titled debut album, Dua Lipa. It was released on December 1, 2017 through Warner Bros., as the album's third promotional single.
Release and promotion[]
Lipa first revealed the collaboration on May 8, 2017, during a performance in Singapore.[1] The song was a last-minute addition to Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.[2] "Homesick" was released on June 2, 2017 as the twelfth and closing track on the album;[3] it appears as the fifteenth track on the Austrian, German and Swiss version of the album. The song was later released for digital download and streaming on December 1, 2017, as the third promotional single from the album.[4] It was promoted to top 40 and adult contemporary radio formats in Belgium and the Netherlands a week later.[5][6]
"Homesick" was performed as the encore during Lipa's The Self-Titled Tour (2017–2018).[7] She also performed the song with Martin in 2017 during Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams Tour, where she served as the opening act.[8] On November 4, 2017, Lipa performed the song on Later... with Jools Holland, alongside "Be the One" and "New Rules". On December 8, 2017 and February 3, 2018, she performed it alongside "New Rules" on Sounds Like Friday Night and Saturday Night Live, respectively.[9][10] The latter performance was met with mixed reviews, however critics judged it to be a successful encore.[11] On May 20, 2018, Lipa performed the song at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards as part of the Xfinity Encore Performance.[12] Lipa performed the song as a duet with Pablo Alborán at the LOS40 Music Awards 2018, on November, 2 of that year.[13]
Writing and production[]
While in a planning meeting, Dua Lipa was asked by a woman named Caroline who she would love to work with.[14] Lipa jokingly responded that she would love to work with Chris Martin. Caroline had worked with Coldplay for a number of years and asked Lipa to let her know if there is anything she could send to Martin, although he was really busy at the time.[15] Lipa thought Caroline was just being polite, but decided to send Martin some unreleased tracks anyway. Caroline later sent Lipa an email that read that Martin really enjoyed her work and requested that she meet him at a studio in Malibu, California.[16] When Lipa went to the studio and Martin was there with his engineer Bill Rahko. Lipa then played them everything she had, where Martin began dancing around the room, writing down song titles and being really attentive, listening to everything, and wanting to know every song's meaning. Lipa recalled Martin enjoying "New Rules" (2017) and found it really surreal in those moments. Martin also looked at Lipa's notes on her laptop where she had ideas for future albums.[17]
In one of Lipa's last trips to Los Angeles to finish her debut album, they arranged a second session at Woodshed Recording Studio in Malibu. Before writing, Lipa and Martin already came up with title, "Homesick". At first, Lipa was only supposed to sing but she begged Martin to sing along with her as she thought it sounded better. Rahko ended up handling the production and engineering with Alekes Von Korff serving as an assistant engineer. Lipa's vocals were later recorded at TaP Studio / Strongroom 7 in London. Mixing was handled by DJ Swivel, while mastering was done by John Davis at Metropolis Studios in London.[18] Despite sharing the same title, It is in no way related to the unreleased song Homesick, intended for the Self Titled album.
Videos[]
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Dua Lipa]
Here, where the sky's falling
I'm covered in blue
I'm running and I'm crawling
Fighting for you
When the rain stops, then, darling, what will I do?
And I know I go all in, but why do I?
[Chorus: Dua Lipa]
You give me a reason, something to believe in
I know, I know, I know
You give me a meaning, something I can breathe in
I know, I know, I know
It's a bittersweet feeling
Longing, and I'm leaving
I go, I go, I go
But I wish I was there with you
Oh, I wish I was there with you
[Verse 2: Dua Lipa & Chris Martin]
There's a crack in my window
A bird in my room
Angels all over that watch over you
When I'm walking on water
All my dreams have come true
Still, nothing means nothing
Without you, you
[Chorus: Dua Lipa & Chris Martin]
You give me a reason, something to believe in
I know, I know, I know
You give me a meaning, something I can breathe in
I know, I know, I know
It's a bittersweet feeling
Longing, and I'm leaving
I go, I go, I go
Tell my heart to lie, but I know deep inside it's true
That I wish I was there with you
That I wish I was there with you
Oh, I wish I was there with you
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: Dua Lipa & Chris Martin]
You give me a reason, something to believe in
I know, I know, I know
You give me a meaning, something I can breathe in
I know, I know, I know
It's a bittersweet feeling
Longing, and I'm leaving
I go, I go, I go
Tell my heart to lie, but I know deep inside it's true
That I wish I was there with you
That I wish I was there with you
Oh, I wish I was there with you
Personnel[]
- Dua Lipa – Vocals
- Chris Martin – Additional vocals, piano
- Bill Rahko – Production, engineering
- Alekes Von Korff – Assistant engineering
- Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – Mixing
- John Davis – Mastering
References[]
- ↑ "Dua Lipa collaborates with Coldplay's Chris Martin for a track on her debut album"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa: How the rising star put herself on the path to pop's premier league"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa's Self-Titled Debut Album Has Arrived"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa – Homesick"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa scoort Alarmschijf met Homesick"
- ↑ "Top Song voor Dua Lipa en Chris Martin – Nieuwsbericht"
- ↑ "Review: Dua Lipa brings sassy self-titled tour to Brighton"
- ↑ "Coldplay shows in Brazil will be opened by Dua Lipa and Jon Hopkins" (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Sounds Like Friday Night, Series 1, Episode 6"
- ↑ "Watch Dua Lipa Bring 'New Rules,' 'Homesick' to 'SNL'"
- ↑ "Singer Dua Lipa's Pop Music Breaks Boundaries"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa to Perform 'Homesick' Following the Billboard Music Awards on Xfinity"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa y Pablo Alborán sorprenden cantando juntos 'Homesick' en LOS40 Music Awards"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Explains How London Rain Inspired Her Chris Martin Collaboration 'Homesick': Watch"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa: How the rising star put herself on the path to pop's premier league"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa on how her 'surreal' meeting with Chris Martin led to 'Homesick'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa: 'Chris Martin made me feel really calm'"
- ↑ "Dua Lipa Is Changing the Rules of Pop Music"