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Dua Lipa Radical Optimism review: The song and dance queen's sequel will be the soundtrack to the summer, writes ADRIAN THRILLS
ADRIAN THRILLS: Her credentials as a song and dance queen are second to none, but Dua Lipa also has an impeccable sense of timing.
This third album, it should be said, isn't going to be forensically picked apart for detailed personal insights in the manner of Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department or Ariana Grande's recent Eternal Sunshine. Lipa, born in London to Kosovo Albanian parents, is dating British actor Callum Turner, who starred in the George Clooney-directed 2023 rowing film The Boys In The Boat, but she sings of relationships in more general terms, shying away from intimate revelations and retaining a certain mystique. Powered by samba-style rhythms and a playful spoken-word section, it introduces Dua's main collaborators — Australian musician Kevin Parker (of Tame Impala), British producer Danny L. Harle, Canadian songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr, and Norwegian singer Caroline Ailin (who co-wrote Lipa's 2017 breakthrough single, New Rules).
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