Dua Lipa is apparently gearing up to grace her fans with another collection of bops.
Though she has been relatively quiet on the album front in recent years, an exciting new interview suggests that the wait is almost over, and Lipa enthusiasts can look forward to a fresh sonic experience from the chart-topper.
In a recent interview published in The New York Times Style Magazine, Lipa engaged in a candid conversation that left fans with tantalizing hints about her upcoming musical project. While the Grammy-winning artist didn’t outright confirm the existence of a new album, her subtle response to a question about an impending release spoke volumes.
The article suggests Lipa’s coy dismissal was a tacit confirmation, leaving readers to believe that her third full-length album is poised for a 2024 debut.
Lipa is reportedly set on taking her music in a new and distinct direction with album number three. Inspired by the mesmerizing sounds of “1970s-era psychedelia,” Lipa’s upcoming offering promises to be a noted departure from the disco and house-infused beats of Future Nostalgia and the mellower pop stylings of her self-titled debut.
Guiding her on this creative journey is none other than Kevin Parker, the frontman of indie-pop band Tame Impala, according to reports. Throughout the past few years, he has carved a niche as a sought-after producer and songwriter for an array of musical stars.
While specifics regarding the timeline for Lipa’s new musical venture remain elusive, the piece’s confident tone and subtle hints suggest that fans won’t have to wait much longer.
Of course, the whims of the music industry are unpredictable, and the landscape may evolve, but all signs seem to point toward a 2024 release date for her eagerly anticipated third album. In the meantime, her devoted followers can find solace in the gems that populate her discography, including her latest hit.
Lipa’s most recent and current single, “Dance the Night,” introduced the Barbie soundtrack.
Slowly but surely, “Dance the Night” has been ascending the charts around the world, further cementing Lipa’s position as a pop powerhouse capable of delivering hit after hit.
Lipa’s last album Future Nostalgia arrived just when fans needed it the most — during the 2020 global pandemic. The title propelled her from the status of a rising star to a bona fide household name.
The tracks that emerged from the record, including “Don’t Start Now,” “Levitating,” and “Physical,” not only dominated airwaves but also helped her earn the coveted Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Since its release, Lipa has collaborated with several well-known artists, including Elton John, Megan Thee Stallion, Miley Cyrus, and the late rapper Pop Smoke.
David Archuleta has been through a lot in the past several years.
He came out as gay and left the Mormon church, which had been a huge part of his life. As an artist, he’s now looking to mine his past experiences – and even his trauma – to make something beautiful out of an experience that must have been incredibly difficult. That's exactly what he's managed to do with “Hell Together,” his latest single.
The former American Idol star dropped “Hell Together” last week after teasing new music was coming. The track is a gospel-tinged affair, a nod to his past and the story he tells in the song.
This time last year, none of us had ever heard the word Barbenheimer. Barbie, listed in our 2023 spring movie preview, and Oppenheimer, which was not, had yet to assert their primacy over the year's box office and pop culture conversation.
Few conceived those two films would spark a phenomenon that rippled through media, fashion, merchandising, music, and awards show after awards show after awards show.
After all the hype and hot takes, red carpet looks, historic victories and milestones, the Barbenheimer convo only really finally abated with the Oscar wins that shuffled Barbie, Ken, and Oppy off the stage in March, ushering cinema into the spring/summer season.
Kyle Griffin’s first foray into the world of news was serving as the anchor for his high school’s morning announcements program. But the then-teenager quickly realized that being an on-air personality was not for him.
“I saw at my local NBC affiliate that while the anchors and reporters were great, they were reading someone else’s words, and I wanted to be the person who wrote those words,” says Griffin. “I wanted to write the news.”
Griffin got his wish. A veteran of Seven Network Limited, NBC News Yahoo!, and the Albany, New York-based NBC affiliate WNYT, he’s currently the executive producer of MSNBC’s The Weekend, the network’s Saturday and Sunday morning news show, which launched earlier this year.
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