"New Rules" | ||||
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Single by Dua Lipa | ||||
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Released | 7 July 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
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Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Producer(s) | Ian Kirkpatrick | |||
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"New Rules" on YouTube |
"New Rules" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her eponymous debut studio album (2017). The song was written by Caroline Ailin, Emily Warren, and Ian Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick also handled the production and offered it to Lipa after it was rejected by multiple artists. The song was released through Warner Bros. Records for digital download and streaming on 7 July 2017 as the album's seventh single. It is an electropop and tropical house track with an EDM production that includes dance-pop beats and dancehall rhythms. The lyrics see Lipa giving herself a set of rules in order to get over a former boyfriend. Lipa stated that it was the breakup song that she wished she had when she was breaking up with someone.
"New Rules" was met with acclaim from music critics. The song was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards and appeared on year-end lists from publications including Billboard , The Guardian and The New York Times . Commercially, the song became Lipa's first number one single on the UK Singles Chart and reached that position in five other territories. As of March 2021 [update] it is the most streamed song by a British female in the UK and it broke the record for the most weeks on the US Mainstream Top 40 chart. It was the second-most played song of the 2010s decade on the format. Additionally, it became Lipa's first top 10 entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 6. The song is certified multi-platinum in 13 territories, including quintuple platinum in the UK and diamond in Canada, France, and Poland. The song's commercial success has been attributed to the popularity of its music video.
The music video for "New Rules" was directed by Henry Scholfield and takes place at the Confidante Hotel in Miami. It features Lipa staying at a hotel room with her friends, who prevent her from getting back together with her former boyfriend. The video was met with critical acclaim, some of whom commended its themes of female empowerment. It made Lipa the youngest female artist with a video to surpass one billion views on YouTube. The video was nominated for British Music Video of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards and Best Choreography at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. Lipa promoted the song with performances at the 2017 BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, 2018 Brit Awards and 2018 Billboard Music Awards. Remixes by Alison Wonderland, Kream and SG Lewis were released for further promotion.
"New Rules" was originally written by Caroline Ailin, Emily Warren and its producer Ian Kirkpatrick during a writing camp for English girl band Little Mix. [1] [2] Kirkpatrick also engineered and programmed the track, while Chris Gehringer mastered it and Josh Gudwin mixed it. [3] According to Warren, she was told in the early years of her career to never write a song where the male partner will not "get it", but later stopped following that because she thinks the "best writing" happens when she stops worrying about what to do and just expresses herself. She added that she applied this approach with "New Rules", whose lyrics were inspired by Ailin's struggles with the temptation of getting back together with a former boyfriend. [4] The song was passed down by a few artists, including one who thought it did not have a notable hook. [5]
In January 2017, Dua Lipa announced through her Facebook account that she was postponing the release of her eponymous debut studio album to 2 June of that year in order to record more songs. [6] After this, she traveled to Los Angeles, California, where Kirkpatrick played her "New Rules" and she recorded it. [7] The song was recorded at Zenseven Studios in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, NRG Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles and Atlantic Recording Studios in Los Angeles while the vocals were recorded at TaP Studio / Strongroom 7 in London. Chris Gehringer mastered the song at Sterling Sound in New York City. [3] When asked about the fact that she did not write the song after saying in past interviews that she preferred to write her own music, Lipa stated that her perspective had changed and that:
I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story's coming from me. But 'New Rules' is a song that I felt like I had been in the room and written. I'm so close with Emily [Warren] and Caroline [Ailin] and Ian [Kirkpatrick], who had worked on it, that I feel like it was a song they had written with me in mind. I'm proud of it as if I had been in that room. I just feel so closely to it. I guess I don't have that perspective anymore. But like I said, I still love writing everything. And I'm still going to do it. But it's a song that I feel like I can relate to on a personal level, that I also feel that when I do perform it, it becomes mine and I embody it in a different way. [7]
Musically, "New Rules" is an electropop and tropical house song. [8] [9] Constructed in verse-chorus form, the song is composed in 4
4 time and the key of A minor with a tempo of 116 beats per minute and an Am–G–F–G chord progression. [10] Running for 3 minutes and 29 seconds, [11] the EDM production includes a dance-pop beat, a dancehall rhythm, tropical house keyboards and airy drum programming similar to that used in Africa and the Caribbean. [12] [13] [14] [15] The verses include a falling bass glissando, while a synth melody and pattering drums build up to the chorus drop with bashment elements, glitchy horns and string stabs. The synth line appears again in the final chorus. [13] [16] [17] Lipa's vocals range from A3 to E5 and she adapts a "stern, schoolmarmish" tone. [10] [18] Her vocals echo with a 3/8-note ping-pong vocal-delay spin while high-feedback backing vocals also are heard. [17] To give character to her vocals, Kirkpatrick tracked her at half the speed in some parts and digitally sped them up to twice as fast. [5]
In the lyrics, the singer sets a list of rules to prevent her from getting back together with an ex-boyfriend. The rules are: "One: Don't pick up the phone, you know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone / Two: Don't let him in, you'll have to kick him out again / Three: Don't be his friend, you know you're going to wake up in his bed in the morning." [19] Lipa confessed that "[t]hey're not necessarily rules I've been able to stick by. But [they're] rules that I feel like it's important to be able to tell yourself, to tell your friends... There's a reason people break up, and it's probably the same reason why you shouldn't get back together." [20] Warren explained that the track was a self-reminder for people recovering from a break-up to not succumb to a momentary temptation since it is not "a good idea in the long term". [21] Talking about the song, Lipa explained that "'New Rules' is quite different to a lot of tracks on the album. I wanted it to feel very new [...] It's the breakup song that I wish I had when I was breaking up with someone" and that "It's about keeping your distance from someone who's bad for you. I'm setting some rules down so [that I] won't go back to that person." [22] [23]
"New Rules" was released on 2 June 2017 as the tenth track on Lipa's eponymous debut studio album; [11] it appears as the 13th track on the album's Austrian, German and Swiss version. [24] The song was released for digital download and streaming through Warner Bros. Records on 7 July 2017 as the album's seventh single. [25] It was sent for radio airplay in Italy on 28 July 2017. [26] In the United States, the song impacted adult contemporary radio on 21 August 2017 and contemporary hit radio the following day. [27] [28]
A remix of "New Rules" by Alison Wonderland was released on 25 August of that year. [14] An acoustic version of the song was released 20 October. [29] An extended play (EP) featuring remixes by Kream, Freedo, SG Lewis, MRK titled "Club Mix" as well as the one by Wonderland was released 3 November. [30] On 17 November, "New Rules" was released as a CD single in Germany, with its acoustic version as its B-side. [31] A week later, a 1980s and vaporwave-styled, Hi-NRG remix by Initial Talk was released. The DJ was inspired by "Two of Hearts" (1986) by Stacey Q and included heavy synths with SFX drums. It was accompanied by a visual featuring a fuzzy VCR footage of an old Miss Teen Canada pageant. [32] [33] The remix appears Japanese special edition of Dua Lipa and the Japanese edition of the album's 2018 reissue, Dua Lipa: Complete Edition . [34] [35]
A live piano acoustic version of "New Rules" appears as the closing track on the singer's Live Acoustic EP, released 8 December of that year. [36] The following year, another live version of Lipa's performance at the 2018 Brit Awards was released on 21 February. [37] An official live version of the song that was recorded at the 29 June 2018 stop of Lipa's world tour in San Diego was released on 6 September of that year; it appears as the closing track of Dua Lipa: Complete Edition. [38] [39] Lipa's performance of the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge was included on their 23 November 2018-released compilation album, BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2018 as the third track. [40] A different live version of the song appears as the second track on Lipa's Deezer Sessions EP, released 11 April 2019. [41]
"New Rules" received acclaim from music critics. [42] [43] AllMusic's Neil Z. Yeung complimented the song on its "house-inflected shine" in which Lipa makes "a cautionary list". [44] Writing for Clash , Alex Green felt tracks like "New Rules" demonstrate "exactly why critics picked Lipa out as one to watch [the previous year]." [16] Dayna Evans of The Cut labeled it a "breakup anthem", [45] while Melinda Newman of Billboard considered it a "female-empowerment anthem". [22] Anjali Raguraman of The Straits Times also called the song a "breakup anthem" and an "addictive, horn-laced pop tune", adding that, "The track, with its slick production and stellar vocals, oozes self-confidence and sass." [19] Ben Hogwood of musicOMH stated that the song had themes of "assertiveness and outright feminine power" and that it felt more convincing than "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" (2016). [46] Rachael Scarsbrook of Renowned for Sound opined that the song makes "sure the upbeat melodies continue long into the final moments of Lipa's record, the album may almost be over but the party is just beginning." [47]
Larisha Paul of Baeble Music deemed it as an "absolute banger" and a "timeless song". [48] On his review of the album, Sebas E. Alonso of Spanish website Jenesaispop noted that "New Rules" had influences of the music of the 1990s. [49] Alonso further included the track on his list of the best songs of August 2017, calling it a "summer hit". [50] Hannah J Davies of The Guardian stated that it was "infused with EDM and tropical house without sounding too consciously trend-chasing", [8] while Luke Holland of the same publication called it the track of the week and praised the lyrical content, though he further stated that "disposable pop is now actually this good". [51] In another review from the publication, Ben Beaumont-Thomas named the song a "powerful pop psychodrama". [18] Raisa Bruner of Time wrote that "'New Rules' works so well because it's both stylish and layered: As an escapist fantasy of girl-power, it's a triumph, but as a rallying cry to buck the status quo, it's even better." [52] In a more negative review, DIY 's Alim Kheraj stated that the song "is a flat tropically-tinged empowerment track that already sounds dated." [53]
"New Rules" appeared on 2017 year-end lists by numerous publications, including unranked lists from Esquire , [54] The Guardian, [55] Junkee [56] and The New York Times . [57] Time hailed it as 2017's best song. [52] It additionally ranked within the top 10 of year-end lists by Popjustice at number 5 and The Line of Best Fit at number 8. [58] [59] In NME and Entertainment Weekly , the song ranked at number 13 and 29 on their year-end lists. [60] [61] Stereogum placed it at number 38 on their year-end list, while Noisey thought it was 2017's 34th best song. [62] [63] The Fader named it the 82nd best song and Spin ranked it at number 97. [64] [65] Billboard ranked it at number four on the list of the best gay anthems of 2017 while the song placed at number 22 on their general list. [66] [67] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone ranked it at number 19 on his year-end list. [68] "New Rules" also placed on 2010s decade-end lists from NME (21), [69] Insider (106) [70] and Stereogum (114). [71] In June 2020, The Guardian ranked the song as the 94th best UK number one single. [18]
"New Rules" has received several awards and nominations. At the 2018 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for British Single of the Year. [72] It won best single at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in 2017. [73] It was a winning song at the 2019 BMI Pop Awards. [74] It won International Song of the Year at the LOS40 Music Awards 2018 and Best Song To Lip Sync To at the 2018 Radio Disney Music Awards. [75] [76] The song additionally received nominations for Pop Song of the Year at the 2017 The Beano Awards, [77] International Song of the Year at the 2018 Gaygalan Awards, [78] Global Hit of the Year at the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards, [79] Song of the Year at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, [80] Best Track at the 2018 NME Awards [81] and Choice Song: Female Artist at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards. [82]
The track's commercial success has been attributed to the popularity of its music video. [83] [84] In the United Kingdom, "New Rules" debuted at number 75 on the UK Singles Chart issue dated 14 July 2017. [85] In its fourth week, the song reached number nine, becoming her third top ten single on the chart following "No Lie" and "Be the One" earlier that year. [86] Two weeks later, it rose to number one, becoming Lipa's first chart-topping single in the country. [87] In doing so, it also became the first song in almost two years by a female solo artist to reach the top, since "Hello" by Adele in 2015. [88] It remained at number one the following week, [89] and spent a total of 66 weeks on the chart. [86] In 2020, the song was certified quintuple platinum from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for track-equivalent sales of 3,000,000 units in the UK. [90] As of March 2021 [update] , the song is the most streamed song by a British female artist in the UK with 261.1 million; it lands at number two overall for female artists behind "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I. [91]
"New Rules" reached the summit of charts in Ireland, the Netherlands and the Flanders region of Belgium. [92] [93] [94] In Australia, the song reached number two on the ARIA Singles Chart dated 1 October 2017, after debuting at number 46 eight weeks earlier. [25] [95] After selling 490,000 track-equivalent units, it was awarded a seven times platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). [96] In New Zealand, the song reached number three and was certified 6× platinum by the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for sales of 180,000. [97] [98] In France, the song was awarded a diamond certification from the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for selling 333,333 track-equivalent units. [99]
In the United States, "New Rules" spent two weeks on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart before entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 90 on the chart dated 19 August 2017, becoming her third entry on the ranking, after "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)" in 2016, and "Scared to Be Lonely" earlier that year. [100] [101] [102] The song later at number six the following February, becoming Lipa's first top 10 hit in the United States and her highest-peaking single on the occasion. [102] It also became Lipa's third number one on the Dance Club Songs chart and topped the Pop Songs chart for four weeks in February 2018. [103] On the Pop Songs chart dated 23 June 2018, it spent its forty-second week, becoming the track with the most weeks on the chart. [104] It was certified five times platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America for 5,000,000 track-equivalent sales in the US. [105] In Canada, "New Rules" reached number seven on the Canadian Singles Chart and was awarded a diamind certification by Music Canada (MC) for selling 800,000 track-equivalent units. [106] [107]
[I wanted to] show [in the music video for "New Rules"] that you and your friends are kind of helping each other. Your friends are the rules, they are the ones that are preventing you from making a mistake with this guy.
— Lipa talking about the music video's themes. [22]
The music video for "New Rules" was directed by Henry Scholfield, who also shot Lipa's previous visual, "Lost in Your Light". The singer invited Scholfield for a cup of tea in London in order to discuss her ideas for the clip. Lipa had saved a picture of model Naomi Campbell holding another woman in her back during a campaign in the 1980s as a "reference point", explaining that, "I loved the idea of girls looking after each other like that, holding each other, that sense of humility, that sense of strength." Lipa also had the idea of including a group of flamingos into the clip, as she considered them a good representation of female friendship. The director contacted Teresa Barcelo to choreograph the dance routine and bring that "narrative of togetherness and empowerment" into it. [45] Barcelo also took inspiration from the flamingos' movements while planning the choreography. [22] More than 200 women auditioned for the video, with eight being selected. [22]
The filming took place in June 2017 at The Confidante, a hotel located in Miami Beach that is part of the Unbound Collection brand by Hyatt. [22] Hyatt's vice president of global brands, Sandra Micek, stated that the collaboration between the artist and the hotel made sense to her because "[The Confidante's] inspiration and its name came from the notion of being a trusted friend". [108] Regarding the shooting, Scholfield commented that the camera was quite near during the dance routines, in order to film more uninterrupted single takes. [45] During an interview with NPR, Lipa commented that, "What I wanted to convey in this video is the unity and togetherness of women supporting each other, helping each other and looking after each other in a situation." [20] The visual premiered through Lipa's YouTube account on 7 July 2017. [9] After this, Hyatt released two behind-the-scenes clips of the shooting. [108]
The video starts with a shot of the outside view of The Confidante hotel and two flamingos. In the next scene, and in the context of the track, Lipa is lying on a bed, thinking of giving her ex a second chance, while her friends are by her side. As the song continues, the artist heads towards the phone to answer his call, but is stopped by one of her friends. Then, she keeps receiving advice from the women, but manages to escape to the hallway. [9] There, they perform a choreography, and return to the room. In the next scenes, the women start a sleepover, brushing each other's hair and applying lipstick on each other. [20] They change their outfits and head towards the pool, where they walk over the water.
After the song's bridge, one of the women makes plans of reuniting with her former boyfriend, but is stopped by Lipa, who gives her the advice she received at the beginning of the visual. After this, the group perform a choreography in front of the pool, in which they pull "each other in closer, in an unbreakable ring of limbs". This is Lipa and Scholfield's favorite scene, with the latter stating, "That wrapped up the whole story for me. The viewer is on the outside, but that choreography pulls you into them, and makes you a part of that connection, too." [45] The video ends with the women standing in front of the pool, with the camera turning upside-down and then showing a group of flamingos at the same location.
After the release of the music video, Lipa debuted on Billboard's Social 50 chart at number 26. [109] In February 2018, the clip surpassed one billion views on YouTube, making Lipa the youngest female artist to accomplish that. [110] The video appeared on 2017 year-end lists by Billboard (8), [111] The Guardian, [112] Pitchfork [113] and V , [114] as well as a 2010s decade-end list by the former of the four publications at number 41. [115] It was nominated for the British Music Video of the Year accolade at the 2018 Brit Awards. [72] At the 2017 UK Music Video Awards, the video won Best Pop Video and was nominated for the Vevo MUST SEE Award. [116] Additionally, it was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards, [117] International Video of the Year at the LOS40 Music Awards 2018, [75] Best Choreography at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards [80] and Best Video at the 2018 NME Awards. [81] The video was a winning video at the MTV Video Play Awards. [118]
The music video for "New Rules" was met with acclaim from critics, many of whom praised its pop visuals and themes of female empowerment. [14] [119] [120] Aliza Abarbanel of Refinery29 commented on the visual, "'New Rules', and all the epic outfits in it, perfectly encapsulates the joy of female friendship—and the joy in getting dressed up together." [121] Paper 's Claire Valentine labelled it Lipa's "strongest video so far." [122] Hafeezah Nazim of Nylon called it "a empowering visual", [123] while New Statesman writer Anna Leszkiewicz described it as a "colourful and acutely choreographed video", as well as considering it one of the best clips released in July 2017. [124] Alessia Scappaticci of The Loop praised the visual's themes of self-esteem, diversity and friendship, adding that it "definitely deserves all of the positive attention it's been getting". [125] T.L. Stanley of Adweek noted that in the plot, the women are "standing together, mirroring a current trend in pop culture and entertainment that shows women supporting each other (catfights are so yesterday)." [108] BBC reporter Mark Savage wrote that the video is "unquestionably brilliant" and should have won British Video of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. [126] Owen Myers of The Fader praised the female-empowerment themes of the clip, and furthermore commented on its importance on Lipa's career, stating that, "The release of 'New Rules' gave Lipa something else that until then mostly eluded her: credibility. She has often talked in interviews about her feminist beliefs, and taking pride in her involvement with every aspect of her music." [119]
The music video also received positive comments from artists like Lorde, Charli XCX and Tegan and Sara through their respective Twitter accounts. [20] On 12 July 2017, Lipa thanked her fans for the visual's popularity, and recommended them to use the hashtag #DuasNewRules when uploading covers of the track in order to include them on a compilation video. [109] The next day, Filmmaker Jake Wilson uploaded a gay parody of the music video using the hashtag, which drew the attention of some blogs and the artist herself. [127] [128] On 4 August 2017, the singer released the compilation video of covers and parodies of the song and the visual on her YouTube account. [129]
Lipa performed "New Rules" at the Glastonbury Festival in England on 23 June 2017. [130] On 4 October 2017, the singer performed "New Rules" on The Jonathan Ross Show , where she was accompanied by a group of dancers with whom she recreated the scenes of the music video. [131] Later that month, the artist sang the song during the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards, where she received the Best Single award for the track, and on Later... with Jools Holland . [73] [132] On 9 December, she performed "New Rules" at the Jingle Bell Ball concert in London. [133] Days later, Lipa appeared on the fifth season of Spanish musical competition La Voz , where she sang the song alongside the finalists. [134] Lipa also performed the track during the encore of The Self-Titled Tour (2017–18). [135] [136]
On 3 February 2018, Lipa sang "New Rules" and "Homesick" on Saturday Night Live . [137] Alex Robert Ross of Noisey reviewed positively the performance, calling it "ultimately professional" and praising Lipa for her vocal rendition. [138] Ten days later, she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , where she performed "New Rules" accompanied by a group of dancers wearing sleepwear similar to that of the music video. [139] The next day, Lipa sang an acoustic version of the track on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge segment. [140] On 14 February, the artist performed "New Rules" and "IDGAF" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . The performance was not aired until 19 March 2018, around the time the singer cancelled two shows in Australia to remove her wisdom teeth. [141] This led journalist Richard Wilkins, thinking the performance occurred on the air date, to accuse the singer of lying on Nine News . Lipa responded through her Twitter account, indicating the difference between the dates and stating that she was still recovering from the surgery in Australia. [142] Although Wilkins apologised, the artist later told KIIS-FM that she have found his comments "dangerous" and "really upsetting". [143]
Lipa performed "New Rules" during the 2018 Brit Awards on a summer-styled stage, moments after winning the British Female Solo Artist accolade. Billboard's Rachel George deemed the performance as "girl-power inspired". [144] [145] Lipa's appearance helped her eponymous debut studio album, which had previously peaked at number five, to reach number three on the UK Albums Chart. [146] [147] On 20 May 2018, the artist performed "New Rules" at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. [148] Six days later, Lipa sang the track as part of a medley of her most successful songs during the opening ceremony of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final in Kyiv, Ukraine. [149] The song was later included on the setlist of Lipa's 2022 Future Nostalgia Tour. [150]
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Weekly charts | Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [96] | 7× Platinum | 490,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [278] | 2× Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [279] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [107] | Diamond | 800,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [280] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [99] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [281] | 2× Platinum | 800,000‡ |
Ireland | — | 100,000 [note 2] |
Italy (FIMI) [283] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [98] | 6× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [284] | 3× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [285] | Diamond | 250,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [286] | 4× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [287] | 4× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [90] | 5× Platinum | 3,100,000 [288] |
United States (RIAA) [105] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Sweden (GLF) [289] | 4× Platinum | 32,000,000† |
Japan (RIAJ) [290] | Gold | 50,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 7 July 2017 | Original | Warner Bros. | [25] | |
Italy | 28 July 2017 | Radio airplay | [26] | ||
United States | 21 August 2017 | Adult contemporary radio | [28] | ||
22 August 2017 | Contemporary hit radio | [27] | |||
Various | 25 August 2017 |
| Alison Wonderland remix | [291] | |
20 October 2017 | Acoustic | [29] | |||
3 November 2017 | Remixes EP | [30] | |||
DACH | 17 November 2017 | CD single | Original / acoustic | [31] | |
Various | 24 November 2017 |
| Initial Talk remix | [292] | |
21 February 2018 | Live at the BRITs | [37] | |||
6 September 2018 | Live | [38] |
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"No Lie" is a song by Jamaican rapper Sean Paul featuring British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, from the former's first EP, Mad Love the Prequel (2018). The song was written by Paul, Andrew Jackson, Emily Warren, Sermstyle, and Pip Kembo. Production and co-production were handled by Sermstyle and Kembo, respectively. It was released through Island Records on 18 November 2016 as the lead single from the EP. The song was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.
"Scared to Be Lonely" is a song recorded by Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa. It was written by Giorgio Tuinfort, Nathaniel Campany, Kyle Shearer, and Georgia Ku, while the production was handled by Tuinfort, Valley Girl, and Lorna Blackwood. The song was released for digital download and streaming as a standalone single on 27 January 2017 by Stmpd Rcrds and Epic Records, after being premiered by Garrix at the 2017 AVA Festival a month earlier. It was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.
"IDGAF" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her eponymous debut studio album (2017). The song was written by Lipa, MNEK, Larzz Principato, Skyler Stonestreet, and Whiskey Water, with Koz handling the production. It was released for digital download and streaming on 12 January 2018 as the eighth and final single from the album. A pop song, Lipa uses a deadpan vocal delivery, backed by an electro palm-muted electric guitar riff and a militaristic drum line. Lyrically, the song is about an ex-boyfriend who intends to get back with the singer, who is uninterested.
"One Kiss" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris featuring English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa. The song was released for digital download and streaming as a standalone single, through Columbia Records and Sony Music on 6 April 2018. It was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album, and on Harris' seventh studio album, 96 Months (2024). The song was written by Harris and Lipa alongside Canadian singer Jessie Reyez, with Harris solely handling the production. It is a garage house, dance-pop, eurodance, tropical house, deep House, diva house & funk House song with 1990s, electro house, eurodance, funky disco, funk house, psychedelic electropop, UK garage, UK funky and '90s-style house elements. Horns, organs, and a synth-line are featured within the song, as well as house beats. Lyrically, the song is about instantly falling in love with a romantical interest after a kiss.
"Electricity" is a song by British-American music duo Silk City and English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa featuring American DJ Diplo and British-American DJ Mark Ronson. The song was written by Silk City members: Ronson and Diplo, alongside Lipa, Diana Gordon, Romy Madley Croft, Jr Blender, Maxime Picard, Clément Picard, Jacob Olofsson and Rami Dawod. The production was handled by Silk City with additional production from Picard Brothers, Jarami, Riton, Alex Metric, and Blender. It was released for digital download and streaming through Columbia Records and Sony Music on 6 September 2018 as the fourth single from Silk City's debut 2019 extended play (EP) of the same name. The song was later included on Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018), the super deluxe reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album.
"Kiss and Make Up" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa and South Korean girl group Blackpink from Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018), the reissue of the former's eponymous debut studio album. The song was written by Lipa, Chelcee Grimes, Yannick Rastogi, Zacharie Raymond, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent, and Teddy Park, while production was handled by Banx & Ranx. It was released through Warner Bros. Records as the final promotional single from all editions of the album on 19 October 2018, alongside the reissue's release.
"Swan Song" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa for the soundtrack of 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. The singer co-wrote the song with Justin Tranter, Kennedi Lykken, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson and Tom Holkenborg, while the production was handled by Mattman & Robin. Holkenborg also composed the soundtrack and orchestrations he created for it are used in the song. Announced in December 2018, the song was released for digital download and streaming on 24 January 2019 through Warner Bros. Records as the soundtrack's lead single.
Caroline Furøyen, also known by her stage name Caroline Ailin, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter based in London. She co-wrote "New Rules", a single by Dua Lipa which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and US pop radio in 2017. In 2019 Ailin, along with her collaborators Ian Kirkpatrick and Emily Warren, wrote the hit Dua Lipa song "Don't Start Now", for which they received nominations for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. She has also worked with a variety of other acts including, Zedd, Katy Perry, Clean Bandit, Ellie Goulding, Ella Mai, Louis the Child, MØ, and numerous others.
"Don't Start Now" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa. Lipa wrote the song with Caroline Ailin, Emily Warren, and its producer Ian Kirkpatrick. The song was released for digital download and streaming by Warner Records on 31 October 2019, as the lead single from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). A nu-disco song, it features a funk bassline, inspired by music by the Bee Gees, Daft Punk and Two Door Cinema Club. Elements used in the production include handclaps, a crowd noise, cowbells, synth bursts and accented strings. Lyrically, Lipa celebrates her independence and instructs a former lover to forget about their past relationship.
"Physical" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). Lipa wrote the song with Jason Evigan, Clarence Coffee Jr. and Sarah Hudson, taking inspiration from 1980s music and the 1983 film Flashdance. It was produced by Evigan and Koz, and stemmed from a Persian flute synth sample that was played by the former. An uptempo dance-pop, power pop and synth-pop song, the song features a chugging synth bassline, drums and various percussion instruments. Lipa uses a spoken word, belting and chanting vocal delivery. The lyrics describe the honeymoon phase of a relationship and the importance of trusting one's instincts.
"Levitating" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa, Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, and Koz, who produced the song with Stuart Price, and stemmed from a Roland VP-330 synthesizer sample played by Koz. The song is an electro-disco and nu-disco song with several disco tropes. It incorporates elements of dance-pop, pop-funk, power pop and space rock, as well as 1970s, 1980s and 1990s pop and R&B styles. The lyrics describe the idea of "levitating" when falling in love, with several outer space references.
"Break My Heart" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, and Andrew Watt, while the production was handled by Watt alongside the Monsters & Strangerz. Due to a similarity to the guitar riff in INXS's 1987 song "Need You Tonight", band members Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence are also credited as writers, and the similarity is credited as an interpolation. The song was released for digital download and streaming through Warner Records as the third single from Future Nostalgia on 25 March 2020. It is a retro-futuristic dance-pop and disco-funk song with elements of house and 1980s music that is set to a Europop beat. A vulnerable song, it sees Lipa questioning whether a new love will leave her broken-hearted.
"Fever" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa and Belgian singer Angèle from the French edition of the former's second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by the singers alongside Caroline Ailin, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Julia Michaels and the sole producer Ian Kirkpatrick. It was originally intended to be placed on the standard edition of the album as a solo version by Lipa. The song was released for digital download and streaming on 29 October 2020, through Warner Records as a single. It is a dance-pop, deep house and nu-disco song with 2000s Eurodance elements and a disco-pop production that features Afrobeat-tinged synth-pop beats. Lyrically, the song uses a metaphor of infatuation to demonstrate a sickness and addresses the excitement of being with someone where one almost develops a fever, with the two singers acting as counterpoints to one and other.
"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" is a song by English singer and songwriter Elton John and English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from the former's 32nd studio album, The Lockdown Sessions (2021). It was released on 13 August 2021 as the lead single from the album for digital download and streaming in various countries by EMI and Mercury. Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, the collaboration between the artists was a testament to their friendship, which was established in November 2020. The song is a medley of four songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, as well as Andrew Meecham, Dean Meredith, Nicholas Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Sam Littlemore, with the production completed by the latter three as part of the dance music group Pnau. Interpolating John's songs "Rocket Man" (1972), "Kiss the Bride" (1983), "Sacrifice" (1989) and "Where's the Shoorah?" (1976), the remix is an upbeat contemporary synth-pop, dance, dance-pop and pop song describing the decline of a relationship.
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