Future Nostalgia is the second studio album by English singer Dua Lipa, released on 27 March 2020 by Warner Records.
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Future Nostalgia is the second studio album by English singer Dua Lipa, released on 27 March 2020 by Warner Records.
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At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Future Nostalgia was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Vocal Album, whilst "Don't Start Now" was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
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Future Nostalgia was succeeded by its remix album, Club Future Nostalgia, released on 28 August 2020.
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Future Nostalgia further elaborated that she wanted to start fresh with her new album, but she would always have her memories.
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On 1 December 2019, Lipa revealed the album title through a tattoo on her left bicep with the title, Future Nostalgia, while announcing its accompanying arena tour of the same name and that the album would be released in 2020.
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Future Nostalgia wears long white gloves, which she holds the steering wheel with.
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Future Nostalgia wanted to create a record with the nostalgic memories of her childhood and the music her parents listened to and put a modern spin on it with futuristic elements, which is why she ultimately went with the title.
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Future Nostalgia challenged herself to break out of her comfort zone to make music could sit alongside her favorite classic pop songs, being inspired by Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Moloko, Blondie, and Outkast.
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Future Nostalgia opens with its title track, a playful and fun synth-pop and electro-funk song, with house, hip hop, and disco elements.
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Future Nostalgia uses her lower-register vocals, over a production consisting of cowbells, accented disco strings, and a rhythm guitar loop.
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Future Nostalgia performed acoustic versions of "Break My Heart" and "Pretty Please" for the FIFA 21 world premiere.
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Laura Snapes of The Guardian complimented Lipa's choice of songs, writing "The 11-track Future Nostalgia offers neither features nor filler, and makes a strident case for Lipa as a pop visionary, not a vessel".
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Michael Cragg of Crack summarised the album as "packed with full-throttle choruses, supple melodies and lashings of attitude, Future Nostalgia is a neon-hued sound of one of the world's biggest pop stars smashing it out of the park".
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Future Nostalgia placed in the top ten of the year-end lists of several publications, including being viewed as 2020's best album by Entertainment.
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In October 2021, the BBC's music correspondent Mark Savage noted that Future Nostalgia was the only British album released since the start of 2020 to have been certified Platinum by the BPI.
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Just like in the UK, Future Nostalgia entered the Australian album chart at number two before rising to the top in April 2020.
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Future Nostalgia was one of the UK's most-played artist in 2020 as the album "proved to be the soundtrack to many people's quarantine, with its uplifting disco anthems providing the perfect antidote to isolation".
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