The Daily Spin, October 4
Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia
Welcome back to the Daily Spin, the series in which I review 365 albums during 2023.
Each album will be given a rating on a scale from 0 to 10. You can look at the entire set here. Additionally, you can check out a list of my favorite song from each album right here.
Album: Future Nostalgia (2020)
Artist: Dua Lipa
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Unintentionally, this week has been a bit of a review of albums that were indisputably hit by the pandemic harder than most - earlier this week with Possession, and now with a much bigger album, one that weathered the crisis better - Future Nostalgia.
It’s not hard to see why - Dua Lipa’s electronica-filtered pop is a joy to touch on time and time again, and two songs over a billion streams make it clear what a fantastic reception this album enjoyed. Spotify’s 9th-biggest artist, with 72.6 million monthly listeners, and the platforms’ 16th-biggest artist by total streams - ever - is undeniably a tour de force at this point in the world of music, largely through a danceable sound, reliant on grooves and Dua Lipa’s chameleonic voice, the sort which can mold itself to just about any beat in a way that feels effortless.
Though I rarely dip my fingers into pop of most flavors, this is about as palatable as I find it, syrupy synths, the occasional sample, and a sultry vocalist that can bridge any shortcomings in the music itself - especially when, on an album like this, there are very few.
Rating: 9.1/10
Best Tracks: Cool; Levitating; Break My Heart
Worst Tracks: Pretty Please