Dua Lipa.Photo:Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
In the video, a journalist and the “Levitating” singer walk up to a man who doesn’t recognize her but admits he’s “heard of Dua Lipa.”
The clip then played back to the moment the idea came to light: “Dua, you have a new song coming out soon,” the journalist said. “Shall we go and play it to someone outside theBBCbefore anyone else in the world has heard it?”
Then, the duo is seen sitting outside on a table as they scope out their prospects.
“We need to be careful about who we pick here. We can go for someone who might not be a Dua Lipa fan,” he said. Lipa, 28, responded, “I think that’s kind of what we’re looking for.”
Once they spot the right candidate, they walk up to the man and tell him that he’s about to hear her new song.
As he listened to the track with earphones on, he smiled and nodded his head.
“Excellent,” he said. “It’ll be impossible not to like it… It was enjoyable, bouncy. I’d dance along to that.”
Dua Lipa.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Samir Hussein/WireImage
He added, “Really nice to meet you. I feel privileged if you’re the real person.”
Lipaannounced the song earlier this monthon social media and shared the single artwork.
Lipa has pulled a few stunts herself in the lead up to the announcement. The news of “Houdini” comes after the “Don’t Start Now” singer wiped herInstagramand TikTok and changed her profile picture on Instagram to a new photo of herself and to a kaleidoscopic image onTikTok,Xand streaming platforms.
Fans are speculating “Houdini” launches Lipa’s next album era. The star last released a full-length album in 2020 with the acclaimed, Grammy-winning recordFuture Nostalgia, featuring some of her biggest songs to date like “Levitating" and “Break My Heart.”
Although it’s been three years since the pop star released an LP, she’s dropped several popular singles since then. Most recently, the recording artist contributed “Dance the Night,”along with producer Mark Ronson, to theBarbiesoundtrack.
“Houdini” is out Friday.
source: people.com
