Dua Lipa – golden cult

From floating eggs to dancing cowboys, Dua Lipa’s newly released music video of the song “Love again” is full of surprises.

From “Fever” – done in collaboration with Angèle – to her debut single “rules”, Dua Lipa has yet to disappoint when it comes to the music videos that come with her songs. In her new music video of her song “Love again” from the album “Future Nostalgia”, she illustrates a new, different way of portraying the cowgirl/rodeo theme.

The music video starts with a cowboy hat, levitating around corridors to finally reach a large room where Dua Lipa can be found sitting on an automated bull.

We can then see video sequences of her riding the bull-that is sometimes invisible-, and dancing- surrounded by eggs – with a team of cowboys and cowgirls whose faces are painted like clowns. Three cowboys can also be seen trying to lasso a big, levitating egg.

The music video also emphasizes color with the singer seen mixing paint in a bowl and colorful LED seen put on the electric bull and horses shown in the video as well as Dua Lipa herself.

The sequence of events in this video is confusing, but that’s also what makes its charm. Instead of giving fans a romantic music video as is expected for a song that talks about loving again, Dua Lipa gives the people a video that has nothing to do with romance at first glance. Full of beautiful outfits and intriguing, almost surrealist visuals, this video delivers an interesting follow-up to the song “Love again”.

Only one hour after the release of the music video, it has reached 462,692 views on YouTube and seems to be well received by fans of the singer.

Dua Lipa and Angèle: the collab we didn’t know we needed.

The Belgium singer Angèle and the British singer Dua lipa shocked the world on the 6 of November by releasing the single “Fever”. The song released on dua lipa’s album, along with its music video, certainly turned out to be one of the most interesting singles of 2020.

For one, the duality between Angèle’s soft melodious voice and Dua Lipa’s deep timber made for a beautiful contrast. Each of them bought out the telling characteristics of the other and made for a very well textured sound.

The mix between french and English also added to the songs’ charm. It was very interesting to see Angèle and dua lipa sing in languages other than the one we are used to hearing from them. It added another layer of novelty to this collaboration.

Finally, the music video was a refreshing derivation from the extravagant and complex music videos fans are used to seeing on screen. The casual and intimate atmosphere found in the singers’ supposed night stroll in London touches on people’s daily lives. It feels human in its imperfections as well as in the conversations and night sounds let in to make it feel genuine. It doesn’t paint the artists as two international stars but as two friends just having some fun. With the pandemic around, people miss this kind of casual fun they used to take for granted.

All of these characteristics made “fever” a great addition to pop music.

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