Dua Lipa’s disco nostalgia

Party is a word that is farthest from the mind of everybody at the moment. Have you stopped to wonder when you will be able to party again? The answer or lack of it does send shivers down one’s spine. But that is no reason not to enjoy party music. Truth to tell, if the sounds are as great as what Dua Lipa has in her new album, these can really perk up the mood even while in self isolation.

Titled Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa’s latest is all fun dance music. Well, almost. There are some cuts like Cool and Boys Will be Boys that fall under the new laid-back kind of hip-hop, but everything else is pounding disco. At only 24 years old, the British singer, songwriter and model is too young to remember the grandest party era of all time but it is what Future Nostalgia is all about.

The first dib we got into it is Don’t Start Now, the first single which, as of this writing, has already garnered 500 million streams. It is a flirty track that is ideal for the lovely Dua Lipa. You know, beautiful girl in a sexy evening mini on the dance floor. Physical, the second release, is even better. It brings back memories of Olivia Newton-John in gym duds moving to the hit song of the same title, except that Dua Lipa’s has a more hip-hop vibe.

The cut I like best though is Future Nostalgia. The title cut has this push-and-pull rhythm that could have come out of something by Donna Summer. Also sure to be a hit is Hallucinate which is also disco but infused with huge doses of house of the clubby kind. The other cuts are Levitating, Pretty Please, Love Again, Break My Heart and Good in Bed.

Future Nostalgia is an exciting collection. Dua Lipa knows it. Must be why she decided to drop the album despite the fact that other big pop stars have opted to delay their releases because of the global pandemic. She is a gutsy girl and she makes sure that we know it. Check out the lyrics of her songs and find out what she really thinks of men. Example, “I can’t teach your man how to wear his pants.” Men beware.

It may seem frivolous checking out the hits at this time. But, why not? Any diversion, especially musical, can be therapeutic. And so, here are the top sellers of the week. Leading the pack is The Weeknd that is having a remarkable time with a No. 1 selling album After Hours, a No. 1 selling single, Blinding Lights, plus some other tunes in the Hot 100.

The Top 20 singles are Blinding Lights by The Weeknd; The Box, Roddy Rich; Don’t Start Now, Dua Lipa; Heartless, The Weeknd; Circles, Post Malone; Life is Good, Future featuring Drake; Adore You, Harry Styles; Intention, Justin Bieber feat. Quavo; Say So, Doja Cat; Roxanne, Arizona Zervas.

Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi; everything i wanted, Billie Eilish; Hot Girl Bammer, blackbear; Memories, Maroon 5; Dance Monkey, Tones and I; In Your Eyes, The Weeknd; The Bones, Maren Morris; My Oh My, Camila Cabello feat. DaBaby; 10,000 Hours, Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay; and Savage by Megan Thee Stallions.

The Top 20 albums in the Top 200 are After Hours by The Weeknd; Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert; My Turn, Lil Baby; YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny; Kid Krono, Conan Gray; Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, Roddy Rich; Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone; Chilombo, Jhene Aiko; Through the Years: The Best of Kenny Rogers; Frozen II, the motion picture soundtrack by Various Artists.

Changes by Justin Bieber; kelsea by Kelsea Ballerini; 3.15.20, Childish Gambino; When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish; Colores, J Balvin; Suga, Megan Thee Stallion; Fine Line, Harry Styles; What You See is What You Get, Luke Combs; and Hot Pink by Doja Cat; and Meet the Woo V. 2 by the late Pop Smoke, the rapper who was killed in a home invasion incident last February.