Dua Lipa's 'Radical Optimism' Is a Joyful Blast of Savvy Pop: Album Review

In THE promotional blitz running up has her third album, "Radical Optimism," Doua Lipa continuously wax intellectual about self-realization And THE freedom that come Since growth, stimulated by situations both GOOD And bad. "I think It is important that We just learn has to walk through THE fire And not hide far Since he," She said Variety In March. "It is just optimism. It is probably THE most bold thing We can TO DO. Sometimes. »

It is A ethos She applies has THE album has big. "Optimism" East A blast of popular wise, impregnated with romantic tales of reckless give up And THE ornaments And benefits that come with he. But THE heady explanations She welded on THE album In interviews were not Really necessary; THE maturity of "Optimism" speak For himself, mostly In THE production, performance And songwriting, which see Lipa has her most accomplished. If her last album, "Future Nostalgia," was about escape, SO "Optimism" East about to confront THE realities that TO DO We WHO We are, And THE often harsh truths that come Since that.

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Her last arrived four years After "Nostalgia," A exercise In disco opulence that landed has just THE RIGHT time. He was A parachute Since THE darkness of THE pandemic, And a lot as Lady Gaga "Chromatic" released just two month later, he Free reprieve And comfort In It is exuberance, A distraction Since THE horrors of THE world And A reminder that dance the music withdraw lived lit.

She doesn't lost view of What makes dance-pop SO convincing on "Optimism," And only built on he. Lipa surrounded A team of the musicians — Tame The Impala Kevin Parker, Tobias Jesse Jr., Dany L. Harlé — has make A world has It is own, Since THE thrust of "These Walls" has THE French touch of "Illusion." It is has once satiating And electrifying. Lipa is not it A ballad artist, Or A has infuse her music with THE beliefs She actions out of he. In her newsletter Service95, For example, She short A book club, And actions stories of social justice And activism.

But "Optimism" is not it about any of them of those things, Or how She describe THE album. It is A direct popular save dressed up And perfected In THE path that THE best popular music do, gussiner up THE constructions And conventions of THE gender while ignore All out of he. Lipa has widely talked about growth, And here he shines particularly In her singing. THE tattered edges And skillful flexibility of her tenor to carry Deeper weight on "Optimism." On "Fall Forever," which speeds with A concerted gallop, She sung with A open throat as THE Chorus explodes: "How long, how long, can he just get he keeping better / Can We keep fall forever ? »

Lipa previously explain that She began registration "Optimism" while on her "Nostalgia" tour, And THE shimmer of THE last album door on. But he feels distinctly new has Lipa, folding In Spanish guitars on " Married " And tropical ecstasy on opener "END of A Time." A lot has has been band about how she is on A unending summer vacation, with Instagram posts that document her apparently perpetual travel. But here, She uses he has her advantage. "Optimism" East A global album rooted firmly In popular tradition. When She sung of ditching A suitor without saying farewell on "French Exit," he either way feels as A more sophisticated version of A Irish Goodbye. THE trust And conviction She breathe sell he, And It is Why Lipa has become A of General public the music most convincing voice.

HAS that, In A time Or artists are as precious as THE success of their simple, It is A wonder that Lipa very traditional unfold yielded less comparable Back that that of "Nostalgia." “Houdini!” THE projects leading track, East as harmless as he East eye-catching, Again he either way felt far less significant that "Dance THE Night," her Oscar nominee contribution has “Barbie THE Album." Fans online to have assigned a lot of THE the albums defaults Thus far has her team, WHO leak THE Words has THE entirety of THE save month in front of time by putting picture...