Dua Lipa Unveils ‘Radical Optimism’ — New Album’s Tracklist, Cover and Release Date
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After months of it simply being called “DL3,” Dua Lipa has revealed the title, cover, tracklist and release date of her third full-length album.Titled “Radical Optimism,” the album will be released May 3 and consists of 11 songs, including the two preliminary singles, “Houdini” and “Training Season.” In an intriguing twist on the title, the cover art features the singer in the water, just feet away from a shark.
The singer also unveiled a rather startling new look in a new promotional photo where her eyebrows are barely visible (although her eyebrows appeared to be perfectly normal when she announced the album in a brief Instagram Live appearance on Wednesday afternoon).
The announcement describes the album as inspired by the energy of Dua’s hometown, London, and the rawness, honesty, confidence and freedom of ‘90s Britpop.“A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the term Radical Optimism.
It’s a concept that resonated with me, and I became more curious as I started to play with it and weave it into my life,” Lipa says in the announcement. “It struck me – the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm.
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