We’re lower than a month away from the discharge of Dua Lipa’s upcoming album, Radical Optimism, and the star dropped her summery new single “Phantasm” on Thursday (April 11).
The Tanu Muino-directed music video accompanying the observe options Lipa alongside dancers, excessive divers, and synchronized swimmers on the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain, which was additionally the situation for Kylie Minogue’s iconic “Gradual” video.
“‘Phantasm’ was the primary tune Caroline [Ailin], Danny [Harle], Tobias [Jesso Jr.], Kevin [Parker] and I labored on collectively, and it actually broke the ice for the document,” the 28-year-old singer shared in a press assertion. “It’s about realizing what you’re getting your self into, however staying for the hell of it. The joke’s on them, it’s the enjoyable of taking part in somebody at their very own sport as a result of in the end you received’t fall for an phantasm.”
“Phantasm” is the third single the British artist has dropped forward of her upcoming third studio album Radical Optimism, following “Houdini” and “Coaching Season.” The previous debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Scorching 100, whereas the latter entered the chart at No. 27.
“[Releasing the album] feels good. It feels for lack of a greater phrase — radically optimistic,” Lipa beforehand instructed Billboard of her upcoming mission, earlier than explaining the thought behind the album cowl, which options the singer floating in a large open ocean going through a shark fin. “All through the entire document, there’s this concept of chaos occurring round and me attempting to push by it in a manner that feels genuine and sincere to me.”
As to how she obtained the identify of the album, Lipa attributed the phrase to a buddy “A pair years in the past, a buddy launched me to the time period ‘radical optimism,’” she mentioned in a press release saying Radical Optimism again in March. “It’s an idea that resonated with me, and I grew to become extra curious as I began to play with it and weave it into my life.”
The 11-track Radical Optimism — Lipa’s first correct LP since 2020’s Future Nostalgia — arrives Might 3.
Watch the “Phantasm” music video under.
