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Future Nostalgia (2020)

Where the lyrics of Future Nostalgia take you, and where it was really made.

The album was due out on 3 April 2020, but a full leak two weeks earlier pushed the release forward by a week to 27 March.

Key places

Recorded at RAK Studios (2020)

Recording site RAK Studios — The article names RAK Studios in London among the studios used for the album. The point sits on the studio building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Sarm studios (2020)

Recording site Sarm Studios (London) — The article names Sarm studios in London among the recording locations. The point sits on the studio building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Windmill (2020)

Recording site The Windmill — The article links the album to The Windmill in Norfolk as a recording location. The point sits on the studio coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at the Bunker at 13 (2020)

Recording site The Bunker at 13 — The article names the Bunker at 13 in London among the recording places for the album. The point sits on the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Sleeper (2020)

Recording site Sleeper — The article lists Sleeper in London among the recording places. The point sits on the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Green Oak (2020)

Recording site Green Oak — The article names Green Oak in Los Angeles as a recording location for the album. The point sits on the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at Pulse (2020)

Recording site Pulse (Los Angeles) — The article links Pulse in Los Angeles to the album's recording. The point sits on the building coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Toronto (2020)

Recording site Phase One Audio Group — The article links the album to Modulator in Toronto. Only the city centre is known, so the point shows the city, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Beverly Hills (2020)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — The article links the album to Gold Tooth in Beverly Hills. Only the city centre is known, so the point shows the city, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in Surrey (2020)

Recording site Unstable Studios — The article links the album to Masterlink in Surrey. Only the county-area centre is known, so the point shows the area, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Future Nostalgia is the second studio album by English singer Dua Lipa
• Released 27 March 2020 by Warner Records
• A nostalgic pop and disco record with influences from dance-pop and electronic music
• Inspired by the music Lipa enjoyed during her childhood
• Writers and producers include Jeff Bhasker, Ian Kirkpatrick, Stuart Price, the Monsters & Strangerz, and Koz

Background

• Lipa confirmed that she was working on a new album after the expanded deluxe edition of her debut came out in October 2018
• Lead single Don't Start Now released 31 October 2019
• Lipa first planned to call the album Glass House
• The album title was settled on the way to a radio show in Las Vegas around the 2018 American Music Awards
• Future Nostalgia Tour began 9 February 2022 in Miami, with 69 announced shows

Recording

• Work began in August 2018 and finished in November 2019
• Lipa recorded upwards of nearly 60 songs for the album
• Sessions took place every day over a nine-month period, including sessions at Geejam Studios in Jamaica

Cover

• Cover shot by French photographer Hugo Comte on 13 November 2019
• Shows Lipa in a Googie-esque retro vehicle under a dark sky with a blue moon

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born 22 August 1995 in London, to Kosovo Albanian parents.
• Influenced by her father, lead singer of Kosovar rock band Oda.
• Moved to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in 2008.

Career

• Signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2014.
• Debut album Dua Lipa (2017) included UK number-one single "New Rules".
• Second album Future Nostalgia (2020) became her first UK number-one album.
• Third album Radical Optimism (2024) debuted atop the UK Albums Chart.
• Has won seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Rolling Stone: Brittany Spanos called it a breathtakingly fun, cohesive and ambitious attempt to find a place for disco in 2020
• NME: Rhian Daly wrote that it is a bright, bold collection of pop majesty
• The Guardian: Laura Snapes wrote that the 11-track album offers neither features nor filler
• Critics generally praised the production, the cohesion, and Lipa's stylistic evolution

Reappraisal

• Metacritic average score of 88, based on 19 reviews
• Metacritic ranks it the 15th most acclaimed album released in 2020
• AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.5 out of 10

Records

• Debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with 34,390 units
• Reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, Lipa's first UK number one album
• Certified double Platinum by the BPI in 2022
• Debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 66,000 album-equivalent units
• Won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards
• Won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year
• Diamond certification from SNEP in 2025 for 500,000 units
• Tenth most successful album of 2020 worldwide according to IFPI, with 3.3 million units

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was first scheduled for 3 April 2020, but a full leak moved the release up by a week
• Lipa first intended to call the album Glass House before settling on Future Nostalgia
• Photographer Hugo Comte put one song on repeat for each shot to get Lipa into the right mood
• The Moonlight Edition reissue came out on 11 February 2021 with the single We're Good
• The Future Nostalgia Tour was postponed from its original 2020 date because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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