The eventual debut doesn’t so much hint at Dua Lipa becoming a superstar as scream it from the rooftops. This is a sass-packed, honest, uncompromising storm... Much of the album’s magic boils down to one element: Lipa’s voice. It could make the thickest synths seem tame in comparison and carries a 20-a-day raspiness capable of making heartfelt ballads sound edgy. Those vocals are the magic ingredient, saving potentially limp tracks from extinction. But it’s equally impressive to hear how confidently the debut holds itself together, flitting between styles but always shining a spotlight on a legitimate pop sensation. She’s the real deal. - NME
5 YEARS OF DUA LIPA'S SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
RELEASED JUNE 2, 2017
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The NO-SKIP Albums: A Tag Game 🎶💖
rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums.
🔎 bonus & optional (but imo, v fun) rules: 1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND 2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track! 👀
Thank you SO much for tagging me in this @ventiswampwater, @rottent33th, and @visceravalentines. This was so much fucking fun, I love getting to talk about music sdhgsgdhsjdg <3
Absolutely no-pressure tags, only if you want to! @spookyscaryslashy, @lucifers-horror-harem, @bisexual-horror-fan, @bluecoolr, @slaasherslut, @ace-disgrace-on-the-case, @lady-of-glass-and-bone, and literally anyone else who might be interested in doing this. Consider yourself tagged! :3
Album info, track recs, and lyrics under the cut!
Black Labyrinth, by Jonathan Davis
Track recc: "Underneath My Skin"
Something's crawling underneath my skin, I fear / Something's dying, rotting deep within / Something's crawling underneath my skin, I fear / Something's dying, I will not give in
Greatest Hits, by the Cure
Track recc: "Cut Here"
So dizzy, Mr. Busy, too much rush to talk to Billy / All the silly frilly things have to first get done / In a minute, sometime soon / Maybe next time, make it June / "Until later" doesn't always come
Future Nostalgia, by Dua Lipa
Track recc: "Pretty Please"
Put my mind at ease, trickle down my spine / Oh, you look so pretty, please / Every single night, I need your hands on me / When your kisses climb / Oh you give me sweet relief
Hybrid Theory, by Linkin Park
Track recc: "By Myself"
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin / I make the right moves but then I'm lost within / I put on my daily facade again / But then I just end up getting hurt again
Fallen, by Evanescence
Track recc: "Imaginary"
In my field of paper flowers / And candy clouds of lullaby / I lie inside myself for hours / And watch my purple sky fly over me
See You On the Other Side, by Korn
Track recc: "Throw Me Away"
Flesh wound, flesh wound / With medication, it will fade / Should I assume / That someone hears me when I pray? / Love, full of hate / Don't you love / How I break?
Sevas Tra, by Otep
Track recc: "My Confession"
I think about it all the time / I'm volatile and afraid to cry / But I'm still not comfortable in my skin / And the anesthetic's slowly wearing thin
Sinner, by Drowning Pool
Track recc: "All Over Me"
Something I might just regret / Something you will not forget / Maybe I should throw away / Everything I've learned today
The Fear of Fear, by Spiritbox
Track recc: "Cellar Door"
Transform my death into a conduit / This body separate from the fear of fear / Inside a coping mechanism for monotony / I will destroy the double vision / That I was forced to leave
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Ok I'm back on my Barbie movie bullshit
The song they're using to promote it, Dua Lipa's Dance the Night, is so incredibly depressing.
For context:
The music and singing are very upbeat. It sounds exactly like what you'd hear from a Barbie song. Same thing for the title; Barbies are glamorized, always having the time of their lives.
In this way, it's very reminiscent of Aqua's Barbie Girl song. That song is about being (for lack of a better word) a bimbo, living a party lifestyle and getting spoiled by your partner, who gets a lot of sex in return.
This sort of objectification has surrounded Barbies for years. They're toys, meant to be pretty and dressed up and dance with other Barbies.
But Dua Lipa's song. The lyrics are so depressed and existential. The first line:
Baby, you can find me under the light, diamonds under my eyes
Sounds like a regular party night. Later from the background singers:
Even when the tears are flowing they're diamonds on my face.
Barbie literally starts the song out crying.
The whole thing continues in this trend, with her talking about how, despite everything happening - her heart breaking - inside, she keeps on presenting the perfect idea of a Barbie. Not one hair out of place, not missing any steps, still with that smile and tight outfit.
This, again, shows the existential crisis Barbie is going to go through in the film. She has an ideal she has to live up to; society demands her to be the perfect Barbie, always happy and pretty and carefree. But she doesn't want that. It's why her feet go flat, and why she wants to put the heel on. She fully believes herself to be the doll everyone else made her, thus doesn't think she should be able to express how she really feels. It's why Barbie keeps moving, cause if she stops, she'll shatter.
I'll still keep the party going, not one hair out of place - yes, I can
And because she's convinced herself that she needs to be the perfect Barbie, she does well acting like it, so no one else feels what she feels. Every other Barbie and Ken don't have these ideas, thus making her the lone figure, isolated from both the world she's in and the world she wants.
When my heart breaks - they never see it
I think this leads into the idea that Barbie's inner conflict might make her choose between the worlds; in Barbieland, she's the perfect doll with a fabulous life, but in the real world, she's a person with emotions and free will.
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