Is Wearing a Sexy Bikini the Formula for a New Album Hit? Dua Lipa Drops Sultry New Pics to Announce Upcoming Album

Dua Lipa announced the name and the release date of her much-anticipated third studio album on Wednesday.

The three-time Grammy Award winner, 28, revealed the album will be called Radical Optimism and will be available to stream or purchase from May 3.

Radical Optimism has already spawned hit singles Houdini and Training Season. It will have 11 tracks in total.

The album has been described by Rolling Stone as ‘pop bliss’ with the magazine saying it is ‘uniquely and utterly Dua Lipa: confident dance pop full of witty Instagram-caption-ready one-liners’.

Radical Optimism follows Dua’s debut album Dua Lipa, released in 2017, and Future Nostalgia, released in 2020.

Dua Lipa, 28, announced the name and the release date of her much-anticipated third studio album on Wednesday

The three-time Grammy Award winner, 28, revealed that the album will be called Radical Optimism and will be available to stream or purchase from May 3

The three-time Grammy Award winner, 28, revealed that the album will be called Radical Optimism and will be available to stream or purchase from May 3

The upcoming album has been described by Rolling Stone as 'pop bliss' and 'uniquely and utterly Dua Lipa'. Here is the album cover artwork

The upcoming album has been described by Rolling Stone as ‘pop bliss’ and ‘uniquely and utterly Dua Lipa’. Here is the album cover artwork

Inspired by Dua’s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face.

Infused with the energy of Dua’s hometown, London, the attitude of the album embodies the rawness, honesty, confidence and freedom of ‘90s Britpop.

Radical Optimism transports its listener to a dreamy pop world that is rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic, and sonically liberating.

Dua shared: ‘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.

‘It struck me – the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm.

‘At the same time, I found myself looking through the music history of psychedelia, trip hop, and Britpop.

‘It has always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessions.’

Inspired by Dua¿s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face

Inspired by Dua’s own self-discovery, Radical Optimism taps into the pure joy and happiness of having clarity in situations that once seemed impossible to face

Radical Optimism transports its listener to a dreamy pop world that is rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic, and sonically liberating

Radical Optimism transports its listener to a dreamy pop world that is rich in musicality, lyrically unapologetic, and sonically liberating

Dua shared: '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'

Dua shared: ‘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’

'It struck me ¿ the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm. At the same time, I found myself looking through the music history of psychedelia'

‘It struck me – the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm. At the same time, I found myself looking through the music history of psychedelia’

Dua finished: 'It has always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessions'

Dua finished: ‘It has always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessions’

Radical Optimism has already spawned hit singles Houdini and Training Season. It will have 11 tracks in total

Radical Optimism has already spawned hit singles Houdini and Training Season. It will have 11 tracks in total

Dua opened the Grammy Awards with a medley of Training Season, Dance The Night and Houdini

Dua opened the Grammy Awards with a medley of Training Season, Dance The Night and Houdini

Dua worked with a team of core collaborators throughout the project including Caroline Ailin, Danny L. Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr., and Kevin Parker.

Earlier in March, Dua opened the BRIT Awards with an electric performance of Training Season and subsequently took home her 7th BRIT Award for Best Pop Act.

She also opened the Grammy Awards, where she performed a medley of Training Season, Dance The Night and Houdini.

Dua recently became the first female artist to have four songs reach two billion streams on Spotify, achieved with One Kiss, Don’t Start Now, New Rules and Levitating.

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