The cover artwork of Future Nostalgia was shot by French photographer, Hugo Comte, who also handled the creative direction and the photographs associated with the album's campaign, with Guillaume Sbalchiero handling the design. Lipa additionally expressed her concern about releasing the album during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In late March, the entire album leaked and the release was brought forward by a week to 27 March 2020. The following day, the track list was revealed and the album was made available for pre-order. Shortly after on 29 January 2020, Lipa announced that the album would be released on 3 April of that year. The following month, three songs (" Physical", " Break My Heart", and "If It Ain't Me", an unreleased collaboration with Normani) leaked online in a security breach. On 1 December 2019, Lipa revealed the album title through a tattoo on her left bicep with the title, Future Nostalgia, while also announcing its accompanying arena tour of the same name and that the album would be released in 2020. Whilst promoting "Don't Start Now", Lipa confirmed that she would be announcing the album in late November or early December 2019, along with the release of the title track. She further elaborated that she wanted to start fresh with her new album, but she would always have her memories. Lipa stated that she cleared her social media in order to prove to herself that social media wasn't real, that one could post and choose to use platforms any way they wanted. In October 2019, Lipa began teasing the album as a new "era," before clearing her social media later that month to announce the lead single, " Don't Start Now". A reissue of the album, subtitled The Moonlight Edition, was released through Warner on 11 February 2021, along with its lead single, " We're Good".Īfter the release of Dua Lipa: Complete Edition in October 2018, the expanded deluxe edition of Lipa's debut album, and the single " Swan Song" in January 2019, released in promotion of Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Lipa confirmed that she was working on a new album. A French edition of Future Nostalgia was released on 27 November 2020, which yielded the single " Fever" which became the longest charting single in France. At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Future Nostalgia was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Vocal Album, whilst "Don't Start Now" was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.įuture Nostalgia was succeeded by its remix album, Club Future Nostalgia, released on 28 August 2020 which received positive reviews from the critics. In the United Kingdom, it peaked atop the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks, becoming her first album to do so as well as garnering her first-ever nomination for the Mercury Prize, and earning the Brit Award for British Album of the Year. Commercially, the album topped the charts in fifteen countries and reached the top ten in thirty-one countries. Upon its release, Future Nostalgia received universal acclaim from music critics, many of whom praised the production, its cohesion and Lipa's stylistic evolution. To promote the album, Lipa embarked on the Future Nostalgia Tour, which commenced in February 2022 after being postponed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was originally scheduled to be released on 3 April 2020 but was moved forward after leaking in its entirety two weeks earlier. " Love Again" was released as the sixth single in France on 11 March 2021 and globally on 4 June 2021. " Hallucinate" and a remix of " Levitating" featuring DaBaby were released as the fourth and fifth singles on 17 July and 1 October 2020, respectively the latter earned the album its second top-two single on the Hot 100 and the third top-ten of Lipa's career, following " New Rules" (2017), and would go on to become the most played song of 2021 in the United States. " Physical" and " Break My Heart" were released as the second and third singles, respectively, both reaching the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. " Don't Start Now" was released on 1 November 2019, as the album's lead single, attaining both critical and commercial success. The album spawned six hit singles, along with the title track as a promotional single. Lipa enlisted writers and producers such as Jeff Bhasker, Ian Kirkpatrick, Stuart Price, the Monsters & Strangerz, and Koz to create a "nostalgic" pop and disco record with influences from dance-pop and electronic music, inspired by the music that Lipa enjoyed during her childhood.
Future Nostalgia is the second studio album by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa, released on 27 March 2020 by Warner Records.
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