We Are Noir

It’s a well-worn cliché in music journalism to talk of a new album being “the artist at their most honest”, but compared to her hit debut, Future Nostalgia is indeed more considered, artistic, authentic and clever. It feels familiar, yet not. Furthermore, it slaps – this album is a nonstop disco, with Lipa flexing her musicology muscle, revealing her as a postmodern pop artist intrinsically wrapped in the now. “When I was putting it together everyone was like: ‘Oooh, second album,’” she says. “I had to shut off the craziness … I went into the studio with my friends and decided that all I wanted to do was make music that made me happy and made me dance. I just want to have fun.”