The future starts now for self-isolating Dua Lipa fans, after the star put out her new album a week early. Future Nostalgia, which features writing contributions from Tove Lo and Madonna’s producer Stuart Price, was brought forward after it leaked online. Early reviews have been glowing, with critics calling the record “viscerally brilliant” and “pop perfection”. It is now the top-rated album of 2020 on review aggregation site Metacritic, with an average score of 92.

With perhaps the best review headline of the year, The Independent called Future Nostalgia, “pure sonic spandex”.

“Dua Lipa delivers hard truths to a soundtrack that’s ridiculously leotard and leg warmers – and there isn’t a duff track on the whole record,” wrote Helen Brown, awarding five stars. The NME gave the same top score, calling the album “powerful pop perfection from a star unafraid to speak her mind”. “The artist’s stunning second record tackles sex, inequality and empowerment. And all with a little disco shimmy,” reported Rhian Daly.(BBC)…[+]