After having us on lock with “Houdini,” Dua Lipa is proving that she isn’t disappearing anytime soon with her new track “Training Season.”
Following a “string of bad dates” with incompetent suitors, Dua decided that she was done with coaching men on how to treat her right.
Fueled by frustration, she “arrived to the studio to Caroline (Ailin) and Tobias (Jesso Jr.) asking me how it all went,” she recalled, “I immediately declared ‘TRAINING SEASON IS OVER,’ and like the best ‘day after’ debriefs with your mates, we had a lot of laughs and it all quickly came together from there.”
The result is an empowering anthem that recognizes, “that training season is never over for any of us, you start to see the beauty in finding that person to experience it with. You stop looking for the trainees and become more interested in having someone where you are and someone to grow with.”
Dua continues that growth in the dizzying visual directed by Vincent Haycock. The video opens on a crowded cafe as apologetic voicemails echo through the room. While the camera weaves through a swarm of men vyeing for Dua’s attention, she sits by the window contemplating, “Are you someone to give my heart to or just the poison that I’m drawn to.” It isn’t long before the men’s antics send the room spinning into chaos.
“Training Season” is the second single from her upcoming album, which Rolling Stone has already dubbed “pop bliss.”
Fans first got a preview of “Training Season” earlier this month during her 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards performance, which included an electric medley of “Training Season,” “Dance The Night,” and “Houdini.”
The 3x GRAMMY and 6x BRIT Award-winning global pop superstar will return to the stage at the BRIT Awards on March 2nd, where she’s nominated for three awards including Artist of the Year, Best Pop Act, and Song of the Year for “Dance The Night.”
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