Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism (Extended Versions) (2024) Hi-Res

Radical Optimism is the third studio album by singer Dua Lipa, released on 3 May 2024 by Warner Records. It is her first full-length studio album release in four years since Future Nostalgia (2020). The album was preceded by three singles: "Houdini", "Training Season", and "Illusion".

Radical Optimism received generally positive reviews from critics upon release. Most reviewers praised the album's neo-psychedelia, but some found it less radical than it could have been. In the United Kingdom, it debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and scored the biggest opening week for a British female in three years. The album was supported by the Radical Optimism Tour, which started in June 2024.

When Dua Lipa shared her new album ‘Radical Optimism’ earlier this year it sparked celebration from fans, but also confusion in some quarters. The pre-release narrative held that this would be a psychedelic statement, co-piloted by Tame Impala guru Kevin Parker. The final record, however, was a slick, finessed pop record – somewhat different from the expectations we’d been fed.

Released overnight, the extended version of ‘Radical Optimism’ feels like the weighty psychedelic mission we’d been expecting. A solid hour of funky bass lines, ridiculous synths, and lysergic textures, it blends the pop suss Dua has long since made her own with markedly different landscapes.

It dials into the statements the Kosovo-born, UK-raised artists made to the press a few months back. “No one’s really making Britpop at the moment,” she told the Face in February, “but I have a feeling 2024 is gonna be the year.”

The multi award-winning star added that she was “looking through the music history of psychedelia, trip-hop and Britpop…”