Fever (song)

## Fever

"Fever" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It was released on 29 October 2020 as a single. It features the Belgian Singer Angèle.

Dua Lipa announced the release of the song on October 29, 2020 via Instagram.

## Background

While Angèle first heard of Dua Lipa in 2017 with "New Rules" on the Internet, Dua Lipa discovered the Belgian artist via her manager who sent Dua the "Balance ton quoi" music video and she liked it. They then became friends via social media sending dogs videos and pictures.

When Dua Lipa wrote "Fever", she send it to Angèle who loved it as it is very dancing and yet melancholic. Even though the song was basically finished, Angèle was freely able to bring her own ideas and include French lyrics which was very important to her. This was an opportunity for Dua Lipa to learn French.

Because of Covid-19, they had to create the music from afar and communicate by telephone. Dua Lipa was in the United States while Angèle was balancing between Belgium and Paris (France). Angèle worked with Tristan Salvati (producer and pianist) and added for instance, French lyrics and musical keywords to the song.

Dua Lipa described the song as a "*very freeing and in the moment kind of song*". According to the two girls, the song describe a feeling that somebody gives you and you're not being able to let go. The energy and adrenaline become so intense that all a sudden you have this fever or trance. It can be when reuniting with friends, with your lover, with your family or with people you've just met. "*It's something that it's like almost like an instant click of like infatuation*".

They hadn't met each other in person until the filming of the music video during lockdown.

In the clip video, they're having a night out in the streets of London going against stereotypical thinking of women shouldn't be outside at a certain time because it's too dangerous for them. They dance in the street, eat late night french fry in a fast-food, chat on a train platform, crash to a party and just having fun.
The feminist side of the music video can be sense throughout the whole video. The extras are all women as being surrounded by lots of women makes the "dangerous" situation safer for them. We see women doing jobs supposedly "meant" for man like taxi driver. For Angèle, the music video is an utopia which shows two women having fun in the street without thinking it over but also a dream at this difficult time (Covid-19).
The two singer speaking about castration in the clip is referring to their love for dogs and may also refer to men who do sexual harrassment.
The music video is directed by Pierre Dupaquier and Clément Durou who directed Pharrell Williams' "Happy" music video.

There was a rumor started by *The Sun* and relayed by other medias saying they got interrupted by cops as the video clip was filmed during the lockdown and they weren't complying with COVID-19 regulations on set. Dua Lipa publicly denied it on her Instragram Story. The magazine apologized a while after for the fake news.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Before you came around, I was doing just fine

Usually, usually, usually, I don't pay no mind

And when it came down, I was... looking in your eyes

Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly I can feel it inside

[Chorus]

I've got a fever, so can you check?

Hand on my forehead, kiss my neck

And when you touch me, baby, I turn red

I've got a fever, so can you check?

[Verse 2]

Peut-être qu'avec du temps, ça partira

Et pourtant, et pourtant, et pourtant, je ne m'y vois pas

Comme un médicament, moi, je suis rien sans toi

Et je sais que je sais que jе perds du temps dans tes bras

[Chorus]

I'vе got a fever, so can you check?

Hand on my forehead, kiss my neck

And when you touch me, baby, I turn red

I've got a fever, so can you check?

Car dans mes yeux, ça se voit

La fièvre dans mes yeux, oui, ça se voit

Mon cœur se serre, j'ai du feu dans la voix

Le plus souvent, c'est quand je pense à toi

I've got a fever, can you check?

Hand on my forehead, kiss my neck

And when you touch me, baby, I turn red

I've got a fever, so can you check? (Amour en fièvre)

Tell me what you wanna do right now

Tell me what you wanna do right now (Amour en fièvre)

Tell me what you wanna do right now

'Cause I don't really wanna cool it down (Amour en fièvre)

Tell me what you wanna do right now

Tell me what you wanna do right now (Amour en fièvre)

Tell me what you wanna do right now

'Cause I don't really wanna cool it down

Car dans mes yeux, ça se voit

La fièvre dans les yeux, oui, ça se voit

Mon cœur se serre, j'ai du feu dans la voix

Le plus souvent, c'est quand je pense à toi

## Translation of French lyrics

[Verse 2]

Maybe with time, it will go away.

And yet, and yet, and yet, and yet, I don't picture myself there

Like a medicine, I am nothing without you

And I know that I know that I waste time in your arms

[Chorus]

Because in my eyes, you can see it

The fever in my eyes, yes, you can see it

My heart tightens, I have fire in my voice

Most often, it's when I think of you

*I've got a fever, can you check?*

*Hand on my forehead, kiss my neck*

*And when you touch me, baby, I turn red*

*I've got a fever, so can you check?* (Love in fever)

## Trivia

* There are two mistakes in the French lyrics of the lyric music video.
	+ "*Que jе perd*" should be written "*Que jе perds*" (conjugation mistake).
	+ "*La fièvre dans mes yeux*" should be written "*La fièvre dans les yeux*" ("mes yeux" means "my eyes" and "les yeux" means "the eyes").
* The single is available in the French re-edition of "Future Nostalgia" album out on November 6, 2020.
* The song was sung live for the first time with Angèle on November 27, 2020 in Dua Lipa's online concert "Studio 2054".

## Refrences

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 EXCLU : Dua Lipa Ft. Angèle, l’histoire de leur collaboration l Interview l Konbini, Kombini (YouTube video)
2. ↑ « Musicalement, ça a tout de suite matché »… Angèle et Dua Lipa se livrent sur leur duo « Fever », 20 Minutes (French)
3. ↑ Dua Lipa – an apology, The Sun
4. ↑ Dua Lipa story screenshot, Twitter
5. ↑ Description of "Dua Lipa, Angèle - Fever (Official Music Video)"