DL3

## Singles

1. "Houdini"
Released: November 9, 2023
2. Training Season
Released: February 15, 2024

***DL3*** will be the third studio album by British singer Dua Lipa. It is planned to be released in 2024. The album title and cover art have not been released yet.

## Background

In October 24, 2021, Dua shared posts to her Instagram that showed her recording in the studio.

In an interview with *Wall Street Journal* on September 25th, 2021, Dua revealed that "It's just been fun experimenting. I'm always going to make pop music, but it has its own unique sound, which is exciting & something that feels like a movement from *Future Nostalgia*". She stated that she has been endlessly making music for her upcoming album, saying: "I've done a big chunk of writing: It's starting to take shape; I've got a lot of it recorded."  Within the same interview, Dua said "It has a vision. It has a name — for now.", indicating that the album has been named.

The president of Warner Records spoke with *Variety* in May 20th, 2021 about Dua's next career steps. He said that the next album would be "something completely different and at scale." Adding that "She was talking about album No.3 when we barely had No.2 done".

In a interview with Elton John as part of Dua's *Service95* podcast, she gave a further update on the album: "It’s starting to feel good," she said, adding that the album was "50 percent done". Adding that "It's starting to take shape. I'm very excited about some of the new songs so it's always exciting to look forward towards something".

On July 19, 2023, Mark Ronson revealed to Vulture that Lipa's upcoming album would mark a departure from the disco sound.

On August 7, 2023, T Magazine reported that Lipa's third album would be released in 2024 and take influence from "1970s-era psychedelia."

On October 9, 2023, Lipa wiped her social media pages. She also changed her profile pictures, video thumbnails, and album covers to a kaleidoscope theme.

On October 12th 2023, Dua announced that she had dyed her hair red, changed her website design and captioned the post “miss me?”.

In December 2023, Dua revealed to *Prambors* that she started writing for the album in 2021 and finished in July 2023.

In January 2024, Dua announced to *Rolling Stone* that there will be 11 tracks on the standard album.

## Singles

* "Houdini" was released as the album's lead single on November 10, 2023.
* "Training Season" is set to release as the sophomore single on February 15, 2024.

## Tracklist

### Confirmed Songs

* Houdini
* Training Season

## Trivia

* Dua Lipa wrote 97 songs for the album.
* "Houdini" was always intended to be the lead single of the album.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CVZ9bOrsLhy/?utm\_source=ig\_embed&ig\_rid=8316d64f-7607-4cbc-8bf1-b26020536efe
2. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/dua-lipa-interview-service95-newsletter-11643117322
3. ↑ https://variety.com/2021/music/news/dua-lipa-glastonbury-livestream-1234983971/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CZjrUKSMpSA/
5. ↑ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dua-lipa-at-your-service/id1608224209
6. ↑ https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/mark-ronson-barbie-soundtrack-amy-winehouse-movie.html
7. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/t-magazine/dua-lipa-service95.html?smid=tw-tmagazine&smtyp=cur
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPQYlVh8qUo
9. ↑ "Houdini - Single" by Dua Lipa on Apple Music.
10. ↑ @dualipa on Instagram. January 25, 2024.
11. ↑ Rolling Stone Interview - YouTube