“And it felt like, during this time, it did serve as a form of escapism for me. “When I was creating this record, I wanted it to feel like a form of escapism,” Lipa tells Apple Music. Future Nostalgia-a celebratory odyssey into pop’s future, influenced by the late-night sounds of its past-proved to be just the tonic a world in crisis needed. When Dua Lipa released Future Nostalgia in March 2020, she knew she was taking a risk (in a tearful social media video at the time, the British singer wondered whether releasing an album so laced with joy was “the right thing to do” just as a global pandemic hit).