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[Dua Lipa] Maybe at some point
in my career,
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I'll be able to play a character
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and come up with scenarios
that allude somewhat to my life
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but maybe aren't completely true.
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But I have to write from things I know.
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It's the only way
I can truly express myself
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and truly get a song
that's very honest and real.
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And so, for as long as I have stories,
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then I'll be telling them.
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[Hirway] Dua Lipa is a singer
and songwriter from London
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who started her music career
when she was still a teenager.
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In 2018, she won the BRIT Award
for British Female Solo Artist,
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and the next year,
she won the Grammy for Best New Artist,
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and her debut album went Platinum.
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For her second album, Future Nostalgia,
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she brought back collaborators
she'd worked with before
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to create a song set
that looked back at where she'd come from
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and looked forward
to where she was headed.
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But with the song "Love Again,"
the inspiration began
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with how she was feeling
right at that moment.
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I'm Hrishikesh Hirway.
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This is Song Exploder.
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[intro theme music playing]
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-Okay, well, we're rolling.
-We are?
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-We're ready to go.
-Let's go.
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So, okay…
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Can you tell me about the day
you began working on this track?
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I was going through, like,
a bunch of personal shit.
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I don't know if I can swear on this.
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[laughs] I was going
through personal shit.
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I was, like, running late
and in such a kerfuffle,
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and I just got into the studio,
and I was like, "Okay,
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maybe, you know, some things need to end,
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and I need to manifest
a new positive energy in my life."
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Does it sound like
I'm talking in code?
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Because I'm clearly talking about
a relationship and about love.
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I was at a point
in a long-term relationship with…
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someone who was dishonest with me.
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And I was, like, "I need to release
from this, and this isn't, like…
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healthy for me."
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I see myself as such a strong woman.
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But there were many moments
where I found myself in positions
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where I didn't even recognize myself.
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When you're with someone
and the relationship is so close
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and you're together so long
and then it's done,
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it's like this is going to be impossible
for me to find or get to a space
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where I can say, "I'm in love again."
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And Dua felt like she had lost her power.
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[Dua] Coffee is an amazing songwriter
who I've worked with
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since I've really started writing songs.
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Coffee is like my spiritual guiding light.
We've always been there for each other,
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especially when there's
crazy love situations involved.
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-[both singing]
-She's family to me, so…
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She was definitely going
through some personal things,
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and she really wanted to express it.
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[Dua] Coffee was like, "Maybe we need
to start putting that into a song."
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-It just spilled itself out into the room.
-[Dua] Yeah.
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[playing synth sounds]
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I went in early that morning,
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and we hadn't really gotten anything
the last couple days.
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I said,
"We need to get something cool."
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Koz is always, like, my number-one man
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that I love to have in the studio.
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I feel we nailed the idea of what
the record would sound like together.
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And then we bring the bridge
twice round, which I love.
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We'd been talking about
getting stuff that was a bit old.
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♪ She's just a cosmic girl ♪
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[Dua] Jamiroquai, Prince, Blondie…
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♪ The tide is high
But I'm holdin' on ♪
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[Dua] A lot of my childhood influences
are really songs and music
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that my parents listened to.
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I wanted to play on that feeling
and create something
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with, like, a fresh modern twist.
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I was like, "Could I create a record
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that builds on that memory,
and I can make people feel
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what I feel every time that I hear,
like, 'Cosmic Girl' by Jamiroquai."
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[Koz] I started playing with analog synths
and came up with this chord progression.
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It was pretty rudimentary.
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And then the guitar riff on top
and just a drum break throughout the song.
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[drum beat playing]
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This was kind of our initial track
and how it all began.
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[playing "Love Again" instrumental]
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[Koz] And then acoustic guitars.
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[imitating guitar rhythm]
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Okay.
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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[Dua] Every time I work with Chelcee,
songs always start on a guitar.
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And Chelcee's so funny.
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She's like, "Come on, let's do this song
and go have a pint at the pub."
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But more in a, like, Liverpudlian accent.
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I'll just knock him when…
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For me,
any chance there is to get a drink,
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I'm like, "Come on, let's have a break."
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It doesn't sound good…
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[Dua] I came in,
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and they were mucking about
on the guitar and going…
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♪ Hot damn, think I'm in love ♪
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[both] ♪ But hot damn ♪
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♪ You've got me in love again ♪
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I don't remember why we said it,
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but I know she quick…
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Dua quickly, quickly…
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She was like,
"No, we're not doing 'hot damn.'"
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I was like, "We've gotta lose
the 'hot damn.' It can't be that."
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She's like, "No, fam, no. It's 'goddamn.'"
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-♪ But goddamn ♪
-[man] That's way better.
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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Yeah, I think so.
I love the new verse as well.
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[Grimes] My respect and my love for Dua
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comes from the fact
that she is a boss bitch.
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Like… [laughs]
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All right, let's do this.
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-[Grimes] She's completely in control.
-[Dua] ♪ Show me ♪
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She's not closed off at all.
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[Dua] For me, I love that energy,
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when you know people
that you feel comfortable around,
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that I can be honest and talk about things
that are very personal to me.
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And I know it won't leave those four walls
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unless it's in the form of a song.
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…and then goes middle eight
and then that post comes back.
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Dua comes from a place of honesty.
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She does wear her heart
on her sleeve, so to speak.
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It's a confusing line, but I love it.
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"You've got me in love again,"
like everyone feels that.
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You know, you have a breakup…
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You think,
"I'll never feel that way again."
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We started the song,
and the conversation was the song.
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[Dua] It was about,
"You got me in love again
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at times when I felt like
I couldn't even be myself."
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I didn't know
whether I was talking to myself,
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whether I was talking to someone else,
but it was very much an invitation.
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I thought that if I write about it,
it might just happen.
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But I guess to begin with,
we had one verse.
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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♪ I never thought
I'd hear my heart beat so loud ♪
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♪ I can't believe there's something left
In my chest anymore ♪
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Then it went into…
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♪ I can't believe
I finally found someone ♪
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♪ I can't believe, I can't believe
I finally found someone ♪
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♪ I'll sink my teeth in disbelief ♪
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♪ 'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
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♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
Inside my chest anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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I immediately knew
I wanted it on the record.
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But it wasn't in your…
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classic song format,
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which is like verse, pre,
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hook, verse, pre, hook,
middle 8 hook, you know?
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It was all jumbled up,
but it felt good at the time.
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I was like, "Maybe it doesn't need
to be in that format. Fuck it."
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[Koz] I was reading the Studio 54 book
at the time.
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I was picturing back to Donna Summer,
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where it had the drama
off the top of the song.
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It builds, and then it has one of those…
[imitates melody]
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And then it goes into the song.
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So, luckily,
my neighbor is an amazing violinist
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and all-around good guy,
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-Drew Jurecka.
-[playing sorrowful melody]
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[Dua] Koz sent me a version
with the strings.
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I said, "My God, it's so dramatic.
I love it."
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[plays exciting riff]
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[Dua] Strings give a song such a richness
and so much elegance behind it
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that, when you're about to begin
such a funk-driven song,
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it's almost unexpected.
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It felt like it would be a great moment
on the record.
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I was like, "Okay, this is perfect.
This is really fun."
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[playing fast melody]
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It still needed a little bit of work,
but I couldn't quite tell what it was.
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-It's pretty tough.
-[Grimes] Yeah.
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[Koz] We were in the studio one night,
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and Coffee started singing that riff
over top of it, right?
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Like… [imitates riff]
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[vocalizing melody]
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[laughs] Like,
"Is this Star Wars or something?"
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[continues vocalizing melody]
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[playing same melody]
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[Dua] It's a 1930s trumpet track
by Al Bowlly.
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[Grimes] The sample, classic.
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Classic.
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A bit haunted also,
that's what I loved about it.
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Bit of eerie, kind of spooky…
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I loved it. I said, "We should put it in."
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I was just like,
"Oh, that fits like a glove."
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It's a great idea to go, "We'll throw
a sample in the song after the fact."
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But the song is
a completely different key.
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So when you put it in, it doesn't work
because it sounds completely out of tune.
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It was such a nightmare to put that
in the song, to make it work.
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I just tried every different
pitch correction thing.
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I was just pulling my hair out.
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I was like, "Oh, my God."
[groans]
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But, I made it work.
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["Love Again" melody playing]
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The sample was actually used in 1997…
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["Your Woman" playing]
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…by White Town on their song,
"Your Woman."
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It's a great sample.
It takes me to two different eras.
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[melody playing]
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Like this '20s, '30s glamour,
art deco, kind of thing.
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Then also like on a '90s slacker vibe.
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I love when music
constantly reinvents itself.
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So the song was done, but I think
we did spend quite some time
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trying to get the structure of it right.
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[Koz] This song, in particular,
was not obvious.
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We were changing arrangements
right up to the final mix. [laughs]
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Putting this here, putting that there.
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It's hard 'cause it's a weird…
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It's one of those where the parts
are quite undefined, you know?
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-We don't really know--
-When we wrote them, they were just parts.
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-I was like, "I don't know."
-It was…
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[Dua] For some reason,
I had this crazy idea.
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I was like, "You know, maybe we should
just completely re-jig it and do…"
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♪ I can't believe, I can't believe ♪
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I said,
"Why doesn't that become our chorus?"
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I was like, "This will be great.
This will be amazing."
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There were so many versions.
She'd be like, "Put it back to the demo."
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[Dua] I was so adamant
that was gonna work.
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I was like, "Let me live with it."
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After three days, I called him,
"This definitely won't work."
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♪ So many nights
My tears fell harder than rain ♪
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♪ Scared I would take my broken heart
To the grave ♪
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♪ I'd rather die
Than have to live in a storm like before ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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For my first record,
I felt like the easiest thing for me to do
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was draw from sad feelings
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or things that made me upset.
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Moody.
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Moody as fuck, mate.
[chuckles]
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When I first started writing, I was like,
"Heartbreak, I can write about that."
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But I never wanted to just write ballads
or slow songs
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or just, like, cry or whatever.
I love dancing.
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["Love Again" playing]
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It was like putting the two together.
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Then I was like, "It's dance-crying."
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[song continues]
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[Koz] The Future Nostalgia idea…
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She wanted it to feel
like two worlds blending together.
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Kind of sad
but hopeful at the same time.
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[Dua] I think that's got a lot to do
with my upbringing
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and feeling like I belong in two places
but, at the same time, nowhere at all.
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I moved around so much.
Born and raised in London.
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I moved to Kosovo at the age of 11
and then back to London when I was 15.
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I'm so grateful for my dual nationality.
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It's probably why I'm so obsessed
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-with juxtaposition and duality.
-[cheering]
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Making happy sad songs
or dance-crying songs.
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I thrive the most when I'm playing
with two emotions at the same time.
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Where did you record your vocals?
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I did my vocals at RAK Studios in London.
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So we will start…
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at the very beginning.
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I went in with my vocal producer, Lorna.
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-I just got that melody--
-Mary Poppin queen.
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Mary Poppins queen.
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She helps me visualize emotions.
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There are parts, although they're sad,
she's like, "Sing it with a smile."
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♪ Goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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[Lorna] Yes.
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♪ I used to think
That I was made out of stone ♪
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♪ I used to spend so many nights
On my own ♪
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♪ I never knew I had it in me
To dance anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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Can you hear the smile in your voice?
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I can, because the "goddamn"
is more like "God damn."
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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[Lorna] Good…
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So the smile helps you get to that point.
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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[Koz] Dua has the most amazing timbre.
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♪ Never thought
I'd hear my heartbeat so loud ♪
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It's just so instantly recognizable.
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♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
In my chest anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn… ♪
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[Koz] It's just so deep.
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I love when it gets high too.
It breaks up.
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[on recording] ♪ Show me
That Heaven's right here, baby ♪
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It's not too nice,
not a perfect pop voice,
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but it is a perfect pop voice.
[laughs]
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[vocalizing]
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My talking voice,
even in, like, little kids videos,
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it's almost like I smoked cigarettes
my whole life.
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Just like from a kid's…
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-[Dukajin Lipa] Who's Dua P?
-Dua Lipa.
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[singing in Albanian]
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When I was about nine years old,
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I'd go to a theater school every Saturday.
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[continues singing]
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My singing teacher was like,
"Whoa, your voice is really low."
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[continues singing]
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You know, as a kid,
sometimes you'd get bullied or picked on
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or "man voice" or whatever.
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But that was fine,
and it made me stronger.
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[backup singers] ♪ Show me
That Heaven's right here, baby ♪
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♪ Touch me so I know I'm not crazy ♪
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♪ Never have I ever met
Somebody like you… ♪
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That's the trifecta.
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You can hear a bit of Chelcee's voice
and a bit of Coffee.
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[both] ♪ You got me in love again ♪
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[Dua] Always great to sprinkle vocals in.
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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-♪ And again, and again ♪
-♪ And again, and again, and again ♪
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-Oh, my God.
-Yes.
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[Dua] It's what makes the song so special.
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["Love Again" playing]
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There's a lyric in there,
"I sink my teeth in disbelief."
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♪ I sink my teeth in disbelief
'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
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I felt so many emotions at that point
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that I really felt
like I was taking a bite.
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It was so visual for me.
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Like the crust of the universe,
and I was like, "This is so tasty,
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and I can feel everything
and every emotion,"
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and my body was, like, ringing.
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I describe moments before I go onstage
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almost like that.
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Because you're so excited,
and you can't wait to go out,
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and you're almost, like,
so nervous that you might be sick.
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It's so fun, and it's, like,
that whole rush of adrenaline.
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-["Love Again" playing]
-♪ I can't believe, I can't believe ♪
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♪ I finally found someone ♪
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♪ I'll sink my teeth in disbelief ♪
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♪ 'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
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♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
In my chest anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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[audience cheers]
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Coffee and Chelcee were a bit
questioning me on my decision for this.
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Can't remember exactly
who was fighting against this line.
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But… [chuckles]
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Yeah, uh, Dua fought really hard
for that line.
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I said, "I'm really sorry."
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"I don't know if you love it or hate it,
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but this is one thing I have to keep
because it was a feeling."
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When Dua hears something that,
like, gives her that feeling,
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Dua's gonna go with it.
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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Right at the end of the bridge,
we added two extra beats.
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We wanted to build that moment
where you could suck the energy out…
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♪ something left in my chest anymore… ♪
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…and then have that big string
run back in…
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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…and let it explode again,
that dramatic hit.
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It's all about the drama, babes.
[laughs]
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It's one of the cool things
about working with Dua,
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is you're allowed to do that.
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It's a pop project
with real artistic ambition.
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[song continues playing]
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[Hirway] Tell me about these vocals.
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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The last thing I kind of do
on tracks is ad-libs.
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♪ Again, and again
And again, and again, and again ♪
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Sometimes I get nervous,
like, "I'm gonna go off-pitch."
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I get scared to just,
like, let my voice go.
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But when I'm in the booth
with the headphones on,
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and I've got all that reverb,
it's like in a school bathroom.
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You're like,
"The acoustics are amazing in here!"
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And whatever you sing will sound great.
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♪ You got me in love again
Again ♪
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Having written this song,
has it served a purpose in your life
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beyond the context of music?
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To be able to go into the studio
and be that vulnerable
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and open up about that experience
was hard in itself.
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But I felt so much strength in myself
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that I was able to use music
in a way to aid me to feel better.
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This was a moment in my life
that I thought I could never break out of.
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I feel like during the whole process
of creating this song,
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I went through
so many different chapters in my life.
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I learned so much about myself.
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It was important for me to be able
to put it down onto paper
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and tell myself the things
that I needed to hear.
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Find, like, the dance in me when I thought
that I could never dance again.
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["Love Again" playing]
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It's finally finding that…
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person, that thing,
that moment in your life
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that fills you with so much
pride, strength, and confidence
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that you're like, "I can do this."
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Finally, I'm in love again.
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It's all those endorphins,
that excitement, the butterflies.
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[song continues playing]
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ Again, and again, and again
And again, and again ♪
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[audience cheers]
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[Dua] "Love Again" is very much
a testament to the strength and the fire
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that I feel like I had
that needed to be found again.
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And for that, I'm really grateful.
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[Hirway] And now, here's "Love Again"
by Dua Lipa, in its entirety.
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["Love Again" playing]
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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♪ I never thought
I'd hear my heartbeat so loud ♪
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♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
In my chest anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
393
00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:24,615
♪ I used to think
That I was made out of stone ♪
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♪ I used to spend so many nights
On my own ♪
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♪ I never knew I had it in me
To dance anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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♪ Show me that Heaven's right here, baby ♪
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♪ Touch me so I know I'm not crazy ♪
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♪ Never have I ever met
Somebody like you ♪
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♪ Used to be afraid of love
And what it might do ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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00:22:00,068 --> 00:22:02,198
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:06,527
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:11,001
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ Again ♪
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♪ So many nights
My tears fell harder than rain ♪
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♪ Scared I would take my broken heart
To the grave ♪
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♪ I'd rather die
Than have to live in a storm like before ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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♪ Show me that Heaven's right here, baby ♪
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♪ Touch me so I know I'm not crazy ♪
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♪ Never have I ever met
Somebody like you ♪
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♪ Used to be afraid of love
And what it might do ♪
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♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ Again ♪
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♪ I can't believe, I can't believe ♪
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♪ I finally found someone ♪
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♪ I'll sink my teeth in disbelief ♪
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00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:16,976
♪ 'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
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♪ I can't believe, I can't believe ♪
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00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:20,936
♪ I'm not afraid anymore ♪
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00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:25,741
♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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♪ I never thought
That I would find a way out ♪
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00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:36,710
♪ I never thought
I'd hear my heartbeat so loud ♪
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♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
In my chest anymore ♪
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♪ But goddamn ♪
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♪ You got me in love again ♪
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♪ I can't believe, I can't believe ♪
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00:23:57,352 --> 00:23:59,402
♪ I finally found someone ♪
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♪ I'll sink my teeth in disbelief ♪
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00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:03,646
♪ 'Cause you're the one that I want ♪
435
00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:07,653
♪ I can't believe there's somethin' left
Inside my chest anymore ♪
436
00:24:07,737 --> 00:24:13,367
♪ But goddamn, you got me in love again ♪
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00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:16,792
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:21,537
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:23,246
♪ You got me in love again ♪
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00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:28,966
♪ Again, and again, and again
And again, and again ♪
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[song ends]
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["Love Again" instrumental playing]