Dua Lipa - 'Radical Optimism': Binciken Album

Da kundin sautin sa ta na uku, mun sadu da wata wacce ta balaga, ta wayewa, kuma ta gamsu. Dua Lipa. Wataƙila kalmar "radical" a Radical Optimism ba ta fi magana game da tafiyar zuwa nan ba fiye da matsayin ta na yanzu. Album ɗin da kansa wataƙila ba ya da radical, amma yana da kyau sosai, kuma mun sadu da wata Dua Lipa mai kwarin gwiwa wacce ta nuna ƙimarta.

Idan farkon fitarta mai suna kanta, Dua Lipa, alama ce ta girman kai ta hanyar ƙirar halitta da ƙwazo, kuma Future Nostalgia kwataɗi mai matukar muhimmanci ne (a lokacin cutar annobar shekaru ɗari) wanda watakila ya ceci kowa daga hauka da waƙoƙinsa masu sautin bege kamar "Levitating",. Radical Optimism yana wakiltar tafiyar, ba kawai wurin kai ba.

Tare da kundin waƙa biyu a cikin biyar mafi sau da yawa ana saurare a Spotify a tarihin duka lokaci, darawar finafinai a cikin Barbie da Argyle, wani shirin sauti (podcast) (Dua Lipa: At Your Service) inda ta yi hira da mutane sama da 100 (gami da Tim Cook), wanda ya taso zuwa London don a yi masa hira daga kujera mai sauƙi a falo na gida na Dua kan batutuwan da suka yi zurfi kamar AI, manyan sanarwar mawaka da kulob ɗin littattafai mafi girma a duniya (Service95), kamfanin nata na samarwa, kula da gudanarwa, da buga kundin sa (RADICAL22), babbar biki ta kiɗa mafi kyau ta Turai (Sunny Hill Festival, tare da mawaka kamar Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, J Balvin), kungiyar agaji nata, Sunny Hill Foundation, wanda ya gina makarantu na yara marasa ƙarfi daga gare ta da sauran ayyukan taimako da dama, da kuma sayen kwamitin kiɗa nata kwanan nan, Dua Lipa ta yi nasara sosai a cikin duk kasuwancinta. Dole ne mutum ya zama mai fatan alheri mai ƙarfin gwiwa don gwada ɗaya daga waɗannan, amma Dua na iya yin su duk cikin sauƙi. Mu ce ta iya, ita ce Elon Musk na pop?

Ko da Elon Musk zai iya ficewa wajen ginawa rokit da saka na'urar kwakwalwa, tono rami mara amfani, aika dubban taurari zuwa sararin samaniya, gudanar da X (Twitter na baya), gina AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), warware tuki na kansa, da yin motoci masu lantarki, Dua a ce tana yiwuwa yin abubuwa masu yawa fiye da haka. Yayin da muke rubuta wannan bita, a wani lokaci mun manta cewa ita ma tana yin kiɗa kuma tana sayar da manyan dandalin wasanni da dandamalin duniya a yawon shakatawarta! Muna rubutu jiya game da yadda Dua Lipa ta gina daular biliyan-dollar, kuma dukkan alamu na nuna hakan zai faru da wuri maimakon jinkiri. Zata zama ɗaya daga cikin kaɗan da suka yi hakan, duk da ganin tana a ko'ina tare da hutu. Dua Lipa Za ta iya koya mana kowa darasi a cikin sarrafa lokaci. A gwargwadon yadda take motsi, ba za mu yi mamaki ba idan ta saita zuwa Mars kafin Elon.

Komawa ga kiɗa. Domin Radical Optimism, Dua ta ce ta rubuta kusan waƙoƙi 100, amma daga ciki 11 ne kaɗai suka shiga album ɗin. Wannan shine album ɗin farko nata bayan shekaru 4 (shin da gaske hakan ta yi tsawo tun bayan fara COVID-19?). Duk da cewa Taylor Swift da Beyoncé sun ba mu album masu kusan waƙoƙi 30, muna tsammanin Dua ta kamata ta bayar da abin da ya fi mintuna 36 da dakiku 35 na tsawon lokaci, musamman ganin bambancin shekaru tsakanin album.

Waƙokinta na nuna kwarin gwiwa, kwanciyar hankali, da kuma inganci Dua Lipa. Kevin Parker na Tame Impala ya kawo fitarwa mai kyau sosai, kuma murya — kodayake an yi mata atisaye ɗan yawa kuma wani lokaci tana da jin haɗaɗɗa — kusan cikakkiyar ce. Wakokin da suke cikin "These Walls" suna da gaskiya kuma masu sanyin jijjiga. Yawanci abin da ake ji yana daɗi a duk faɗin, a wane abu ne za ka ji bakin ciki? Raw da murya mai motsin zuciya da kuka ji a album ɗinta na farko sun ɓace, kuma an kawo madadin sauti masu laushi, tsare-tsare, da muryoyin da aka inganta ƙwarai-kwarai kowane abu daya bayan daya. Dua ba ta yin ƙoƙari ta rubuta game da wani abu banda inda take a rayuwarta ta yanzu, wanda yake da alaƙar soyayya, tana samun damammaki daga masu janyo hankali, kuma tana gina ikon kafafarta na kafofin watsa labarai. Wannan album ya kasance mai kyau bisa abin da yake. Duk da haka, muna missing raw anthems kamar "New Rules", "Physical", "Levitating", da "Cold Heart". "Training Season" ita ce mafi kusa da irin wannan yanayi.

Maganar nan, Dua ta rasa damar ƙara wasu manyan mawaƙa cikin album ɗin. A ƙarshe, haɗin gwiwarta da Elton John, DaBaby, da Miley Cyrus sun ba mu wasu daga cikin mafi kyau waƙoƙinta. Za a yi maraba da haɗin Troye Sivan a "Anything For Love". Watakila zamu iya samun wannan a remix?

Muna buƙatar wannan mahalli don mu yi cikakken bita Radical Optimism dangane da abin da yake daidai da abin da bai zama ba. Taken, Radical Optimism, yana nuna wani abu da album ɗin bai kawo ba — sabon sauti mai radikal — kuma ba shi ne Future Nostalgia 2.0. Maimakon haka, yana nuna inda Dua take a yanzu da yadda ta kai ga nan: basirar da ke ciki da kuma fata mai tsanani. Tana inganta fasahar sauti da kuma shigar da mu cikin duniya inda abubuwa suke da kyau sosai. Shirye-shiryen suna da laushi kamar auduga, muryoyi kadan sun yi daidai ƙwarai, kuma kalaman sun kasance masu daidaito. Idan Radical Optimism karewa Dua Lipa na inganta sana'arta, zamu iya tsammanin ƙarin kiɗa daga gare ta nan kusa.‍

Waƙoƙin da muke so su ne:

1. "These Walls"
2. "Training Season"
3. "Anything For Love"
4. "Maria"
5. "Houdini"

Ga waɗanda ke da tunani mai kaunar Dua Lipa na album ɗinta ta farko, "Maria" ita ce mafi kusa da abin da za ka samu. Muryar ƙasa ta kawo irin jin daɗin da ta kawo a "Hotter Than Hell", tana tuna mana dalilin da yasa muka kamu da Dua Lipa a farko.

Idan ka amince da tunanin Radical Optimism, za ka ji daɗinsa a maimaitawa. Maimakon neman sauyi mai tsanani a sauti, mai da hankali ga jigogin album na kwarin gwiwa, godiya ga tsofaffin soyayyoyi, da kuma ci gaba da kasancewa cikin bege game da dangantakar gaba. Ta wannan hangen nesa, Radical Optimism yana nuna tafiyar da ke kusa da zuciya ta kasancewa da gaske da kanka a matsayin masoyi mara fatan, duk da sauye-sauyen da rayuwa ta haifar. Muna maraba da Duaƙaramin zamani na kwarin gwiwarta da kuma ba Radical Optimism maki na 8.5/10.