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“It always felt like it needed an occasion and this feels like it’s the perfect time,” Dua Lipa stated regarding the release timing, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of Future Nostalgia.
The song “Physical,” a defining anthem of the pandemic era, begins with Lipa posing a thought-provoking question: “Common love isn’t for us/We created something phenomenal/Don’t you agree?” As the milestone of her celebrated album Future Nostalgia arrives, she poses this question to Troye Sivan, who features as a special guest on the newly-released remix of “Physical.”
In his newly added verse, Sivan sings, “We’re verging on the edge of spiritual/You’re deeper than you thought, it’s a miracle/Don’t you agree? Can you evеn believe? Ayy, ayy/Baby, I can lovе you all night/If you ask me to —, I might/Babe, get a taste of the moment/Stay up ’til the early morning, yeah/My final fantasy.”
Before her breakout success with “New Rules” in 2017, Lipa opened for Sivan on his Blue Neighbourhood tour. Since then, she has released three studio albums and achieved significant accolades, including three Grammy Awards, among them Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia.
Reflecting on the fifth anniversary of her album, Lipa expressed her gratitude, saying, “Thank you for the memories that I have to last me a lifetime ~ keeping me dancing all around the world. Grateful beyond words and thanking my lucky stars every day for music and the power that it has over me, and the ability that it has had time and time again to connect us all no matter where we are on this floating rock!!!!”
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Lipa further added, “To celebrate this massive milestone in my life, I’m sharing a version of ‘Physical’ that @troyesivan and I worked on together years ago, and it always felt like it needed an occasion and this feels like it’s the perfect time.”
Lipa announced the collaboration during a surprise performance where Sivan joined her at a concert in Melbourne, Australia, as part of her Radical Optimism tour. In a light-hearted moment, she asked a fan, “Can we trust you to leak this?” while handing over a USB drive containing the “Physical” remix. The track soon emerged online, leading to an official announcement regarding its release date earlier today.
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