Future Nostalgia
by Dua Lipa
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Mar 27, 2020
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 4390 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,924 out of 4390
  2. Mixed: 110 out of 4390
  3. Negative: 356 out of 4390
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  1. diamandis1995
    Mar 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly I think that this album can be better I mean the singles are amazing but it contains some filling songs.… Expand
  2. carloschevez95
    Jun 14, 2020
    3
    the album has like 3 or 4 catchy songs but the rest are literally just fillers/skips.
  3. bocateenn
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    Don’t Start Now, Physical & Break My Heart are fantastic songs, but three fantastic songs don’t make a fantastic album. Sadly there are not enough new sounds on the other tracks. Hallucinate is just a different version of Break My Heart and Pretty Please seems like a slower version of Don’t Start Now. I expected way more, disappointed to be honest.
  4. lguevara
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    Absolutely does not live up to the hype. These are recycled Daft Punk/Madonnaesque tracks set to current thematics, vapid lyrical content and Dua's signature low-energy approach to delivering everything.
  5. Ygorjacobs
    Mar 29, 2020
    3
    O álbum não tem músicas fortes como os singles lançados. É mais um álbum neutro como os das demais cantorias pop da atualidade
  6. Melissabelassi
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    It's fine but only to listen to it once, since the rhythm is the same in all the songs and the lyrics are very similar to each other.
  7. amandajade
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I think it is a lot of impudence on the part of Dua to copy what The Weeknd started in the middle of this decade, by that I mean the synthpop sounds of the eighties. Future Nostalgia only leaves as proof that she is influenced by artists like Abel, that seriously, if they are worth it and that they do not need to use their physical appearance to have followers and audience, but theirI think it is a lot of impudence on the part of Dua to copy what The Weeknd started in the middle of this decade, by that I mean the synthpop sounds of the eighties. Future Nostalgia only leaves as proof that she is influenced by artists like Abel, that seriously, if they are worth it and that they do not need to use their physical appearance to have followers and audience, but their introspection and artistic atmosphere, which I do not see here because almost everything sounds the same.… Expand
  8. Lovedeep
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    Same vibes like her past projects nothing new in this album don't start now is good for me that's it
  9. thecartercombs
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    i curious as to if she is capable of showing emotion through music. it’s boring.
  10. Elimonero
    Mar 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good sound but does not convey the feeling, an old sound does not make it special...… Expand
  11. Fmazr
    Mar 28, 2020
    3
    Too much hype, same sounds throughout the album. Kinda sad that we're celebrating lukewarm pieces of work the way this album is celebrated
  12. Armariodaju
    Apr 6, 2020
    3
    How have people become so brainwashed by overhyped record labels campaigns? And critics that are payed to write reviews to help sell the artist? It’s just plagiarism everywhere, there’s nothing original about it and they all go out and promote this as if it’s genius. It’s a mix of so many signature sounds from other artists such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, S Club 7, LillyHow have people become so brainwashed by overhyped record labels campaigns? And critics that are payed to write reviews to help sell the artist? It’s just plagiarism everywhere, there’s nothing original about it and they all go out and promote this as if it’s genius. It’s a mix of so many signature sounds from other artists such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, Billie Eilish, S Club 7, Lilly Allen, Michael Jackson... in every comment on YouTube people say “it reminds me of Rihanna shut up and drive” or “it reminds me of Madonna” I mean... yes it does!! it reminds of everyone but the actual artist that’s releasing the record!! At first I loved the cover, she looks stunning on it and seems really original but then even that is a copy from Madonna 1994 Versace campaign!! The artwork for physical is also copied from Madonna! I mean how come isn’t this out there?? And then this is being branded as some pop bible?? It’s like a CD cover of a bunch of songs. I understand she wouldn’t want to copy New Rules but at least that song/sound is hers!! And not some blatant copy of everything else. Such an obsession to become the next Madonna that there’s no originality whatsoever. And this comes from someone that loved her first album, a lot more authentic in my opinion. It’s mind blowing this is being praised this way and not actually criticized for how much she’s copying everyone else.… Expand
  13. alexistena
    Jun 2, 2020
    3
    El álbum es súper básico, muchas canciones son muy parecidas a otras canciones de otros artistas y la letra se me hace mujer repetitiva. Me quedo con el disco anterior de dua lipa
  14. Berlin21880
    Aug 28, 2020
    3
    Bops, sure. Lyrically, nah, very boring. Dua needs to step up her game. She's obviously very big on streaming but not quite in terms of pure sales
  15. pinsandpearls
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    It's just rehashed pop music. It's fine, but overhyped. There's nothing groundbreaking and I don't see anybody really remembering this album and its generic pop five years from now. The lyrics are subpar and the "instrumentals" sound familiar -- not in a good way, but like I could mistake them for any other pop radio hit. Pass.
  16. arostislavna
    Apr 26, 2020
    2
    Zoomers giving this a 10... there are only 2 good songs on the album.

    And the rest of the reviews here, are paid bots.
    Unbelievable.
  17. 4ristocrat
    Jun 6, 2020
    2
    Terrible and messy album. Too commercial to be better than a 2/10. Take the title track for example. A 1970s-2020s electronic jazz piano pop hot freaking mess.
  18. Sfisosabelo
    Apr 17, 2020
    2
    An underwhelming attempt at music. An overhyped singer. From all the noise I was hearing I truly expected something epic but all I got was an epic fail.
  19. YorHaA12
    Apr 5, 2020
    2
    This album is so bland and generic. There are no new sounds or melodies. The first single is very good dance song however.
  20. camilaramosib
    Apr 16, 2020
    2
    repetitive album! i didn’t enjoy it her debut was better although Don’t Start Now is a bop
  21. RegiaSheffer
    Jul 31, 2020
    2
    Overrated!! Nothing exciting, no replay value for me.. trying too hard sorry
  22. NURIKO
    Apr 2, 2020
    2
    It's hard to listen. It's not the worst album out there, but it's so over-hyped and media played.
  23. Rony4
    Mar 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não gostei tanto do álbum me soa estranho, não me agradou desculpe … Expand
  24. BadBoyDrunkBy6
    Mar 29, 2020
    2
    This album is in no way fresh or different. Almost the entire album including artwork and promotional photos etc. can easily be tracked back to Madonna and her mega hit album Confessions on A Dance Floor. Lipa even attempts to recreate Madonna’s 1994 pictorial ad campaign for Versace. All in all the entire album sounds reductive at best.
  25. helendarraghh
    Apr 8, 2020
    2
    Has a basic and boring sound that doesn’t become more interesting as you go throughout the album. Only good songs are physical and pretty please.
  26. Umutt
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Future Nostalgia is a basic pop album and that will be forgotten for a few months :(((
  27. frankfurtuna
    Mar 29, 2020
    1
    overhyped. basic retro pop, nothing that makes me want to listen a second time
  28. degaspaaark
    Mar 27, 2020
    1
    I truly enjoyed Physical and Break my Heart, but the rest? It's lacking production that follows. The last two tracks are horrendously bad, but at least she's trying to write something sort of provoking. Although it's just not enough to keep the songs playing.
  29. lauraioanas
    Mar 27, 2020
    1
    2020 be trippin, how is this any good. Sounds like all pop music now, nothing new or innovative, nothing we havent heard before
  30. NenhumAnjo
    May 15, 2020
    1
    UPDATE: at the third time I was listening to the songs, i noticed that all the songs were forgetable, i felt in a Renner store...
    Honestly, I did know Dua Lipa as the "new rules" or "IDGAF" or other songs about ex boyfriends, but this album is really another level of quality, theres is not a full bad song, I could enjoy most part of the album, and I think that, with this piece of work,    UPDATE: at the third time I was listening to the songs, i noticed that all the songs were forgetable, i felt in a Renner store...
    Honestly, I did know Dua Lipa as the "new rules" or "IDGAF" or other songs about ex boyfriends, but this album is really another level of quality, theres is not a full bad song, I could enjoy most part of the album, and I think that, with this piece of work, Dua can be remembered as the new generation Pop Queen, or in other words, a future nostalgia.    … Expand
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88

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
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  1. No Ripcord
    May 13, 2020
    80
    Small quibbles notwithstanding, Future Nostalgia is the perfect antidote to quarantine-induced cabin fever.
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  2. AllMusic
    Apr 2, 2020
    90
    With this flawless effort, she manages to achieve both. Future Nostalgia could have just as well been titled "Future Classic."
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  3. PopMatters
    Mar 30, 2020
    70
    Make no mistake, her risks are still very within the context of a 4/4 pop structure, but she still finds such color and joy in her surroundings it's hard not to get swept up in her energy. Such risk-staking, however, can still lead to a few moments that could've used a bit more polish.
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