Dua Lipa caused a sensation in her music video for the new single Illusion, which was released on Thursday.
The 28-year-old English and Albanian singer was pictured writhing on a platform in the middle of a large swimming pool, surrounded by a circle of synchronized swimmers.
She wore a fiery red, sheer mesh dress that tied at the waist with a thick black belt with metal rivets.
As she strikes sultry poses, she sings the chorus: “Ooh, what are you doing?/Don’t know who you think is messing you up/I’m like, Ooh, it’s funny/You think I’m going for an illusion traps .’
In the video, Lipa and a host of dancers perform acrobatics while splashing in the water, with a city skyline in the background.
Dua Lipa caused a storm in her new music video for single Illusion, which was released on Thursday
The 28-year-old English and Albanian singer was pictured writhing on a platform in the middle of a large swimming pool, surrounded by a circle of synchronized swimmers.
The star then sings, “I already know your type, think you can play your cards right / Don’t you know I could do this dance all night?”
The video begins with the singer in a black thong bodysuit as she walks around the large platform near the pool and supervises as dancers in short shorts perform their workout routine.
In another part of the clip, the star can be seen straddling a diving board in the eye-catching outfit.
She sings the first verse: “It’s known that I missed a red flag / I put my lover on a pedestal / In the end, those things just don’t last / And it’s time for me to take off my rose-colored glasses.”
Performing a sultry choreography, she launches into the pre-chorus: “I already know your type, tell me the things I like / Try to make me yours for life, take me for a ride / I know you already type, think you I can play your cards well. Don’t you know I could do this dance all night?’
Dua and her team then enter the pool as she sings the second verse.
“Was a time when those things might have worked/ Was a time when I just threw a match and let it burn/ Now I’m a grown up, I know what I deserve/ I still like to dance with the lessons I’ve already learned. ‘
In the third part of the video, Dua slips into a sheer black lace mini dress as she continues to show off her dancing skills with her backup dancers.
The single comes from her third album Radical Optimism, which will be released on May 3.
She has already released two other singles from the record, ‘Houdini’ and ‘Training Season’.
In another part of the clip, the star sat astride a diving board in a black thong bodysuit
As she strikes sultry poses, she sings the chorus: “Ooh, what are you doing?/Don’t know who you think is messing you up/I’m like, Ooh, it’s funny/You think I’m going for an illusion traps ‘
In the video, Lipa and a slew of male dancers perform acrobatics in a large swimming pool with a city skyline in the background
She wore a fiery red, sheer mesh dress, cinched at the waist with a thick black belt with metal rivets
The star then sings, “I already know your type, think you can play your cards right / Don’t you know I could do this dance all night?”
The video begins with the singer walking around the large platform near the pool and supervising as dancers in shorts perform their workout routine.
She sings the first verse: “It’s been known that I missed a red flag / I put my lover on a pedestal / In the end, those things just don’t last / And it’s time for me to take off my rose-colored glasses”
Performing sultry choreography, she enters the pre-chorus
In the third part of the video, Dua slips into a sheer black lace mini dress as she continues to show off her dancing skills with her backup dancers.
The single comes from her third album Radical Optimism, which will be released on May 3
The singer announced her third album in March, which will contain eleven songs.
Radical Optimism follows Dua’s debut album Dua Lipa, released in 2017, and Future Nostalgia, released in 2020.
Dua says: ‘A few years ago a friend introduced me to the term radical optimism. It’s a concept that resonated with me, and I became more curious as I started to play with it and weave it into my life.”
“It struck me: the idea of moving through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm. At the same time I was browsing through the music history of psychedelia, trip hop and Britpop.’
“It’s always felt so confident and optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I carried with me into my recording sessions.”