Dua Lipa and The Weeknd’s latest projects, Future Nostalgia and After Hours, both contain songs that evoke nostalgia of the 1980s. From Dua Lipa’s “Physical” to The Weeknd’s “In Your Eyes,” the synths and rhythm call back to the dance floors of queer clubs of color from the late ‘70s and ’80s. Genius spoke to Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan from Vox’s Switched On Pop podcast to break down why it’s possible for a song to capture the sound of a generation.
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https://genius.com/a/why-dua-lipa-the-weeknd-sound-like-the-80s
Read all the lyrics to “After Hours” on Genius:
https://genius.com/The-weeknd-after-hours-lyrics
Read all the lyrics to “Future Nostalgia” on Genius:
https://genius.com/albums/Dua-lipa/Future-nostalgia
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Umm because Bruno already went down the 70s and 90s path.
I’m really trying to find that 80’s sound.
Hopefully releasing a single soon 😌
and that BASS…love.
Dua's is more of 90s than 80s.
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – One Kiss also sounds like 80's song
7:06 my favorite songs to dance are all from the after hours album and many more from the weeknd and physcal by dua lipa and some by drake B)
Blinding light s
The rest of indie pop has been sounding like the 80's for years now…