Blogocentric Formulations

Levitating

"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  | Day 12

"Levitating"
by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby

This song has been pretty heavily featured on my work playlist. I tend to go for upbeat, high energy songs that I can play on repeat. Once I've listened to a song like this four or five times in a row, the lyrics kind of melt away and I can use the familiarity with the beat to get into a work rhythm that allows me to focus and be productive.

There are a handful of Dua Lipa songs that I've really liked over the years, but I've never actually listened to a full album of hers. I should probably do that at some point, because even her just-okay songs are pretty catchy.

An interesting detail about this song is that it was at the height of its popularity when DaBaby made some controversial homophobic remarks during a concert, which drew widespread criticism and caused him to be removed from the lineup of several festivals and concerts that he was scheduled to attend. Several radio stations refused the play the song with his inclusion in it. Dua Lipa denounced DaBaby's remarks and actually made a few different versions of the song, including a version with him cut out of it entirely, as well as a "Blessed Madonna remix" featuring both Madonna and Missy Elliott. The other versions actually spent longer on the Billboard charts than the original, so DaBaby was removed from the song's attribution entirely (Billboard rules state that only one version of the song is recognized, and it's the version that spends the most weeks on the chart).