Dua Lipa is set to drop a remix album titled Club Future Nostalgia and has led it with a remix of the Future Nostalgia album cut "Levitating". The remix was helmed by Blessed Madonna and features Madonna and Missy Elliott. I don't know why in 2020 people are still putting Madonna and Missy Elliott together after that God awful remix of "Into The Groove" they did for Gap, but here we are.
I have to hand it to Dua's team for managing to take a really good song and ruin it so badly. Everything about this remix feels ill informed. Madonna probably said yes because Dua is popular and we know how she's trying to get in with the cool kids. Missy probably said yes because she's too humble and kind to say no. And Duolingo figured 'I don't care what the remix sounds like 'cos I got Madonna and Missy on the track'. I honestly don't know what Blessed Madonna was thinking with this monotonous ass beat. She ruined the whole damn thing.
"Levitating" is one of my favourite songs on Future Nostalgia. The production is absolutely sublime and the song is charming. This remix takes that good production and charm and runs them over with a truck. A remix of "Levitating" should've just been Missy on the original. A fan went a head and cut together a remix with the original music mere hours after the remix dropped.
And whilst the music video features some great representation, it is still a shit video. Especially after the amazing visuals we got for "Physical" and "Break My Heart". 'We're in a pandemic' isn't an excuse anymore, because we've seen some truly amazing videos created during it.
"Levitating" deserved so much better than this.
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