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Beats being that.

The British singer, Duolipa, has never been secretive about her songwriting.

She's recorded interviews where she goes deep on her influences, analyzes her music stem

by stem.

Her latest album, she said the vibe was driven by a close knit team.

They opened up their recording session by playing around with some tarot cards, and they powered

through it all on a donut-fueled sugar high.

This recording session produced a mega hit, which if you have not been living under a rock

for the last year, you've definitely heard.

This song, Levitating.

It is the most streamed song of 2021.

I called up a self-described Duolipa expert to talk to me about it.

You guilty as charged, I suppose.

Jeremy Oros teaches music theory at the University of Memphis.

He's happy to admit he is a straight-up fan of Duolipa.

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