Alright everyone, we're in the home stretch before the holidays and I've got one more

of our favorite episodes to share with you as a holiday treat.

This is a fun one about pop music star, Dua Lipa.

Back in March we did a show about Dua's song, Levitating, which had been hit with not one

but two plagiarism lawsuits.

But this conversation is also about the music industry and creativity.

Anyway, here's the show.

The British singer Dua Lipa 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 Dua Lipa expert to talk to me about it.

Guilty is 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 Dua.

You know, she has the most honest album name that maybe I've ever heard,

Future Nostalgia.

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