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Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa
Radical Optimism is an album by Dua Lipa, released in 2024. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Houdini”, on 1 list with a best position of #41.
Radical Optimism, Dua Lipa's third album, arrived through Warner on 3 May 2024, four years after Future Nostalgia, and this time she brought in a psychedelic ringer: Tame Impala founder Kevin Parker, working alongside Danny L Harle, Ian Kirkpatrick and Andrew Wyatt. The result is dance-pop gone slightly sun-dazed, the beats still built for the club but with a woozy, neo-psychedelic shimmer rippling at the edges.
"Houdini", "Training Season" and "Illusion" all made the UK top 10 and the top 15 of the Billboard Global 200, with "End of an Era" following. Reviews were mostly warm, some praising the production, others finding it a step down from Future Nostalgia, but it debuted at number one in the UK with the biggest opening week for a British woman in three years, and in the US it gave her both her best first-week sales and her highest Billboard 200 peak. The Radical Optimism Tour kept it on the road from November 2024 to December 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Radical Optimism on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houdini | 1 | #41 | – | 2023 | |
| 2 | Training Season | 1 | #64 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.