The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Musics Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. Its the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.
Dec. 4, 2020 | Abby ONeill — With a genuine smile stretched across her face, Dua Lipa seems overjoyed to reconnect with her band for their only performance since their tour in support of her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia, was cancelled in March. Glowing from the inside out and accentuated by the apricot hues of a backdrop in a London studio, Dua and her backup vocalists and band bring life and warmth into households in need of «levitating» and some pep in their step this winter. This vibrant four song set of dance hits, all from Future Nostalgia, will surely have you cutting up the floor in your kitchen while quarantining in the cold weather.
While we cant film our Tiny Desk concerts at NPRs D.C. office during the pandemic, our «home» series has created opportunity for global megastars like Dua Lipa to bring her uptempo dance joints all the way from London. Of Kosovar Albanian descent, Dua Lipa was raised in the UK and rose to super stardom in the three years since her eponymous debut album dropped in 2017. NPR Music featured her in our docu-series Noteworthy at the onset of her career. Its been extraordinary to witness her colossal takeover of the pop music landscape. Dua sums the times during her intro of «Love Again»: «Its about manifesting good things into your life, when things arent quite going your way.»
SET LIST
«Levitating»
«Pretty Please»
«Love Again»
«Dont Start Now»
MUSICIANS
Dua Lipa: vocals
Matthew Carroll: bass
Alex Lanyon: guitar
Naomi Scarlett: vocals
Ciara OConnor: vocals
Izzy Chase: vocals
Matthew Allen: vocals
CREDITS
Video: Ceremony London, James Barnes
Audio: WFB Live, Will Nicholson
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Abby ONeill
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
Your love isnt fair
You live in a world where you didnt listen
And you didnt care
So Im floating
Floating on air
Oh… yeah…
No warning of such a sad song
Of broken hearts
My dreams of fairy tales and fantasy, oh
Were torn apart
I lost my peace of mind
Somewhere along the way
I knew theres come a time
Youd hear me say
Im sick and tired
Of always being sick and tired
Half past twelve
and I’m watchin’ the late show
in my flat all alone
how I hate to spend
the evening on my own
autumn winds
blowin’ outside the window
as I look around the room
and it makes me so
depressed to see the gloom
there’s not a soul out there
no one to hear my prayer
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
A man after midnight
won’t somebody help me
chase the shadows away
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
A man after midnight
take me through the darkness
to the break of the day
Movie stars
find the end of the rainbow
with a fortune to win
it’s so different from
the world I’m living in
tired of TV
I open the window
and I gaze into the night
but there’s nothing there to see
no one in sight
there’s not a soul out there
no one to hear my prayer
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
A man after midnight
won’t somebody help me
chase the shadows away
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
A man after midnight
take me through the darkness
to the break of the day
℗ 2019 The Weeknd XO, Inc., manufactured and marketed by Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 2019-11-29
Producer, Associated Performer, Bass (vocal), Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming: Max Martin
Producer, Associated Performer, Bass (vocal), Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming: Oscar Holter
Producer, Associated Performer, Programming, Keyboards, Bass (vocal), Guitar, Drums: The Weeknd
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Serban Ghenea
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: John Hanes
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Dave Kutch
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Kevin Peterson
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Cory Bice
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Jeremy Lertola
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Sean Klein
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Shin Kamiyama
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Sam Holland
Studio Personnel, Engineer: Michael Ilbert
Associated Performer, Background Vocalist: Abel Tesfaye
Composer Lyricist: Max Martin
Composer Lyricist: Oscar Holter
Composer Lyricist: Abel «The Weeknd» Tesfaye
Composer Lyricist: Ahmad Balshe
Composer Lyricist: Jason «DaHeala» Quenneville
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«Я себя знаю!» — это псевдоинтеллектуальная псевдовикторина, в которой Азамат Мусагалиев попытается найти и задать селебам вопросы о них, на которые они не смогут ответить. Зачем? Да специально, чтобы за каждый неправильный ответ услышать от звезды отвратительный факт из её биографии.
Engineer: Adam Hawkins
Masterer: Chris Gehringer
Executive Producer: Chris Woltman
Drums: Josh Dun
Bass, Keyboards, Programmer: Mike Elizondo
Producer: Mike Elizondo
Mixer: Neal Avron
Executive Producer: Ricky Reed
Assistant Mix Engineer: Scott Skrzynski
Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals: Tyler Joseph
Co- Producer: Tyler Joseph
Executive Producer: Tyler Joseph
Writer: T. Joseph
