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Dua Lipa Shares Cryptic Video Teasing New Music: ‘Tell Me All The Ways You Need Me’

The clip also featured a string of seemingly random numbers.

Dua Lipa attends the World Premiere of "Barbie" at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on July 09, 2023 in Los Angeles.

Dua Lipa attends the World Premiere of "Barbie" at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on July 09, 2023 in Los Angeles.

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Looks like Dua Lipa is signing up for a new era. Are you coming with her?

After deleting all prior posts on Instagram, the 28-year-old pop star shared a cryptic teaser video Monday (Oct. 31) full of possible clues regarding long-awaited new music. Her hair dyed bright red, Dua closes her mouth on a gold necklace with a key-shaped pendant and shows a split-second flash of a stack of Polaroids, after which a series of seemingly random numbers flash onscreen: 4, 8, 9, 9, 14, 15 and 21.


The clip is set to what sounds like a snippet of upcoming music; following a descending line of piano notes, Dua sings the words “Tell me all the ways you need me” before a funky bass line kicks in.

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“🔑✨sign up dualipa.com,” the Argylle actress wrote in her caption.

On the star’s website, fans are prompted to “Sign Up” for “happiness, passion, love, joy, optimism, energy” and “fun.” After plugging in your phone number, expect a message welcoming you to “Dua’s text community.”

The teaser comes more than three years after Dua’s last album Future Nostalgia, her massively successful sophomore effort which spawned the single “Levitating.” Though the singer has remained busy with acting projects, her Barbie soundtrack contribution “Dance The Night” and various musical collaborations — most notably “Cold Heart” with Elton John and “Sweetest Pie” with Megan Thee Stallion — fans have been antsy for a new album for months.

Many have already started decoding the elusive numbers tacked onto Dua’s teaser, with some concluding that the digits are code for the name “Houdini.” The famed magician notably passed away on Halloween, the same day Dua’s teaser went live. The key in Lipa’s mouth may also be a Harry Houdini reference. During the magician’s public stunts, his wife, Bess, would often pass him the key to his handcuffs via a kiss. The cover of Kate Bush’s 1982 album The Dreaming – which shows the art rocker kissing a chained man with a key in her mouth – is a reference to Houdini.

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See Dua’s new teaser video below:

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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Obituaries: Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles, Flo & Eddie
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Mark Volman of the Turtles on May 1, 1990 in New York.

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Obituaries: Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles, Flo & Eddie

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Bruce Calderwood of U.S. punk legends Flipper and Tama Lundon of NZ reggae stars Herbs.

Mark Randall Volman, a vocalist, songwriter and academic best known for his work in The Turtles and Flo & Eddie, died on Sept. 5, at age 78, after a battle with Lewy body dementia since 2020.

Volman's death was confirmed in a statement shared on Facebook by his lawyer Evan Cohen. It said, "I am sorry to report that my long-time friend and client, Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie (and a couple of years in the Mothers of Invention), has died at the age of 78. Mark and bandmate Howard Kaylan stepped up and set an example for decades, standing up for the rights of musicians in various legal actions, which had a great impact on the progression of the law in several different areas (including sampling, and the eventual protection of 60s recordings under the Music Modernization Act).”

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