{"id":35071,"date":"2020-08-18T01:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/why-dua-lipas-levitating-remix-is-ultimately-disappointing\/"},"modified":"2020-08-18T01:13:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:13:52","slug":"why-dua-lipas-levitating-remix-is-ultimately-disappointing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/why-dua-lipas-levitating-remix-is-ultimately-disappointing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” Remix is Ultimately Disappointing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dua Lipa<\/a> dropped \u201cLevitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix)\u201d and fans are not happy. It all sounds like a recipe for success, but this remix makes the worst mistake a remix can make: too damn much happening on the track.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In their efforts to reinvent the track, the singers and producer The Blessed Madonna created a song that is unrecognizable. The beat is completely different while the tempo and lyrics remain the same, creating a disconcerting effect for anyone familiar with the original song. Madonna and Missy sound disinterested with their verses, and I think it\u2019s safe to say we are, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basically, it’s a classic case of taking something that ain\u2019t broke and \u201cfixing” it. So, what <\/span>does<\/span><\/i> make a good remix?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basically, you have to take what made the song great in the first place and build on that. It\u2019s about enhancing what\u2019s already there, not starting from scratch. Think about the Patrick Cowley remix of Donna Summer\u2019s \u201cI Feel Love.\u201d<\/a> He made the song fresh and unique, without changing what made it good in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also, if you\u2019re going to have big name feature artists on the track, they need to do something big. Something memorable. Something that you can hear and say, \u201cYeah, that\u2019s <\/span>so<\/span><\/i> [insert artist name here].\u201d Madonna and Missy\u2019s verses don\u2019t have that stamp of originality. When Beyonc<\/span>\u00e9 featured on Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s \u201cSavage\u201d remix<\/a>, she made her verses her own, while still remaining true to the general structure and vibe of the original. Hence, why the song went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t think this \u201cLevitating\u201d remix will tank Dua\u2019s career; <\/span>Future Nostalgia<\/span><\/i> was too good of an album for that. I think, like most bad remixes, it will simply fade into obscurity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out the remix here (but I seriously advise just listening to the original).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n