Dua Lipa teams up with Creepy Nuts for ‘Illusion’ remix

Dua Lipa teams up with Japan’s most internationally recognised hip-hop duo, Creepy Nuts, to remix her 2024 hit track ‘Illusion‘. The remix marks the Kansai duo’s first international collaboration.

Releasing digitally on July 26th, the collaboration began when Dua Lipa’s team, impressed by Creepy Nuts’ success with their January single ‘Bling-Bang-Bang-Born’, reached out to the duo of R-Shitei (R-rated) and DJ Matsunaga. The single became a viral sensation, quickly spreading on TikTok. It climbed into the top 10 on the Billboard Global 200 and reached number three on the Global 200 Excl. US chart.

UK pop superstar and Glastonbury Festival 2024 headliner Dua Lipa released ‘Illusion’ in May 2024. The track, part of her third studio album ‘Radical Optimism’, topped various charts, including the US Dance Chart and the UK Singles Chart. Since the album’s release, ‘Radical Optimism’ has surpassed a staggering 2 billion streams worldwide.

In ‘Illusion (Creepy Nuts Remix)’, DJ Matsunaga’s catchy track combines with R-Shitei’s high-speed rap, featuring numerous references to Dua Lipa’s previous works. Consequently, the remix results in a song filled with homage and their trademark energy. R-Shitei remarked on the remix, saying, “I looked to the original lyrics of Dua Lipa’s ‘Illusion’ and participated in the world it depicted, letting the illusionist in me appear in the lyrics that I wrote”.

DJ Matsunaga added, “The track turned out well, and it was a fresh challenge that brought out a new side of us as well”.

Dua Lipa herself also commented on the collaboration, “Be sure to listen to the remix by these two amazing talents”.

Moreover, Dua Lipa will return to Japan this November for the first time in six years. She is set to perform two sold-out arena shows at Saitama Super Arena as part of her “Radical Optimism” Asia tour. The tickets for both shows sold out on the day they were released.

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