Here is Dua Lipa who I have intedned to post for some time but haven’t. Probably to my benefit because then I didn’t have to post poor predictions. I expected her to fully blow up this summer and it didn’t quite happen. I mean, if you’re looking at this post you either follow me or you know her, so she isn’t super obscure but I thought like… I don’t know, maybe she’d have the song of the summer. That her name would be on all lips. It didn’t happen. Was there even a song of the summer this year? I actually can’t think of one. That could mean I am officially old or it could mean the fracturing of culture has progressed to a point where that is now a thing that no longer exists. The two are of course not mutually exclusive but only one is the reason why I can’t think of one. Either way, it makes me a little sad because it will be a thing to be missed. Sorta. Part of that is nostalgia talking, overall the fact that there is so much choice and people can find what they want is a good thing. Mostly. I don’t miss the mono culture as a whole but I do miss the unity it brings. The idea of universally shared experiences. We all still have them, they are just less obvious now and less likely to be a thing you talk to a stranger about. Which is a shame. There is also the fact that as we pursue our narrow interests our heads end up so far up our own asses we can’t see anyone else. So there are drawbacks to each. And I miss the idea of an identifying song of summer. Like, other than the hook Fancy was a dumpster fire but it’s nice for us to all know it. And that in 20 years when they are making movies someone can put that on and we immediately know what year it is. And some of them are quite good (has Call me Maybe been 5 years, Jesus). So I would have liked Dua Lipa to be that, I would have enjoyed that as the signifier of this summer. It didn’t happen and maybe it didn’t happen for anyone really? Oh well. I still think she’s a pretty good pop singer and I also think she’s really pretty. So she’s here. Today I want to fuck Dua Lipa.