‘Good In Bed’ marks the first of two songs that close the album, and unfortunately it initiates the listener into the reason why Future Nostalgia is held back from being an instant pop classic. Repetitious to the point of becoming mildly annoying, ‘Good In Bed’ features the worst chorus on the album. Thematically, the song is a powerful display of sexual control for Dua Lipa- featuring the only explicit label on the entire album due to line “but damn, we know how to f***”. It’s a strange choice for the direction of the albums close, especially considering how Dua Lipa has managed to nail down a perfect balance between sex appeal and coolness already. This gets thrown out of the window entirely with “Please, come take it out on me, me, me, me, me, I know it's really bad, bad, bad, bad, but baby, that's what makes us good in bed”. Perhaps the song would have been better held off for another Dua Lipa era. ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ suffers the same fate, only switching the repetition for some cringe-inducing lyricism and production choices. Portraying the philosophy behind toxic masculinity and the feminism movement throughout catchy pop music has been done before, successfully, but with a children’s choir and lyrics such as “I know that there will be a man around to save the day… and that was sarcasm, in case you needed it mansplained”, it feels cheapened. The ability to fuse an empowering pop music feminist statement about fears that most men don’t even have to consider, such as weaponing car keys at night in fear of being attacked, is difficult. Unfortunately, Dua Lipa misses the mark where artists such as Grimes on ‘Oblivion’, and Janelle Monáe’s ‘I Like That’.

Grandeur of the album is not completely eclipsed by a duo of mediocre songs towards the end of the album, and Future Nostalgia retains the status of incorporating previous, current and innovative moments within pop music. Thematic elements and lyricism of the album is usually forward-thinking, yet still screams pop music at its core. Visual components also perfectly harmonise with the 80’s aesthetic of the album, and Dua Lipa is able to capitalise off of this faux-nostalgia for her younger fans, even incorporating a neon-inspired workout video to accompany the release of single ‘Physical’. The long-term impact of Future Nostalgia is still unknown, however it is a worthy successor to her self titled project, and proof that Dua Lipa can pull off an era of music that seems to be shifting in its current state.