Hallucinate (song)

"Hallucinate"
Dua Lipa in front of a brown background with stairs wearing a black outfit. She puts one of her arms on her forehead and the other behind her back. Her name appears in silver font on the left and the title "Hallucinate" in small white font in the top left.
Single by Dua Lipa
from the album Future Nostalgia
Released10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
Studio
  • TaP (London)
  • Pulse (Silverlake)
GenreDisco-house
Length3:28
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dua Lipa singles chronology
"Break My Heart"
(2020) 		"Hallucinate"
(2020) 		"Un Día (One Day)"
(2020)
Music video
"Hallucinate" on YouTube

"Hallucinate" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa alongside Frances and SG Lewis. The latter of the three also handled the production with Stuart Price. The song was released through Warner Records for digital download and streaming on 10 July 2020 as the album's fourth single. It is a disco-house song with dance-pop, electro swing, psychedelic and synth-pop elements. Set to EDM rhythms and retro beats, the lyrics describe how crazy love can make one feel.

"Hallucinate" was well received by music critics. Many complimented the song's dance sound and the production as well as the 1990s and 2000s styles used in the production. The song appeared on numerous best songs of 2020 year-end lists, including ones published by The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit and Rolling Stone. Commercially, the song peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, while charting within the top 50 of charts in Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Scotland and Slovenia. It is certified gold in Brazil, New Zealand and the UK, as well as platinum in Poland.

The animated music video for "Hallucinate" was directed by Lisha Tan and was inspired by Studio 54, the golden age of animation and the 1970s disco heyday. In the video, Lipa's character goes on a hallucinatory journey after smelling a flower, that goes from good trip to bad trip and vice versa constantly. Critics complimented the trippiness of the video and it won animation, general video at the 2021 Webby Awards. The song was further promoted with the release of remixes by Paul Woolford, Tensnake and Mr. Fingers. Lipa performed the song on several occasions, including BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party and the 2021 Brit Awards.