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Jakarta (ANTARA) - Lagu "New Rules" yang dirilis pada 2017 oleh penyanyi Inggris-Albania Dua Lipa dalam album yang dijuduli dengan namanya sendiri "Dua Lipa" bukan hanya sekadar lagu pop biasa, melainkan sebuah pernyataan sikap atau manifesto perempuan yang berdaya untuk mengakhiri hubungan asmara yang tidak sehat ("toxic relationship").
Lagu "New Rules" diciptakan melalui kolaborasi antara penulis lagu kenamaan dari Amerika Serikat Ian Kirkpatrick dan Emily Warren, serta dari Norwegia Caroline "Ailin" Furøyen. Menariknya, lagu itu awalnya ditujukan untuk grup vokal perempuan asal Inggris, Little Mix. Namun, ketika Dua Lipa menyanyikannya, lagu ini menemukan jiwa yang baru dan menjadi representasi sempurna dari citra seorang perempuan yang kuat dan mandiri.
Melalui "New Rules", Dua Lipa mendendangkan tiga aturan sederhana untuk para pendengar, terutama perempuan, berani menetapkan batasan yang melindungi diri mereka sendiri dari mantan pasangan yang pernah menyakiti: Pertama, jangan pernah mengangkat telepon darinya. Kedua, jangan biarkan dia masuk. Ketiga, jangan pernah berteman dengan dia.
Video musik "New Rules" diambil dengan latar belakang sebuah hotel di Pantai Miami. Video itu menampilkan sekelompok perempuan yang saling mendukung dan merayakan keberdayaan teman mereka. Visual yang kuat dan koreografi yang memukau menjadi salah satu yang paling ikonis dari video musik tersebut.
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Lirik lagu "New Rules" sebagai berikut:
One, one, one, one, one...
Talkin' in my sleep at night, makin' myself crazy
(Out of my mind, out of my mind)
Wrote it down and read it out, hopin' it would save me
(Too many times, too many times)
My love, he makes me feel like nobody else, nobody else
But my love, he doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself
One: Don't pick up the phone
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two: Don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I keep pushin' forwards, but he keeps pullin' me backwards
(Nowhere to turn, no way)
(Nowhere to turn, no)
Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern
(I never learn, I never learn)
But my love, he doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself
I do, I do, I do
One: Don't pick up the phone
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two: Don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
Practice makes perfect
I'm still tryna learn it by heart (I got new rules, I count 'em)
Eat, sleep, and breathe it
Rehearse and repeat it, 'cause I... (I got new...)
One: Don't pick up the phone (yeah)
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone (alone)
Two: Don't let him in (uh-ooh)
You'll have to kick him out again (again)
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
(Whoa-ooh, whoa-ooh, whoa)
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
(Baby, you know I count 'em)
I gotta tell them to myself
Don't let him in, don't let him in
Don't, don't, don't, don't...
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
Don't, don't, don't, don't...
Don't let him in, don't let him in
Don't, don't, don't, don't...
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend
Don't, don't, don't, don't...
Pewarta: Abdu Faisal
Editor: Maria Rosari Dwi Putri
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