The three-song mashup “Houdini” finds Dua Lipa singing about being stubborn in a relationship and Eminem rapping about his past opioid addiction over Foster the People's beat
The legend has it that if you stand in the mirror and say “Houdini” three times, Foster the People will come out of nowhere and play “Houdini x Houdini x Houdini”, a mash-up of their own song “Houdini” with Dua Lipa's single “Houdini,” and Eminem's new single — also titled “Houdini.” The other option, if for some reason the idea of Foster the People being born in your home is unsettling, is to listen to it on Instagram, where the band shared a breakdown showing the process of combining the three songs.
“There's two 'Houdini's on the radio right now, one by Eminem, one by Dua Lipa,'” frontman Mark Foster says in the video. “I thought it would be fun to bring in our OG 'Houdini' from our first record and, you know, put the three of them together.”
The genre-spanning mashup finds Dua Lipa singing about being stubborn in a relationship and Eminem rapping about his past opioid addiction over the pounding beat of Foster the People's “Houdini.”
“Battle of the Houdini,” Foster the People captioned the video, adding a reference to Charli XCX's “The Girl, So Confusing Version With Lorde” — thankfully not titled “Houdini” — at the end: “We worked it out on the remix.”
Dua Lipa's 'Houdini' appeared on her latest album Radical Optimismwhile Eminem released “Houdini” as the lead single from his upcoming album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), released on July 12th. Foster the People's “Houdini” arrived in 2011 when the band released their debut album, Dades. It became the fifth single from the record, following “Pumped Up Kicks”, “Helena Beat”, “Call It What You Want” and “Don't Stop (Color on the Walls).
Foster the People will release their long-awaited fourth studio album, Paradise State of Mindon August 16.
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