Dua Lipa – Houdini Lyrics

“Houdini” is the first single from Dua Lipa’s yet untitled upcoming third studio album. The track kickstarted Dua’s new era and was first alluded to on 27 October 2023 — after deleting all of her Instagram posts, Dua posted a cryptic teaser on social media of her mouth holding a small golden key between her teeth, paired with the caption “catch me or I go…”

The post was deleted two days later and the singer shared a new video instead of it. It portrayed Dua with the key now inside of her mouth with the caption “I’m not here for long.” It provided the first glimpse at the song’s sound, with a snippet of the song playing in the background. On 31 October, the teaser was also deleted and yet another teaser video with a snippet was posted. The last frames of the video showed the numbers “4 8 9 9 14 15 21.” Soon enough, fans figured out the numbers converted to the alphabet letters “D H I I N O U,” which when rearranged spelled out the song’s title. This was later confirmed by the official Dua Lipa Fan Account, TeamDuaHQ.

The song’s release date marks the anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death, the famous illusionist noted for his escape acts. Another allusion to Houdini’s escape acts is the key seen in Dua’s mouth in all of the teasers, as the magician’s wife would frequently give him the key to his handcuffs through a kiss.

On 8 November, less than 48 hours before the single’s release, Dua went to BBC where she and Greg James chose one random passerby to be the track’s first listener. The following day, on the single’s release date, 300 lucky fans were invited to an early screening of the song’s music video alongside Dua herself, two hours before the world premiere.

Houdini Lyrics by Dua Lipa

[Intro]
Okay
(Mmm)

[Chorus]
I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I’m not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows
Catch me or I go Houdini

[Verse 1]
Time is passin’ like a solar eclipse
See you watchin’ and you blow me a kiss
It’s your moment, baby, don’t let it slip
Come in closer, are you readin’ my lips?

[Chorus]
They say I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I’m not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows
Catch me or I go Houdini

[Post-Chorus]
If you’re good enough, you’ll find the way
Maybe you could cause a girl to change her ways
Do you think about it night and day?
Maybe you could be the one to make me stay

[Verse 2]
Everything you say is soundin’ so sweet (Ah-ah)
But do you practice everythin’ that you preach? (Ah-ah)
I need something that’ll make me believe (Ah-ah)
If you got it, baby, give it to me

[Chorus]
They say I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me
I’m not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go (I come and I go)
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows (I’m not here for long)
Catch me or I go Houdini

[Post-Chorus]
If you’re good enough, you’ll find the way
Maybe you could cause a girl to change her ways
Do you think about it night and day?
Maybe you could be the one to make me stay
[Bridge]
Oh-oh
Ooh

[Chorus]
I come and I go
Tell me all the ways you need me (Ooh)
I’m not here for long
Catch me or I go Houdini
I come and I go (I come and I go)
Prove you got the right to please me
Everybody knows (I’m not here for long)
Catch me or I go Houdini

[Outro]
Houdini
Catch me or I go Houdini