"Houdini" (Extreme Version) is featured on Just Dance 2026 Edition.
Appearance of the Dancer[]

The dancer is a woman named Keya. She wears a black cap on her long red hair with gradients of yellow. Her facial features consist of red eyebrows, thick black eyelashes with light blue eyeshadow, and red lipstick, and her fingernails is red and also has a yellow key-shaped earrings. She wears a streetwear attire consisting of a black mesh trench coat over a red and orange crop top with black zipper and yellow outline, orange cargo pants with dark red stripes on top, and a thin yellow horizontal lines on the side of her pants, the side also has a symbol of a keyhole, which is dark red and has thin yellow borders. Finally, she wears black shoes with white soles. She also wears a black mesh glove on her left while her right fingerless glove is blue with light blue stripe on the middle and the thumb.
Background[]
The background is a grid of dark blue walls that have an opening with a red outline shaped like a key. Lighting comes from each side of the wall and the red outline that pulses on beat. These colors switch during the verses. Occasionally, the walls will get unaligned with each other and the right side will be higher than the left side. During all choruses minus the first, the walls will be separated from each other enough to see the open night sky. There is also a yellow light coming at the bottom of it.
In the intro, the room is darkened (including Keya, who also has a red tint) as it shows the title card which then fades out.
The last chorus is zoomed out into a more exaggerated focal point.
Gold Moves[]
There are 3 Gold Moves in this routine:
Gold Moves 1: Tilt your head slightly to the left, place your left leg in front and the other behind, walk forward, tapping your right hand down once while your left hand is positioned on your waist.
Gold Moves 2: Jump up, kicking your left leg while keeping your right knee bent. Position your left arm on your stomach and the other arm raised toward your head.
Gold Moves 3: Squat down with your knees bent and both arms down and slowly stand up with your arms up.
Appearances in Playlists[]
Houdini (Extreme Version) is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance 2026 Edition[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- See Houdini#Trivia
Routine[]
- Houdini (Extreme Version) is the fifth Dua Lipa song to have an Extreme alternate, after New Rules (Extreme Version), Don't Start Now (Extreme Version), Levitating (Extreme Version), and Physical (Extreme Version).
- Houdini (Extreme Version) is also the second Dua Lipa Extreme alternate to have a female coach after Physical (Extreme Version).
- Keya is a wordplay on the word "key", referencing the theme of the routine.
- Keya’s outfit is inspired by Dua Lipa’s outfit in the song’s official music video.
- The key motifs are a reference to Harry Houdini locking himself into cages to escape from.
- The keyholes in the logo, pants, and background are likely inspired by Dua Lipa’s keyhole cutout dress she wore in episode 526 of The Graham Norton Show and Schiaparelli’s Fall 2025 Couture Show in Paris.
- The lyrics during the chorus include the backing vocals, which the classic doesn't do.




















