"Levitating" by Dua Lipa is featured on Just Dance 2022 and Just Dance Now (for players who subscribed before April 9, 2024). It was previously available on Just Dance Unlimited for a week from October 21 to October 28, 2021 as part of Season 4: The Traveler. It was also featured on 舞力无限, but was removed on August 2, 2024. The song can be also found in the files of Just Dance+.
The song also has an Extreme routine which can be unlocked by achieving Superstar or higher on the Classic routine.
Appearance of the Dancer[]
The dancer is Si’Ha Nova. She is a light blue-skinned alien with pointy ears and golden earrings. She has shoulder-length pink hair and a gold and dark blue triangle on her head that emits a bright glow when she touches it. There is also a golden bar on the back of her triangle going into the back of her head, along with two golden hairclips on each side. She wears a golden short dress with a golden leotard underneath, a golden choker, and golden bracelets. She wears a dark blue elbow-length glove with golden ring patterns on her left hand and a short magenta gauntlet on her right hand. She also wears a pair of dark blue thigh-high boots with the same golden ring patterns on them. She also has a pink glowing outline.
Background[]
The map takes place in a colorful outer space with the dancer standing on a light pink meteoroid.
The routine starts with the meteoroid, the coach and the title card fading into screen as the background behind them appears. During the verses and the bridge, the background is covered in blue twisted stems with bubbles, stripped cones, and glowing circles growing from them, all of them in pink and blue tones. Sparkles pop off with the claps in the song, making the growths on the stems shift around. There are also orange and pink blobs floating around, and in the far background, there are pink and blue waves. Throughout the verse, the meteoroid moves upwards through the stems, and in the pre-chorus it starts rotating. On the bridge, there are less stems, and instead are three giant versions of the coach floating, with a very strong light on them.
The chorus starts with a watercolor-like portal which opens to a sky with multicolored clouds, and a white cloud behind the coach. There are stars and big versions of the coach floating past her. On the post-chorus, the clouds are different tones of magenta and yellow. The clones of the coach have orange skin, a silvery tone on the gold clothing items, and are lined up on the sides of the meteoroid slightly tilted inwards. The routine ends with the meteoroid going into the white cloud behind it, and the camera moving away.
Gold Moves[]
There are 2 Gold Moves in this routine:
Gold Move 1: Gradually lean your body backwards and to the left side while shaking your arms and shoulders in a pose where your elbows are down.
Gold Move 2: Put your left hand on the left side of your head and make small circles with your right hand in the air while hopping to the right.
Release History[]
This section details the release and removal history of Levitating.
| Game | Date Added | Date Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Just Dance Unlimited | October 21, 2021 | October 28, 2021 |
| Just Dance Now | October 28, 2021 | November 14, 2021 |
| January 20, 2022 | April 9, 2024, or the end of the next billing period | |
| 舞力无限 | November 4, 2021 | August 2, 2024 |
Appearances in Playlists[]
Levitating is featured in the following playlists:
Just Dance Now[]
- Crash Course
- One Star at a Time
- Raise the Flag!
- Sneak Peak - Just Dance 2022!
- The New Groove
- Winner Takes It All
舞力全开[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- Levitating is the sixth song by Dua Lipa in the series.
- "Arse" is censored.
- The title of the preview on the Just Dance UK channel initially credited DaBaby as a featured artist despite the game using the solo album version.[2]
- This was fixed an hour later.
Routine[]
- Excluding coaches from Duets with a love theme, Si’Ha Nova and The Traveler are the first coaches of the Just Dance series to be conceptualized as a couple.
- Their pairing was first hinted at the start of the trailer for Season 4: The Traveler, where the two coaches are seen together.
- The background of Levitating also makes a brief appearance while The Traveler is running through different backgrounds.
- At the end of Rock Your Body, The Traveler travels through the background of Levitating at the end of the routine. The two coaches later return in Save Your Tears (Remix), where background elements from both routines are reused.
- The background of Levitating also makes a brief appearance while The Traveler is running through different backgrounds.
- Their pairing was first hinted at the start of the trailer for Season 4: The Traveler, where the two coaches are seen together.
- Levitating was the seventh routine to be temporarily available in Just Dance Unlimited prior to the release of its game, after 7 Rings, Without Me, Kulikitaka, Yo Le Llego, Ice Cream, and Rock Your Body.
- On October 11, 2022, Just Dance’s Twitter account reuploaded the promotional image that accompanied the reveal of Levitating, with the caption "happy birthday to this icon". This makes Si’Ha Nova the first coach in the Just Dance series to have a canonical birthday.
- Si’Ha Nova’s dress is inspired by the music video for the song.
- Si’Ha Nova’s name was revealed in a "Would You Rather" game posted on Just Dance’s Instagram stories. The question was "Would you rather fly to another galaxy with Si’Ha Nova or rock your body with The Traveler?".[3]
- A creative director at Ubisoft Paris Studio confirmed that the coach’s name is a tribute to LittleSiha, a popular Just Dance streamer.[4][5]
- Due to the lack of an album background, the Just Dance Now cover featured a placeholder background upon the release of Levitating on the service.
- This was later fixed with an updated cover.
- Si’Ha Nova was used to represent Cancer in promotional tweets for Season 1: Astral by @justdancegame.[6][7]
- On May 9, 2022, Just Dance’s official Twitter account uploaded illustrations of Si’Ha Nova performing self-care routines to celebrate Mother’s Day and Wellness Day. The pictures depict her watering plants, having face cream applied, and relaxing on the sofa. In the last picture, she is drawn together with a fuchsia-purple cat that has a small horn similar to hers.
- The last picture also depicts the coach being pregnant. This fact was later referenced in a tweet posted on August 10 in response to fans asking for news about an upcoming Just Dance title.[8]
- Wanderlust is implied to be her son, as he inherited her skin tone, as well as The Traveler’s ability to travel through worlds. The latter fact is proven in the ending cutscene of Can’t Stop the Feeling, where he opens a portal that leads to Physical and brings Sara along.
- Coincidentally, Jerky Jessy (Wanderlust’s performer) also choreographed the routines for Levitating and Rock Your Body.
- On September 15, Just Dance’s Twitter account also posted a comic strip about the creation of Discoball, where The Traveler is seen along with a very young Wanderlust.[9]
- Coincidentally, Jerky Jessy (Wanderlust’s performer) also choreographed the routines for Levitating and Rock Your Body.
- Wanderlust is implied to be her son, as he inherited her skin tone, as well as The Traveler’s ability to travel through worlds. The latter fact is proven in the ending cutscene of Can’t Stop the Feeling, where he opens a portal that leads to Physical and brings Sara along.
- The last picture also depicts the coach being pregnant. This fact was later referenced in a tweet posted on August 10 in response to fans asking for news about an upcoming Just Dance title.[8]
- The background of Levitating can be briefly seen in a video posted by Just Dance’s official Twitter account on June 29, 2022, where the coach of Bad Habits, starting from the background of I’m Outta Love, goes through the backgrounds of several Just Dance 2022 routines before teleporting back to his original one.[10]
- Levitating was featured on the Just Dance Now playlist "Raise the Flag!", which was made to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Indian Independence Day, despite the song not being in Indian, the artist not being of Indian descent, and the map not having elements of Indian culture.
- Si’Ha Nova appears in the beginning of Walking on Sunshine before being replaced by Picto.
- The title card of Walking on Sunshine is also in the same font as that of Levitating.
- The routine appears in the background of Sunlight on a TV.
Gallery[]
Game Files[]
(Just Dance 2022)
(Season 4: The Traveler)
(Just Dance+)
舞力无限 score card cover
In-Game Screenshots[]
Promotional Images[]
![Promotional image (Twitter)[11]](/wiki/File:Levitating_promo_twitter.jpg "Levitating promo twitter.jpg (28 KB)")
![Zodiac promotional image (group)[12]](/wiki/File:Astral_water_zodiac_promo.jpg "Astral water zodiac promo.jpg (363 KB)")
![Zodiac promotional image (solo)[6]](/wiki/File:Levitating_zodiac_promo.jpg "Levitating zodiac promo.jpg (780 KB)")
![Tarot card promotional image[13]](/wiki/File:Levitating_tarot_promo.jpg "Levitating tarot promo.jpg (193 KB)")
![Artwork promoting Mother’s Day and Wellness Day[14]](/wiki/File:Levitating_wellnessday.jpg "Levitating wellnessday.jpg (369 KB)")
![Wallpaper[15]](/wiki/File:Levitating_wallpaper.jpg "Levitating wallpaper.jpg (143 KB)")
Behind the Scenes[]
(Background clones)
Beta Elements[]
Others[]
Videos[]
Official Music Video[]
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Gameplays[]
Extraction[]
Behind the Scenes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:Levitating perf.jpg
- ↑ File:Levitating jduk original title proof.png
- ↑ File:Levitating coach name reveal.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MTomkinson/status/1469803187708248070
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tomkinson-3120664/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1495805690530705410
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1511750634038607879
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1557396355881918464
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1570442411217948680
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1542176180681543681
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1446148610693926915?s=20
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CaP3UR8rMST/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1507069756783869954
- ↑ https://twitter.com/justdancegame/status/1523696834350391297/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17921341018722144/
