Who Shuffled My Playlist? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa included "Physical" on "Future Nostalgia" (2020). She also released a separate workout video for the song in March 2020. Wearing a yellow leotard, she leads an aerobics routine styled after 1980s fitness tapes. The video includes breathing exercises, a group of fellow dancers and even a reminder to take a water break.

Answer: Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa linked "Levitating" with the excitement of falling in love in her Apple Music commentary. She explained that it was an early song that helped her collaborators understand her plans for "Future Nostalgia". She also pointed to Blondie as an influence on its spoken section.

Answer: Future Nostalgia

Director Lisha Tan turned Dua Lipa into a cartoon performer for the "Hallucinate" video. The animation draws on older cartoons and the disco world of Studio 54, the New York nightclub. Bright colours and strange creatures fill the animated world created for this "Future Nostalgia" song.

Answer: Future Nostalgia

Writing "Love Again" gave Dua Lipa a way to encourage herself. In her Apple Music album commentary, she described hoping that she would fall in love again. She also discussed the strings and the addition of a dance element to the recording. The song appears on "Future Nostalgia".

Answer: Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa was not immediately won over by "Cool". She told Apple Music that she disliked an early version, then changed her mind when she heard the instrumental on its own. She worked on it with singer and songwriter Tove Lo for "Future Nostalgia". Lipa described the song as being about meeting someone who makes you lose your usual calm.

Answer: Harry's House

"As It Was" appears on Harry Styles' "Harry's House" (2022). Styles described it to Apple Music as a bittersweet song about change. He explained that people can realise a stage of their lives has passed only after it is over. In that interview, he connected the song with changes in both his own life and the wider world during the pandemic.

Answer: Harry's House

Beds become an unusual form of transport in the "Late Night Talking" video. Harry Styles travels around on them, joins a pillow fight and even flies through the sky. The directing duo Bradley & Pablo made the clip for this "Harry's House" song. They had also directed his video for "Watermelon Sugar".

Answer: Harry's House

The recording story behind "Daylight" ends with a sunrise. Harry Styles told Apple Music that the team stayed awake to finish the song because they feared losing the moment if they stopped. When the work was done, they went to the beach as the sun rose. The finished track appears on "Harry's House".

Answer: Harry's House

Roald Dahl's young heroine lends her name to "Matilda", but this is not a musical retelling of the novel. Harry Styles told Apple Music that someone had shared difficult experiences with him, and he wanted the song to show that he had listened. Borrowing the fictional name helped keep that person unnamed. The song appears on "Harry's House".

Answer: Harry's House

A small robot vacuum cleaner called Stomper takes the leading role in the "Satellite" video. After seeing footage of a Mars rover, it leaves a concert venue and sets off into the wider world. Director Aube Perrie follows its journey through streets and open landscapes. Harry Styles recorded the song for "Harry's House".

Answer: Hit Me Hard and Soft

"Lunch" appears on Billie Eilish's "Hit Me Hard and Soft" (2024). She told Apple Music that a friend's account of a powerful attraction helped inspire one verse. Writing from that person's viewpoint let her add jokes and take a more playful approach.

Answer: Hit Me Hard and Soft

The heroine of Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Spirited Away" gives "Chihiro" its title. Billie Eilish has discussed the film's influence on this "Hit Me Hard and Soft" track. She also directed the music video herself, appearing with Nat Wolff in a story involving dark corridors and closing doors.

Answer: Hit Me Hard and Soft

Recording alone in the dark, Billie Eilish kept reaching for higher notes at the end of "Birds of a Feather". She told Apple Music that she was so pleased with the result that she went home to play it for her mother. The song appears on "Hit Me Hard and Soft".

Answer: Hit Me Hard and Soft

Billie Eilish described "Wildflower" to Apple Music as a song about breaking an unwritten rule between women. She said the troubling feeling was not about cheating or doubting a partner's love. Writing the song helped her understand that feeling. It appears on "Hit Me Hard and Soft".

Answer: Hit Me Hard and Soft

Two older songs found a new home in "Blue". Billie Eilish told Apple Music that she and her brother Finneas combined "True Blue" and "Born Blue", neither of which they had officially released, to create this track for "Hit Me Hard and Soft".

Answer: Short n' Sweet

"Taste" is from Sabrina Carpenter's "Short n' Sweet" (2024). Its video pairs her with Jenna Ortega, known for playing Wednesday Addams in "Wednesday". Directed by Dave Meyers, it shows the two women fighting over the same man and surviving apparently fatal attacks. By the end, they leave his funeral together.

Answer: Short n' Sweet

The "Please Please Please" video picks up after Sabrina Carpenter's arrest at the end of "Espresso", with the singer in jail. Bardia Zeinali directed the clip, with Barry Keoghan appearing alongside her. For the song itself, Carpenter worked with Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff, who also produced it. It appears on "Short n' Sweet".

Answer: Short n' Sweet

Sabrina Carpenter wrote "Espresso" during a stay in France. In an Apple Music interview, she linked the song's energy to the excitement of travelling. Director Dave Meyers gave this "Short n' Sweet" track a beach-set video. Carpenter spends a man's money on a day out before the police catch up with her.

Answer: Short n' Sweet

John Ryan and Julian Bunetta both helped write and produce "Good Graces". Sabrina Carpenter's fellow songwriters also included Amy Allen and Julia Michaels. The recording credits list Ryan and Bunetta on instruments including guitar, bass and keyboards. Their work appears alongside Carpenter's vocals on this "Short n' Sweet" track.

Answer: Short n' Sweet

Co-writer Amy Allen confirmed the film connection behind "Juno" in a 2024 interview with Us Weekly. She said the idea came from Sabrina Carpenter. The 2007 film follows a teenager who becomes pregnant; Carpenter's song uses that reference and appears on "Short n' Sweet". It was not written for the film.