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Topical Dancer is a studio album by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul and co-written and co-produced by Soulwax. Released on 4 March 2022 under the label Deewee, Topical Dancer is Adigéry and Pupul's debut album as a duo.

Background
Pupul and Adigéry are both based in Belgium with shared heritage from Martinique, a French island. They first met while working for the soundtrack of Belgica, a 2016 Belgian drama, after being invited by Soulwax, who also co-wrote and co-produced the album. The album is influenced by experiences of racial discrimination and sexual abuse. In the album, Adigéry sings in English, Dutch, Creole, and French. "Blenda" was released on 4 November 2021 along with an announcement of the album and its release date. == Critical reception ==
Critical reception
On the review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, Topical Dancer received an average score of 85, based on six reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In October 2025, Paste ranked the album at number 232 on their "250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far" list, writing: "Topical Dancer is a science experiment left unsupervised by a professor, but in turn yields a result of the future of electronic music." == Track listing==
Track listing
All tracks are written and produced by Charlotte Adigéry, Bolis Pupul (Boris Zeebroek) and Soulwax (David Dewaele and Stephen Dewaele). ==Charts==
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