Dua Lipa appears on Vogue’s In The Bag series to share what’s in her Hermès Birkin Bag, which includes Polaroids, books, manuka honey drops, an eye mask, headphones, tarot cards, and so much more.
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Dua Lipa sat down with American Express to share the story of her hit single, ‘Houdini.’ Dua breaks down the writing process, meaning behind the lyrics, and the music video. Check it out below:
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Dua Lipa recently spoke to Paper Magazine about YSL Beauty and her upcoming world tour. You can read the interview below or on papermag.com.
What does it mean for you to be the new face of YSL Beauty?
It’s a big honor, and actually a 360 dream that kind of happened. When I was younger, a friend of mine and her mom took me to Paris for a weekend, and they were going to all these shops and buying all these fancy things. I felt a little bit left out, so I went to Sephora, and the first thing that I bought was YSL [Beauty] lipstick. I was like, I feel so chic. It was my first designer thing. I was very excited about it. Now getting to be able to be the face of the fragrance is such a big dream come true, especially because it was just started. I was starting fresh with the team, and then to join into the makeup side of things, I felt like was a big, full circle moment.
It’s crazy to have those moments of being like, “Oh my god! This is where I am now.”
I have pincher moments very often. And working with YSL Beauty is definitely one of those.
Are you excited for your upcoming tour?
I start in Asia in November, and then I go full out from March next year. I’m really excited. It’s gonna keep evolving and changing, and the show is longer than anything else I’ve done, so I want to make it exciting for everyone coming to see the shows, and everyone on tour as well. It’s not the same thing night after night, and we want to just keep it really flowing and have fun with it. I’m ready to get back on tour.
Is there anything you’re specifically looking forward to showing the world live?
Definitely the choreo. I love the building of the show and how it evolves and the kind of story that we want to tell. For me, it’s just how much fun can we have in two hours, you know? How many things can we fill it up with that just keeps you dancing all the way through? I’m a big high energy person, and that’s how I want everyone to experience the show. I’m ready to go nuts, basically.
If you’re having fun and your whole team’s having fun, then the whole audience will see that and have fun, too, right?
Definitely. It’s such a back and forth of energy. What we give, we also get back, and then that hypes us up even more and amps us to high levels of energy. By the end of it, we all look like drowned rats. That’s when you know you’ve had a really good show, when you’re just completely drenched.
What did Radical Optimism mean to you both personally and in terms of your career as a whole?
This album opened a lot of doors for me. It also taught me how to be a better songwriter, how to dig deeper. I really felt like I knew exactly what I wanted from myself as an artist, and I’m really proud of all the opportunities that I’ve had with this album and what I’ve been able to do with it. The opportunity to be able to experiment and explore and try something new has been really special. So I’m excited to give it some new life on the road.
It seems like an album that’ll be a completely different experience to hear it in real life, just because it’s so joyful and celebratory.
Musically and sonically, it’s crafted in a way that is actually quite complex, and bringing all those sounds to to life, you’ll feel the record in a different way, in the way that it’s actually intended to be. My whole idea for Radical Optimism was the organic-ness of it and the live instrumentation, so it’s going to lend itself really well to the tour.
Since you’re the face of the new YSL Beauty Libre Flowers & Flames fragrance, let’s do some fun, rapid fire questions about your scent memories. First, what does Radical Optimism smell like?
When I think about what it smells like, I think back to when we shot the cover. That was in Ibiza. So I want to say it’s hot and citrusy and light and summery. Those are the tones, the scents of it.
What does heartbreak smell like?
Tequila.
What does happiness smell like?
The smell of clean bedsheets. That’s very joyful to me.
What does your home smell like?
It’s cozy. It has woody, lemony, kind of earthy smells.
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Dua Lipa talks to iHeartRadio about preparing for the Radical Optimism Tour, including how she builds her setlists and more. Watch below:
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Dua Lipa talks to Sunrise, Today Show Australia, and The Project about her upcoming Radical Optimism Tour. Check out the interview clips below:
Dua Lipa‘s 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper is now online. Watch below:
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Anderson Cooper profiles Dua Lipa on this Sunday’s (September 15th) 57th season premiere of “60 Minutes.” Here is a preview:
Sunday, on the 57th season premiere of 60 Minutes: @andersoncooper profiles pop music superstar @DUALIPA pic.twitter.com/no7mUDYGlz
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 10, 2024
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Dua Lipa‘s Glastonbury performance received its fair share of both praise and criticism, with some fans and critics accusing Dua of lip-syncing her set. The Mail on Sunday asked Dua about this and she replied simply with “I don’t mime.”
Since her performance, Dua has been enjoying Glastonbury with boyfriend Callum Turner as the pair have been seen walking around and relaxing in an exclusive bar at the Worthy Farm festival site. The pair were spotted earlier today, June 30th, in fact. The Sun also acquired a video of them kissing and partying until the early hours of this morning!
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner kissing and partying at Glastonbury in the early hours of the morning via The Sun pic.twitter.com/hcGm9sOjcF
— dua-lipa.uk (@DuaFansite) June 30, 2024
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Dua Lipa features in the newest episode of My i-D, talking about ‘Radical Optimism,’ Glastonbury, gay friends, fashion, growing up, and more.
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Today, MusicWeek have shared more of their interview with Dua Lipa back in May to celebrate her performance at Glastonbury tonight!
How have you approached preparing for your Pyramid set?
“In terms of musical direction, we’ve really gone through the show and the stage design, changing little bits, adding samples here and there, ideas, what we think could be there… I like to put in as much rehearsal time as possible to make sure I give myself that space so when I get up on stage I just feel good about the performance and performing. I’ll try to shed some of the adrenaline before, but I think it will be impossible. By the time Glastonbury comes it’s going to be a whole new set of emotions.”Now you have Radical Optimism to draw from too. Do you feel the vibe of the album means it lends itself to a Glastonbury set?
“I was in a room with my friends who I just could be so open and free and myself with. So it was very fun, we laughed a lot and there were tears too. With my previous records, whatever I would write on that day would probably end up being the thing that I would record in the end from the demo. Whereas this album, I went and rewrote it so many times because every time I would go back to that, I’d be like, ‘Actually, I’m not really feeling this way anymore.’ And I think how you feel 24 hours after you’ve put something onto paper is very different to how you feel a month later, so the songs were ever-changing. I’m happy that I had the courage to just keep going back. Before I used to think that that one idea was the best idea. Whereas this time I was so much more willing to just keep digging to get better.”You have Dance The Night in your locker too… How do you reflect on making that song?
“I was working on my album while I was doing my tour. And then Mark [Ronson] asked me to do the Barbie song, so then I had to carve out time… We also said, ‘Maybe let’s try and write for Radical Optimism,’ but Barbie just took over so any time we spent together, we worked on Barbie and then when I came back to London, I worked on my album. I was dipping into so many different worlds wearing so many different hats, but it made it exciting. It was a crazy year.”What does the song mean to you now?
“It’s just such a feelgood song, but it’s also about resilience. It was so fun to create a song that was tailored for a purpose, which I’d never really done before. You know, when I’m in the studio, you kind of invite the muse and you go, ‘I hope she shows up and we create something out of nothing.’ Whereas we had a very clear assignment. And it was very unique to work in that way. And I really enjoyed it, it was a massive learning experience and something I’d like to do more of, for sure. I really enjoyed writing for film. It was also the last disco-y thing that I was going to do for a while. I might do something else in the future. But that was my final hurrah of the Future Nostalgia era.”It’s safe to say Glastonbury is the biggest moment since you launched Radical22 and formally announced your new management set up with your dad. Is this a time to stop and think about how far you’ve come together?
“It’s wonderful, honestly. My dad’s my best friend, we have such an open dialogue, I can talk to him about anything. He comes to me for advice, I go to him for advice. We discuss everything and I think that’s why I feel like I’m in control of my career so much because there’s not a single email or thing that we wouldn’t sit down and talk about. Everything is together and I love that. There are so many things to look forward to.”Has your relationship changed since it became official?
“Honestly, no. We see each other even more than we saw each other [before] and we saw each other a lot – I spend a lot of time with my family. And now when we see each other in a work sense, it’s like, ‘Alright, dad’s coming over…’ But it’s great. We don’t talk about work when it’s just family time, or just us hanging out. And then we love talking about work. I think we’re both also serious workaholics and we really thrive on being busy, so we bounce off each other in that way, which is great.”You’ve been in the music industry for a while now, how do you deal with the various pressures it presents?
“Well, I’m in the music industry by trade, it’s my job. But I just do my job and I leave. I dip in, I do my thing, and I dip out, and I think that’s important. Two things can exist at the same time and that is what keeps me sane and allows me to have normal experiences. I love my job, I love that I get to do music, but It’s not what defines me completely, and I’m happy about that. I like having that duality and music being a big part of my life and the way I choose to express myself, but I don’t think I should base my whole existence on being a musician. I just don’t reflect on it in that way. It’s my job, I wake up every morning, I do it and I love it. But it’s my job. [Laughs]. I’m doing what I love and touring the world and seeing different places and having these incredible experiences and I get to do that because of my job. I’m having the time of my life.”
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