“I feel like I’d end up in a vicious cycle of trying to get somewhere but never being able to mature as an artist.” And so, to move forward, she pivoted to the past, drawing on disco and funk-and filtering it through her ahead-of-its-time pop-to arrive at Future Nostalgia. “People always say, ‘The second album is really scary,’ but for me, it’s more scary to go back into the studio and try to create something like ‘New Rules’ or ‘IDGAF’ over and over again,” she said. She won two and, in 2019, added two Grammys to her mantelpiece.ĭespite the success of her debut, Lipa wasn’t interested in recreating its hits. Indeed, that status was cemented a year later when Lipa made history as the first female solo artist to receive five BRIT Award nominations.
It housed the triumphant breakup smash “New Rules,” the self-love anthem “IDGAF,” and the assured “Hotter Than Hell”-songs which made it clear that this was no ingénue, but rather an outspoken, effortlessly cool face of pop’s future. And that we can wear the pants, you know? We need more of that in music.” Forcing the world to get a little more comfortable with female alphas has been a mission statement for Lipa (born in London to Kosovar Albanian parents in 1995) since her 2017 self-titled debut.
“I have been inspired by the female alphas that have shown me that we can do it. “For me, it’s about championing women and putting ourselves in the position of power,” the singer told Apple Music in 2020, ahead of the release of her second album, Future Nostalgia. There’s purpose in Dua Lipa’s euphoric pop.
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