Summary
Dua Lipa has since made a name for herself as Britain’s leading lady of disco. Now 28, she has since become Britain”s leading woman of disco. Lipa announced her new record, Radical Optimism, out this month. She landed on the title after a friend introduced her to the concept. In 2022, she ended her longtime partnership with management and publishing company TaP Music. Lipa's previous relationships include Bella and Gigi’s brother Anwar Hadid, and French director Romain Gavras. She was spotted vacationing in Mexico with British actor Callum Turner. In Radical Optimism, Lipa brings together live and electronic instruments to fashion her own global groove. The result is a cosmopolitan dance-pop record with a 1970s flair, and a vibrant, resounding affirmation of life. Lipa is the eldest of three children in a Kosovar-Albanian family. She was born in London in 1995, and was raised to speak Albanian at home and school. Her parents sought refuge in the UK in 1992, before Dua was born, because of political instability in Kosovo. The singer has four songs each with over 2 billion streams on Spotify. She is one of the most-listened-to female artists on the platform. The internet began poking fun at her for presumably going off gallivanting for months at a time. She embarked on getaways from the Mediterranean to India this past year. This article appears in the May 2024 issue of ELLE. This article appears on the May 24th issue of the May 20th issue. The article appears.
