Words matter. These are the best Dua Lipa Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Everything that I do is very autobiographical. I’m trying to be as much of an open book as possible and give the audience every single piece of me.
My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable.
I use a toothbrush on my lips as a lip scrub; occasionally, I use a toothbrush with some dark eye shadow on my eye brows if I want to fill them in. And if I want a really thick, textured look with mascara, I put one on my lashes, as well.
Every time you achieve something, you want to go after what’s next. I’d like to see my own shows grow and someday be a headliner, fill up stadiums.
I dated this guy who literally would never eat a single vegetable. I was like, ‘This is terrible. You eat like a five-year-old.’
I’m heavily influenced by the Nineties – I love juxtaposing a slip dress with trainers and a vintage leather jacket.
When I think of artists I love, like J. Cole, it’s the storytelling that grabs me. I want to be honest with my music.
For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you’re not sat down at a piano or with a guitar, you know?
For me, my aim is to just be as good as possible. If people do look up to me, I have to set the best example I can.
I think the artists are really the face of the music they make. It’s no longer the genre that dictates it.
My goal is to get my music out to as many people as possible. That a song of mine is being played on the radio so far away from home really, really pushes me. It’s everything I’ve dreamed of.
I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story’s coming from me.
The first album I was given when I was quite young was the ‘Whoa, Nelly!’ album by Nelly Furtado. After, I also got the ‘Missundaztood’ album by Pink. That’s when I was like, ‘Oh my God, I want to be just like them!’
I’ve always been very much in control of my music and my image, and I think one of the things I’ve been lucky about is I didn’t bring a label on board until I really figured out who I was.
I’d love to work with Drake; I’d love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless.
My first concert was Method Man and Redman because they came down to Kosovo.
I feel like I wear kind of the same things on stage that I would wear every day, unless I’m being lazy, and then I just wear trackies. But actually, if I’m honest, I wouldn’t really walk down Kilburn High Street in a leotard, and I would wear that onstage.
I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to rap; I wanted to sing the rap.
I get a bit insecure if I feel like there’s too much makeup on my face or if I feel like I’m cakey.
I always told myself never to have a plan B – I feel like that’s also one of the reasons I’m doing what I’m doing now, because I just never really rested until I got here.
I spend a lot of time in bed when I’m off. But if I’m feeling adventurous, I’ll go to a gallery.
For a male artist, people instantly assume they write their own music, but for women, they assume it’s all manufactured.
