| "# IDGAF | |
| ## One of Dua Lipa’s early hits, ‘IDGAF’ is a synthy, electronic bop about not wanting to get back together with her ex. It’s empowering and fun, and Dua’s deadpan delivery shows exactly how much she doesn’t ‘GAF.’ The song was seen as a sequel to ‘New Rules,’ another song with themes of getting over a breakup. She’s done her healing, and now Dua realises she ‘DGAF’ about her ex anymore. | |
| ### Songwriters: Joseph Davis Kirkland / Skyler Stonestreet / Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike / Lawrence Michael Principato / Dua Lipa / Jason Allen Dean | |
| #### Released in 2017, Album: Dua Lipa, Artist: Dua Lipa, Genres: Dance/Electronic, German Pop, UK R&B | |
| You call me, all friendly, tellin' me how much you miss me | |
| That's funny, I guess you've heard my songs | |
| Well, I'm too busy for your business, go find a girl who wants to listen | |
| 'Cause if you think I was born yesterday, you have got me wrong | |
| So I cut you off, I don't need your love | |
| 'Cause I already cried enough | |
| I've been done, I've been movin' on | |
| Since we said goodbye | |
| I cut you off, I don't need your love | |
| So you can try all you want | |
| Your time is up, I'll tell you why | |
| You say you're sorry, but it's too late now | |
| So save it, get gone, shut up | |
| 'Cause if you think I care about you now | |
| Well, boy, I don't give a - | |
| I remember that weekend when my best friend caught you creepin' | |
| You blamed it all on the alcohol | |
| So, I made my decision 'cause you made your bed, sleep in it | |
| Play the victim and switch your position, I'm through, I'm done | |
| So I cut you off, I don't need your love | |
| 'Cause I already cried enough | |
| I've been done, I've been movin' on | |
| Since we said goodbye | |
| I cut you off, I don't need your love | |
| So you can try all you want | |
| Your time is up, I'll tell you why | |
| You say you're sorry, but it's too late now | |
| So save it, get gone, shut up | |
| 'Cause if you think I care about you now | |
| Well, boy, I don't give a - | |
| I see you tryna get to me | |
| I see you beggin' on your knees | |
| Boy, I don't give a - | |
| So stop tryna get to me | |
| Get up off your knees, 'cause | |
| Boy, I don't give a -, uh, uh | |
| About you, no, I don't give a damn | |
| You keep reminiscin' on when you were my man | |
| But I'm over you, now you're all in the past | |
| You talk all that sweet talk, but I ain't comin' back | |
| Cut you off, I don't need your love | |
| So you can try all you want | |
| Your time is up, I'll tell you why | |
| I'll tell you why | |
| You say you're sorry, but it's too late now | |
| So save it, get gone, shut up | |
| (Too late now) | |
| 'Cause if you think I care about you now | |
| Well, boy, I don't give a - | |
| (Boy, I don't give a-) | |
| I see you tryna get to me | |
| I see you beggin' on your knees | |
| Boy, I don't give a - | |
| So stop tryna get to me (get to me) | |
| Get up off your knees, 'cause | |
| Boy, I don't give a -, uh, uh" | |
| "# Break My Heart | |
| ## In ‘Break my Heart,’ Dua explores the vulnerability of falling in love and not wanting your heart to be broken. She does this over a catchy dancefloor instrumental, making you want to dance despite the emotionally conflicted lyrics. The guitar riff is particularly catchy and adds an even more nostalgic feel. | |
| ### Songwriters: Andrew Charles Farriss / Michael Kelland Hutchence / Jordan Johnson / Ali Tamposi / Stefan Adam Johnson / Andrew Watt / Dua Lipa | |
| #### Released in 2020, Album: Future Nostalgia, Artist: Dua Lipa, Genres: Dance/Electronic, UK R&B | |
| I've always been the one to say the first goodbye | |
| Had to love and lose a hundred million times | |
| Had to get it wrong to know just what I like | |
| Now I'm fallin' | |
| You say my name like I have never heard before | |
| I'm indecisive, but this time, I know for sure | |
| I hope I'm not the only one that feels it all | |
| Are you fallin'? | |
| Centre of attention | |
| You know you can get whatever you want from me | |
| Whenever you want it, baby | |
| It's you in my reflection | |
| I'm afraid of all the things it could do to me | |
| If I woulda known it, baby | |
| I would've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| Oh, no, I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| I wonder, when you go, if I stay on your mind | |
| Two can play that game, but you win me every time | |
| Everyone before you was a waste of time | |
| Yeah, you got me | |
| Centre of attention | |
| You know you can get whatever you want from me | |
| Whenever you want it, baby | |
| It's you in my reflection | |
| I'm afraid of all the things it could do to me | |
| If I woulda known it, baby | |
| I would've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home (I would've stayed at home 'cause I-) | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| Oh, no, I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| break my heart | |
| (Ooh) break my heart | |
| (Ooh) | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| I would've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home (I would've stayed at home 'cause I-) | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart? | |
| Oh, no (oh, no), I was doing better alone | |
| But when you said hello | |
| I knew that was the end of it all | |
| I should've stayed at home | |
| 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go | |
| Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart?" | |
| "# Dance The Night | |
| ## ‘Dance the Night’ is a single from the 2023 Barbie soundtrack, blending Dua’s nu-disco style with the visuals of Barbie to make a hit that everyone wanted to party to. The song was also produced by Mark Ronson, who is behind many successful pop songs. | |
| ### Songwriters: Mark Ronson / Andrew Wyatt / Caroline Ailin / Dua Lipa | |
| #### Released in 2023, Album: Barbie the Album, Artist: Dua Lipa, Genres: Children's Music, Alternative/Indie, R&B/Soul, Korean Dance, K-Pop, Hip-Hop/Rap | |
| Baby, you can find me under the lights | |
| Diamonds under my eyes | |
| Turn the rhythm up, don't you wanna just | |
| Come along for the ride? | |
| Ooh, my outfit so tight | |
| You can see my heartbeat tonight | |
| I can take the heat, baby, best believe | |
| That's the moment I shine | |
| 'Cause every romance shakes and it bends | |
| Don't give a damn | |
| When the night's here, I don't do tears | |
| Baby, no chance | |
| I could dance, I could dance, I could dance | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away | |
| My heart could be burnin', but you won't see it on my face | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) | |
| I'll still keep the party runnin', not one hair out of place (place) | |
| Lately, I've been movin' close to the edge | |
| Still be lookin' my best | |
| I stay on the beat, you can count on me | |
| I ain't missin' no steps | |
| 'Cause every romance shakes and it bends | |
| Don't give a damn | |
| When the night's here, I don't do tears | |
| Baby, no chance | |
| I could dance, I could dance, I could dance | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away | |
| My heart could be burnin', but you won't see it on my face | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) | |
| I'll still keep the party runnin', not one hair out of place | |
| When my heart breaks (they never see it, never see it) | |
| When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive) | |
| I don't play it safe (ooh) | |
| Don't you know about me? (Uh-huh) | |
| I could dance, I could dance, I could dance | |
| Even when the tears are flowin' like diamonds on my face | |
| I'll still keep the party goin', not one hair out of place (yes, I can) | |
| Even when the tears are flowin' like diamonds on my face (yes, I can, yes, I can) | |
| I'll still keep the party goin', not one hair out of place | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) | |
| My heart could be burnin', but you won't see it on my face | |
| Watch me dance, dance the night away (uh-huh) | |
| I'll still keep the party runnin', not one hair out of place | |
| When my heart breaks (they never see it, never see it) | |
| When my world shakes (I feel alive, I feel alive) | |
| I don't play it safe (ooh) | |
| Don't you know about me? (Uh-huh) | |
| I could dance, I could dance, I could dance" | |
| "# Physical | |
| ## Interpolating the Olivia Newton-John song with her lyric “let’s get physical,” Dua Lipa again evokes 80s dance-pop with its upbeat rhythms and a contagious chorus, making it a dancefloor favourite. The music video for ‘Physical’ is interesting as well, featuring anime-style animation and – of course – lots of dancing. | |
| ### Songwriters: Jason Evigan / Sarah Theresa Hudson / Clarence Bernard Coffee / Dua Lipa | |
| #### Artists: Dua Lipa, The Blessed Madonna, Released: 2020, Album: Club Future Nostalgia, Featured artist: Gwen Stefani, Genre: Dance/Electronic | |
| Common love isn't for us | |
| We created something phenomenal | |
| Don't you agree? Don't you agree? | |
| You got me feeling diamond-rich | |
| Nothing on this planet compares to it | |
| Don't you agree? Don't you agree? | |
| Who needs to go to sleep when I got you next to me? | |
| All night, I'll riot with you | |
| I know you got my back, and you know I got you | |
| So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on (come on) | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Lights out, follow the noise | |
| Baby, keep on dancing like you ain't got a choice | |
| So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Adrenaline keeps on rushing in | |
| Love the simulation we're dreaming in | |
| Don't you agree? Don't you agree? | |
| I don't wanna live another life | |
| 'Cause this one's pretty nice | |
| Living it up | |
| Who needs to go to sleep when I got you next to me? | |
| All night, I'll riot with you | |
| I know you got my back, and you know I got you | |
| So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on (come on) | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Lights out, follow the noise | |
| Baby, keep on dancing like you ain't got a choice | |
| So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Hold on just a little tighter | |
| Come on, hold on, tell me if you're ready | |
| Come on (come on, come on) | |
| Baby, keep on dancing | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Hold on just a little tighter | |
| Come on, hold on, tell me if you're ready | |
| Come on (come on, come on) | |
| Baby, keep on dancing | |
| Let's get physical | |
| All night, I'll riot with you | |
| I know you got my back, and you know I got you | |
| So come on, come on, come on | |
| Let's get physical | |
| Lights out, follow the noise | |
| Baby, keep on dancing like you ain't got a choice | |
| So come on (come on), come on (come on), come on | |
| Let's get physical (physical, physical) | |
| Let's get physical (physical, physical) | |
| Physical (physical, physical) | |
| Let's get physical (physical, physical) | |
| Come on, phy-phy-phy-physical" | |
| "# Hotter Than Hell | |
| ## From Dua Lipa’s self-titled 2016 album, ‘Hotter Than Hell’ tells the story of a passionate, intense relationship where the protagonist is drawn to someone who is difficult to resist despite the emotional toll. Dua’s confident vocals and the track’s upbeat tempo create a seductive energy that captivates listeners. The song's lyrics explore themes of desire, temptation, and the complexities of love, while its infectious rhythm and catchy chorus helped establish Lipa as a rising star in the pop music scene. | |
| ### Songwriters: Adam Oliver Eugene Midgley / Gerard David O'connell / Dua Lipa / Baxterthefuture | |
| #### Album: Dua Lipa, Released: 2017, Artist: Dua Lipa, Genres: Dance/Electronic, German Pop, UK R&B | |
| He calls me the devil, I make him wanna sin | |
| Every time I knock, he can't help but let me in | |
| Must be homesick for the real, I'm the realest it gets | |
| You'd probably still adore me with my hands around your neck | |
| Can you feel the warmth? Yeah | |
| As my kiss goes down you like some sweet alcohol | |
| Where I'm coming from, yeah | |
| It's the darker side of me that makes you feel so numb | |
| 'Cause we're hot like hell | |
| Does it burn when I'm not there | |
| And you're by yourself? | |
| Am I the answer to your prayers? | |
| I'm giving you that pleasure heaven | |
| And I'll give it to you hotter than hell | |
| Hotter than hell | |
| You're my manna from heaven, we all gotta get fed | |
| Can't let me know I'm wanted, can't let me in your head | |
| I'm not here to make you kneel, but it's praise that I get | |
| You ain't gonna walk free, boy, not finished with you yet, no | |
| Can you feel the warmth? Yeah | |
| As my kiss goes down you like some sweet alcohol | |
| Where I'm coming from, yeah | |
| It's the darker side of me that makes you feel so numb | |
| 'Cause we're hot like hell | |
| Does it burn when I'm not there | |
| And you're by yourself? | |
| Am I the answer to your prayers? | |
| I'm giving you that pleasure heaven | |
| And I'll give it to you hotter than hell | |
| Hotter than hell | |
| When we go down right there | |
| You make me feel right there | |
| When you lay me down right there | |
| We just make it right there | |
| 'Cause you're looking so right there | |
| Maybe you should touch me right there | |
| If you take me right there | |
| We could make it | |
| 'Cause we're hot like hell | |
| Does it burn when I'm not there | |
| And you're by yourself? | |
| Am I the answer to your prayers? (Hey, hey, hey, hey) | |
| I'm giving you that pleasure heaven | |
| And I'll give it to you hotter than hell | |
| Hotter than hell | |
| Hotter than hell (hey, hey, hey, hey) | |
| Hotter than hell | |
| And I'll give it to you hotter than hell" | |
| "# One Kiss | |
| ## Everyone remembers ‘One Kiss’ being on the radio in 2018, especially as the song became Liverpool’s anthem during the UEFA Championships League final, and has continually been sung by fans during Liverpool games such as the 2022 Carabao Cup and FA Cup final. The song is a lot more house than much of Dua Lipa’s other discography, with tropical, Eurodance vibes that are definitely influenced by Calvin Harris’ production. | |
| ### Songwriters: Adam Richard Wiles / Dua Lipa / Jessie Reyez | |
| #### Artists: Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris, Released: 2018, Genres: Tropical house, Diva house, Dance Pop | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| Let me take the night, I'll love real easy | |
| And I know that you'll still wanna see me | |
| On the Sunday morning, music real loud | |
| Let me love you while the moon is still out | |
| Something in you, lit up Heaven in me | |
| The feeling won't let me sleep | |
| 'Cause I'm lost in the way you move | |
| The way you feel | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| I just want to feel your skin on mine | |
| Feel your eyes do the exploring | |
| Passion in the message when you smile | |
| Take my time | |
| Something in you, lit up Heaven in me | |
| The feeling won't let me sleep | |
| 'Cause I'm lost in the way you move | |
| The way you feel | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| See Wonderland in your eyes, oh | |
| Might need your company tonight | |
| Something in you, lit up Heaven in me | |
| The feeling won't let me sleep | |
| 'Cause I'm lost in the way you move | |
| The way you feel | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need | |
| One kiss is all it takes | |
| Falling in love with me | |
| Possibilities, I look like all you need" | |
| "# Be The One | |
| ## The song showcases Dua’s signature blend of pop and indie influences, with a focus on heartfelt lyrics and emotional vulnerability. In ‘Be the One,’ Dua expresses a longing for love, hoping someone will choose her and make her the center of their world. The song's catchy melody, paired with Dua’s powerful vocals, helped it gain attention and establish her as a rising star. Its relatable theme of yearning and emotional connection resonated with fans, making it one of her early breakout hits. | |
| ### Songwriters: Jack Tarrant / Nicholas Gale / Lucy Taylor | |
| #### Released: 2017, Artist: Dua Lipa, Album: Dua Lipa, Genres: Dance/Electronic, German Pop, UK R&B | |
| I see the moon, I see the moon, I see the moon | |
| Oh, when you're looking at the sun | |
| You're not a fool, not a fool, not a fool | |
| No, you're not fooling anyone | |
| Oh, but when you're gone, when you're gone, when you're gone | |
| Oh baby, all the lights go out | |
| Thinking now that maybe I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong | |
| Come back to me, baby, we can work this out | |
| Oh baby, come on, let me get to know you | |
| Just another chance so that I can show | |
| That I won't let you down and run | |
| No, I won't let you down and run | |
| 'Cause I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| I see in blue, I see in blue, I see in blue | |
| Oh, when you see everything in red | |
| There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you, do for you, do for you | |
| Oh, 'cause you got inside my head | |
| Oh, but when you're gone, when you're gone, when you're gone | |
| Oh baby, all the lights go out | |
| Thinking now that maybe I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong | |
| Come back to me, baby, we can work this out | |
| Oh baby, come on, let me get to know you | |
| Just another chance so that I can show | |
| That I won't let you down and run | |
| No, I won't let you down and run | |
| 'Cause I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one (I could be the one) | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one (I could be the one) | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one (I could be the one) | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one | |
| Be the one, be the one, be the one (will you be mine?) | |
| Oh baby, come on, let me get to know you | |
| Just another chance so that I can show | |
| That I won't let you down and run | |
| No, I won't let you down and run | |
| 'Cause I could be the one | |
| I could be the one | |
| I could be the one" | |
| "# New Rules | |
| ## ‘New Rules’ was one of Dua Lipa’s major breakout songs, putting her at the forefront of pop culture when her song topped the charts. In the lyrics, Dua gives herself a set of rules to follow to help her get over her ex, empowering herself to leave him behind. The music video was equally as popular, featuring Dua Lipa dancing with a group of other girls at a sleepover, like they were her friends helping her through her heartbreak. | |
| ### Songwriters: Emily Warren Schwartz / Ian Eric Kirkpatrick / Ailin Caroline | |
| #### Artist: Dua Lipa | |
| Talkin' in my sleep at night, makin' myself crazy | |
| Out of my mind, out of my mind | |
| Wrote it down and read it out, hopin' it would save me | |
| Too many times, too many times | |
| My love, he makes me feel like nobody else, nobody else | |
| But my love, he doesn't love me, so I tell myself, I tell myself | |
| One: don't pick up the phone | |
| You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone | |
| Two: don't let him in | |
| You'll have to kick him out again | |
| Three: don't be his friend | |
| You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning | |
| And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I keep pushin' forwards, but he keeps pullin' me backwards | |
| Nowhere to turn, no way, nowhere to turn, no | |
| Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern | |
| I never learn (I never learn) | |
| But my love (my love), he doesn't love me | |
| So I tell myself, I tell myself | |
| I do, I do, I do | |
| One: don't pick up the phone | |
| You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone | |
| Two: don't let him in | |
| You'll have to kick him out again | |
| Three: don't be his friend | |
| You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning | |
| And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| Yeah, aah, ah-ooh | |
| Out again, aah-ooh | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| I got new rules, I count 'em | |
| Yeah, aah, ah-ooh | |
| Out again | |
| " | |
| "# Don’t Start Now | |
| ## ‘Don’t Start Now’ has much of the same funk and nu-disco vibes that the rest of the Future Nostalgia album had, which is perhaps why it was such a success on the charts. At the time it seemed everyone was loving 70s and 80s nostalgia and Dua’s album was at the forefront of the trend. You can hear the influences from Daft Punk and Bee Gees in the track, giving 80s synths a coat of modern paint. It feels like you're being transported to a nightclub to dance under a disco ball. | |
| ### Songwriters: Ian Kirkpatrick / Mats Bjoerklund / Juergen S. Korduletsch / Robert Owens / Larry Heard / Caroline Ailin / Thorir Baldursson / Emily Warren Schwartz / Dua Lipa | |
| #### Artist: Dua Lipa, Album: Future Nostalgia, Released: 2020, Genres: Dance/Electronic, UK R&B | |
| If you don't wanna see me | |
| Did a full 180, crazy | |
| Thinking 'bout the way I was | |
| Did the heartbreak change me? Maybe | |
| But look at where I ended up | |
| I'm all good already, so moved on, it's scary | |
| I'm not where you left me at all, so | |
| If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody | |
| If you wanna believe that anything could stop me | |
| Don't show up, don't come out | |
| Don't start caring about me now | |
| Walk away, you know how | |
| Don't start caring about me now | |
| Aren't you the guy who tried to | |
| Hurt me with the word ""goodbye""? | |
| Though it took some time to survive you | |
| I'm better on the other side | |
| I'm all good already | |
| So moved on, it's scary | |
| I'm not where you left me at all, so | |
| If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody | |
| If you wanna believe that anything could stop me | |
| (Don't, don't, don't) | |
| Don't show up, don't come out | |
| Don't start caring about me now | |
| Walk away, you know how | |
| Don't start caring about me now ('bout me now, 'bout me) | |
| Up, up, don't come out, out, out | |
| Don't show up, up, up, don't start now (oh) | |
| Up, up, don't come out, out | |
| I'm not where you left me at all, so | |
| If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody | |
| If you wanna believe that anything could stop me | |
| Don't show up (don't show up), don't come out (don't come out) | |
| Don't start caring about me now ('bout me now) | |
| Walk away (walk away), you know how (you know how) | |
| Don't start caring about me now (so) | |
| Up, up, don't come out, out, out | |
| Don't show up, up, up, walk away, walk away (so) | |
| Up, up, don't come out, out, out | |
| Don't show up, up, up, walk away, walk away, oh" | |
| "# Levitating | |
| ## ‘Levitating’ is by far one of Dua Lipa’s most memorable songs, as it had a massive moment upon its release in 2020. Featuring rapper DaBaby, the song has an amazing mix of R&B, dance-pop, pop-funk, and disco. The bouncy, fun song seemed inescapable on radio stations and TikTok during lockdown, and it remains one of the most recognisable Dua Lipa songs for both its catchy chorus and glittery visuals. | |
| ### Songwriters: Sarah Theresa Hudson / Stephen Noel Kozmeniuk / Clarence Bernard Coffee / Dua Lipa / Jonathan Lyndale Kirk | |
| #### Released: 2020, Artist: Dua Lipa, Album: Future Nostalgia, Featured artist: DaBaby, Genres: Disco, Electro, Space rock, Nu-disco, Pop funk, Dance/Electronic, UK R&B, Awards: iHeartRadio Music Award for Song of the Year | |
| If you wanna run away with me, I know a galaxy | |
| And I can take you for a ride | |
| I had a premonition that we fell into a rhythm | |
| Where the music don't stop for life | |
| Glitter in the sky, glitter in my eyes | |
| Shining just the way I like | |
| If you're feeling like you need a little bit of company | |
| You met me at the perfect time | |
| You want me, I want you, baby | |
| My sugarboo, I'm levitating | |
| The Milky Way, we're renegading | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | |
| I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating | |
| You, moonlight, you're my starlight (you're the moonlight) | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating | |
| I believe that you're for me, I feel it in our energy | |
| I see us written in the stars | |
| We can go wherever, so let's do it now or never, baby | |
| Nothing's ever, ever too far | |
| Glitter in the sky, glitter in our eyes | |
| Shining just the way we are | |
| I feel like we're forever, every time we get together | |
| But whatever, let's get lost on Mars | |
| You want me, I want you, baby | |
| My sugarboo, I'm levitating | |
| The Milky Way, we're renegading | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | |
| I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating | |
| You, moonlight, you're my starlight (you're the moonlight) | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating (whoo) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| Baby, let me take you for a ride | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | |
| I'm levitating (whoo) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| Baby, let me take you for a ride | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (whoo) | |
| My love is like a rocket, watch it blast off | |
| And I'm feeling so electric, dance my arse off | |
| And even if I wanted to, I can't stop | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (whoo) | |
| My love is like a rocket, watch it blast off | |
| And I'm feeling so electric, dance my arse off | |
| And even if I wanted to, I can't stop | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | |
| You want me, I want you, baby | |
| My sugarboo, I'm levitating | |
| The Milky Way, we're renegading | |
| I got you (yeah), moonlight, you're my starlight | |
| I need you all night (all night), come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating (whoo) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight (tonight) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| Baby, let me take you for a ride | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (let me take you for a ride) | |
| I'm levitating (whoo) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight (tonight) | |
| You can fly away with me tonight | |
| Baby, let me take you for a ride | |
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (let me take you for a ride) | |
| I got you, moonlight, you're my starlight (you are my starlight) | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me (come on, dance with me, baby) | |
| I'm levitating | |
| You, moonlight, you're my starlight (you're the moonlight) | |
| I need you all night, come on, dance with me | |
| I'm levitating" | |
| "Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Tim. It's so great to have you here. Honestly, it's it's so amazing to have you here at home on my sofa. I um I have to say like before this interview, I went on the internet to see what Apple is worth. And it's astonishing. Um it's the biggest company in the world with a valuation of around $3 trillion. And I guess that's just such like a it's an incredible figure just just in itself and I guess it's more than entire countries to to kind of put it into perspective. It's um it's about the same as the GDP of the UK or France. And I understand that you're only doing one interview while you're here in the UK and I just feel so so lucky and honored that you chose me and Service 95 um to talk to and I'm just so delighted to have you here. What? Of course. No, this is this is really exciting because I'm really looking forward to just digging into like some of the issues that you're looking into now and in the future. And as well as like what you've learned about tech and life and leadership in your 25 years at Apple. Like it's it's incredible. Should we just get started? Yeah. Okay. Um, so it's not every day that I have like the CEO of the world's biggest company in my living room. Um so I should probably take a little bit of advantage of that and get some tips um to help with my own work life balance. And I was wondering like what is the day-to-day running of a company like Apple? And and take me a little bit through your day like the day in the life of Tim Cook from the moment you wake up to the very end of the day. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| It's so great to be here. And I love it. It's beautiful. Thank you. I'm so glad you would spend time with me. I'm serious. Yes. Absolutely. Raring to jump in. I get up really early. I'm an early bird like at 4:00. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| How early? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| 4:00 to 5:00. Wow. And I spend my first hour doing email. And I'm pretty religious about doing this. I read emails from from a lot of customers and employees. And the customers are telling me things that they love about us or things that they want changed about us. Uh, employees are giving me ideas. uh but it's a way to stay grounded in terms of what the community is feeling and I love it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| That's just amazing. And then after, so you do emails and then you go into the office and it's just more kind of... | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Well before I go into the office I go work out. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay. So emails working out. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Working out. I spend an hour in the gym uh usually doing strength training. And I've got somebody to really push me to do things I don't want to do. And I I I do no work during that period of time. I never check my phone. Uh I'm just totally focused on working out. And after doing that after showering etc. I go into the office and I start working with people I love. And it's a it's an incredible feeling to work with people that bring out the best in you and that that fundamentally we all believe that 1+1=3. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I love that. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| You know that that your idea plus my idea is better than the individual ideas of their own. And and so things like that go on all day long. and I'll I'll divide the day in terms of spending time with product teams or spending time with marketing teams or spending time with the executive team. And we're either handling uh issues of the day or hopefully our balance is more on working on future stuff and thinking about what's next. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| That's just amazing. Um I mean I want to go back to the start a little bit. Um because you grew up in a blue collar family, in smalltown Alabama and now you're heading the world's most valuable company. I mean it's it's a pretty incredible journey that you've been on. Um can you tell me a little bit about your upbringing and like how it set you up on this road? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I did. It was really a jagger journey. Uh my my childhood I I come from a very modest background. Uh my mother worked in a pharmacy as a clerk and my father worked in a shipyard. And very blue collar family. uh lots of love little money was was sort of the the childhood. And they they really taught me the value of hard work and instilled in me at a extremely young age uh that working could bring you uh great purpose and and be a a key part of your life. and I started actually with a paper route when I was 13 throwing tossing papers and I would get up in the middle of the night uh to throw everybody's papers so that they could when they got up in the morning they would have their newspaper. and I then took various jobs from there whether it was uh flipping hamburgers at the local Tasty Freeze and doing anything I could to make some amount of money because I really wanted to go to college. And you know my my father being in the shipbuilding business was subject to layoffs. uh in in that business is very cyclical kind of business. And and so we would go through tougher times during the layoff periods. And I I always wanted something better for myself more of a job that was regular. And that that you could depend on on on an income stream with. And so I wanted to go to college and and better myself. and I wound up at Auburn uh which is a public university in Alabama. and I loved it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| The uni experience was... | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| The university experience was unbelievable. I I went a little wild. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| You have to. You can't not. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| You you have to and the world just opened for me. Uh I was always curious but you get even more curious in college because you can take so many different courses and and challenge yourself in intellectual different ways. and it was wonderful. And then after that I started my career at uh first at IBM. and uh then went to uh graduate school at Duke and and eventually made my way to Apple. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| It's an incredible journey. It's like I uh hearing you speak like I remember also when I was really young. I think I always wanted to have a job. It was again like when I was 13 I was in school and I think my first job I had gone to a pharmacy nearby and a woman was selling like I guess it was like the Swedish equivalent to like Avon or something at the time. I was like let me take this catalog and like sell products to the girls in my school. So that was kind of like my first job. Um and then it it it progressed from there. But very early on I had like a dream that I always wanted to do music and that I wanted to be on stage and I wanted to perform. And I think I was probably like like 10 where I was like I really want to do this but I never really knew that it was even possible. What was what was your dream? Like was was being the the head of CEO like head of Apple something that you would have ever envisioned. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| It's not something I envisioned for myself to be totally honest with you. I was in high school I wanted to be a musician. And uh I learned how to or kind of learned how to play the trombone. I was never any good. But I wanted to be in a jazz band and I was in a marching band for a while. And it it kind of hit me that I was never going to be great at it. That this was just not my calling. But I love the I loved math and sciences and so I decided to study engineering in college. And that's where I got my start was engineering and I was first focused on robotics and in the manufacturing lines and and learning how to manufacture products. And this was really cool to me because I love creating things. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| It's so um nice to just get to know you a bit more because I think it's fair to say that you know, we know less about you than the more, let's say, extroverted leaders of other big tech companies. What what kind of leader do you do you try to be? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Well, I try to be a really good one. Uh, I try to be one that really deeply believes in collaboration because I I do deeply believe that our ideas, bouncing ideas off of one another, that this creates a bigger idea than either one of us could generate on our own. And that when you can do this with larger groups of people, not not totally large, but you know, several people that these ideas can be exponential in size and and magnitude. And it's an unbelievable what you can create with them, whether it's creating products, or creating marketing, uh or whatever whatever you're working on to together. I really deeply believe this, and so I try my leadership style is to try to get everyone to work together in that kind of way. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah, the art of collaboration I think is is pretty is special like when minds come together and create something really unique. Um there's a mythology around your predecessor and the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, is a great visionary leader. And I watched the the film called Jobs like a a few years ago and he is a fascinating subject. But at the same time, when you joined Apple in 1998 the company was almost bankrupt. And today as I said earlier it's worth about $3 trillion. and around like 90% of that came under your tenure. Um do you ever think that you don't get enough credit? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| No, I I don't I don't look at it like that at all to be honest. Uh Steve was a an original. Uh and I think only Steve could have created Apple and we owe him a debt of gratitude and there's no doubt in my mind that if he were still alive today the company would be doing outstanding and he would still be CEO. and and so I don't I don't think of it as a as a credit deal. and plus I get to work with people that I love and that are unbelievable at doing what they do. and and so we we share the the the credit from the company. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I love that. I think you're you're an incredible leader and I think in more ways than one. Um when you publicly came out in 2014, you were the only openly gay CEO in the Fortune 500. And today nearly 10 years later that that number's increased to four. Right. First of all what the hell? Um like I feel like we've moved moved on further than this but like why do you think we're still not seeing equal representation at like the top levels of business? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I think there's still a glass ceiling. And not in every company. I we've we've killed the glass ceiling. We've shattered it and in Apple and and people that came before me I stood on their shoulders and and we've taken it further and and further. But I think in a large number of companies there's still a glass ceiling. Uh it it's bizarre that it's like that. Uh my my own deep belief is that everybody should be treated with dignity and respect. And if you start from that angle uh a lot of other problems kind of go away and and never create themselves. uh but I think there is still a ceiling uh for not only LGBTQ but for women, uh for people of color and uh we have more work to do. The society definitely has more work to do in in many countries in the world and most countries in the world. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah I am I am quite interested in like the racial diversity in business as well. That's right. I I checked earlier and it's also it's like currently eight black CEOs in the Fortune 500 and I I I imagine it must be quite important to you because you grew up during the Civil Rights era in the US. in the deep South. Like do you have any recollections from that time that continue to influence your approach to equality today. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Oh yes. I I remember when uh Dr. King was assassinated. And this was a an extremely sad time because it was he was a such a statue that you felt like he was taking the world in the direction it should go. and and it wasn't so clear who else was would follow him. Uh that the same year that he was assassinated uh Bobby Kennedy was assassinated. And this was in '68 and I was 8 years old at the time. and this was just the combination of these two assassinations were really weighed heavily on me as a very very young person knowing that these two were pushing the human race where where it needed to go. And it was a very very sad time. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I guess we can't really talk about Apple without talking about the iPhone. Um, and my first iPhone I think was like a hand-me-down from my dad. And then and then I got my my first one like on contract. I think it was like the iPhone 6 or something that I got and I was so excited when I got it. and today it's like it's a complete it's an extension of my body. you know I even have like the little dip in my finger from how much I use it. Um but I'm quite mindful you know when I use my phone like I I you know I use my phone because I work on it all the time but I try and be mindful and pick up a book um rather than use my phone especially like when I'm traveling or flying or whatever. But regardless of that I'm on my phone a lot. I I guess I just kind of want your honest take on like do you think there's an excessive phone usage especially in young people? And if so like what can be what can be done about it? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I think there is an excessive use of the smartphone and including the iPhone. And that's the reason we came up with screen time. Honestly was we wanted we felt like the one of the most important things we could do was surface the amount that you're spending. Sort of similar to what we do on the watch which promotes your ability to move more. uh burn more calories stand more. and but on the on the phone we're looking at that from the opposite point of view and saying do you really want to spend five hours a day on your phone or whatever the the number might be? and also telling you what you're doing on it where you're spending your time. We also did things like uh surfacing how many notifications you get. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Because sometimes it's not the amount of time but it's the interruptions. Right. And what do you mean like throughout the day that you keep kind of checking it? It's like a... | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Throughout the day. That's right. And I know when I I remember when I started using the tool before it was released. The aha moment for me was how many notifications I was getting in a day. I was embarrassed by the number I was getting in a day. and I quickly went and and looked to see who's sending me all of these and I started cutting out different notifications from different groups that I felt like you know at the end of the day I can catch up on this at the end of the day. I don't need to know at the moment when something is happening. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And so I I think screen time is important and of course for kids if you're a parent then setting some parameters around where they're spending time what apps they're using all of this becomes really important. and we make tools for all of these things. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah it's um it's interesting. I made like a little um change on on my phone where like if I get a notification my text like the text that I get doesn't come through it just says notification. Right. And I think that helps because immediately when you see the message it's hard to ignore. So when you just see that it says notification you're like right I'll leave it for a second and I'll I'll check it when um when I can essentially. That's right. So I think I think those parameters are good especially for you know young children or teenagers who just like but I think it's good. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I've always said if you're looking at your phone more than you're looking in someone's eyes you're doing the wrong thing. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Right. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| You're doing the wrong thing. And so you need to course correct. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah, I think that's really important. I think that's really important for sure. Um this year I feel like more than ever we've uh I don't know every time we turn on the news there's kind of another like climate disaster. Yeah. Um and I think we're all collectively really worried about the climate crisis in our respective industries and I think everyone's trying to figure out what the right thing to do is and how we can combat everything that's happening. Um and I was just wondering like what is Apple's climate strategy? And what do you think are the hardest problems to solve? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| It's a great question. Uh we started running the company on 100% renewable energy several years ago. And but we realized this is not sufficient. That we had to go focus on our supply chain which is largely outside of our company and the energy that it takes to recharge our products at the customer's homes and and offices. And so we set an objective to take all of that cycle the whole product cycle to carbon neutral by 2030 where all of our products are carbon neutral. This is 20 years before the Paris Accord. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| And in sorry carbon neutral is kind of like uh offsetting right the carbon. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Well carbon neutral is a combination of driving the carbon away totally and then whatever the residual amount is left to offset that by uh planning forests or grasslands that pulls carbon from the atmosphere. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| So it it's a really good question. So if you look at the uh Apple Watch certain models of the Apple Watch that we just shipped uh a week ago, uh they're carbon neutral now. And it this happened 7 years earlier than we had initially thought we could do it. And the way that we got there was it has a high degree of recycled material in it. And so we we're in a position where we could stop pulling certain products from the earth which creates a uh carbon emissions. uh we have numerous solar farms and wind farms on the renewable side. and then on the transportation we shrunk our packaging significantly so that we could ship more products and we took them out of the air and put them on the sea which is a much lower carbon emission way of transportation. This this got us to reduce the carbon footprint by almost 80%. these combination of tasks. and then the last 20% we offset with high carbon high quality uh offsets like planning forests and grasslands. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay. And um I guess what I was wondering is my new iPhone 15 like can you guarantee that that the cobalt that's in that phone has not been mined like using child labor in the DRC? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Yes we can because we do two things. Well first of all I should back up and say our objective over time is to take nothing from the earth to make our products. This is a big idea of not having to mine anything is to use all recycled material. And and today we're using 100% recycled cobalt in the watch. and 100% recycled gold tin tungsten and other rare earth materials in the watch. So we're really proud of this. But for those products that we still do mine for some of our other products, we have an intense level of tracing in our supply chain all the way back to the mine and the smelter to make sure that the that the labor used is is not child labor. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay. Amazing. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And I think we do a really good job of that. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay amazing. So this is good. This is like looking into the future with all the new products which is great. And um while I was transferring my old phone into my new phone it also said that there's a service for me to be able to recycle my old phone. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| That's right. That's right. Yeah this is a great point to make because what we try to do is uh we know people want to upgrade and get new phones. And and so if you have a phone that's working, we'll clean it up and resell that to someone else who wants to buy a used phone. And if you have a phone that's not working, we will disassemble that uh product robotically and uh recycle the materials and it will become part of the recycled content of the new phone. And so there's a closed loop process uh there that is that we've worked on significantly to to make sure that we're reusing all of the old phones. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay. Okay. And this is like a service that I can go to the Apple store let's say send in my phone. And can I get a discount on my new phone? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| You can get a discount on the new phone. It it acts as a kind of subsidy. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay, cool. Something that I've been quite like obsessed with I guess in the tech sphere right um is AI. Yes. And some days I feel like I've got a really good grasp on like the potential of AI and other days I just haven't got a clue at all. Um I just feel like it's so complex but I think most experts can agree that like AI is something that's going to completely change our world. Um and it's kind of almost like the in like the invention of the internet. And I guess you would seem in better position than most to speculate like how that world is going to look like and I was just wondering what your thoughts are on that. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I think the the first thing to know is if you're an Apple customer today AI is in all of the products that we produce. In a in a very significant way we don't label it as such. If you're uh composing a message or an email on the phone, you'll see predictive typing tries to predict your next word so you can quickly choose the word. That's AI. And so AI is sort of everywhere today. What has uh gathered people's imagination I think more recently is generative AI. and the use of large language models. and I I think this is an area that is also uh can be a life-changing. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And it can be life-changing in a good way because it can do things like in in the future I don't mean necessarily today it can help diagnose a a problem that you're having from a from a health point of view. Uh there's many many things there's a limitless kind of a number of things that AI can do. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I think that's the one thing that I'm more worried about because it it seems like there are so many great things that AI can do but then I think it also like poses profound risks and like a threat to humanity and I'm like tell me AI isn't going to destroy the world you know. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Unfortunately it can also do not good things. And I know that this is what is needed with AI with this new form of AI generative AI is some rules of the road some regulation around this. and I think most or many governments around the world are now focused on this and focused on how to do it. and we're we're trying to help with that. and we're one of the first ones that that say this is needed. that some regulation is needed. Uh for us we're we're very thoughtful and deliberate about how we approach these things. And so we think deeply about how people will use our products. And if they can be used for nefarious reasons we don't go down those paths. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay so I guess I'm wondering like are are governments actually able to regulate AI or have we kind of gone past that that point. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| It's a really good question. I I think most governments are a little behind the curve today. I think that's a a sort of a fair assessment to to make. But I think they're quickly catching up. I think the um the US the UK the EU uh and several countries in Asia are quickly coming up to speed. and I I do think there will be some AI regulation in the next 12 to 18 months. And so I'm I'm pretty confident that will happen. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah cuz I think it could be a bit catastrophic if it goes rogue and there's no like controlling yeah. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| We need it. We absolutely need it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah it's it's a real like sign of the times I guess the way that things are just completely rapidly changing and you know with all the new products as well I I I mean when you think about it like the smartphone has entirely changed the world and you know obviously the internet and now AI is going to completely change the world. Like what product or like technology do you think is going to have a similar transformative impact like on in the future and do you think it's going to be an Apple invention? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| We we just launched in June uh the Vision Pro. You can be sitting here in your living room and you can have your virtual world overlaying your physical world. And all of a sudden you and I might be having this conversation and we may want to reference something you could kind of pull it up in space and we could chat about it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| That's fascinating but you use your hands it's not like your your brain. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| You use your hands and your eyes. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Oh you use your eyes as well. Okay. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And so if you just look at something on Vision Pro uh you can select it with your eyes. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| That's fascinating. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And it it's so wild because people pick it up like this you know just uh they can't believe how easy to use it is. But we spent years in in researching and developing this product to make it so simple to use that it works like your mind works. If you look at something you kind of expect it to do something and it does. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah that's it's fascinating. I mean how far do you think we are from like tech actually becoming part of um part of our bodies. Like do you think? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Well in some ways we're there because the watch becomes a part of your body in a way. And it's measuring all of these things that you're doing your movement your stand your exercise your heart. Uh it's looking for things like diseases and so forth like AFIB that that you may have and alerting you before the symptoms would ever alert you. and and so I think wearable tech has become an extension of your body now and as you mentioned earlier iPhone in a lot of ways has become an extension of your... | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| It's a complete extension of my body so that's why I'm like I guess we're probably not so far away of um just it being it being a a part of us. But I always wonder like do you think this is going to improve the human condition? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I I think it must. Technology doesn't want to be good or bad. It's in the hands of the creator of whether it is. and you can bet that we're being very thoughtful and deliberate on things that that we develop so our technology is for good and that it's really enriching people's lives not distracting. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Yeah. Amazing. Really really cool. I mean I can only imagine that you've done that you've done like pretty well financially at Apple. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Yes. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| and that you've said that you intend to give away like a majority of your wealth. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| That's right. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| and I guess Bill Gates has made a similar pledge and his big vision was like to end poverty and disease and what's the big global challenge that you feel like you want to solve and how do you plan to do it? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| you know because of my background and uh equality is a big one. And I I do deeply believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect around the world. and so I'll steer uh a lot of my resources accordingly. Uh I also want to make sure that that people that were in a similar or are in a similar position to where I was where you're from a family without uh significant means that you can go to school and because I believe that education is the great equalizer of people. and and so I'll steer some of my money to scholarship funds as well to make sure that kids in in in those areas can can do well and have have the opportunity that I had frankly. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I'm imagining like a young Tim Cook growing up in Robertsdale Alabama like are are you satisfied with where you are right now? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I'm I'm incredibly humbled uh for where I am. I feel privileged. And I want to give back. I I want to help other people achieve the same dream that that I've achieved. Uh I I didn't have a dream to be CEO of Apple. It was beyond what I would have ever dreamed for myself. And uh but but it happened and I want to make sure it can happen for other people as well. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Amazing. I mean you've been at Apple for 25 years now. Are you planning to to be there for the next I don't know 3 4 5 years you're planning on staying till 2050 and seeing the environmental. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| 25 years. Yes. 2050 might be a stretch. I don't know how long I'll be there. Uh I love it there. and I can't envision my life without being there. Yeah. And so I'll be there for a while. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay cool. So there's no like succession plan that you've got. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Well we now we're a uh company that believes in working on succession plans and so we have very detailed succession plans. And because something that's unpredictable can always happen. I can step off the wrong curve tomorrow. And uh hopefully that doesn't happen. I pray that it doesn't. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Oh I hope that doesn't happen. No. Are you able to say who's in line for succession? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Oh I can't say that. But I but I would say I my job is to prepare several people for the ability to succeed. and I really want the person to come from within Apple. the next CEO and so that's my role is to make sure that there's several for the board to pick from. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay amazing. Um well this is really this was amazing. That was great. I I loved love talking to you about just all things life leadership tech um and I actually I love to end my conversations with a list. And I I read about your love of um national parks. and I understand that you're a very keen hiker. So I was wondering what are five national parks to visit in the US? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Yes I love to hike. Oh it's a tough list because there are so many great ones but I would say Yosemite which is sort of my local national park in in a way it's so beautiful. Uh the Grand Canyon, uh the Grand Tetons, uh Glacier, and Zion. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Okay so there's a few I haven't been to actually. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And uh they're all so special. And when you're out in them it reminds you of how small all of us are relative to the grandeur of nature. And it's it's sort of a a palette cleanser for the mind being out there and hiking and sweating and oh it for me it's just it's an incredibly meditative. And I I love it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| That sounds special. I need to do more hiking and exploring and being a bit more outdoorsy I think. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Oh I would highly recommend it. And in uh in Europe this summer I went to the Dolomites. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Oh yeah. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| And the Dolomites were I it was just jaw dropping. I I was just I was so excited about being there and the the hiking and the via ferratas are incredible to do. And uh I would highly recommend it. I'm going to go back. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| So cool. Yeah. Um and then my my next and last list is we recently started a Service 95 Book Club. And I love to ask my guests about their reading pile. Um can you share five books that have shaped you? | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Yes. Uh as a young uh student To Kill a Mockingbird and I think it's not just for young students but for all of us still. Uh Shoe Dog, which was Phil Knight's book and uh it's kind of meant to be a business book but it's a book on life. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| I really like that book. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| It's really great. Uh When Breath Becomes Air was phenomenal. Uh Malala's book I Am Malala. I I love and I love Malala's story and her passion around young girls' education. And we work with her and the the work that she does is incredible. And then I love reading biographies of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy and some of the great people that were pushing forward on civil rights. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Amazing. Tim thank you so much for your time and your generosity. This has just been such a fascinating and and illuminating conversation and yeah it's I I think it's going to be amazing for all the listeners I think they're going to have a lot to to take away from this so yeah thank you so much for coming and being here in London and spending some time with me today. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| Thank thank you for having me. It means the world to me and thanks for having me in your beautiful home. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Anytime. We can we can do this again sometime. | |
| Tim Cook (A): | |
| I'll look forward to it. | |
| Dua Lipa (Q): | |
| Perfect. Thank you so much." | |
| "# About Dua Lipa | |
| Dua Lipa is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. Lipa worked as a model before venturing into music and signing with Warner Bros. in 2014. | |
| Born: 22 August 1995 (age 30 years), London, United Kingdom | |
| Partner: Callum Turner (married in 2024) | |
| Parents: Dukagjin Lipa, Anesa Lipa | |
| Height: 1.73 m | |
| Siblings: Rina Lipa, Gjin Lipa | |
| Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Her accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. | |
| Lipa worked as a model before venturing into music and signing with Warner Bros. in 2014. She released her eponymous debut album in 2017, which peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the singles ""Be the One"", ""IDGAF"", and the UK number-one single ""New Rules"". She was honoured with the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act in 2018. Her second UK number-one single, ""One Kiss"" with Calvin Harris, was the best-selling song of 2018 in the UK and won the Brit Award for Song of the Year. She later won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and for Best Dance Recording for ""Electricity"" featuring Silk City in 2019. | |
| Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia (2020), became her first UK number-one album and peaked in the top-three in the US. Its lead single, ""Don't Start Now"", scored the longest top-ten stay for a British female artist on the UK Singles Chart and ranked in the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart of 2020. The album's success continued with the follow-up singles ""Physical"", ""Break My Heart"", and ""Levitating"", with the latter topping the Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart of 2021 and receiving a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Diamond certification in the US. Future Nostalgia won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. | |
| Lipa subsequently scored her third and fourth UK number-one singles with the 2021 Elton John duet ""Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"" and ""Dance the Night"" from the soundtrack of the film Barbie (2023), wherein she also made her acting debut. Lipa released her third studio album, Radical Optimism (2024), which debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and was preceded by the UK top-ten singles ""Houdini"", ""Training Season"", and ""Illusion"". She also had a supporting role in the 2024 spy film Argylle." | |
| "# Early Life | |
| Dua Lipa was born on 22 August 1995, in London, the eldest child of Kosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa from Pristina, FR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo). She has a sister, Rina, and a brother, Gjin. The name Dua was her grandmother's suggestion, and means ""love"" in Albanian. Her maternal grandmother is of Bosniak descent. Her father's ancestry can be traced back to the city of Peja, Kosovo. Both of her grandfathers were historians. | |
| Lipa was musically influenced by her father, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the Kosovan rock band Oda. Her father continued to play music at home, including his own compositions and songs of artists such as David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Sting, the Police, and Stereophonics. Dua Lipa began singing at the age of five. | |
| Lipa grew up in West Hampstead, London. She attended Fitzjohn's Primary School and her music lessons there included the cello. When she auditioned to enter the school choir, the teacher told her that she could not sing. At the age of nine, she began weekend singing lessons at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Lipa moved with her family to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. There she attended Mileniumi i Tretë School, learned more about the Albanian language, and considered a music career. | |
| At age 15, Lipa moved back alone to London and shared a flat with a family friend. At Parliament Hill School she passed her A-Levels, then re-entered Sylvia Young Theatre School part-time. She uploaded her own songs to SoundCloud and YouTube. She began posting videos of herself covering songs such as ""If I Ain't Got You"" (2004) by Alicia Keys and ""Beautiful"" (2002) by Christina Aguilera on YouTube. Lipa modelled with Topshop and signed with a modelling agency, helping her land a role as a singer in an ITV advertisement for The X Factor in 2013, covering Sister Sledge's 1979 song ""Lost in Music"". She acquired a producer and a manager." | |
| "# 2013–2018: Career beginnings and Dua Lipa | |
| In 2013, Lipa signed a contract with Tap Management, directed by Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, while working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. Lipa was introduced to Mawson by her lawyer, who discouraged her from signing another publishing deal that was offered to her. They then offered her a monthly salary to leave her job and focus on recording music. During one of the sessions Lipa co-wrote the song ""Hotter than Hell"", which led to her signing a record deal with Warner Bros. Records in 2014. Millett retrospectively elaborated: ""Dua was really smart – she signed to Warner Bros. partly because they didn't have a big female pop artist and they needed one. They really wanted her, so she had the focus of the team from day one."" | |
| In August 2015, Lipa released her first single, ""New Love"", produced by Emile Haynie and Andrew Wyatt. Her second single, ""Be the One"", was issued to European success in October 2015, reaching number one in Belgium, Poland and Slovakia, as well as charting in the top ten in over eleven European territories. In Australia and New Zealand, the song became an airplay success, reaching numbers 6 and 20 respectively. In November 2015, she was revealed as one of the acts to appear on the BBC Sound of... 2016 long list. | |
| We've seen artists who might get half a good song out of 10 writing sessions; with Dua, one in five or one in four is a banger. She gets results out of other people as well, because her personality is so engaging and she is so charismatic. She definitely has that special something. | |
| —Ben Mawson on Lipa's songwriting | |
| Her first tour in the UK and Europe began in January 2016, and concluded in early December 2016. On 18 February 2016, Lipa released her third single, ""Last Dance"", followed by ""Hotter than Hell"" on 6 May. The latter was successful particularly in the UK, where it peaked at number 15. On 26 August, her fifth overall single, ""Blow Your Mind (Mwah)"", was released, peaking at number 30 in the UK. It became the singer's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 72. The song also topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and reached number 23 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. | |
| Lipa was featured on Sean Paul's single ""No Lie"", released in November 2016, which reached number ten in the UK. The song became a top-ten hit in ten countries six years after its release, and it became Sean Paul's most-streamed song as of December 2022. The music video (directed by Tim Nackashi) surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube in April 2022. The following month, a documentary about Lipa named See in Blue was commissioned by The Fader. In January 2017, Lipa won the EBBA Public Choice Award, and released the single ""Scared to Be Lonely"", a collaboration with Martin Garrix, reaching number 14 in the UK. | |
| In May 2017, she performed at the anniversary of Indonesian television channel SCTV and won the award for Young and Promising International Artist at the SCTV Music Awards. Lipa's first album Dua Lipa was released on 2 June 2017. Its sixth single, ""New Rules"", released in the following month, became Lipa's first number one in the UK, and the first by a female solo artist to reach the top in the UK since Adele's ""Hello"" in 2015. Her best-selling single to date, the song also charted in the top ten of other countries, including number two in Australia, number six in the US, and number seven in Canada. As of 2024, the music video has streamed over three billion views on YouTube. Lipa performed at the Glastonbury Festival in June. In July, Lipa performed at the We The Fest, an Indonesian music festival in Jakarta. She performed on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland in October. In December, Lipa was named the most streamed woman of 2017 in the UK by Spotify. She had four singles reach the UK top 10 in 2017, with ""Be the One"", ""New Rules"", ""No Lie"", and ""Bridge over Troubled Water"", a charity single for the families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in London. | |
| In January 2018, Lipa received nominations in five categories at the Brit Awards, more nominations than any other artist that year. She was nominated for MasterCard British Album of the Year for Dua Lipa, British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year for ""New Rules"", British Female Solo Artist, and British Breakthrough Act winning the latter two. This was the first time that a female artist had received five nominations. | |
| Lipa performed at the awards ceremony held on 21 February at the O2 Arena in London. The singer collaborated with American DJ Whethan on the song ""High"" for the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, released in February 2018. She started working on new material for her second album in January 2018. On 6 April, Lipa and Calvin Harris released the single ""One Kiss"", which topped the UK Singles Chart on 20 April, making it Lipa's second number one in the chart; Lipa provided the vocals and is also credited as a writer. The single went on to become the biggest selling song in the UK of 2018 and topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks. She performed in the opening ceremony of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final in Kyiv on 26 May. It was reported that Lipa would be releasing collaborations with other artists coming out later in 2018, such as one with Mark Ronson and Diplo's newly formed superduo Silk City. Ronson later confirmed the song's title would be ""Electricity"". The song was released on 9 September. Lipa was also featured in ""If Only"", a song from Italian singer Andrea Bocelli's sixteenth studio album Sì. | |
| Lipa performed at the F1 Singapore Grand Prix in September. In the same month, Lipa endorsed British car brand Jaguar's new electric car, I-PACE. The brand created a remix of Lipa's song ""Want To"" and launched a service where fans could create their own version of Dua Lipa x Jaguar's song on the Join the Pace website, based on their own driving behaviour or the music they listen to, and share it on social media. According to Lipa's team, Jaguar and Lipa set the world record for the ""most remixed song ever"". In October, the singer released Dua Lipa: The Complete Edition, an expanded version of her debut album that includes three new songs, including the aforementioned ""Want To"", and her previous collaborations with other artists. This included a collaboration with South Korean girl group Blackpink called ""Kiss and Make Up""." | |
| "# 2019–2022: Future Nostalgia | |
| In January 2019, Lipa released the single ""Swan Song"" as part of the soundtrack to the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel. That same month, Lipa stated that she spent the preceding year in the writing process for her second studio album. Lipa commented that the album's sound would be a ""nostalgic"" pop record that ""feels like a dancercise class"". In August 2019, Lipa partnered with brand Yves Saint Laurent to endorse their fragrance Libre. | |
| Following the release of its lead single ""Don't Start Now"", Lipa's second album, Future Nostalgia, and its accompanying tour were announced in December 2019. ""Don't Start Now"" peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. On the former, it earned the longest top 10 stay for a British female artist and the longest top 10 stay without reaching the summit in that chart's history. The song also peaked at number one on the UK Big Top 40 and the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. Lipa's second single leading up to the release of the album was ""Physical"". It was released on 30 January 2020 and the song's music video was released a day later. ""Physical"" debuted at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Future Nostalgia was released on 27 March to widespread critical acclaim, following the release of the record's third single ""Break My Heart"" on 25 March. The album debuted at number two on the Official UK Albums Chart, 5550 copies behind 5 Seconds of Summer's Calm. Future Nostalgia peaked at number one on the Official UK Albums Chart the following week in April 2020, while four of the album's singles entered the top ten of the Official Singles Chart. The album holds the record for having the lowest one-week sales while at the top of the chart in the 21st century; when it was number one—the week beginning 15 May 2020—the album had only 7,317 sales. At the time of the album's release, Lipa became the first British female artist since Vera Lynn to have three top-ten singles in a single calendar year, with Lynn having three in 1952. Lipa eventually overrode this record with the single ""Levitating"", which also peaked within the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming her third top-ten in the US overall. Lipa's music video for ""Physical"" was nominated for Best Art Director at the Berlin Music Video Awards in 2020. The art director of the music video is Anna Colomer Nogué. | |
| On 27 April 2020, DJ Ben Howell released a remix of her song ""Hallucinate"" with the BBC news theme. Created during the height of the coronavirus lockdown in his flat in Glasgow, Scotland, the remix has garnered more than a million views on YouTube as of July 2023. It was pleasantly received by both Lipa and BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James, the latter quipping on Twitter ""Ben's made you [the BBC] a new theme tune and it's a certified banger. Please change with immediate effect"". | |
| On 11 August 2020, she was named global ambassador of the French mineral water brand Évian. Lipa made the announcement on social media, where she stated that ""it had been an honor"" working with the brand. On 13 August, Lipa released a remix of ""Levitating"" featuring American artists Madonna and Missy Elliott. It served as the lead single from Club Future Nostalgia, a remix collection of Future Nostalgia tracks by the Blessed Madonna and Mark Ronson, which was released on 28 August. On 2 October 2020, Lipa released the second remix of ""Levitating"" featuring American rapper DaBaby; on the same day, Lipa released the music video for the second remix. On 14 October 2020, Lipa and Belgian singer Angèle were photographed on the set of a music video. Later in the month, the singers announced the release of their collaboration, ""Fever""; it was released on 30 October 2020. It is included on the French re-release of Future Nostalgia. Lipa was featured on ""Prisoner"", a song from Miley Cyrus' seventh studio album Plastic Hearts. The single was released on 19 November 2020 alongside the music video. In November it was announced that Lipa would be the musical guest on 19 December episode of Saturday Night Live. On 27 November, Lipa performed in a livestream concert titled Studio 2054, where she sang various songs from Future Nostalgia, a new unreleased track with FKA Twigs, as well as some previous singles such as ""New Rules"", ""One Kiss"" and ""Electricity"". The event featured many special guests like the Blessed Madonna, Angèle, Kylie Minogue and Elton John, among others. Future Nostalgia was the most streamed album by a woman (and fifth most streamed album overall) on Spotify in 2020. | |
| On 11 February 2021, Lipa released a single titled ""We're Good"", along with Future Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition. On 26 February 2021, Aleyna Tilki released her debut English-language single ""Retrograde"", co-written by Lipa. Lipa released the song ""Can They Hear Us"" from the soundtrack of the film Gully on 4 June 2021. On 13 August 2021, Lipa worked again with Elton John on the song ""Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"", released as the lead single from John's studio album The Lockdown Sessions. On 15 October, the single reached the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Lipa's third song to achieve this feat. In February 2022, Lipa launched a weekly lifestyle newsletter entitled Service95 as well as its accompanying podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service. | |
| On 18 February 2022, a source close to the issue confirmed to Variety that Dua Lipa had parted ways with her longtime management business, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet's TaP Management. Contrary to other reports, the insider claims that the singer is not currently meeting with other management firms, but she will do so in the future. On 1 March 2022, reggae band Artikal Sound System filed a suit against Lipa and her label Warner Records alleging copyright infringement, asserting similarities between ""Levitating"" and their 2017 song ""Live Your Life"". In June 2023, the suit was dropped with prejudice. A second suit by songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer claimed that ""Levitating"" infringed on their 1979 disco song ""Wiggle and Giggle All Night"". | |
| On 11 March 2022, Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion released ""Sweetest Pie"" accompanied by its music video. The song marks their first collaboration and serves as the lead single from Megan's second studio album Traumazine. On 27 May, Lipa collaborated with Calvin Harris and Young Thug to release ""Potion"", serving as the lead single from Harris's sixth studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2. It marked the second collaboration between Harris and Lipa following their 2018 single ""One Kiss""." | |
| "# 2023–present: Acting debut and Radical Optimism | |
| On 26 May 2023, Lipa released ""Dance the Night"" as the lead single of the Barbie film soundtrack. Lipa made her acting debut in the movie, portraying Mermaid Barbie. In November 2023, Lipa acquired full ownership of all her songs, music, and publishing rights, in a new deal she completed with her former music publishers, TaP Music. The deal included all of her master recordings from her entire music catalogue, which by February 2024, had reached 40 billion streams. | |
| On 9 November 2023, Lipa released the lead single from her third studio album titled ""Houdini"". On the day of its release, she said that Kevin Parker, who produced the song with Danny L Harle, was among her ""core collaborators"" on the album. Spin referred to Harle as the co-producer of the record. The follow-up singles, ""Training Season"" and ""Illusion"", were released on 15 February 2024 and 11 April 2024, respectively. The album titled Radical Optimism followed on 3 May 2024. She continued her acting career with a starring role in the 2024 spy action comedy Argylle. | |
| In March 2024, Dua Lipa announced she would do a short tour of European arenas in June of the same year. She performed at the Arena of Nîmes, the Waldbühne in Berlin and the Pula Arena, all of which are amphitheatres. In June, she headlined at Glastonbury Festival 2024, closing the festival's Pyramid Stage on 28 June. On 18 March 2024, Lipa announced the Radical Optimism Tour, a concert tour in support of the album. On 17 October, she performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London for an ITV television special titled An Evening with Dua Lipa, where she sang her biggest hits and songs from Radical Optimism, backed by the Heritage Orchestra. A remix of ""These Walls"" featuring Belgian singer Pierre de Maere, was released as the fourth single from Radical Optimism on 8 November 2024. On 19 November, she announced the release of her first live album titled Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall for 6 December, preceding the broadcast of An Evening with Dua Lipa on 8 December." | |
| "# Fashion ventures | |
| Lipa has been the cover girl of several magazines. She signed with Next Models. She was in the cover of the ""Boom Boom Tick"" editorial for Elle's January 2016 issue. In April 2016 she was again in an editorial of Elle. She was on a supplemental cover of British Vogue in November 2016. She starred an editorial for the January 2017 issue of V. In the same month, she was on the cover for issue 102 of Clash. In March 2017, she became a global ambassador for the American shoe company, Foot Locker, to present women's collections offered by the brand. She was in an editorial for Interview released in April 2017. She modelled for an editorial of Paper, published on 6 June 2017. She was featured in the summer 2017 issue of Teen Vogue in an editorial titled ""Fine Tuned"". She was in an editorial for June 2017 issue of InStyle. She was in an editorial called ""Game Changers"" for Fall 2017 issue of V. She was in the Fall/Winter 2017–18 advertising campaign of the Italian brand Patrizia Pepe, as well as recorded a cover of the song ""Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"" (1966) as a soundtrack for the commercial for the said campaign. She was on the cover and appeared in an editorial for November 2017 issue of Evening Standard. In the same month, she released her second collaboration with the brand Foot Locker for autumn/winter collection. In January 2018, she was part of a promotional clip for an Adidas Originals campaign called ""Original Is Never Finished"". She was on the cover of April 2018 issue of Teen Vogue. She was on one of the covers for issue 113 of V entitled ""The Music Issue"", published in May 2018 as a limited edition. She partnered with the fashion brand Nyden on a project to create four clothing collections, but it failed and Lipa ""discontinued"" her work with the brand. | |
| She was on the cover of British GQ for May 2018 issue. She was in the cover for May 2018 issue of Turkish edition of Vogue. She was in the cover for June 2018 issue of British edition of Elle. In October 2018, she was part of an Adidas campaign called ""Here to Create"" in which she wore brand clothes. She appeared in a Billboard editorial called ""Grammy Preview"" alongside Post Malone and Ella Mai. She starred the cover for January 2019 issue of British Vogue and an editorial called ""Youth Quake"". She was the image for the Pepe Jeans London spring/summer 2019 collection campaign, settling down as the first musician to be global ambassador for the brand. Months later she launched her first-ever capsule with the same brand for the autumn/winter collection where she designed clothing inspired by the fashion of the 90s and early 2000s. She had spent part of her childhood in London and remembered her mother talking to her in a Pepe Jeans store in Portobello Road; the collection included chain mail dresses, ""casual"" denim outfits and garments based on Lipa's ""style"" released in September 2019. | |
| Lipa was on the cover of the May 2019 issue of Elle. She starred one of the four covers in the first issue and an editorial of the re-launch of The Face released in September 2019. She was the cover girl of the October 2019 issue and an editorial for the Spanish edition of Vogue. She starred in a Vogue sitcom clip set in the 90s titled ""Dua's World"" where she wore the ""best"" collections of New York Fashion Week. She released her second design collaboration with Pepe Jeans London for spring/summer 2020 collection inspired by the fashion of late 1980s and early 1990s whose collection included ""oversized"" blazers, cropped knitwear, bodycon dresses, and ""metallic"" miniskirts. She was on the cover and an editorial called ""True to form"" for April 2020 issue of Vogue Australia. | |
| She appeared in a Rolling Stone editorial published in April 2020 to discuss about her second studio album Future Nostalgia (2020). She was on the cover of the Elle May 2020 issue and an editorial titled ""Dua Lipa Gets Physical"", and months later she was in the cover for its Canadian and British edition. She was the cover girl for June 2020 issue of GQ on its British edition. She was on one of two covers for W's ""The Music Issue"", published in September 2020. Lipa released her third design collaboration with Pepe Jeans London for autumn/winter 2020 collection and she stated that it would be her last collaboration with the brand called ""Denim decades"", which was inspired by every decade since Pepe Jeans started selling denim. | |
| In November 2020, she signed a multi-year partnership with Puma becoming the global ambassador of the brand. She was on the cover for December 2020 issue of Attitude. She appeared on the cover for February 2021 issue of British Vogue. In the same month, she was protagonist of the cover for issue 1348 of Rolling Stone. She was on the cover for the March 2021 issue of Time, representing the 100 Next list about the ""future 100 most influential people in the world"". In the same month, she appeared on the cover of The New York Times ""Music Issue"". She designed her outfit at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards red carpet featuring a dress in collaboration with the brand Versace inspired by the Aurora Borealis. She was in a Puma brand campaign called ""She Moves Us"" in which she designed a shoe called ""Mayze"" released in April 2021. In June 2021, Lipa was an announced as the face of Versace's Fall-Winter 2021 campaign." | |
| "# Dress style and endorsements | |
| Dua Lipa has been described by the media as a fashion icon. For a Versace dress and Bulgari diamonds she was rated as one of the ""best"" dressed celebrities of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony by various media. For her Alexander Wang dress with 90s style, she was rated as one of the ""best"" dressed celebrities of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. For a Versace dress and Bulgari jewellery she was rated as one of the ""best"" dressed celebrities of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. | |
| She released a limited edition lip gloss called ""Cremesheen Glass"" in collaboration with MAC Cosmetics for its campaign called ""Future Forward"". She became the face of a perfume called ""Libre"" for a Yves Saint Laurent campaign launched in September 2019 for which she recorded a promo cover of the song ""I'm Free"" (1965) featured in advertisements for Lipa's campaigns with the brand. Later she was the face of a new version of the same perfume called ""Libre Intense"". She became an ambassador for the mineral water brand Évian in July 2020. In March 2021 she performed an a cappella of her song ""Levitating"" (2020) for an advertisement for the ""Drink True"" campaign of the brand Évian. | |
| In February 2024, Dua Lipa was promoted to global ambassador for YSL Beauty. Previously, she had been the face of the ""Libre"" fragrance since 2019. Her appointment to global ambassador followed a wipe of the YSL Beauty Instagram account.# " | |
| "# Modelling | |
| She made her runway debut at Versace's Spring/Summer 2022 show at Milan Fashion Week, which was soundtracked by tracks from her album Future Nostalgia (2020)." | |
| "# Artistry and influences | |
| The media have described Lipa as having a mezzo-soprano or contralto vocal range. Her music is primarily pop, and has also been described as disco, house and R&B. Stylistically, her music has been described as dance-pop, synth-pop, dream pop, alternative pop, and nu-disco subgenres. She describes her musical style as being ""dark pop"". She is also noted for singing in a ""distinct, husky, low register"", and her ""sultry"" tone. Regarding her songwriting process, Lipa states she usually comes to the studio with a concept and starts developing the song with her co-writers. She cites Kylie Minogue, Pink, Nelly Furtado, Jamiroquai, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, and Chance the Rapper among her musical influences. ""My idea of pop has been P!nk and Christina Aguilera and Destiny's Child and Nelly Furtado"", said Lipa in a GQ interview in 2018. Her second studio album Future Nostalgia (2020) was inspired by artists that she listened to during her teens, including Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Moloko, Blondie and Outkast. | |
| Lipa's stage presence was met with criticism in the early stages of her career. A YouTube comment on her performance of ""New Rules"" at the 2018 BRIT Awards saying ""I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing"" became an internet meme, subjecting Lipa to ridicule. Lipa credited this criticism as motivation to improve her stage presence." | |
| "# Impact | |
| A study conducted by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of people born with the name ""Dua"" in England and Wales was 63 in 2017, the year Lipa earned her first UK number-one song with ""New Rules""; this increased to 126 in 2019. In May 2018, she was included on British Vogue's inaugural list of the 25 most influential British women of 2018 with Lipa being the youngest on the list at the age of 22. Its review said her 2017 song ""New Rules"" is an ""anthem of female empowerment [that] laid out a blueprint for modern sex lives"", and described her as being a ""culture definer"". | |
| Lyndsey Havens from Billboard credited Lipa as being the protagonist in disco's revival in 2020 through her song ""Don't Start Now"" (2019). People called her ""the Future of Pop"" due to the success of her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia. She inspired the French photographer, Hugo Comte, in his first photo-book. She was included in Time's 100 Next list on future 100 world's most influential people by Australian singer Kylie Minogue who in her review called Lipa a ""shining star"". Mark Sutherland and Jem Aswad from Variety rated Lipa as being one of the most impactful women in the global entertainment industry. | |
| Several wax figures of Dua Lipa are found at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums in major cities around the world." | |
| "# Achievements | |
| Lipa has received several accolades throughout her career, including seven Brit Awards from nineteen nominations, three Grammy Awards from ten nominations, two MTV Video Music Award from twenty-three nominations, two MTV Europe Music Awards from sixteen nominations, two American Music Award from seven nominations, three iHeartRadio Music Award from nineteen nominations, nine Spotify 1 billion streams plaques, and one Bambi Award. Lipa has received two Guinness World Records; in 2020 for most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert by a solo female artist, and in 2021 for most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist, but without surpassing the all-time peak achieved by Ariana Grande the year prior. Dua Lipa won the Top Dance/Electronic Song award at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards for her track Houdini, which topped the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 17 weeks. | |
| Time magazine included her in the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024. Billboard ranked Lipa at number 25 on its 2025 ""Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century"" list." | |
| "# Activism | |
| ## Political views and advocacy | |
| Lipa identifies as a feminist. She has spoken out against sexism within the music industry, using social media to raise awareness of women's problems. Lipa has advocated for social equality for the LGBT community. On 12 February 2018, she raised a rainbow flag while performing her song ""Be the One"" in a presentation at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles as part of The Self-Titled tour. On the 2018 Brit Awards red carpet she wore a white rose dress in support of Time's Up movement. Additionally, at the same event, she stated in her acceptance speech for an award her delight at having ""women present in these stages"" and more ""women winning awards"". She explained that her perception of feminism is not about misandry, but demanding the same opportunities. In September 2018, some fans were removed by security from a Lipa concert in the National Exhibition and Convention Center of Shanghai for allegedly waving rainbow flags, despite homosexuality being decriminalised in China in 1997. In response, Lipa said she was ""proud"" of and ""grateful"" to the people who showed their pride at the show. | |
| In November 2018, Lipa expressed dissatisfaction over the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union due to Brexit because according to her personal experience ""no refugee leaves their country without having to."" In June 2019, she made public her support for the ongoing Sudanese transition to democracy on social media by sharing a blue image that showed the phrase ""Stand with Sudan"" where she detailed her rejection of the Khartoum massacre writing about all ""women, men and children fighting for a peaceful transition to democracy"". She said the event was an attempt to inflict ""brutal murder and rape"" by government forces on those who try to call for democracy, a ""violation of the freedom rights"" of Sudanese citizens for blocking their internet and a ""violation of human rights"". In December of the same year, Lipa endorsed the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, comparing the policies of both Labour and Conservatives on various issues on social media and affirming that it was ""the most important election in a generation"". She characterised Boris Johnson's victory in the election as a ""total disaster"" for the UK. | |
| She participated in a short film for an initiative called Global Feminism, directed by Annie Lennox's The Circle in association with Apple Music and released on 7 March 2019 ahead of International Women's Day. The clip intended to raise awareness of misogyny, rape, and violence against women. In April 2019, she showed her support for LGBT rights in Brunei by calling for a boycott against the hotel interests of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, after a penal code punishing homosexuality with death came into force in Brunei. During a Billboard Women in Music event, she used her Powerhouse Award acceptance speech to highlight that women ""still have a lot to do for real equality"" in which she also complained about the ""lack of diversity"" among the artists of the Billboard Hot 100 and asked for the continued encouragement to ""all the young girls out there to be the powerhouses of the future."" | |
| Lipa was the headliner party host for the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, and was part of the parade, before performing several songs. In July 2020, she signed an open letter to the UK government, being received by the then Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, to request the banning of conversion therapy. | |
| Lipa is in favour of universal health care and wondered why people were not protesting about it. In addition, she said that in her country of birth, the United Kingdom, the National Health Service is considered a ""right"". In June 2020, Lipa shared an Instagram post that criticised the Israel Defense Forces' treatment of Palestinians and showed Israeli soldiers detaining Palestinian minors. The post also referred to ""fake Jews in the Israeli government"" and ""fake Christians in the midwest [United States]"" who it said had created Hamas for people to ""believe that Hamas is the reason for the decades worth of occupation, oppression, ethnic cleansing, and murder."" An Im Tirtzu petition signed by over three thousand people was sent to the Israeli Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz, and the Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport, Hili Tropper, demanding that Lipa's songs be banned from Israeli Army Radio and Galgalatz due to what Im Tirtzu said was ""the incitement against IDF soldiers, the antisemitism, the blood libel, conspiracy theories and the blatant lies in the post"" shared by Lipa. In response, the Army Radio said that ""Galgalatz does not boycott any artist"" and ""the songs are chosen at the discretion of the editors of each segment."" | |
| In July 2020, Lipa supported a campaign called ""Let the Music Play"", in which she signed an open letter sent to the then-Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, calling for support from the government of the United Kingdom for the UK's live music industry's economic loss under the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| On 18 July 2020, Lipa shared a post on her Instagram story explaining ""why Kosovo is not and will never be Serbia"", urging followers to sign a petition which called for Apple to include Kosovo in its mapping services as an independent state. The next day, she published on her social media an image of a banner containing an irredentist map of Greater Albania that reflected parts of Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Greece and North Macedonia as one nation, appended with the definition of the word ""autochthonous"". As the banner is commonly associated with extreme Albanian nationalism, she received a backlash on social media, where she was accused of ethnic nationalism and fascism. She later said that her post had been ""misinterpreted"" by people who promote ethnic separatism, an ideology that she ""completely rejects"". | |
| In August, she urged her Instagram followers to vote against Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election. | |
| After endorsing and campaigning for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primaries, Lipa expressed support for Joe Biden to become the U.S. president at a virtual event aimed at Albanian Americans later that year during the general election season, arguing that the Kosovars ""owed"" support to Biden because he was against the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Albanians by having supported the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. In January 2021, she published a call to her Instagram followers to encourage Kosovo citizens to vote in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election. | |
| In May 2021, after expressing solidarity for the death of Palestinian civilians due to the Israel–Palestine crisis, Lipa criticised The New York Times for publishing an advertisement characterising her, along with Bella and Gigi Hadid, as antisemitic. | |
| In July 2021, through her Sunny Hill Foundation, Lipa joined an initiative that was launched by the Municipality of Tirana, called ""Adopt a Kindergarten"". The aim of the project was to reconstruct a kindergarten that was severely damaged by the 2019 Albania earthquake. She said, ""The kindergarten will be very beautiful, and I am very proud that Sunny Hill Foundation is a part of it. Let's see better things for our country. I am very proud to be Albanian."" The kindergarten was completed in October 2021 and was named ""Sunny Hill Kindergarten"". | |
| Lipa has also continuously raised awareness to the detrimental consequences of the Taliban takeover of 2021 in Afghanistan through her social media and her lifestyle newsletter Service95. | |
| In August 2022, Lipa was named an Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo by the President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani. In response, Lipa wrote that it was an ""honor and a privilege to be able to represent my country all over the world"" and that she supports the right of Kosovans ""to visa liberalization, freedom to travel and to dream big"". | |
| On 13 November 2022, Lipa dismissed reports that she was to perform at the opening ceremony of that year's FIFA World Cup, and denied ever being involved in any negotiation to perform, calling out the tournament's host country of Qatar for human rights violations. | |
| In October 2023, Lipa signed an open letter for the ""Artists4Ceasefire"" campaign alongside 185 other artists, urging President Biden to push for a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid." | |
| "# Philanthropy | |
| She and her father, Dukagjin, co-created the Sunny Hill Foundation in 2016 to raise funds to help people in Kosovo experiencing financial difficulties. In August 2018, Dua Lipa organised a festival to raise money for the foundation called the Sunny Hill Festival. The then-Mayor of Pristina, Shpend Ahmeti, awarded her the Pristina Key, the first time one had been awarded. Lipa went on to host the festival for the second year in 2019, with Miley Cyrus included as part of the performer line-up. In mid-November 2018, Lipa was part of a campaign organised by UNICEF called ""Go Blue"" in support of children's rights, on the occasion of World Children's Day (20 November). Her contribution consisted of a short video about dressing in blue or displaying the colour blue, with her in a studio re-recording the lyrics of her song ""Be the One"" (2015). She changed the word ""red"" to ""blue"" in the song for the occasion. In December 2018, Lipa participated in a benefit concert for the Ellie Goulding's ""Streets of London"" annual charity event at Wembley Arena, which ""funds specialist support for people who are homeless in London and raises awareness about homelessness."" In April 2019, she became a UNICEF supporter during a three-day visit to a camp for refugee children and youth in Beirut, Lebanon. The camp included many uprooted by the conflict in Syria who did not have ""adequate"" health care or education and Lipa also visited young Palestinians and Syrians in Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp. She subsequently supported a campaign by her management company with a plan to raise £100,000 to help raise awareness of charities such as The Black Dog and CALM. | |
| She asked for a better mental health care for artists in creative industries, as she was ""shocked"" to read that ""suicide rates amongst women working in the arts are almost 70% higher than in the world population"". Lipa described mental health as the ""issue of our generation"". On 26 November 2019, following the 2019 Albania earthquake, Lipa asked fans for donations and support for victims. To raise funds she co-released a limited edition line of t-shirts called ""Pray for Albania"" in collaboration with Albanian fashion designers. All of the proceeds went to families and victims affected by the seismic event. On 15 March 2020, she asked her fans to make donations to the UNHCR agency to deal with COVID-19 pandemic because refugees are ""the most vulnerable on this planet"" and they ""often live in crowded places"" with ""limited health services"". In the same month, she was part of a television special called ""Home Fest"" on The Late Late Show with James Corden From His Garage with the goal of raising money for CDC and Feed the Children where she performed her song, ""Don't Start Now"" (2019), from an apartment in London. On 16 May 2020, she did a live performance of her song ""Break My Heart"" (2020) on the television special Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 aimed at the high school students whose graduation ceremonies and proms were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of May 2020, she participated in a digital event called ""Dream with Us"" with the aim of raising funds, whose event consisted of a streaming concert at which a portion of proceeds would go to organisations which help fight COVID-19. | |
| She took part in a charitable project operated by BBC Radio 1 for a cover version of ""Times Like These"" released on 23 April 2020 for the Live Lounge segment. She was part of the charity supergroup Live Lounge Allstars in which each member recorded and filmed their contribution to the song from their respective households to encourage social distancing in which profits from the single would primarily go to Children in Need and Comic Relief, as well as COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. She used social media to encourage Lebanese citizens to donate blood to victims affected by the 2020 Beirut explosion. She donated 5,000 euros to the Theatre of Dodona so that the venue could have its own ticket system and website. She was part of an initiative organised by Belgian singer Angèle and KickCancer Foundation to fund research against childhood cancer, and it was about a charity raffle in which Lipa offered a manuscript of her song ""Don't Start Now"" (2019) as a prize. She performed at 2021 Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party virtually to benefit the AIDS Foundation to combat HIV disease, whose event raised US$3 million." | |
| "# Personal life | |
| Lipa is occasionally affectionately referred to as 'Dula Peep' by fans, which originated as a mispronunciation by American talk show host Wendy Williams in 2018. Since then, she has positively embraced the nickname. | |
| Lipa has described herself as an ""honorary Liverpool supporter"", after her song ""One Kiss"" was adopted by the football club's fans in the wake of her performance at the 2018 UEFA Champions League final, since becoming a club anthem after significant victories. | |
| On 27 November 2022, Lipa was granted Albanian citizenship by President Bajram Begaj, one day before the country's 110th independence celebrations. On 31 July 2025, Lipa was granted Kosovar citizenship by President Vjosa Osmani. She speaks Albanian fluently, and has described her ""dual identity"" as her ""strength"". | |
| Lipa started dating English chef Isaac Carew in 2015. They were together until early 2017; the pair got back together in January 2018 and split for the second time in June 2019. From July 2019 to December 2021, Lipa was in a relationship with American model Anwar Hadid. In 2023, she dated French film director Romain Gavras. Since January 2024, Lipa has been dating British actor Callum Turner. She formally announced their engagement during her July 2025 cover story with British Vogue, following a period of media rumours. | |
| Lipa was included in the Sunday Times Rich List for 2024 with an estimated net worth of £90 million." |