Dua Lipa was born on 22 August 1995,[3] inLondon,[4] the eldest child ofKosovo Albanian parents Anesa (née Rexha) and Dukagjin Lipa fromPristina,FR Yugoslavia (present-dayKosovo).[5][6] She has a sister, Rina, and a brother, Gjin.[7][8][9] The name Dua was her grandmother's suggestion, and means "love" inAlbanian.[10] Her maternal grandmother is ofBosniak descent.[11][12][10] Her father's ancestry can be traced back to the city ofPeja, Kosovo. Both of her grandfathers were historians.[13]
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.[35] During one of the sessions Lipa co-wrote the song "Hotter than Hell",[35] which led to her signing a record deal withWarner Bros. Records in 2014.[36][37] 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."[35]
In August 2015, Lipa released herfirst single, "New Love",[38] produced byEmile Haynie andAndrew Wyatt.[39] Her second single, "Be the One", was issued to European success in October 2015,[40][41] reaching number one in Belgium,[42] 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.[43] In November 2015, she was revealed as one of the acts to appear on theBBCSound of... 2016 long list.[44]
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.
Her first tour in the UK and Europe began in January 2016,[15] and concluded in early December 2016.[45] 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.[46] On 26 August, her fifth overall single, "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", was released, peaking at number 30 in the UK.[46] It became the singer's first entry on the USBillboard Hot 100, debuting at number 72.[47] The song also topped theBillboard Dance Club Songs chart[48] and reached number 23 on theBillboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.[49]
Lipa was featured onSean Paul's single "No Lie", released in November 2016,[50] which reached number ten in the UK.[51] 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 byTim Nackashi) surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube in April 2022.[52] The following month, a documentary about Lipa namedSee in Blue was commissioned byThe Fader.[53] In January 2017, Lipa won theEBBA Public Choice Award,[54] and released the single "Scared to Be Lonely", a collaboration withMartin Garrix, reaching number 14 in the UK.[55]
In May 2017, she performed at the anniversary of Indonesian television channelSCTV and won the award for Young and Promising International Artist at theSCTV Music Awards.[56][57] Lipa's first albumDua Lipa was released on 2 June 2017.[58] Its sixth single, "New Rules", released in the following month, became Lipa's first number one in the UK,[46] and the first by a female solo artist to reach the top in the UK sinceAdele's "Hello" in 2015.[59] 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[update], the music video has streamed over three billion views on YouTube.[60][61] Lipa performed at theGlastonbury Festival in June.[62] In July, Lipa performed at theWe The Fest, an Indonesian music festival inJakarta.[63] She performed on theBBC'sLater... with Jools Holland in October.[64] In December, Lipa was named the most streamed woman of 2017 in the UK bySpotify.[65] She had four singles reachthe 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 theGrenfell Tower fire in London.[66]
In January 2018, Lipa received nominations in five categories at theBrit Awards, more nominations than any other artist that year. She was nominated for MasterCard British Album of the Year forDua Lipa, British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year for "New Rules",British Female Solo Artist, andBritish Breakthrough Act winning the latter two.[67] This was the first time that a female artist had received five nominations.[68][69]
Lipa performed at the awards ceremony held on 21 February atthe O2 Arena in London.[67] The singer collaborated with American DJWhethan on the song "High" for theFifty Shades Freedsoundtrack, released in February 2018.[70] She started working on new material for her second album in January 2018.[71] On 6 April, Lipa andCalvin Harris released the single "One Kiss",[72] which topped the UK Singles Chart on 20 April, making it Lipa's second number one in the chart;[73] 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 the2018 UEFA Champions League Final inKyiv on 26 May.[74] It was reported that Lipa would be releasing collaborations with other artists coming out later in 2018, such as one withMark Ronson andDiplo's newly formed superduoSilk City.[75] Ronson later confirmed the song's title would be "Electricity".[76] The song was released on 9 September. Lipa was also featured in "If Only", a song from Italian singerAndrea Bocelli's sixteenth studio albumSì.[77]
Lipa performed at theF1 Singapore Grand Prix in September.[78] In the same month, Lipa endorsed British car brandJaguar'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".[79] In October, the singer releasedDua 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.[80] This included a collaboration with South Korean girl groupBlackpink called "Kiss and Make Up".[81]
2019–2022:Future Nostalgia
In January 2019, Lipa released the single "Swan Song" as part of the soundtrack to the 2019 filmAlita: Battle Angel.[82][83] That same month, Lipa stated that she spent the preceding year in the writing process for her second studio album.[84] Lipa commented that the album's sound would be a "nostalgic" pop record that "feels like a dancercise class".[85] In August 2019, Lipa partnered with brandYves Saint Laurent to endorse their fragrance Libre.[86]
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.[87][88][89] "Don't Start Now" peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the USBillboard Hot 100.[90][47] 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.[91] The song also peaked at number one on the UK Big Top 40 and the USBillboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.[92][93] Lipa's second single leading up to the release of the album was "Physical".[94] It was released on 30 January 2020 and the song's music video was released a day later.[94] "Physical" debuted at number 60 on the USBillboard Hot 100.[95]Future Nostalgia was released on 27 March to widespread critical acclaim,[96] following the release of the record's third single "Break My Heart" on 25 March.[97] The album debuted at number two on the OfficialUK Albums Chart, 5550 copies behind5 Seconds of Summer'sCalm.[98]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.[99] 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.[100] At the time of the album's release, Lipa became the first British female artist sinceVera Lynn to have three top-ten singles in a single calendar year, with Lynn having three in 1952.[101] Lipa eventually overrode this record with the single "Levitating", which also peaked within the top ten on theBillboard 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.[102]
On 27 April 2020, DJ Ben Howell released a remix of her song "Hallucinate" with the BBC news theme.[103] Created during the height of the coronavirus lockdown in his flat in Glasgow, Scotland,[104] the remix has garnered more than a million views on YouTube as of July 2023. It was pleasantly received by both Lipa[105] 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".[106]
Lipa performing atthe O2 Arena, London in May 2022
On 11 August 2020, she was named global ambassador of the French mineral water brandÉvian. Lipa made the announcement on social media, where she stated that "it had been an honor" working with the brand.[107] On 13 August, Lipa released a remix of "Levitating" featuring American artistsMadonna andMissy Elliott.[108] It served as the lead single fromClub Future Nostalgia, a remix collection ofFuture Nostalgia tracks bythe Blessed Madonna andMark Ronson, which was released on 28 August.[109] On 2 October 2020, Lipa released the second remix of "Levitating" featuring American rapperDaBaby; on the same day, Lipa released the music video for the second remix.[110] On 14 October 2020, Lipa and Belgian singerAngèle were photographed on the set of a music video.[111] Later in the month, the singers announced the release of their collaboration, "Fever"; it was released on 30 October 2020.[112] It is included on the French re-release ofFuture Nostalgia.[113] Lipa was featured on "Prisoner", a song fromMiley Cyrus' seventh studio albumPlastic Hearts. The single was released on 19 November 2020 alongside the music video.[114] In November it was announced that Lipa would be the musical guest on 19 December episode ofSaturday Night Live.[115] On 27 November, Lipa performed in a livestream concert titledStudio 2054, where she sang various songs fromFuture Nostalgia, a new unreleased track withFKA 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 andElton John, among others.[116]Future Nostalgia was the most streamed album by a woman (and fifth most streamed album overall) on Spotify in 2020.[117]
On 11 February 2021, Lipa released a single titled "We're Good", along withFuture Nostalgia: The Moonlight Edition.[118][119] On 26 February 2021,Aleyna Tilki released her debut English-language single "Retrograde", co-written by Lipa.[120] Lipa released the song "Can They Hear Us" fromthe soundtrack of the filmGully on 4 June 2021.[121] 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 albumThe Lockdown Sessions.[122] On 15 October, the single reached the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Lipa's third song to achieve this feat.[123] In February 2022, Lipa launched a weekly lifestyle newsletter entitledService95 as well as its accompanying podcastDua Lipa: At Your Service.[124]
On 18 February 2022, a source close to the issue confirmed toVariety 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.[125] On 1 March 2022,reggae band Artikal Sound System filed a suit against Lipa and her labelWarner Records alleging copyright infringement, asserting similarities between "Levitating" and their 2017 song "Live Your Life".[126] In June 2023, the suit was dropped with prejudice.[127] A second suit by songwritersL. Russell Brown andSandy Linzer claimed that "Levitating" infringed on their 1979 disco song "Wiggle and Giggle All Night".[128]
On 11 March 2022, Lipa andMegan Thee Stallion released "Sweetest Pie" accompanied by its music video.[129] The song marks their first collaboration[130] and serves as the lead single from Megan's second studio albumTraumazine.[131] On 27 May, Lipa collaborated with Calvin Harris andYoung Thug to release "Potion", serving as the lead single from Harris's sixth studio albumFunk Wav Bounces Vol. 2. It marked the second collaboration between Harris and Lipa following their 2018 single "One Kiss".[132]
On 26 May 2023, Lipa released "Dance the Night" as the lead single of theBarbiefilm soundtrack.[133] Lipa made her acting debut in the movie, portraying Mermaid Barbie.[134] 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 hermaster recordings from her entire music catalogue, which by February 2024, had reached 40 billion streams.[135][31]
On 9 November 2023, Lipa released the lead single from her third studio album titled "Houdini".[136] On the day of its release, she said thatKevin Parker, who produced the song withDanny L Harle, was among her "core collaborators" on the album.Spin referred to Harle as the co-producer of the record.[137] The follow-up singles, "Training Season" and "Illusion", were released on 15 February 2024 and 11 April 2024, respectively.[138][139] The album titledRadical Optimism followed on 3 May 2024.[140] She continued her acting career with a starring role in the 2024spyaction comedyArgylle.[141]
Lipa has been the cover girl of several magazines.[150] She signed withNext Models.[151][152][153] She was in the cover of the "Boom Boom Tick" editorial forElle's January 2016 issue.[154][155] In April 2016 she was again in an editorial ofElle.[5][156] She was on a supplemental cover ofBritishVogue in November 2016.[157][158] She starred an editorial for the January 2017 issue ofV.[159] In the same month, she was on the cover for issue 102 ofClash.[160][161] In March 2017, she became a global ambassador for the American shoe company,Foot Locker, to present women's collections offered by the brand.[162][163] She was in an editorial forInterview released in April 2017.[164][165] She modelled for an editorial ofPaper, published on 6 June 2017.[166][167] She was featured in the summer 2017 issue ofTeen Vogue in an editorial titled "Fine Tuned".[168][169] She was in an editorial for June 2017 issue ofInStyle.[170][171] She was in an editorial called "Game Changers" for Fall 2017 issue ofV.[172][173] She was in the Fall/Winter 2017–18 advertising campaign of the Italian brand Patrizia Pepe,[174][175] 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.[176] She was on the cover and appeared in an editorial for November 2017 issue ofEvening Standard.[177][178] In the same month, she released her second collaboration with the brand Foot Locker for autumn/winter collection.[179][180] In January 2018, she was part of a promotional clip for anAdidas Originals campaign called "Original Is Never Finished".[181] She was on the cover of April 2018 issue ofTeen Vogue.[182] She was on one of the covers for issue 113 ofV entitled "The Music Issue", published in May 2018 as a limited edition.[183][184] 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.[185][186]
She was on the cover of BritishGQ for May 2018 issue.[187][188] She was in the cover for May 2018 issue of Turkish edition ofVogue.[189][190] She was in the cover for June 2018 issue of British edition ofElle.[191][192] In October 2018, she was part of anAdidas campaign called "Here to Create" in which she wore brand clothes.[193] She appeared in aBillboard editorial called "Grammy Preview" alongsidePost Malone andElla Mai.[194][195] She starred the cover for January 2019 issue of BritishVogue and an editorial called "Youth Quake".[196][197] She was the image for thePepe Jeans London spring/summer 2019 collection campaign, settling down as the first musician to be global ambassador for the brand.[198][199] Months later she launched her first-evercapsule with the same brand for the autumn/winter collection where she designed clothing inspired by the fashion of the90s andearly 2000s. She had spent part of her childhood in London and remembered her mother talking to her in a Pepe Jeans store inPortobello Road;[200] the collection includedchain mail dresses, "casual" denim outfits and garments based on Lipa's "style" released in September 2019.[200][201]
Lipa was on the cover of the May 2019 issue ofElle.[24][202] She starred one of the four covers in the first issue and an editorial of the re-launch ofThe Face released in September 2019.[203][204] She was the cover girl of the October 2019 issue and an editorial for the Spanish edition ofVogue.[205][206] She starred in aVogue sitcom clip set in the 90s titled "Dua's World" where she wore the "best" collections ofNew York Fashion Week.[207][208] She released her second design collaboration with Pepe Jeans London for spring/summer 2020 collection inspired by the fashion oflate 1980s andearly 1990s whose collection included "oversized"blazers,cropped knitwear,bodycon dresses, and "metallic"miniskirts.[209][210] She was on the cover and an editorial called "True to form" for April 2020 issue ofVogue Australia.[211][212][213]
She appeared in aRolling Stone editorial published in April 2020 to discuss about her second studio albumFuture Nostalgia (2020).[214][215] She was on the cover of theElle May 2020 issue and an editorial titled "Dua Lipa Gets Physical",[216][217][218] and months later she was in the cover for its Canadian and British edition.[219][220] She was the cover girl for June 2020 issue ofGQ on its British edition.[221][222] She was on one of two covers forW's "The Music Issue", published in September 2020.[223][224] 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.[225][226]
In November 2020, she signed a multi-year partnership withPuma becoming the global ambassador of the brand.[227][228] She was on the cover for December 2020 issue ofAttitude.[229] She appeared on the cover for February 2021 issue of BritishVogue.[230][231] In the same month, she was protagonist of the cover for issue 1348 ofRolling Stone.[29][232] She was on the cover for the March 2021 issue ofTime, representing the100 Next list about the "future 100 most influential people in the world".[233][234] In the same month, she appeared on the cover ofThe New York Times "Music Issue".[235] She designed her outfit at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards red carpet featuring a dress in collaboration with the brand Versace inspired by theAurora Borealis.[236][237] She was in a Puma brand campaign called "She Moves Us" in which she designed a shoe called "Mayze" released in April 2021.[238] In June 2021, Lipa was an announced as the face ofVersace's Fall-Winter 2021 campaign.[239]
She released a limited editionlip gloss called "Cremesheen Glass" in collaboration withMAC Cosmetics for its campaign called "Future Forward".[251][252][253] She became the face of a perfume called "Libre" for aYves 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.[254][86][255] Later she was the face of a new version of the same perfume called "Libre Intense".[256] She became an ambassador for the mineral water brandÉvian in July 2020.[257] In March 2021 she performed ana cappella of her song "Levitating" (2020) for an advertisement for the "Drink True" campaign of the brand Évian.[258]
In February 2024, Dua Lipa was promoted to global ambassador for YSL Beauty.[259] 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.[260]
Modelling
She made herrunway debut atVersace's Spring/Summer 2022 show atMilan Fashion Week, which was soundtracked by tracks from her albumFuture Nostalgia (2020).[261]
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 aninternet meme, subjecting Lipa to ridicule. Lipa credited this criticism as motivation to improve her stage presence.[277][278][279]
Impact
A study conducted by theOffice for National Statistics revealed that the number of people born with the name "Dua" in England andWales was 63 in 2017, the year Lipa earned her first UK number-one song with "New Rules"; this increased to 126 in 2019.[280][281] In May 2018, she was included on BritishVogue'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".[282][283]
Lyndsey Havens fromBillboard credited Lipa as being the protagonist indisco's revival in 2020 through her song "Don't Start Now" (2019).[284]People called her "the Future of Pop" due to the success of her sophomore album,Future Nostalgia.[285] She inspired the French photographer, Hugo Comte, in his firstphoto-book.[286] She was included inTime's100 Next list on future 100 world's most influential people by Australian singerKylie Minogue who in her review called Lipa a "shining star".[233][234] Mark Sutherland and Jem Aswad fromVariety rated Lipa as being one of the most impactful women in the global entertainment industry.[287]
Lipa has received several accolades throughout her career, including sevenBrit Awards from nineteen nominations, threeGrammy Awards from ten nominations, twoMTV Video Music Award from twenty-three nominations, twoMTV Europe Music Awards from sixteen nominations, twoAmerican Music Award from seven nominations, threeiHeartRadio Music Award from nineteen nominations, nineSpotify 1 billion streams plaques, and oneBambi Award. Lipa has received twoGuinness World Records; in 2020 for most tickets sold for a livestreamed concert by a solo female artist,[291] and in 2021 for most monthly listeners onSpotify for a female artist, but without surpassing the all-time peak achieved byAriana Grande the year prior.[292] Dua Lipa won the Top Dance/Electronic Song award at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards for her trackHoudini, which topped the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 17 weeks.[293]
Time magazine included her in theTime 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2024.[294]Billboard ranked Lipa at number 25 on its 2025 "Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century" list.[295]
Lipa identifies as afeminist.[297] She has spoken out againstsexism within the music industry, usingsocial media to raise awareness ofwomen's problems.[297][211] Lipa has advocated for social equality for theLGBT community.[298] On 12 February 2018, she raised arainbow flag while performing her song "Be the One" in a presentation at theHollywood Palladium in Los Angeles as part of The Self-Titled tour.[299] On the2018 Brit Awards red carpet she wore a white rose dress in support ofTime's Up movement.[300][301] 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".[302] She explained that her perception of feminism is not aboutmisandry, but demanding thesame opportunities.[303] In September 2018, some fans were removed by security from a Lipa concert in theNational Exhibition and Convention Center of Shanghai for allegedly waving rainbow flags, despite homosexuality beingdecriminalised in China in 1997.[304] In response, Lipa said she was "proud" of and "grateful" to the people who showed theirpride at the show.[305]
In November 2018, Lipa expressed dissatisfaction over thewithdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union due toBrexit because according to her personal experience "no refugee leaves their country without having to."[10] In June 2019, she made public her support for the ongoingSudanese transition to democracy on social media by sharing a blue image that showed the phrase "Stand withSudan" where she detailed her rejection of theKhartoum massacre writing about all "women, men and children fighting for a peaceful transition to democracy".[306] She said the event was an attempt to inflict "brutal murder and rape" bygovernment forces on those who try to call for democracy, a "violation of the freedom rights" ofSudanese citizens for blocking their internet and a "violation of human rights".[306] In December of the same year, Lipa endorsed theLabour Party led byJeremy Corbyn in the2019 United Kingdom general election, comparing the policies of both Labour andConservatives on various issues on social media and affirming that it was "the most important election in a generation".[307] She characterisedBoris Johnson's victory in the election as a "total disaster" for the UK.[308]
Lipa is in favour ofuniversal health care and wondered why people were not protesting about it. In addition, she said that in her country of birth, the United Kingdom, theNational Health Service is considered a "right".[315] In June 2020, Lipa shared anInstagram post that criticised theIsrael Defense Forces' treatment ofPalestinians and showed Israeli soldiers detaining Palestinian minors.[316] The post also referred to "fake Jews in theIsraeli government" and "fake Christians in themidwest [United States]" who it said had createdHamas for people to "believe that Hamas is the reason for the decades worth of occupation, oppression, ethnic cleansing, and murder."[317] AnIm 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 fromIsraeli Army Radio andGalgalatz 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.[318][319] 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."[320][321]
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 forApple to includeKosovo inits mapping services as an independent state.[323] The next day, she published on her social media an image of a banner containing anirredentist map ofGreater Albania that reflected parts ofAlbania, Kosovo,Serbia,Greece andNorth Macedonia as one nation, appended with the definition of the word "autochthonous".[324] As the banner is commonly associated with extremeAlbanian nationalism,[324] she received a backlash on social media, where she was accused ofethnic nationalism andfascism.[325][326] She later said that her post had been "misinterpreted" by people who promote ethnic separatism, an ideology that she "completely rejects".[327]
In July 2021, through her Sunny Hill Foundation, Lipa joined an initiative that was launched by the Municipality ofTirana, called "Adopt a Kindergarten". The aim of the project was to reconstruct a kindergarten that was severely damaged by the2019 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."[332] The kindergarten was completed in October 2021 and was named "Sunny Hill Kindergarten".[333]
Lipa has also continuously raised awareness to the detrimental consequences of theTaliban takeover of 2021 in Afghanistan through her social media and her lifestyle newsletterService95.[334]
In August 2022, Lipa was named anHonorary Ambassador of Kosovo by thePresident of KosovoVjosa 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 "tovisa liberalization, freedom to travel and to dream big".[335]
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 the2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid.[337]
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 theSunny Hill Festival. The then-Mayor of Pristina,Shpend Ahmeti, awarded her the Pristina Key, the first time one had been awarded.[338] Lipa went on to host the festival for the second year in 2019, withMiley Cyrus included as part of the performer line-up.[339] In mid-November 2018, Lipa was part of a campaign organised byUNICEF called "Go Blue" in support of children's rights, on the occasion ofWorld Children's Day (20 November).[340] 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.[341][342] In December 2018, Lipa participated in a benefit concert for theEllie Goulding's "Streets of London" annual charity event atWembley Arena, which "funds specialist support for people who are homeless in London and raises awareness about homelessness."[343][344] In April 2019, she became a UNICEF supporter during a three-day visit to a camp for refugee children and youth inBeirut, Lebanon.[345] The camp included many uprooted by theconflict in Syria who did not have "adequate" health care or education and Lipa also visited youngPalestinians andSyrians inBourj el-Barajneh refugee camp.[346] She subsequently supported a campaign by her management company with a plan to raise £100,000 to help raise awareness of charities such asThe Black Dog andCALM.[347]
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".[348] On 26 November 2019, following the2019 Albania earthquake, Lipa asked fans for donations and support for victims.[349][350] 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.[351][352] On 15 March 2020, she asked her fans to make donations to theUNHCR 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".[353][354] In the same month, she was part of a television special called "Home Fest" onThe Late Late Show with James Corden From His Garage with the goal of raising money forCDC andFeed the Children where she performed her song, "Don't Start Now" (2019), from an apartment in London.[355] On 16 May 2020, she did a live performance of her song "Break My Heart" (2020) on the television specialGraduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 aimed at the high school students whose graduation ceremonies andproms were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[356] At the end of May 2020, she participated in a digital event called "Dream with Us" with the aim of raising funds,[357] whose event consisted of a streaming concert at which a portion of proceeds would go to organisations which help fightCOVID-19.[358]
She took part in a charitable project operated byBBC Radio 1 for a cover version of "Times Like These" released on 23 April 2020 for theLive Lounge segment.[359] She was part of thecharity 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 toChildren in Need andComic Relief, as well asCOVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.[360] She used social media to encourage Lebanese citizens todonate blood to victims affected by the2020 Beirut explosion.[361] She donated 5,000 euros to the Theatre of Dodona so that the venue could have its own ticket system and website.[362] 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.[363][364] She performed at 2021Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party virtually to benefit theAIDS Foundation to combatHIV disease, whose event raised US$3 million.[365]
Personal life
Lipa is occasionally affectionately referred to as 'Dula Peep' by fans, which originated as amispronunciation by American talk show hostWendy Williams in 2018.[366] Since then, she has positively embraced the nickname.[367]
Lipa has described herself as an "honoraryLiverpool 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.[368][369][370]
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.[375] From July 2019 to December 2021, Lipa was in a relationship with American model Anwar Hadid.[376] In 2023, she dated French film directorRomain Gavras.[377] Since January 2024, Lipa has been dating British actorCallum Turner.[378] She formally announced their engagement during her July 2025 cover story withBritish Vogue, following a period of media rumours.[379]
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