Dua Lipa dominated the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards at The Ford Center at The Star on Thursday night (May 16), and she looked so chic while doing so.
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Dua Lipa made light of the situation where her dancing at the BRIT Awards in 2018 became a meme during the opening monologue as the host of Saturday Night Live.Lipa performed ‘New Rules’ at that year’s ceremony in a performance many deemed to be lacklustre. A video posted of the performance went on to spawn a comment, which is now a viral meme: “I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!”Six years on, Lipa joked about the perceptions people have of her in the monologue.
On the subject of the meme, she said: “I didn’t give you nothing. I gave you the greatest meme of all time.”She continued: “Now I’m here, I’m hosting, I’m performing, I’m making the wigs, I’m dealing Adderall to the writers, I’m doing it all.
So tonight, I promise you I’m going to give you EVERYTHING!”She also spoke about the jokes made about her seeming to always be in a sunny location. “There’s people online who say ‘Dua Lipa’s always on vacation’ which is totally wrong because I’m British and so we call it a holiday.”Dua Lipa jokes about “Dula Peep,” the “go girl give us nothing” meme and more in SNL monologue.
pic.twitter.com/RyrMjZUMEa— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 5, 2024Lipa also performed songs from her new album ‘Radical Optimism’ on the show – check out her performances of ‘Illusion’ and ‘Happy For You’ below:Speaking to The Guardian, Lipa called the moment “hurtful” and “humiliating”: “When people took that snippet of me dancing online and just turned it into a meme, and then when I won the best new artist Grammy and people were like, ‘She’s not deserving of it, she’s got no stage presence, she’s not going to stick around.’ Those things were hurtful. It was humiliating.”She added that she had to “take myself off Twitter”, saying she was
.Dua Lipa dominated the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards at The Ford Center at The Star on Thursday night (May 16), and she looked so chic while doing so.
Dua Lipa and Harry Styles have been listed among the UK’s richest people under the age of 40.The net worth of both singers was shared as part of the first edition of The Sunday Times’ 2024 Rich List, and saw them named among the 40 Under 40 division.The list was included as a 76-page special edition of the newspaper, and revealed the wealth of the 350 richest individuals and families across the country. It was Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja – co-chairman of conglomerate Hinduja Group – and his family who once again topped the list, with a combined wealth of £37.2billion.
Dua Lipa surprised the audience at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards held at Ford Center at The Star on Thursday (May 16) in Frisco, Texas.
Dua Lipa has many tattoos, but one holds a special place in her heart. In an interview with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Lipa opened up about her favorite tattoo, sharing a little bit of a backstory and why she likes it so much. Dua Lipa in Mexico: Inside her romantic vacation with boyfriend Callum TurnerDua Lipa hangs out with Pedro Almodóvar, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in MadridLipa was recently featured on the radio station SiriusXM, where she discussed her new record, “Radical Optism,” and some questions about her life and work.
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Dua Lipa has performed a cover of Cleo Sol‘s ‘Sunshine’ for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge – you can watch the video below.The pop star played a five-track set at the legendary Maida Vale Studios in London recently in support of her third album ‘Radical Optimism’, which was released last Friday (May 3).Lipa and her band showcased her singles ‘Training Season’ and ‘Illusion’, and gave the song ‘Happy For You’ its live debut. They also performed a reworked version of ‘Be The One’ from the singer’s 2017 debut record.For her cover, Lipa delivered a powerful rendition of ‘Sunshine’ from Sol’s 2021 album ‘Mother’.
Dua Lipa had all that Mermaid Barbie training.The Grammy-winning songstress — who had a tail of a cameo in last summer’s “Barbie” blockbuster —needed all of her water-nymph powers as she presided over a rain-soaked Times Square on Sunday night in a surprise pop-up performance that still had fans braving the elements to dance the night away.It completed the Dua Lipa NYC takeover this weekend to launch her third album, “Radical Optimism,” which included her serving as host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.”And certainly, some “Radical Optimism” was needed to brighten up a cold, soggy Cinco de Mayo that felt more like Cinco de Marzo.Even the diva’s dad, Dukagjin Lipa, knew it — the former Kosovan crooner handed out $2 bills for good luck to guests as he was entering the VIP area.“New York!” the British-Albanian singer exclaimed as she took the stage inside of a trailer parked at the corner of 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue.Flipping her burgundy-tinted tresses like the former model she is — while safely covered from any hair-busting bursts from the skies — she launched into “Training Season” like a well-conditioned pro as her mammoth likeness took over the Nasdaq and Amex jumbotrons.Welcome to Dua Square.It was certainly a feat to get the crowd — which stretched all the way to 47th Street — levitating to any degree.“Thank you for braving the rain and the cold,” Lipa, 28, said.And for her next trick, Lipa performed “Houdini” — the first single from “Radical Optimism” — which possesses the same kind of dance-pop magic she has been crafting since her 2017 breakout hit “New Rules.”Then Lipa shifted into midtempo mode for the “Radical Optimism” closer “Happy for You,” which seems determined to prove that she can do more
Dua Lipa has performed a surprise set in Times Square, New York – watch the performance below.Earlier today (May 6), Lipa performed at the junction of 43rd Street and 7th Avenue, One Times Square Plaza in New York City, with the show open and free to all who were able to attend. The set was announced just hours before, with the singer writing on X: “8.30PM EST, ONE TIMES SQUARE PLAZA 43RD STREET AND 7TH AVE, I HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR YOU, SEE YOU SOON”.The set consisted of four songs, beginning with ‘Training Season’, followed by ‘Houdini’.
Dua Lipa hits the stage during a surprise performance in Times Square on Sunday night (May 5) in New York City.
before, she just made her hosting debut while also serving as the evening's musical guest. In other words: go girl, give us everything.Everything, of course, includes plenty of hair inspo.
Saturday Night Live had a lot to say this week… And Dua Lipa didn’t miss the opportunity to poke fun at some of the viral memes directed at her!
Dua Lipa joked around about the “give us nothing” meme while delivering her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, but she gave her fans everything when it came time to perform as the musical guest.
Dua Lipa has shared that her parents "love to party" which led to a rather awkward run-in with them at a club when she was out with some friends. Opening up about this during her recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, the Dance The Night singer, said: "My parents are here in the audience. "As you can see they're kinda cool.They love to party.
Dua Lipa is pulling double duty on the May 4 episode of Saturday Night Live!
Is that Tashi Donaldson or Dua Lipa?
Saturday Night Live is poking a bit of fun at a common form of activism seen on red carpets.
Dua Lipa debuted as a guest host on Saturday Night Live and revealed her “radical optimism.”
Dua Lipa is schooling Saturday Night Live on the bad blood between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
Jordan Moreau Dua Lipa dove deep into the scorching-hot rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar on “Saturday Night Live.” On the latest episode, Lipa appeared alongside Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and Devon Walker as morning talk show hosts who attempt to explain the diss tracks that have taken over the music world in the last few days to their viewers. Lipa played a culture critic who has been locked away “for the past 48 hours trying to piece it all together.” She appeared in front of a white board plastered with portraits of the two rappers and yarn connecting Post-It notes with phrases like “shoe size,” “feet” and “OVO.” Drake and Lamar’s back-and-forth diss tracks have been dominating social media, particularly in the last 36 hours when Lamar released three songs targeting Drake.
Dua Lipa has opened up about the aftermath of her performance of ‘New Rules’ at the BRITs, which was made into a meme.In 2018, Lipa sang the song at the BRITs awards show in a performance many deemed to be lacklustre. A video posted of the performance went on to spawn a comment, which is now a viral meme: “I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!”This was worsened by a clip of her infamous dance move in her Calvin Harris collaboration ‘One Kiss’, which was called the “pencil sharpener” dance.Speaking to The Guardian, Lipa called the moment “hurtful” and “humiliating”: “When people took that snippet of me dancing online and just turned it into a meme, and then when I won the best new artist Grammy and people were like, ‘She’s not deserving of it, she’s got no stage presence, she’s not going to stick around.’ Those things were hurtful.