Dua Lipa is wrapping up what she calls “one of the best yr of my life.”
Speaking with Billboard U.Okay., the 28-year-old mirrored on a whirlwind 2024 that included the discharge of her third studio album, Radical Optimism, an enormous world tour, and a history-making Glastonbury headline slot — the primary by a British girl since 2016.
“I’ve completed issues that I’ve wished to do for therefore lengthy,” Lipa mentioned throughout a video name from Kuala Lumpur, the place she’s performing her first Asian tour in six years. “There got here some extent within the yr the place I used to be pondering, ‘I’ve received to take a seat down and write some new desires and new plans.’”
“I really feel like I ticked so a lot of my packing containers this yr,” she added.
Released in May, Radical Optimism topped the U.Okay. Albums Chart and have become the most important opening by a British feminine artist since Adele’s 30. It additionally earned Lipa her highest U.S. debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The lead single, Houdini, dominated the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for 17 weeks.
The album displays Lipa’s evolving artistry, which she credit to the worldwide success of her 2020 Grammy-winning sophomore file, Future Nostalgia. “It gave me the liberty and confidence to be like, ‘You know who I actually need to make an album with? Kevin Parker,’” she mentioned.
As for what’s subsequent? Lipa is maintaining tight-lipped, including to the anticipation surrounding her record-breaking yr.
