Dua Lipa performs at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Since Lipa entered the pop music industry in 2015 with her debut single "New Love", in just 5 years, her popularity has rapidly climbed around the world, and in early 2018, Lipa became Spotify's most popular female singer, and the video of the single "idgaf" was also played 5 billion times on YouTube. In 2018, Lipa won two British Music Awards and in 2019 won two Grammy Awards for the first time. Since her great success, whether it is through music to express her attitude, to speak for women, or to become a fashion leader through dressing, to establish the Sunny Hill Academy in her hometown to devote herself to public welfare, she has used her influence to change the world. The following stories will take you into the world of Lipa.
Doua Lipa.
Rock Dad plays songs all day long
Born on 22 August 1995 in London, England to Albanian parents, Lipa moved from Kosovo to The United Kingdom three years before lipa was born. His father, who was a marketing manager at a company at the time, was also the lead singer of a local rock band in Kosovo as a young man, so during His childhood, Lipa played david bowie, stereophonics and Oasis all day long, and Compared to these rock music, Lipa's favorites were the p!nk and nelly furtado he listened to as a child.
"Snap Sister" in childhood. Picture from artist ins
At the age of 14, he began to cover songs
Living in London, Lipa's name is very special compared to other English names, and the word "dua" means "love" in Albanian, so as a child Lipa always had to explain the meaning of the name to his friends.
In 2006, due to the relationship between his parents' work, the 11-year-old Lipa moved back to Kosovo from London with his family, and at the age of 14, he began to cover the works of other singers and post them on the Youtube platform, gradually owning his own portfolio. Over time, Lippa, who was bent on pursuing musical development, found that it would be impossible to achieve his musical ideals if he stayed in Kosovo, and at the age of 15, after discussing with his family, Lipa persuaded his parents to move back to London.
Confidence helps make your debut
Lipa once recalled his work-study days in London, and the most he learned was self-confidence. It was this confident belief that drove the door to Lipa's music career at the age of 18, and Warner Records discovered the rising star. The record contract hit Lipa like a great happiness from heaven, and she recalled that she could not wait for a second, immediately quit her job as a waiter, and lived a life of "singing and falling asleep, opening her eyes and writing songs".
In 2015, Lipa officially debuted with the release of his first solo single "new love" through Warner Records.
Cover of the single "New Love".
Use music to create a voice for women
In June 2017, Lipa officially released its first studio album "dua lipa", which was cooperated with musicians such as Chris Martin and Miguel, and was not only shortlisted for the 38th Brit Awards for Best Album of the Year in the UK, the song "new rules" on the album won the number one on the British Pop Chart Singles Chart, and the number of music videos on YouTube also exceeded one billion.
Inspired by the theme of "female power," New Rules wanted to showcase his unique ideas through his musical compositions. At first, Lipa broke up because of a relationship, and her friends comforted her and encouraged her, so she had the original intention of creating the work. Lipa believes that female friends should learn to take care of themselves, keep their distance from those who are not friendly to themselves, not forgive betrayals, and have self-confidence and their own new set of rules for dealing with people and things.
Cover of the single "New Rules".
The first female singer of Albanian descent in Grammy history
After winning the MTV European Music Awards for Best Pop Artist at the end of 2018, Lipa in 2019 ushered in its first career peak since its debut. In January 2019, her ending song "Swan Song" for the science fiction film Alita: Battle Angel was officially released. Only a month later, at the 61st Grammy Awards ceremony, Lipa won the Grammy Best Newcomer Award that year with the good performance of "two mentions and two middles", and her song "electricity" won the Best Dance Music Production Award, becoming the first Albanian female singer in the history of the Grammy Awards to win this honor.
The style of dress is always imitated
Lipa always shares his outfit on social media.
Lipa tall, bodybuilding, has long been the darling of many fashion magazines, brands, whether on the stage or in daily life, her style of dressing avant-garde and sexy, is the object of many European and American girls to imitate. Lipa once said in an interview: "I want to be a real person. "In her fashion philosophy, not only has unlimited freedom and strong tolerance, everyone has the right to liberate themselves and break the norms." When it comes to dressing style, Lipa has said that it is actually any clothes she feels comfortable with. Whenever she gets the chance on tour, she also chooses to support new young designers: "I like to play around. Regarding my personal style, I really don't have an easy answer, that's it. ”
Crying "Queen of Dressing"
Compared with the domineering title of "Queen of Dressing", Lipa also has another side of her own, the first time she received two Grammy nominations, Lipa burst into tears live, the plain Lipa cried and laughed, and the shot of the bottle blowing champagne but unexpectedly spewing out revealed that she was completely a little girl. Two years later, when Lipa was nominated for six more Grammy Awards, the scene of crying two years ago was repeated.
The crying "Queen of Dressing".
In these crying scenes, in addition to the joy and tears after receiving the nomination, there is also the helplessness of the album being leaked in advance. Lipa originally planned to release a second studio album "Future Nostalgia" on April 3, 2020, but due to the leak of the source on the Internet, it was advanced to March 27, disrupting the company's publicity plans and arrangements, resulting in the album's first week sales were not very successful, with only 50,000 copies in the United States. After the incident, Lipa's mood was greatly affected, and she cried during the live broadcast with fans.
Passionate about public welfare
The Yangsan Festival is a music festival founded by Lipa and her father in pristina, kosovo, and lasts three days a year. What makes the festival special is that all proceeds will be donated to public interest organizations that fit Lipa and family philosophy, such as the Independence Festival, the Philharmonic Choir of Kosovo and The Down Syndrome of Kosovo.
After that, Lipa and his family also established Yangshan Academy, where a rehearsal room and recording studio were built to produce podcasts that would allow children to return indoors from the street to the house, which will officially open in 2020. The Los Quincy Jones Conservatory of Music offers three music scholarships for this site, which will provide three Kosovo children at Yangshan College with the opportunity to learn the basics of songwriting and production in Los Angeles.
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
Edited by Tian Kaini Proofreader Wang Xin