Dua Lipa has mentioned that she thinks individuals don’t need pop stars to “be political” or to “be sensible”.
The pop singer is making ready to launch her third album later this 12 months, and in a brand new interview, she has opened up about what she feels the expectations are for individuals who do what she does.
Chatting with Rolling Stone, she mentioned: “I don’t know if individuals imagine that I prefer to learn books, or individuals imagine that these conversations are my very own.”
“I believe it’s a factor of what individuals need from their pop stars. They don’t need you to be political. They don’t need you to be sensible. Not that I’m making an attempt to show myself in that approach, however there’s a lot extra to me than simply what I do.”
In the identical interview, Lipa addressed the jokes which were made about her being continuously on vacation. “I believe persons are fast to neglect I used to be on tour up till the tip of December. I felt like I missed out on a lot time with my household and associates. It reveals how quick our consideration span is, which is why music comes out a lot quicker,” she mentioned.
Elsewhere within the interview, Lipa additionally mentioned the previous behaviour of some bands from the Britpop period, together with Blur and Oasis, was “obnoxious”.
“Generally it’s important to separate the artwork from the particular person.… It’s extra just like the music factor, the facet of it that I’m actually related to. The best way that [some Britpop artists] acted, the issues that they’ve performed, they’re obnoxious for positive. That’s their entire factor.”
In different information, Lipa lately shared that her upcoming “psychedelic-pop-infused” album was impressed by the likes of Primal Scream and Large Assault.
Lipa has additionally lately referred to as for a ceasefire in Gaza and urged for world leaders to “take a stand”.
She can also be on the 2024 Academy Awards shortlist for Greatest Authentic Tune for ‘Dance The Night time’ in Barbie, and she or he is set to carry out on the 2024 Grammys alongside Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo.
