Dua Lipa Is Ready For the Party On the Other Side

Her chart-topping ‘Future Nostalgia’ offers a portal to a shinier, dancier existence post-quarantine.

Guitar, Moschino Couture. Bracelet, De Beers.
Zoey Grossman
Dua Lipa wants to show me her skylights. They’re not hers, exactly, belonging instead to the owners of the London Airbnb where she’s currently self-quarantining with her boyfriend, model Anwar Hadid. It’s actually the second Airbnb the 24-year-old singer has rented since returning from a trip to Australia to find her flat flooded, but they’re rolling with it. I can hear Hadid’s soft laughter as Lipa tilts her laptop toward the ceiling. It’s been four months since the global COVID-19 pandemic began, three weeks since the U.K. and U.S. mandated that nonessential workers stay home, and 14 days since Lipa released her second album, Future Nostalgia. So naturally, this interview is being conducted via Zoom. The skylights are beautiful.

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Dress, Marc Jacobs. Bracelet, De Beers.
Zoey Grossman