Dua Lipa’s title made her really feel completely different when she was youthful.
Throughout an interview with Vogue France, the pop star opened up about feeling completely different to different British youngsters, notably on account of her title.
“Sure! My title used to instantly level out that distinction,” the 28-year-old stated when requested if she felt completely different from others on account of transferring round as a baby.
“Irrespective of how regular I would attempt to seem, as quickly as I might introduce myself, I might hear: ‘Oh, the place is that from? What does it imply?'” the Levitating hitmaker recalled. “And that was once I did not must repeat or spell out my title… From there, we would find yourself discussing Kosovo, even when nobody knew the place the nation was.”
Dua then famous that though she felt self-conscious about her title, she “managed to understand” the moniker in knowledgeable sense.
“Thanks, however I solely managed to understand it by imagining it as my stage title,” she stated when the interviewer complimented her title. “I’ve all the time been happy with my Albanian roots, however as I’ve grown, I’ve realized to understand my historical past.”
Dua was born in London to Kosovo Albanian mother and father Anesa and Dukagjin Lipa. She relocated to Kosovo together with her mother and father aged 11 however returned to the British capital at 15. She was granted Albanian citizenship in 2022.
