Dua Lipa is all about spreading the love round. Throughout an interview with the UK’s Capital FM, the singer took some calls from younger listeners (aka Huge Questions From Little Folks) who wished to get to know her higher, together with a pleasant younger lady who simply needed to know which Olivia Rodrigo tune is Dua’s favourite.
“So cute! I really like Olivia. I believe she’s so cool and simply tremendous, tremendous proficient and candy,” the singer mentioned in regards to the 20-year-old “Ballad of a Homeschooled Woman” singer who simply scored six Grammy nominations for her sophomore album, Guts. For Dua, the press to select must be the brand new album’s slashing first single, “Vampire,” although she can also’t get sufficient of Rodrigo’s O.G. hit, “drivers license.”
“I believe the O.G. is simply such tune,” Dua mentioned.
The singer additionally talked about her model new single, “Houdini,” which she mentioned she determined to drop proper now as a result of it felt like a “enjoyable, dancey, clubby observe to get individuals dancing from the kickoff.” Extra importantly, the singer mentioned the banger additionally felt like a “clear departure” from her smash 2020 Future Nostalgia album, displaying off a extra psychedelic facet of her music that she’s exploring on her upcoming LP with a band that features Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, longtime collaborator Caroline Allin and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr..
“We had been simply buzzing on this tune, it’s certainly one of our favorites,” she mentioned of the one.
Dua additionally chatted about having her tune within the Barbie movie and making a cameo in the summertime’s greatest blockbuster and why the movie’s star, Margot Robbie, is her “final lady crush.”
Rodrigo is nominated within the prime feminine artist class on the upcoming 2023 Billboard Music Awards. You possibly can watch the BBMAs right here, and by way of Billboard and the BBMA’s social media channels on Nov. 19.
Watch the interview under.
