Dua Lipa has realized that with nice attain comes nice backlash. The singer who has practically 100 million followers on Instagram and X revealed in an interview with the Radio Occasions this week that she could be very conscious that her public opinions on immediately’s most controversial matters would possibly rub some folks the mistaken means, however she’s decided to share her ideas anyway.
The important thing, she mentioned, is to be considerate and actually do her homework first. “After I talk about issues which can be political, I double-, triple-check myself to be, ‘OK, that is about one thing that’s means greater than me, and it’s crucial – and that’s the one cause I’m posting it.’ That’s my solely solace in doing that,” she mentioned.
In Might, Dua joined a refrain of voices calling for a right away and everlasting ceasefire within the conflict between Israel and Hamas, sharing the Artists for Ceasefire graphic and the hasthtag “#AllEyesOnRafah,” on her Instagram in reference to Israel’s long-planned assault on the town within the Southern Gaza Strip within the midst of the nation’s ongoing devastating conflict towards militant group Hamas.
“It’s at all times going to be met with a backlash and different folks’s opinions, so it’s an enormous resolution,” Dua mentioned about selecting to talk out. “I steadiness it out, as a result of finally I really feel it’s for the better good, so I’m prepared to [take that hit].”
Whereas plenty of musicians maintain their powder dry in the case of diving into making assertion on controversial matters, Dua mentioned that talking up is a “pure inclination for me, given my background and heritage, and that my very existence is considerably political — it’s not one thing that’s out of the abnormal for me to be feeling near.” The singer was born in London because the eldest youngster of Kosovo Albanian dad and mom and moved to Pristina, Kosovo as a 13-year-old, practically a decade after the tip of a brutal decade-long armed battle within the nation.
Dua is gearing as much as headline this yr’s Glastonbury Pageant in Somerset, England subsequent week alongside fellow headliners Coldplay, SZA and Shania Twain.
