Fans in the comments section on Instagram couldn’t help but pull out the puns upon seeing Dua Lipa’s name tacked up twice on the SNL board — among their quips were “Dual Lipa,” “Duo Lipa” and “Double Lipa.”
The singer also made the announcement and exclaimed “DOUBLE DUTY DUA!!!!!!!!” on her own Instagram post.
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Dua Lipa shares video for new single ‘Illusion’
The track is the third song to be released from her forthcoming LP
Dua Lipa has shared a new single from her third album, Radical Optimism. Following ‘Houdini’ and ‘Training Season’, ‘Illusion’ is accompanied by a Tanu Muino-directed music video shot at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona.
Dua Lipa is pulling back the curtain on her highly anticipated new album, Radical Optimism. In a dreamy Instagram video posted Wednesday (April 3), the singer showed fans clips from her studio sessions for the May-slated record, featuring snippets of her new music.
@dualipaofficial ILLUSION 11TH APRIL ~ YOU READY? 💧💧💧
“I always go for the most upbeat ones to introduce people to the record,” she adds amid footage of her practicing choreography. “I can just keep on dancing and keep people dancing. “We’re trying to create a world in a different way, and sonically it was about experimenting. Thematically, it was always about resilience.”
The new album will arrive on May 3 and is made up of 11 songs, including lead single ‘Houdini‘ and the recently released ‘Training Season.’ Tracklist:
1.End Of An Era
2.Houdini
3.Training Season
4.These Walls
5.Whatcha Doing
6.French Exit
7.Illusion
8.Falling Forever
9.Anything For Love
10. Maria
11. Happy For You
“A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the term Radical Optimism. It’s a concept that resonated with me, and I became more curious as I started to play with it and weave it into my life. It struck me – the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm.
Her core collaborators on the album are the same as on “Houdini” and “Training Season”: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker; Caroline Polachek/ Charli XCX collaborator Danny L. Harle; Tobias Jesso Jr. (Adele, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus) and Caroline Ailin (who’s cowritten several Lipa hits).
Stars such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Nicki Minaj have been ruling the charts for years, shaping the music scene. Now, Dua Lipa adds her name to the history books, becoming the first female artist ever to have four songs surpass 2 billion streams on Spotify. Recently Levitating became her fourth track to achieve this milestone.
Lipa boasts an impressive lineup of songs with over a billion streams, including chart-toppers like Don't Start Now with 2,512,405,872 streams, One Kiss with 2,075,920,299 streams, New Rules with 2,035,524,550 streams, and Levitating featuring DaBaby, which recently hit the 2 billion mark.
As of December 2023, Spotify reported that both Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, along with Dua Lipa, have multiple songs exceeding 2 billion streams. However, as of March 2024, Dua Lipa stands alone as the sole female artist with four songs surpassing 2 billion streams on Spotify.
