The ‘Don’t Start Now’ singer has revealed in a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times that she has been reading scripts due to her new acting plans. In the article, Dua Lipa’s move to acting has been described as ‘inevitable’. Which, judging by the superstar’s meteoric rise appears to be an accurate description.
The singer again touches on her love for theatre when faced with the question of what she loves about Studio 54, given the heavy disco influences heard in ‘Future Nostalgia’, “I love the spectacle of what was basically a theater production in a nightclub.”
It seems that a move into acting would the logical next step in Lipa’s world domination, last year the singer also mentioned to The Scotsman about her aspirations to break into TV by following in the footsteps of Lady Gaga. Whose star turn in the popular TV show American Horror Story saw the ‘Just Dance‘ singer play a Vampire Countess as well as a witch. “I would love to do that. I wouldn’t want do acting right now – I don’t think I’m quite there yet, I think I should focus on music – but if I was to try TV it would have to be something as crazy as a show like that.”
Lipa has had a lot to celebrate this year, topping off her success with a Grammy Award win, which saw the singer win Best Pop Vocal Album for ‘Future Nostalgia’. She was also nominated for the following award categories, Best Album, Best Record for ‘Don’t Start Now’, the Best song also for ‘Don’t Start Now’ as well as Pop Solo Performance for the hit. She was also nominated for Pop Duo/Group Performance for her 2020 collaboration with J Balvin, Bad Bunny and producer Tainy on track ‘Un Dia (One Day)’. Lipa took to Instagram to celebrate the win with her fans and showed the butterfly themed party that her boyfriend, Anwar Hadid, threw for her.
The singer’s Grammy performance was stuff made of legends, at the 63rd annual awards ceremony the star took to the stage which looked straight out of Studio 54, one of New York’s most notorious night clubs. The club was a cultural institution during the 70s and became an icon itself within the disco movement. The club’s patron list included the era’s most influential icons including, Cher, Grace Jones and Andy Warhol. With its famed exclusivity, the club remained the number one hot spot for the famous, the rich and the powerful. Studio 54’s most famous spectacle saw Bianca Jagger, a constant patron and wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, ride into the club on a white horse. A stunt which the style icon has now denied, stating that the animal was already in the building, put there by the club’s owner in celebration of Jagger’s birthday.
The performance seemed to take on the theme of the singer’s Studio 2054 virtual concert from November last year, the virtual event was in support of the singer’s album ‘Future Nostalgia’. Live streamed from London’s Printworks on November 27th 2020, the virtual concert was put on due to the impact which COVID took on the singer’s original tour dates. The concert is now available to stream and also features a documentary entitled ‘The Story Behind the Show’, which gives fans an exclusive insight into the making of the event.
It is no surprise that the singer has used a continuous disco theme given how ‘Future Nostalgia’ screams the essence of disco and features tracks shinier than a disco ball. Lipa performed two of her tracks from her hit album, starting with ‘Levitation’ and then finishing her set with ‘Don’t Start Now’. Keeping in line with her fashion-conscious reputation, the singer donned not just one but two-stage outfits during her performance.
Lipa also posted on Instagram to further celebrate her win and expressed her appreciation for the over 7 million views of her Grammy performance on YouTube, making the video trend at number one.
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Dua Lipa UK tour dates
10/09/2021 – M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool
11/09 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
13/09 – Utilita Arena – Newcastle
15/09 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
16/09 – A0 Arena – Manchester
18/09 – 3Arena – Dublin
19/09 – 3Arena – Dublin
21/09 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
24/09 – The 02 – London
25/09 – The o2 – London
27/09 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
28/09 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham
