Dua Lipa gave a blinding performance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) last night (December 19th). Lipa, who served as the show’s last musical guest from this year, sang her two hits, Don’t Start Now and Levitating.
Last night’s performance marks two year since Lipa last visited the world famous sketch show. Lipa was scheduled to attend SNL back in March in support of her latest studio album, Future Nostalgia. Unfortunately, her performance was cancelled due to the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic.
SNL shared both of Lipa’s magnificent performances directly to their YouTube channel last night. Levitating has received over 69,000 views, whilst Don’t Start Now has obtained a huge 113,000 views. Lipa’s wonderful performances can be watched in full here.
The One Kiss singer got into the spirit of SNL by participating in sketch shows with SNL alumni Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig. Lipa’s humorous sketches can be watched here.
Lipa shared her latest SNL visit via social media. Taking to Instagram, Lipa shared a laughter – inducing clip of herself and Kristen Wiig performing their ‘Marjorie’ sketch. The post, which saw a humongous 1.2 million views, was met with an excited reception from fans.
Despite the world-stopping pandemic, 2020 has still been a busy year for Dua Lipa. The talented vocalist hosted her ‘Studio 54’ livestream, which saw support from singer-songwriter FKA Twigs.
Lipa broke records with ‘Studio 54’, the livestream gig gained over 5 million views, and shattered world records. NME wrote of the virtual event: “Studio 2054 goes some way to completing Lipa’s evolution from good to great that started with the release of ‘Future Nostalgia’. Although the routines on show tonight aren’t the most complex, they flesh out her performance enough that now she has the songs, the personality and the presence that all true icons possess.”
Recently, the New Rules hitmaker was the recipient of the Powerhouse Award at the virtual Billboard Women in Music Awards, which took place on December 10th. Lipa was presented the award by none other than beloved US Senator, Bernie Sanders.
Lipa took to Instagram to celebrate her recognition via the prestigious award. Sharing a snap of herself clutching the award in a beautiful dress, Lipa wrote: “Thank you @billboard Women In Music for the Powerhouse Award!” Fans were astounded at the celebratory post, which obtained over 3.1 million likes. One devoted fan wrote: “We are so proud of you, well done!”
Dua Lipa’s latest album, Future Nostalgia, was released on March 27th. Her second studio album, the dazzling record followed Lipa’s self-titled debut album. Future Nostalgia contains songs such as Cool, Physical, Love Again and Pretty Please.
On December 18th, French singer-songwriter Oklou remixed Lipa’s Fever, which originally came out on October 29th. Lipa also joined forces with Miley Cyrus recently on Prisoners, a track taken from Cyrus’ recently released album, Plastic Hearts.
Future Nostalgia is out now.
