By 2018, she’d been recognized by the Brit Awards as the topBritish Female Solo ArtistandBritish Breakthrough Act.
Here’s a peek into the stunning transformation of Dua Lipa.
Just a few years earlier, though, her parents' lives had been very different.
In 1992, Anesa and Dukagjin fled their native Kosovo when “war came.”
Dukagjin’s father, Seit Lipa, led the Kosovo Institute of History at the time conflict developed.
Lipa’s parents have remained her biggest fans.
They travel with her whenever they can, keeping her grounded to her roots in both London and Kosovo.
“Both places are part of me,” she toldElle.
“So much of what I do is in twos.
While living in Kosovo, Lipa learned about the horrors that took place in the region in the 1990s.
She started going to concerts at the age of 13.
“Basically, in Kosovo, people only really listen to hip-hop,” she said in that interview.
“It’s so massive out there.
I guess the only artists there was such demand for were hip-hop artists.”
She explained toThe Line of Best Fithow small the music industry in Pristina really was.
to get to go global, she decided, she would need a bigger market for her music.
At the age of 15, she moved back to London, completely on her own.
Soon enough, though, she decided to focus on music full time.
Dua Lipa’s start on social media
In her teens, Dua Lipa took to YouTube.
At the time, social media seemed to be the easiest way to reach an audience.
But she instead built a formal portfolio to show off her skills.
Soon enough, though, she began receiving messages from producers offering her the use of their studios.
“It’s a form of a ‘Dear Diary’ for me.”
“The only reason I’m in this is to make contacts,” she toldThe Fader.
“I just really want to eat Krispy Kreme.”
This is a song about facing the fear of losing the only thing that matters to you.”
She credited one song in particular for launching her career:“Hotter Than Hell.”
This single helped others understand her style.
In the wake of the song’s success, Lipa chose to announce a tour rather than an album.
This was her big break in the United States, where she felt she was welcomed.
As the festival became an annual event, more artists traveled to Kosovo in support.
“For me, it was the biggest dream come true,” Lipa shared.
“Just seeing how happy and how excited people were to see her on stage.
I was so close to crying.”
It’s a representation of who I am as a person and as an artist."
43 onBillboard’s 50 Best Albums of 2017, essentially confirming that her debut was a hit.
This Dua Lipa song hit No.
1 when it was released as a single in the summer of 2017.
The lyrics of the empowering female anthem give listeners a list of rules for getting over an ex-boyfriend.
They are the ones that are preventing you from making a mistake with this guy."
The couple had been on and off since 2013.
Friends when you need them the most."
The two attended the British Summer Time Hyde Park music festival in London, where, asE!
Newsreported, they looked “over-the-moon happy together.”
The decision wasn’t only for her fans, though.
