'If I could make someone smile or give someone a moment of comfort during this time, then I’ve done my job,' Lipa says of her sophomore album
She’s delivered joy in a dark time. Since the album’s early release, fans have been enjoying solo dance parties to the new music.
Born in London to Albanian immigrants Dukagjin and Anesa, Lipa began performing at a young age. Her family returned to Kosovo when she was a child, but at age 15, she moved back to London to pursue a singing career. After years of hustling and finding a following on YouTube thanks to song covers, she scored a record deal.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, I have to try and do something with the second record.’ But I wanted to get away from all those pressures and other people’s expectations and opinions of what I should be doing because I felt like then I would try and recreate ‘New Rules’ and never get anywhere,” she says. “I wanted to mature as an artist.”“I wanted to touch on memories that I had growing up listening to music that my parents loved, like Jamiroquai and Blondie and Prince — and recreate them for now.
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