The name of the unusual pop star Du Lipa was the suggestion of her grandmother – but she was not always keen on that
She was born in London during an intense summer heat wave, entered the world on August 22, 1995. Her parents fled Kosovan Albian, Dukagin and Anisa Lipa, from the city of Al -Beritina because of the Bosnian war, where they arrived in Camden as refugees in 1992.
Her father, who is now 56 years old, was studying dentistry and her mother, 52, was trained to be a lawyer, but once in the UK reinforced Dukagjin in marketing and insulting tourism. They also took the restaurant's jobs to cover their expenses, saying Dua, “They had to work hard, waiting for tables and studying in the evening and thinking that you are making your own luck.”
Her unusual name was her grandmother's proposal, and this means “love” in Albanian. But she was not always eager to do so, saying: “I was proud of that, but when I was younger, I was hoping that my name was, for example, something” natural “and English”.
She grew up with Brother Jin, 19, her sister Rina, 24, and her early love for singing was not surprising because their father-known as “Dugi”-was one day a long-haired rock in the Kosovan band called ODA. “Music has always been played throughout the house, so it has always had a great impact on,” she said.
After filming her five -year -old song, Chilo's lessons began to mix primary school, but she struggled because she was very young. “I was carrying this huge chilo on my back, and it would strike me at the top of my head or my legs appear. It was a real healthy danger. So I surrendered.” After that, her attempts to join the school choir were thwarted “because I could not reach high notes.”
Music journalist John Erls also tells us, “It has been rejected because there is a very deep voice, but of course, her distinctive tone is a major part of her attractiveness today. Her teachers must kick themselves, but no one knows that she will become an international star.”
In 2006, when the Dua was 11 years old, the family returned to Kosovo. “I used to go back to a place where I already felt that I was belonging. It was exciting for me,” she recalls. But with a few opportunities to enhance her musical ambitions, her parents begged her to allow her to return to London without them in 2010, in just 15 years.
“This belief in your talent and moving to London from another country when he was an impressive teenager,” says music writer Matt Charlton. “When I met her, Dua told me that she does not have a plan B, and perhaps this is what should be if your scenes are set at the top.”
Returning to Camden, she lived with a family friend, and although it was difficult to be far from her family, Dua pledged not to let them down.
“I am very close to my father, who put a lot of confidence in me, so I was as good as possible,” she said about Graham Norton offer Last February.
It was a very slope educational curve, with works such as washing that offer some challenges. “I was taking my clothes, putting it in a wardrobe and buying a new bond until my mother came.”
Al -Dua joined the Hill Parliament School, and after the completion of GCSES, I took levels in politics, psychology, English and media studies. It also took lessons on the weekend at the Silvia Young School of theater, which includes its late graduates Amy Winehouse and the actresses Billy Piper and Kelly Hosage. “When I started in Silvia Young, my teacher told me there,” You He can “Don't let anyone tell you what you can do and what you cannot do,” Silvia herself said about her student. You will not sit and wait for things. We knew that she was very smart and would be successful in anything she did. “
In addition to writing her own songs, on YouTube, Dua regularly published covers of paths by P! NK, Alicia Keys and Nelly Furtado, whose album is Stand, Nelly! She was the first to own it. She previously said: “I remember knowing each of the lyrics in this album.” “I was obsessed.”
In addition to taking part -time modeling to help pay the bills, she started in a late teenager. “I worked at La Bodega Negra, a Mexican restaurant similar to the sex store,” she said jokingly. “I finished work, then went out to any nightclub that was happening, like, like, in the morning.”
A big break came in 2013, when she sang I was lost in music By Sext Sledge for a promotional video for Working x. . It was signed by TAP Management, which represented the singer Lana Del Rey and 19, finally signed a record with Warner Records in 2014.
For the first time for her New love It was released in the following year, and the first album Dua Lipa It arrived in June 2017. With its star ascending, the second album Future nostalgia He followed it in March 2020 and reached No. 1, despite the roaming epidemic.
As she continued, Dua decided to leave TAP Management in February 2022, according to what was reported due to ranks over the profits. As part of the separation, the rights of its entire music catalog bought. She said, “It is my life.” “So it is good for a person to say what is happening with her.”
Dua then established its media and management company, Radical22, and appointed Dad Dugi as its director. She said, “It was very easy to say,” This is the person I trust more with everything. “He is the best friend of me, we have such an open dialogue and for this reason I feel control, because there is no email or one thing we will not talk about.”
“Radical22 has brought its publication and production under one roof, creating a new world. It was a bold step, and certainly not for everyone, because some artists prefer to focus on their creativity and use of external sources of the rest.
In May 2024, Dua released the third album Radical optimism That first appeared in No1, and in November, I began a global tour.
While it will be on the way to December, it will enable it to break in July and August to relax with family and friends and the Callum Turner.
Dua regularly on the glorious Albanian coast, and its heritage is clear as important as its British situation. She said: “I feel very proud to be from both places and feel that I am representing both.”
It has been reported that Dua builds even a villa with millions of pounds in Albania, with views of the ion sea. Its real estate portfolio also includes a home in West Hampside, which it bought for 6.75 million pounds in 2020, and Beverly Hills Palace. No shortage of party platforms then!
Such a story? To learn more from the latest Showbiz and gossip news, follow Mirror on celebrities Tikhak and Snapchat and Instagram and twitter and Facebook and YouTube and Subjects .
