{"id":792095,"date":"2019-01-16T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=779203"},"modified":"2019-01-16T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:07:43","slug":"dua-lipas-new-rules-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/dua-lipas-new-rules-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa\u2019s New Rules For 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What are Dua Lipa<\/a>\u2019s new rules for 2019? There\u2019s just one: \u201cWorking really hard to get my new album out. Those are the only rules that I\u2019m gonna be living by. I\u2019m just going to be in the studio making sure that I come back with some fun stuff for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sounds about right. The London pop phenom blew up with hits like \u201cNew Rules\u201d and \u201cIDGAF,\u201d full of disco glitz and tough talk about her post-break-up regimen for taking control and leaving that ex behind. (The punch line: \u201cIf you\u2019re under him, you ain\u2019t getting over him.\u201d) She\u2019s nominated for two Grammys \u2013 Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording, for \u201cElectricity.\u201d It\u2019s been a dazzling rise to the top. But as she says, \u201cI\u2019ve learned that just by being honest and speaking my truth, I guess it hits home with some people \u2013 just like it does with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Success has been a trip for the 23-year-old star\u2014but not a surprise. Dua Lipa has never exactly been short on brash confidence. She grew up in London, the daughter of Albanian refugees from the war in Kosovo. (Her name means \u201clove\u201d in Albanian.) Her dad, a rock star back home, raised her on David Bowie and Radiohead, while she thrilled to the radio pop of Pink and Nelly Furtado. But at the age of 11, when her family moved back to the Kosovo capital of Pristina, she discovered rap. \u201cAll people listened to in Kosovo was hip-hop. So after listening to pop and British rock while I was growing up, my first concert was Method Man and Redman, because they were the only people that came to Pristina.\u201d Hip-hop is key to her own music. \u201cMy album \u2013 I guess it\u2019s a pop album, but it\u2019s so diverse, because it comes from so many different and inspirations. So hip-hop has played a big role in that. I just want to be able to play with different sounds and different feelings at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n