{"id":806864,"date":"2020-04-28T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=990562"},"modified":"2020-04-28T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:30:09","slug":"dua-lipa-queen-of-work-from-home-pop-stardom-on-future-nostalgia-being-a-female-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/dua-lipa-queen-of-work-from-home-pop-stardom-on-future-nostalgia-being-a-female-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa, Queen of Work-From-Home Pop Stardom, on \u2018Future Nostalgia,\u2019 Being a \u2018Female Alpha\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In rough times, sometimes what the world needs is an insanely fun dance-pop album \u2013 and that\u2019s just what Dua Lipa<\/a> gave us last month with Future Nostalgia<\/a><\/em><\/a>. On the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now<\/a> podcast, the pop star joins host Brian Hiatt to discuss making the album, the surreal experience of promoting it from her London home, and much more. \u201cIt feels crazy,\u201d she says, \u201cthe time that we\u2019re living in and what\u2019s happening. I wonder if we\u2019ll ever go back to normal again.\u201d<\/p>\n

To hear the entire interview right now, press play below or download and subscribe on<\/span> iTunes<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>Spotify.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Some highlights from the conversation:<\/p>\n

Lipa was worried whether it was the right time to release the album<\/strong>.
\u201cI guess that was kind of the thing  I was maybe the most conflicted about. It\u2019s such an upbeat, high-tempo album that you would just want to dance to. I wasn\u2019t sure if it was really the time to put it out \u2014 to celebrate, I guess, during a time of so much suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s starting to think about her next<\/em> album, but doesn\u2019t think it will arrive anytime soon.<\/strong>
\u201cI feel like I need to get out there and live a little bit and perform these songs and really kind of see what I love from each song and where I want to go next.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Singing the line \u201cI know you ain\u2019t used to a female alpha\u201d helps her feel more like one.
<\/strong>\u201cWhen I put lyrics like that into my record, and I perform them, I do feel more empowered and stronger, and yeah, I\u2019m like, \u2018I am<\/em> a female alpha.\u2019 But it\u2019s also recognition that we are built on the backs of giants. There have been strong, influential women since I was very little in the music industry: Pink, Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado, Madonna, Janet Jackson.<\/p>\n

She is, understandably, not sure exactly when and how concerts will feel safe again.
<\/strong>\u201cWe don\u2019t really know how long this will last. Hopefully, at some point, we can find some sort of cure or some kind of vaccination. I would love to get back on the road as soon as possible to as many places as possible, but obviously for me, the most important thing is the health and safety of everyone around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lipa feels that she\u2019s had to push to be seen as the creative force behind her music.
<\/strong>\u201cArtists in pop, especially women, have to work harder to be taken seriously. You have to work a lot harder for people to really believe that these are your lyrics, that this is your vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

She still likes her mega-hit \u201cNew Rules.\u201d
<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for that song because it really did change my life. It gave me the kind of confidence I needed to be able to take a leap in my career that was out of my comfort zone. People go, \u2018are you bored of singing the same song over and over again?\u2019 I\u2019m not, because it\u2019s not really about me in that instance \u2014 it\u2019s about the listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week<\/a> on Rolling Stone Music Now,<\/em> we discussed the greatest concerts we\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

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