Dua Lipa achieves Spanish nationality to Enrique Iglesias and with a lot of radical optimism – Pledge Times
- Dua Lipa began a world tour in 2024 to promote her third studio album, Radical Optimism, including concerts in Madrid and upcoming shows in England and 2026 Olympic Stadium events.
- She released Radical Optimism after her highly successful Future Nostalgia album, which earned six Grammy nominations, but the new album received mixed reviews and less commercial impact.
- Dua Lipa expressed strong ties to Spain, describing Madrid as home and blending into the local culture as part of her musical identity during the tour.
- Her hit single Houdini from Radical Optimism accumulated 23 weeks on charts, while previous singles Levitating and Don’t Start Now surpassed 77 and 52 weeks in the US respectively.
- The tour’s success and her embrace of Spain suggest a strategic and cultural connection that could influence her future work and presence in the Spanish music scene.
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Dua Lipa sang in Spanish a hit by Enrique Iglesias and made his audience delirious in Madrid
After passing through Australia and New Zealand, and a fashionist scale in New York to attend the Met Gala, Dua Lipa started the European part of her "Radical Optimism Tour" with a spectacular show in Madrid, where she made her fans delirious by singing in Spanish. The performer had advanced that, as a tribute, she would include the cover of a local artist in each of the cities she visits with her presentations. For example, in Australia she mad…
The total ecstasy of Dua Lipa's discotheque
It is a cold Sunday of May, year 1 of the Apocalypse. Dua Lipa arrives in Madrid with a new album under her arm, 'Radical Optimism', and a total show, of those that exist, at least in part, thanks to Michael Jackson . There are calls, a multi-story stage, a dozen dancers and an artist, ("Dua, Dua!", people shout in the previous one) that directs with charisma the cotarro. Start with 'Training Session' , more minimalist than what will come next. …
Dua Lipa: the sung victory of a queen with more talent than planning
Sometimes in the most international, massive and ultra-planned tours of world pop decisions are made so unusual that they can only lead to stupor. Dua Lipa’s concerts begin with almost five minutes of new age pianistic anesthesia as we attend a loop projection of sea waves, more typical of a powerpoint of results at some shareholders’ meeting. The 16,000 spectators gathered yesterday at the Movistar Arena in Madrid had to contain their breath un…
Dua Lipa achieves Spanish nationality to the son of Enrique Iglesias and with a lot of radical optimism
The British artist assaults the Palacio de Deportes de Madrid - Movistar Arena to celebrate ‘Radical Optimism’, a disc that leads her to recognize the heavy burden of the crown of pop Tate McRae is not like Britney Spears, but neither does Dua Lipa need to be Spanish. Or, at least, almost Spanish. There is no need to search her family tree, check her passport or check her birth certificate: the artist is so in love with Spain that, at this point…
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