Marcel Winatschek

I Don’t Give A Fuck

Five of them together on BBC Radio 1 in LA, tearing through ’I Don’t Give A Fuck’—Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Zara Larsson, MØ, Alma—and it was one of those moments where the lineup just works. Everyone brings something.

Dua Lipa’s been everywhere lately. Two years of constant touring: LA, London, Europe, New York, opening for Troye Sivan across the States. That kind of movement feeds what you make. Travel changes the way you write.

Her debut album hits different. It’s pop at the core but it breathes hip-hop and soul like they’re all one thing. These aren’t songs announcing themselves as important—they just arrive knowing what they’re doing. She knows how to make you move but she’s also thinking about something deeper. There’s this restlessness in it, this need to keep reaching for what comes next. You don’t hear that much, especially from someone this young with this much control.