On retaining a strong connection to her Kosovar heritage: “I don’t know what it is, but I feel like at any point the rug could be pulled from under my feet if I don’t work hard enough.” Photography by © Daniel Jackson for WSJ. “It’s just something that’s ingrained in me,” she says. But she mentioned Madonna as a person to emulate, and I thought that was my type of ambition.” “She did have a very good voice, but the songs weren’t really there. “She certainly wasn’t fully formed as an artist,” says Mawson. The same goes for Service95-that idea of togetherness.”īen Mawson, who has been Lipa’s manager since she was 17, on his first impressions upon signing her:
“When I make music, a lot of the time it’s very personal experiences, but in the hopes that other people will listen and have it resonate with them. “I think it’s a lot about sharing experiences,” she says. Lipa sees a connection between her interest in such narratives and her work as a songwriter. The first season will have a dozen episodes, with a tentative lineup that includes writer Lisa Taddeo, British Vogue editor in chief Edward Enninful, Russell Brand and musicians like K-pop superstar CL and Elton John. “Once we move from newsletter to website, everything will be searchable, so wherever you are, you can find information about new music that’s happening or new things to go and see and do.” Photography by © Daniel Jackson for WSJ. “I’ve got journalists from Russia, from Hong Kong, from Nigeria,” she says. Inspired by this personal-recommendation engine, the newsletter, Service95, will also focus on new musicians, artists and designers and feature updates from around the world.
So all my friends send me messages like, ‘I’m in Mexico City what can I do?’ And I’d say, ‘Oh, this, this, this, you have to see this.’” Movies I want to watch, books I want to read, places I want to see, drinks, recipes, everything. “My parents found it really funny, because they would find them all over the house, but it’s something that I’ve done religiously-I try a new restaurant, I write it down. “Since I was really young, I’ve always kept lists,” she says. “It was all like, Let’s try this out-why not? The idea that people were liking the album was the extra driving force for me to create new things and work harder and try to give them more experiences.” But I had a sense that we just had to do it.” It was scary, because you had no idea how long we were going to be in this pandemic. While everyone’s at home, maybe this is the album we should be putting out. “So when the pandemic happened, and everyone was worried about whether we should release the album, I was just like, F- it, maybe it’s just what we need. “I always have this viewpoint that you have to be outside of your comfort zone for things to be rewarding,” Lipa said on a recent snowy morning in Manhattan. On launching Future Nostalgia during the pandemic: My circle’s really tight, my family and my friends keep me so grounded, and it gives me some kind of comfort that not everything is out there that would take away from your life and privacy – Lipa Photography by © Daniel Jackson for WSJ. I’ve made peace with the fact that people can think what they want to think, but no one really, truly knows what’s happening behind closed doors. Something that I’ve realized over time is how little people actually know. Beauty is work of hair stylist Jennifer Yepez, makeup artist Samantha Lau, and manicurist Mei. In charge of styling was Lorenzo Posocco.
Pop star Dua Lipa teams up with fashion photographer Daniel Jackson for the cover story of WSJ.
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