By Ariany Brizuela
May 6, 2024, 8:44 PM EDT
On Sunday, Dua Lipa surprised with a concert in Times Square, New York, for the launch of her new album Radical Optimismavailable on audio platforms from Friday.
Hours before the show, The singer announced on her X account that she would do a special concert in Times Square on Sunday night for her fans.
The singer, 28 years old, The show started with “Training Season” and continued with other songs from the new album such as, for example, “Houdini”, “Happy for You” and “Illusion”.
Dua Lipa’s show occurred one day after her double participation in Saturday night Live as presenter and musical guest.
In his monologue Saturday night Live The singer revealed that her parents were in the audience at the show and joked about seeing them at the club.. She also assured that they have always supported her in her career.
In the program, Dua Lipa explained the concept of Radical Optimismwhich is always seeing the good side of any situation and even asked the audience to share a problem so that she could help them.
One of the members of Saturday night LiveAndrew Dismukes, said that his wife had left him after he called her “mom” while they had sex to which the singer responded: “The good thing is that now you will have more time to spend with your mom.”
During your participation in the program, Dua Lipa sang two songs from her new album: “Happy for You” and “Illusion.”
Saturday was Dua Lipa’s first participation as a host and her third as a musical guest.
One of the most influential people
In April, Magazine time presented an edition with what they consider to be the 100 most influential people in the worldamong which Dua Lipa stands out.
At that time, the magazine time announced that The “Levitating” singer was the star of the cover of the first edition of the most influential personalities of the world for publication.
“It was not an illusion. “Dua Lipa (@dualipa) is our first 2024 TIME100 cover star,” the magazine announced. “The pop star spoke to us about his new album, his childhood in Kosovo and the power of protest,” the publication added.
“I loved being on set. I love the idea of embodying a different character and having an assignment. I also love when I go to a photo shoot and I can completely change my look. “It gives me like a different personality,” the singer said in the interview with time.
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