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- I'm so happy we got to do this. - Thank you, I know you have been so generous with your time. I just have to tell you that I really believe in you and I know last year we did a cover, and I knew it, I believe in your story, I think you're such an incredible role model for this generation. Were you happy with the pictures? - Oh my god, I am so happy, I can't wait to have that cover delivered to my door. - But looking back, if you had to choose a cover, would you have (mumbles) - No, no, I love, I love the cover picture. And I love that Gucci dress. It was one of my favorite things on the rack, I was like "Yes, I really really love this." - You look amazing. You know, I remember, Dua. (mumbles) That was February 18, I was on my way, when I left the shoot I was on my way to go to Milan, and then a week later everything changed. So, I'm happy that we got this in. - One of the last things that I ended up doing, because then I flew to London and I thought I was going to get to come back to New York, and everything kind of shut down, so yeah. No, I'm really grateful. - Where are you now? - I'm in London. I'm in an Airbnb. (laughs) It's so silly, because I'm like, I'm in an Airbnb on the same road as my apartment, but I couldn't stay in my apartment because I had a massive flood. - What do you think is the biggest thing you've learned out of this process? - The way I think that we are, the way music works, the way fashion works, the way so many industries, is we live life very fast. We're always looking into what's next, what are we doing next, and this has been such a wake up call to take a step back and to appreciate the things that maybe we have been taking for granted, you know, the five minute phone call that you get with your family, or your friends, or whatever to us, really like meaningful conversations, and you know, seeing a different side of it and also, the connection that I feel like I have gotten from this and the connection that I have with my fans, like now being able to go out on a livestream, which is completely out of my comfort zone 'cause I'm terrified of just talking through a screen, it was interesting to like get up and talk about every single song that I have on the record and why I wrote it and what it means to me. All that, the stories behind it, and that has brought so much closeness and so much unity I think, just like not just for me but I think people all over, you know because we're all going through the same thing. It has been nice to have that kind of common ground and to share these moments together, yeah. Again, it's trying to look at the bright side of things at a time like this as much as we can. - Where other artists have been, you know, canceling their launches, you went ahead with yours and I think that what always connects with your music is that you're really authentic, and maybe this is just, you know, everything is the way it's supposed to be, and it's a chance, it's hard, I'm sure it's hard - (chuckles) Yes - [Nina] To launch an album coming from your Airbnb and doing everything there. (Dua laughs) - [Nina] But, you're doing an amazing job and it just, again, proves what a superstar warrior you are. How are you keeping healthy? What are you doing for exercise? Can you exercise? - Yeah, yeah I can. I've actually, you know, trying to make it fun, again, like connecting with my friends, doing like morning FaceTimes where we all get on together, and we're all doing the same workout all from home, but somehow it feels like we've gone to a workout class together. And that's been really nice. That's been something to look forward to in the mornings, and it does make workouts a lot more fun when you do it with friends. - So Dua, what does the normal day look like for you right now? You wake up, you cook? - I do cook! (Nina laughs) - Yes! - I'm like, I feel like everything that I've done has always been really easy, like I know what things work, and I think they taste good, my boyfriend eats it and likes it. I wake up in the morning, I take my vitamins, I do a workout with my friends, I have a coffee, shower, and then I get ready to like do some promo, and then from like, kind of one to five I do promos, some interviews, I try you know, do whatever kind of like, work bits I can, if I have to record some, you know, performance, or getting ready for stuff like that, like whatever it is I have it in that time. And then once I'm done with that, my boyfriend and I make dinner together. - [Nina] And in terms of fashion, like what are you doing to like, because I live in sweatshirts, sweatpants, jeans, t-shirts, that is about as much fashion as I have here, and I feel like (mumbles). - I'm pretty much the same, honestly, 'cause I've had to move from, basically when I got my apartment when I got back from Australia, I just moved out immediately, so that suitcase that I had, I have like a couple cute fashion-y outfits, but once I'm in them for like three seconds, I'm like, okay I'm ready to go back into my sweats now that I'm home. So they don't last very long, so I've just been just in like a hoodie and trackies and that's just been comfortable and fun, and easy. - Tell me what you're watching. - Oh my God we've watched so much. We've watched Tiger King, Ozark, The Night Of. - Ozark, I am obsessed. - So good, okay you're watching that too. - [Nina] So good! (laughs) (laughs) - It's really good. And then we went and watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Snatched. - Oh, that's so fun! - And then we went to some older movies, which has been fun, and yeah, some anime. - Speaking of clothes, is there a designer that you particularly love to wear. - I love so many different designers and I'm such a fan of Marc Jacobs. - I'm just gonna show the readers, because that was one of my favorite shots (mumbles) when we did the shoot, was the Marc Jacobs. - [Dua] Ahh! - And I really really, we really thought about making this a cover. The Moschino cover we loved because it was so much emotion in your face, and the Gucci was just so cool. But that was a really good on, I love Marc. He does really good (mumbles). - [Dua] And yeah, me too. What are some of your favorite designers at the moment? - You know, things are changing so much, that I really feel very passionate about the New York designers, and I know this industry is going through a really rough time, and it will be going through an even rougher time, and I think, and I'm really into supporting the new young talent, because they're gonna need our support more than ever, and there is so much talent there, the young brand that are coming out, both in London and New York and Paris, it's a real moment for that. How do you plan, how do you see, Dua, I don't know, do you see the future, like putting live performances on soon? - Yeah, I mean I've been doing some live performances from home, I did Fallon. - [Nina] You did Jimmy Fallon. - [Dua] Yeah, and I did The Late Late Show With James Corden, and it's so fun and different to get creative from home and think about ways of bringing people together and you know that's been fun and challenging at times, but exciting, it's been like a whole new learning curve. I mean, yeah. I guess we're all kind of like adapting to new things. - Yes, it is an opportunity to kind of reassess and do things different and do things different and it's been a really, for me as an editor, it's also been a learning curve because we work, as you know, three months in advance, we plan things, do everything. And now, it's just things are by Zoom, we're trying to coordinate shoots in a very different way, we hold meetings in a very different way, we see layouts through, you know. You guys just have to be less precious but as passionate. - [Dua] Yes. - [Nina] Because we love that, and now more than ever, I think music is really connecting us, and your album has been incredible, and I love the title of your album, Future Nostalgia. That really, and especially now, because it's like the future that we thought we were gonna have, but it's an opportunity to create another future, and a better future for us, right? - Yes absolutely, you know, at times it's like reflection, and focusing on what we're gonna do and how we're gonna tread once this is over, the changes that we're gonna make collectively. - [Nina] So we talked about what you're watching, what you're cooking, what you're wearing, what are you listening to? - Lots of different stuff. I always like to find new artists or new albums, or whatever is kind of happening at the moment, listening to lots of friends' playlists that they're making, discovering lots of new music, but also going back and then listening to The Gorillas, and listening to Tame Impala, and listening to some Gwen Stefani, going back to some of my favorite albums which has been really nice too. I guess, especially with work, I'm constantly moving and going and sometimes I don't really have the chance to just take a step back and watch movies and listen to lots of music, and so it's been really nice. - Did you know that your hair and what you did to your hair (mumbles) would become such a trend. - No I didn't. It was quite funny because I was on a shoot with Juergen Teller, this was a while ago, and he was just like "Just put this blonde wig on, like just whatever," he's like "Leave your hair, just put the blonde wig on, just put it on however way you want it," and I had all my dark bits of hair coming out, and I was like "Oh, I really like this!" I was like "this is what I'm gonna go into," and literally like a couple weeks later I was like "So I want half of my head blonde, half of it brown," and yeah. - I loved it. I remember coming into the (mumbles) and being like "I love her hair." - Thank you, yeah it was fun, and it also felt like, you know, the juxtaposition, the two sides to a story, the future and the nostalgia, and the nostalgia being the bit underneath, the part of me that I've known my whole life and the blonde as something new, and something different. So, it was fun to also look at it in that sense. - Is there anything else that you want your fans to know? Your Elle readers to know? - Honestly I just want to send so much love and good health to everyone, you know we're all going through this together, and I guess at a time like this we should just use it to reflect, and to send out so much love, and support each other, be there for each other, and have more meaningful conversations because I think those things are really gonna carry us through and hopefully soon we'll see the finish line an take all these things with us. - Something that really stayed with me when I saw you give the Grammy speech, you said "Never give up on the power of your dreams," and I think that is so true, and I think that we need talent and we need the creatives now more than ever to keep us inspired, and your music is really keeping us inspired, and music has that power, right? So, we thank you for it, thank you for your generosity with Elle. We love you, you will always have a home here. We love you! - And I'll see you soon. - [Nina] Yes!

On March 27, Dua Lipa released her anticipated sophomore album, "Future Nostalgia." The date was exactly a month ago from today, and nearly four in on a global pandemic that would change the world, forever. While her peers opted to postpone major releases—hopeful that COVID-19 and its ramifications would soon subside—Lipa, and her team forged ahead. And, with a warm reception: the album, so far, has peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, and she's announced a January 2021 tour that will, undoubtedly, be one of the hottest tickets in town. But how is Lipa holding up in the midst of it all? For our new series with editor-in-chief Nina Garcia, Lipa joined ELLE via Zoom from her London Airbnb, and talked quarantine cooking, what it was like to release "Future Nostalgia" during what's been deemed a "strange" time, and how she's connecting with fans in an unprecedented way.

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