At just 28, Dua Lipa has already conquered the pop world — but the stratospheric rise of this entrepreneurial phenom is really just beginning. The Kosovo-born, London-raised provocateur has spent years meticulously plotting her ascent, carefully curating her evolution from club kid to cultural catalyst.
Now, on the heels of her critically acclaimed, disco revisionist, Grammy award-winning album Future Nostalgia, Lipa is unveiling her most vulnerable and mature work yet with Radical Optimism. The nuanced,’80s-influenced record features an enviable lineup of alt-pop collaborators like Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker.
“I’m trying to bring people together with music, trying to bring light, you know? There’s a cosmic element to sharing songs that make people feel seen or understood.”
The savvy entrepreneur has launched her own media company Radical22, secured a global publishing deal, and hosts her own celebrity interview podcast and literary book club. Her latest power move? Securing Albanian citizenship to honor her refugee family’s roots.
With her business acumen, artistic versatility, and boundless self-belief, Lipa personifies a new vanguard of pop stars — entrepreneurial visionaries who’ve turned fandom into an all-encompassing cultural currency. For the radically optimistic Lipa, worldwide domination was always the endgame; she’s simply executing her blueprint, one masterfully choreographed step at a time.
