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Dec. 4, 2020 | Abby O'Neill -- With a genuine smile stretched across her face, Dua Lipa seems overjoyed to reconnect with her band for their only performance since their tour in support of her sophomore album, Future Nostalgia, was cancelled in March. Glowing from the inside out and accentuated by the apricot hues of a backdrop in a London studio, Dua and her backup vocalists and band bring life and warmth into households in need of "levitating" and some pep in their step this winter. This vibrant four song set of dance hits, all from Future Nostalgia, will surely have you cutting up the floor in your kitchen while quarantining in the cold weather.
While we can't film our Tiny Desk concerts at NPR's D.C. office during the pandemic, our "home" series has created opportunity for global megastars like Dua Lipa to bring her uptempo dance joints all the way from London. Of Kosovar Albanian descent, Dua Lipa was raised in the UK and rose to super stardom in the three years since her eponymous debut album dropped in 2017. NPR Music featured her in our docu-series Noteworthy at the onset of her career. It's been extraordinary to witness her colossal takeover of the pop music landscape. Dua sums the times during her intro of "Love Again": "It's about manifesting good things into your life, when things aren't quite going your way."
SET LIST
"Levitating"
"Pretty Please"
"Love Again"
"Don't Start Now"
MUSICIANS
Dua Lipa: vocals
Matthew Carroll: bass
Alex Lanyon: guitar
Naomi Scarlett: vocals
Ciara O'Connor: vocals
Izzy Chase: vocals
Matt Maijah: vocals
CREDITS
Video: Ceremony London, James Barnes
Audio: WFB Live, Will Nicholson
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Abby O'Neill
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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NPR MUSIC can you have camila cabello as your guest next?!... pretty please... :) love this concert by the way.. love dua lipa!
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Gawd she's so beautiful..!!
The fourth chorist does not have feet
just noticed the background is fake
This bass sound is so impressive! beautiful
Can we take the time to appreciate the set design here? Look at the carpet - The Shining? The colors - Clockwork Orange? The entire work, actually: colors, wardrobe, highlights, low lights. And mygod the shadow on Dua Lipa made her come off as a MASTERPIECE. This is a great study for design!
I love how she move and how she sings. She's very perfect for me.
Orange you glad this was posted?
"home"
dua lipa marry me
She makes it look too easy, its honestly sus
She's very talented but I also see she has a lot of vocal help (4 voices). I thought it'd be more natural, more acoustic, more organic. She's a one singer not a group.
I Love You Dua Lipa...
i like it...for sure the bassis very nice
what happened to the library setting?? I’m shocked. This is like the Beyoncé Lion King version nobody was waiting for.
Sure, I clicked for the Albanian smoke show, but I definitely stayed for the hot Brit pop. That was very cool. Quick question: Am I seeing things or is there in a guy in the band wearing a 17th century blacksmith's apron?
I bloody love Dua, but if the arrangements require in-ear monitors, it ain't a Tiny Desk. Get rid of the backup singers, get rid of the click track, put in a live drummer with a deep pocket and some improv instrumentals. That's what I'm here for. I can listen to the album anytime, I don't need lesser version of those tracks. None of these musicians sound or look as though they're listening to each other and Dua looks straight up lonely.
HERE ME OUT: A collaboration with her amazing voice , and Marliyn Manson unique genre.
Bland. I feel empty listening to this. Void of any emotion or real feeling.
also these bgv's are top tier!!!! wow wow wow simply amazing!
i love how much her accent comes in her music
My daily dua dose...pretty please.
For a lovely slow ride try .75 speed on “pretty please”
God I Cannot get over the skipped beat right before the "Pretty Please" chorus, it's like a paused step and my heart follows it sometimes. Absolutely incredible music and incredible musicians at work here T.T
I didn't know I could fall in love so fast
Bandcamp flac
Bruh that ain't even a tiny desk
Amazing 👏 good vibes
so this is what urkel's been up to
She is smooth and provocative and talented❤️
Were can I buy Hi-Res audio ore LP of this concert?!!! P. S. Это великолепно!
wow! what a girl! :) x
Mejor taini desk no ecsISTEEHh
the same puma? yeah!
She amazing, just can't help feeling she's a industry plant though.
Dua Lipa is a wonderful talent and deserves better songwriters.
Who are the 4,1k who didn't like that??? Really??? This girl is amazing!!!
She is so great. If you ever come to Buenos Aires... you can call us. It woukd be great to have you in our Live Sessions Series hahaha. Cheers NPR Fans from Argentina!
Tira o olho que já é minha!!! Dua
She talented, enjoyed every minute of it.
PERFECT WOMAN
Carita de enamora que se le ve cuando canta Love again
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Even after a hundred viewings I get goosebumps every time ! Thank you for this great moment ✨👌🏼🥰
Dua :)
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i luv the song but its a real bop at 1.25x
This is why I like UK music industry more than others. It’s real and row sound.
Thanks NPR
Love Dua Lipa. She records a lot of dance music, she should re-record a lot of her songs similar to this performance.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Ela ta parecendo brasileira hihi
I love what they did aesthetically and the performances are awesome. That said i feel the spirit of the Tiny Desk concerts got lost in the production
Some tight bass slappin' goin' on here.
im levitating
Dua me atrapoooooo..Armonía, bellas voces, estética...otro nivel simplemente!!!
anyone knows what that bass pedal is??
Why the singer dude look like he a trash-Elf from Harry Potter?
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awfull... she's the only 1 well dressed here. Shut down that ego baby.
00:32 .... That was heavenly!
Dua Lipa is one of the best artists of the 2010s and 2020s but this doesn't gives me any tiny desk vibes at all too much like the recordings
Как же с душой поют все! 😍 любят свою работу 😍😍
Тоже отметила это 👌🏼👏🏼
big up for 4 ladys
simply fantastic, talented and must beatiful singer.
Круто.
The best I’ve heard in a long time,
These Home Concerts have been such good quality I don't know if we ever need to go back to the office.
Take it back! You take it back right now! The tiny desk will live on forever, just you watch! On a personal note, I'd have actually preferred this to be behind the tiny desk rather than wherever they are in this video. There's nothing wrong with this, by any means, but it gives the illusion of production trickery whether any was used or not. At least if they are actually in the office and behind the tiny desk (is it really that tiny?) we know that it is legit and they are for real. By the way, I'm not trying to speak ill of Dua Lipa, I actually like her a lot and this might be my favorite performance from her!
Very much Jerimoquie type of sound old school love it.
Same here I have watched this one a lot.
no me puede gustar tanto esta mujerrrrrr!!!! Qué artista de la oooosstiaaa
IS she white?
@George Skanderbeg she looks Spanish or Portuguese and The NYT says Spanish and Portuguese are not white!!!
She is Albanian of course she is white....what does she look to you?
I'm not a pop fan, in fact, i'm quite the opposite. However, i'm super impressed and amazed. Love the fact they use a cassette player:). Great voice
The dude harmonizing on the bass notes is so legit it hurts...
Wow! Fab.
you got me in love again, again..
Espetáculo...
Pretty cool that Spike Lee joined them for a couple of songs ! ;)
Amazing artis
Nice looks good voice but a very strange vibe in the room, no looks allowed?? music is about connection but here there is none with the star of the show, the musicians and backsinger when they play at all...shes engaging ok but outside that..nothing...the male singer does not look at here at all..but they are all proffesionals for sure..
Dua lipa nice
אם אתם חושבים שזה בושה לאהוב אישה אז אני מתבייש רק תעזבו אותי בשקט . תודה .
She is the most beautiful thing in the world ,❤️
i was kind of expecting her to not sound very good live, but I'm quite surprised how well she sings.
I love it and enjoy it....greetings from Jakarta...
Super perfomance!!!
I love uuu dua lipa❤❤❤
You got a super dope voice
The perfect woman 🙌🏼✨❤️
Dua Lipa is such a beautiful human!!!
Love the drummer on tape recorder lol
Why do i love you so much??
The back vocalists 🤍❤️🤍
I could listen to this until I die and I would die dancing this🎊💚🔥💥
Respect to the bassist carrying that stanky groove
How do we know the vocals are actually live? I love Dua.
@George Skanderbeg That drummer is really good.
who cares?
You serious? Its npr tiny desk all the perfomances are live
This is not the original tiny desk.... too many lights and show, it takes away the essence of tiny desk.
Superb performance