The ‘Levitating’ singer just released her third album, ‘Radical Optimism’, on Friday, 3 May. For the album’s promotion, Lipa, earlier today, performed at the junction of 43rd Street and 7th Avenue, One Times Square Plaza in New York City. The show was open to all and it was free. The concert was a surprise and it was announced just a few hours before.
The Grammy-winner took to X to announce the surprise concert, “8.30PM EST, ONE TIMES SQUARE PLAZA 43RD STREET AND 7TH AVE, I HAVE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR YOU, SEE YOU SOON”.
The singer gave an electrifying performance of the songs from her latest album. The setlist included ‘Training Season’, ‘Houdini’, ‘Radical Optimism’, ‘Happy For You’, and then she ended the concert by singing ‘Illusion’.
Watch the performance below.
Lipa also pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live on 4 May where she hosted and was the musical guest as well. For her two performances, she sang ‘Illusion’ and ‘Happy For You’.
In her monologue, Lipa made light of the fact that people accuse her of being a boring performer. She acknowledged the viral “I love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!” meme and in response, she said, “I didn’t give you nothing. I gave you the greatest meme of all time.”
Her third album, ‘Radical Optimism’, has been getting mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Pitchfork, a renowned music critics site, gave the album a score of 6.6. According to Spotify, the album debuted with 15.8 million streams globally.
Netizens are calling her another ‘Katy Perry’ due to the low streaming records.
One user on X wrote, “the katy perryification of dua lipa is now complete.”
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