- 2020-12-20
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Donate to support families affected by the crisis in Ukraine ➔ Dua Lipa Performs “Don't Start Now” & “Levitating” on Saturday Night Live
British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa appeared on Saturday Night Live to perform “Don't Start Now” and “Levitating” on December 19th.
Initialy, she was supposed to perform on the sketch show back in March. But It was was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both songs are included on her sophomore album “Future Nostalgia”, which was released in March.
Last month, Dua Lipa was nominated for 2020 Grammy Awards. She received six nominations including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album with “Future Nostalgia”, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance with “Don't Start Now” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with “Un Día (One Day)”.
“Don't Start Now” is the first single off of the album. Dua Lipa said of song, “I chose to put this song out first so I could close one chapter of my life and start another. Into a new era with a new sound! It's about moving on and not allowing anyone to get in the way of that. It also felt like a natural first song choice as I made it with the brilliant same crew I made 'New Rules' with.”- 8aJraNvqcj0
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“Levitating” was written by Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Clarence Coffee Jr. and KOZ.
She told Apple Music about the song, “This is the first song I wrote where I really felt I had everyone on board with the concept of the album. When I was writing it, I felt like I was in Austin Powers and was like, “If I do a video for this, Mike Myers has to be in it.” It had to be fun and bubbly but with lyrics that felt really smart. This is about me exploring happy songs and doing something that's not “dance crying.” It's about having fun and meeting someone and falling in love and thinking, “You've probably met me at the perfect time, let's just go for it.” It's the feeling when love makes you feel like you're levitating. It's otherworldly. Things get quite Daft Punk-y here, but it's playful, and the middle eight is almost like my British version of Blondie's rapping. I felt like I needed to get my British side across as well on this record, because sometimes people don't actually know where I'm from.”-
- source : NBC
