Dua Lipa Responds to Criticism About Her Lyrics Not Being Personal: 'I Just Naturally Hold Back'
On '60 Minutes,' the British pop singer explained why she opts not to reveal her "private life" through music.
In her music, pop singer Dua Lipa refuses to share more than what she's comfortable with.
The three-time Grammy winner is known for her biggest hits being dance songs, and while her music keeps fans energized, some critics have complained that her lyrics lack a particular narrative. Lipa appeared on a new episode of CBS program 60 Minutes, where she responded to such grievances.
"It’s something that I just naturally hold back,” Lipa told journalist Anderson Cooper around the 30-second mark of the video below. "Some people are just so ruthless with their own private life that they decide to put it all out in a song because they know that it’s gonna attract people’s attention."
She continued, "For me, it was always important to make music that people really loved, not because I was putting someone out on blast, not because I’m doing it for the clickbait at maybe someone else’s expense."
But ahead of the May 3 release of her third album, Radical Optimism, Lipa told Billboard that the project was "more personal in a way that maybe people haven’t heard from me before."
"For a long period of time I was like, ‘What do I keep for myself, what do I put out there?'” she told the outlet. "'How do I talk about my stories while also not putting my whole personal life on blast?’ It’s quite a vulnerable position to put yourself in, whereas for this record, I felt so free in telling my stories and talking about my experiences."
"I think that also just came from my confidence as a songwriter and knowing what is asked of me and knowing what this job requires," she continued. "Whether it’s heartbreak or if the people that you thought were the ones you knew so well aren’t actually who they made out to be, all of those are lessons in life."
