-Dua, it's always nice
to see you.
-It's very nice to see you
-You've been on the show
a couple of times,
but we've never had
a chance to really chat.
-Yes, this is my first time on
the --
-On the couch. Good, I'm glad.
You always have a great time
here, though, right?
We have fun.
-Yes, lots of fun.
-Were we your debut?
Or we were close to your debut
-You're my very first
U.S. TV performance.
-I was?
-Mm-hmm.
-And do you remember
when you finished your song?
Do you remember --
You know what I'm about to say
-I remember it so well.
I was so excited and so nervou
and I couldn't believe
what had just happened.
-Yeah.
-And you came up on the stage,
and you were like,
"Dua Lipa, everyone!"
And I was, like "Oh, my God!
And I just hugged you.
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-So hard.
-Yeah,
you basically jumped on me
and, uh...
[ Laughter ]
With love, nothing but love.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And I appreciated that.
I really did.
I appreciated that.
-It was -- I didn't really kno
what to do at that point.
And then I was, like --
I walked offstage and was like
"He's never going to
invite me back.
He definitely thinks I'm crazy."
-No, no, I loved it.
No, I loved it
and that's what started
everyone's love affair
with you, and congrats.
You're winning awards.
-Thank you very much.
-Two Grammys.
I mean, is it exciting?
Are you freaking out?
-I'm freaking out a little bit
-Yeah.
-It definitely --
It definitely made me
work harder.
-It did, yeah.
-You know, it's --
I definitely didn't
expect anything like that
to happen on my first record
I didn't really think
my first record
was going to do what it did.
-Oh, my gosh.
-I'm just so grateful for
the response and the support
-You're off to the races, buddy.
And you even have
a cool nickname,
which I want to give props
to Wendy Williams
for giving you this nickname
'Cause, you know,
Wendy Williams by mistake
called you, "Dula Peep?"
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
It's kind of cute.
-I know.
"Dula Peep" sounds -- It shoul
be, like a cartoon or something.
I love "Dula Peep," but no
your actual fans
are calling you "Dula Peep."
-It's a full thing.
-It's a thing now.
-It's a thing now, yeah.
-And you're cool with it?
You're fine with it?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, my whole life,
I feel like my name's always
been a little difficult
to pronounce.
You never liked Dua?
-It was -- It wasn't that I --
I just didn't appreciate my name
as much growing up.
-Yeah.
-You know, being, like,
living in London,
being born in London,
having a full Albanian name,
like Dua.
People pronouncing it --
-It means love, right?
-It means love in Albanian
yeah.
-Yeah.
-Pronouncing it --
I feel, like I just
wanted a normal name.
I was like, Sarah, Hannah,
Chloe.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah.
-Anything. I'll take it.
-So, you spent
most of your childhood
in Kosovo, though, right?
-From the age of 11 to 15,
I lived in Kosovo, yeah.
-Was there many concerts?
Did many people come in to
Kosovo to --
-Not as many
as I would have liked.
I think you'd think
this was really cool,
but my first-ever show I went to
was Method Man & Redman.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-How old were you?
-I was 13.
-You went to see Wu-Tang Cla
when you were 13?
[ Laughter ]
Your parents are awesome.
Oh, my God.
-Well, we went --
basically, in Kosovo, people
only really listened to hip-hop.
Like, it was so massive ou
there and the only artists
that I guess there was such
demand for were hip-hop artists.
Going to the Method Man & Redman
show was kind of
my first introduction to
Wu-Tang.
And then, when I went to m
second show,
which was 50 Cent...
[ Laughter ]
-Wow.
-...I then I read the book
watched the movie.
-Really?
-Learned all the words.
I went fully prepared.
-Wow.
[ Laughter ]
-Massive 50 Cent fan.
-Look at you now though,
you're doing this cool thing
and you're having a festival
in Kosovo.
-Yeah.
-And making concerts so that
little girls can go to a concert
and become Dua Lipa.
Kind of, yeah.
-I mean, I would love that
I would absolutely love that
For me, it was, like I wishe
when I was living in Kosov
I had the opportunity to see
some of my favorite artist
like P!nk and Nelly Furtado or
--
-Yeah.
-You know, and no one
really came to Kosovo.
So, now we decided to star
a festival called
the Sunny Hill Festival.
-Sunny Hill Festival, yeah
Last year you had Miley Cyrus,
right?
-Yeah, we had Miley Cyrus,
who was the first internationa
female to come and perform
in Kosovo, and for me,
it was like the biggest drea
come true.
Like, just seeing how happ
and how excited people wer
to see her onstage,
and she absolutely killed it
-Yeah.
-She killed it.
She was amazing
and her energy was amazing
-She's one of the most talente
people, yeah.
-She just smashed it,
and I think --
I was so close to crying.
-Ah.
-I was so happy and so proud
It was such an amazing moment.
-Good for you that you're doin
this. I love it.
What -- you're going to be o
our show tomorrow night singing.
-Yes.
-Thank you so much
for doing that.
-[ Laughs ]
-Let's talk about the album.
"Future Nostalgia" is the name
of the album.
This is not the album cover.
This is your song.
"Don't Start Now."
-Yes. Yes.
-Do you know what the cove
is going to look like?
-I do, yeah.
I actually picked it yesterday
-[ Gasps ] Really?
Do you know when the album's
coming out?
-I do.
[ Laughter ]
-This is unbelievable.
I mean, uh...
Should you whisper it to me,
and then I won't tell anybody?
Any hints? No. Did you write
any songs about me or anything
[ Laughter ]
-There might be a couple,
that one.
[ Laughter ]
-Two songs about me?
[ Laughter ]
Well, you've got to --
Tomorrow, we'll see you perform,
and then come back
when the album's out too.
-Yeah, and I have to say
that tomorrow's performanc
is a little bit different from
what everyone else has seen,
because we're doing
a kind of orchestral...
-Really?
-...rendition of the track
-Wow, I love that
you're doing that.
-Yeah. So, it's fun.
It's, like a whole disco
orchestra vibe.
-I love it. Thank you so muc
for coming on the show.
-Thank you so much.
-I'll see you tomorrow night
