Dua Lipa Confirms Third Album Out in 2024, Addresses Years-Long Boycott of 'New York Times' Coverage & Why She Has Her Own Media Platform

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Dua Lipa is addressing her relationship with the media. The 27-year-old “Don’t Start Now” superstar spoke out in an interview with the New York Times, out now.

During the conversation, she spoke about her third studio album, due out next year, why she’s wary about the media, having her own platform with Service95, and what she thinks about getting personal with her music. Keep reading to find out more… Find out what she had to say… On her third album, out in 2024: “The next record will still be pop, she says, lest her ‘fans have a meltdown.’ She doesn’t want to ‘alienate’ them, although she’s developing a new sound that may be informed less by the house and disco beats beneath songs like ‘Physical’ and ‘Hallucinate’ than by 1970s-era psychedelia.

She’s working with a smaller group of songwriting collaborators, supposedly including Kevin Parker of the Australian psych-rock band Tame Impala, a rumor she all but confirms by denying: ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ she says, then looks away and laughs a little.” On the media, and being wary of journalists: “Especially being in the public eye, someone’s always waiting for you to trip or fail or whatever.” On preparing for her next release: “You have no idea what the reaction is going to be once it’s out, so there’s this nervous feeling.” On her many commitments: “I don’t even want to show you my phone, because I’m embarrassed about it, but it’s really down to the minute: where I’m going, what I’m doing…wake up, glam, prep for podcast…I have to watch Succession, so I’ve got to schedule that…for as long as I’m having fun, I’m going to keep making music.

But why can’t I do other things that I love, too?” On using her voice, and her Service95 platform: “My intention