Hitmaker of the Month: Caroline Ailin on Writing Dua Lipa’s Grammy-Nominated ‘Don’t Start Now’
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variety.comEllise Shafer administratorThe inspiration for Dua Lipa’s Grammy-nominated hit “Don’t Start Now” struck songwriter Caroline Ailin during a night out with co-writers Ian Kirkpatrick and Emily Warren at a bar in Wyoming.
The theme for the night? Disco, of course.“We went to a Jackson Hole cowboy bar and had this wild night out and it was really fun, but we also got really inspired,” Ailin, who was born and raised in Norway, tells Variety. “They were playing ‘I Will Survive’ and all those songs that night.”The three brought back the idea for the song and wrote it with Lipa, who Ailin says “took it and just really brought it to life.” “We were like, ‘Okay, oh shit.
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