Dua Lipa has opened up about the extremely demanding regime she follows while on tour as she prepares to embark on her sixth tour for new album Radical Optimism.
The seven-time Brit Award winner, 28, chatted to Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on the latest episode of their hit podcast Dish From Waitrose.
When asked by Nick, 39, if her eating habits were drastically different while on tour, Dua said: “Unfortunately. But I guess once I get in the swing of things and I have a routine and my body is really strong and healthy, just go into resistance mode.
‘Then I’m fine because my body is already at a certain level. But yes, you can’t drink it. I can’t eat hot sauce,” she said, adding that she mainly eats steaks and vegetables.
Her strict but healthy eating routine is accompanied by an equally grueling exercise program.
Dua Lipa has opened up about the extremely demanding regime she follows while on tour as she prepares to embark on her sixth tour for new album Radical Optimism.
The seven-time Brit Award winner, 28, chatted to Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on the latest episode of their hit podcast Dish From Waitrose.
“It’s like rehearsing, not drinking, working out, just consecutively preparing for all the shows coming up.” Also, I haven’t been keen on doing a proper tour for a year, so I have to build up my stamina before going to festivals.
“So, it’s just running, dancing, singing, all at the same time, to make sure I can do it once the adrenaline hits too.
Explaining that he sings and dances when he rehearses, he clarified: ‘I have to make sure that while we do new dance moves, a certain move doesn’t make my voice shake.’
While traveling the world, the two-time Grammy-winning superstar makes sure to take time to enjoy the city she’s in, admitting that “it’s all about the food.”
“I think about the trip and then I think about the food, and I start journaling it so I can book places to eat, and my whole day revolves around food and then everything else.”
The One Kiss singer said that, surprisingly, when she’s on tour she has “more downtime.”
Because I only have to think about the show that night. So it’s all about finding the best restaurant in whatever city I’m in, the best as a museum, things to see, being a real tourist in the city, like it’s my favorite thing to do.’
Speaking about the time she spent working on her second studio album Future Nostalgia, which was released on March 27, 2020, Dua was candid about how the sudden impact of COVID-19 and eventually the global lockdown changed her expectations.
When asked by Nick, 39, if her eating habits were drastically different while on tour, Dua said: “Unfortunately. But I guess once I get into the swing of things and have a routine.
Detailing her strict workout routine, Dua added: “So, it’s just running, dancing, singing, all at the same time, to make sure I can do it once the adrenaline hits too.”
“It’s like rehearsals, no drinking, working out, just consecutively preparing for all the shows coming up,” he explained (pictured on tour in 2022).
“I was really excited about Future Nostalgia and making a really fun dance disco record, and I thought, when it comes out, people will dance to it in the clubs, it’ll come out and I’ll listen to it everywhere. And then lockdown happens.”
At the time, the singer admitted that it was “the complete opposite” of how she envisioned the album’s release, although she commented: “But I believe everything happens for a reason.
“The amount of people who have just come in and said, I’ve done all my kitchen dance parties to this album, and it helped me get up and exercise in the morning and, whatever it was, this was exactly the way in which I guess they were supposed to listen to it.
Detailing the choice behind her latest title, Radical Optimism, the British-Albanian singer said: “I basically started thinking about album three, and I already had the title Radical Optimism, which for me was just about resilience, and if things no You don’t go on your way, you just keep going.
‘It actually reminded me a lot of the time I was going through and with Future Nostalgia, not really knowing what was going to happen there.
“And then it was possible for us to start touring in 2022, so we put on ninety-seven shows in one year,” Dua revealed.
During her lengthy chat, the Barbie actress talked about what it was like getting her final call to headline Glastonbury this year, joining the likes of Coldplay and SZA, which she said she “manifested.”
‘I got the call in November 2022. At the end of my Future Nostalgia tour. I was like I came back from Australia and I remember checking my email and it just said “Glastonbury” and I thought, oh, this is interesting.
‘I opened the email and said, ‘Oh my God! I can not believe what I’m reading. I only had to refresh it a couple of times to see that I wasn’t like I was stumbling and I wasn’t under the illusion of jet lag at the time.
“It was just the best email ever,” he gushed.
“I don’t think I ever… never checked my email, after that?” I never looked at my emails again, because it was all downhill from there. It was so surreal. But when I was writing my first album, I’m really into dream boards and manifesting and whatever, and I’d written about it on my third record, I’d love to headline Glastonbury.
“And also that I would love to work with Tame Impala.”
During her lengthy chat, the Barbie actress talked about what it was like getting the call to headline Glastonbury this year (pictured at the Grammys in February).