Photo by Dave Simpson/Getty Images In 2015, Dua Lipa debuted with the stomping and synthy single “New Love”. Two years later, she released “New... read more
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More facts about Smuggler's BluesDua Lipa didn't write her breakthrough single, "Be The One," but the deceptively upbeat song of romantic desperation aligns with the singer-songwriter's method of juxtaposing melancholy lyrics with a danceable beat. "I quite often refer to my music as 'dance-crying,'" she said.
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