Dua Lipa
Hugo Comte*You need some real chutzpah to name your sophomore album Future Nostalgia. Dua Lipa can talk it, walk it, sing it, dance it.
The British pop artist is creating future nostalgia with a swag of hits including “Levitating”, “Physical,” her “Cold Heart” collaboration with Elton John, and others.
Despite the pandemic keeping most of us locked up and distanced from our buddies, Lipa has had it all her own way in pop music. In recent years, she’s bagged three Grammy Awards, winning for Best female Solo Artist, and Album of the Year at the Brit Awards, and “Levitating” triumphed as the No. 1 hit on Billboard‘s 2021 year-end Hot 100 Songs chart.
With her delayed Future Nostalgia Tour rebooted and ready to hit the road, Lipa will get to exercise those hits to patient fans around the globe.
On Thursday night (Feb. 3), Lipa stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to discuss her live show, wearing next-to-nothing when Elton called to do business, and more.
The forthcoming world tour is “massively different” to the trek that was planned for 2020, she tells Colbert. For starters, the album dropped in March 2020, around the time when the WHO declared the pandemic. Lockdown, it turned out, was a good time for millions to do little else but stream Future Nostalgia. “This time I’ve done a lot of audience research and I feel like I know what songs people like…it’s the very best of,” she says of her live show.
“Cold Heart” returned Elton John to the top of the charts in the U.K. and Australia after a long absence. The song, remixed by Aussie electronic production trio Pnau, had an awkward origin.
Lipa was hanging in Los Angeles, writing songs for a new album when Elton called, pitching the song. On Facetime. “I was in a bikini and a cowboy hat,” she recounts. “I wouldn’t have it any other way. It was perfect.”
During the chat, Lipa flipped the script and played host for a moment, engaging with Colbert in a deep-and-meaningful about how his faith overlaps with comedy.
Watch below.
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Live from London, it is Saturday Night Live.
The legendary sketch comedy institution officially launched its UK edition on March 21 with Saturday Night Live UK, featuring former SNL cast member Tina Fey as host and British indie rock group Wet Leg as the episode’s musical guest.
This global expansion of Lorne Michaels’ famous NBC program began with Fey’s opening monologue, which included unexpected cameos from Michael Cera and UK television personality Graham Norton.
“It’s an absolute honour and kind of historic,” Fey told the crowd. “Guys, I am the youngest person to ever host SNL UK!”
During the broadcast, Wet Leg delivered performances of two songs taken from their second album Moisturizer, which opened at Number 6 on Billboard’s Top Rock and Alternative Albums chart and also climbed to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.
The band first appeared performing the record’s fourth single “Mangetout,” a Grammy nominated song that also earned a place on Billboard’s list of the 20 best UK and Ireland songs of 2025. Later in the show they returned to play the album’s lead single “Catch These Fists.”
After their appearance on SNL UK, Wet Leg will travel back to the United States for a series of major festival dates including Coachella, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. Their US tour is scheduled to begin April 15 at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California.
Upcoming episodes of SNL UK have also been confirmed. Wolf Alice will serve as musical guest on the March 28 episode hosted by Jamie Dornan, while Kasabian will perform on the April 2 show with Riz Ahmed as host.
The show is broadcast on Sky in the United Kingdom and is available to stream on Peacock in the United States. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first episode attracted more than 220,000 viewers on Sky. It was released in the US on March 22 via Peacock.
You can watch Wet Leg’s SNL UK performances below.
