Dua Lipa Performs ‘Illusion’ and ‘Happy For You’

Dua Lipa pulled double duty as host and musical visitor throughout Saturday Evening Keep on May perhaps probably four.

In in in between her hilarious sketches (collectively with a dissection of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing beef), the 28-yr-outdated pop star carried out two songs from her just-unveiled third studio album, Radical Optimism.

With an introduction from fellow pop star and preceding tourmate Troye Sivan, Lipa opened with the summery “Illusion,” which served as the 3rd a single from her new LP. For her 2nd efficiency, the artist acquired an intro from comedian Jerry Seinfeld prior to launching into a passionate provide of “Happy For You,” which closes out Radical Optimism.

Lipa’s 11-track Radical Optimism — her initial acceptable album provided that 2020’s Possible Nostalgia — arrived Friday (May perhaps properly three) and also traits beforehand released singles “Houdini” and “Training Period.” The preceding debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Sizzling one hundred chart, though the latter entered the chart at No. 27.

“[Releasing the album] feels great. It feels for lack of a a great deal superior term — radically optimistic,” she beforehand advised Billboard, appropriate prior to detailing the method powering the album go more than, which options the singer floating in a massive open up ocean experiencing a shark fin. “Throughout the entire report, there’s this notion of chaos taking spot about and me attempting to press by it in a way that feels genuine and sincere to me.”

Saturday’s SNL marks Lipa’s 3rd time displaying up as musical visitor on the prolonged-functioning sketch comedy show and her initially time hosting. The “Levitating” singer was beforehand a musical guest in 2018 and 2020.

Subsequent Saturday’s episode, period 49 will wrap up with two new episodes: May perhaps 11, with preceding SNL star Maya Rudolph world-wide-web hosting for a 3rd time and Vampire Weekend as musical guest for a fourth time, and May perhaps properly 18 with Jake Gyllenhaal world-wide-web hosting a 3rd time and Sabrina Carpenter creating her musical-visitor debut.

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