ELLE: Dua Lipa Liberates Europe’s Youngest Country
If you could spot Earth from the galactic retro ride pictured on Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia album cover, and zoomed through space toward Europe, then south to Croatia, and further to the heart of the Balkans, there, in Pristina, Kosovo, on a sweet summer night in August, you would find Dua Lipa stepping out onto stage—at home.
It’s possible, too, you would glean the screams of the crowd, the energy extending far beyond the lush beech tree hood of Germia Park as Lipa’s performance kicked off the return of the Sunny Hill Festival, created by her father, Dukagjin Lipa, in 2018, and postponed the following two years due to COVID. Still, the crowd’s joy stemmed from emotions deeper than any typical post-pandemic release: Dua Lipa and the festival serve as reminders to young Kosovars that the future is theirs, and that Lipa—and the world—can hear them.
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