Dua Lipa introduced the warmth to Glastonbury on Friday evening (June 28) — because of the pyrotechnics and fireworks, in addition to her slew of back-to-back hits — however her headlining set had a enjoyable shock as nicely.
Throughout her efficiency, the pop celebrity introduced out Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker for a duet of the band’s 2015 hit, “The Much less I Know the Higher.”
As seen in clips circulating social media, the duo traded verses earlier than coming collectively on to sing and dance round onstage throughout the refrain.
“I’ve written this second down, I’ve wished for it, I’ve dreamt it,” Lipa informed the gang of what headlining Glastonbury means to her. “Once I wrote it down, I stated I actually wish to headline the Pyramid stage on a Friday evening so I can get together the following two days at the most effective place on earth.”
Parker labored with Lipa as a co-producer and co-writer on seven tracks off her just lately launched album, Radical Optimism. “Dua had this give attention to discovering this sound, which was so elusive,” Parker beforehand stated in an interview with Elle. “But it surely was good to be within the engine room of the inventive course of, relatively than fear about being the face of it. It was the expertise that I’ve been ready for.” He described the origins of the primary single, the bouncy “Houdini,” as beginning with a bass line he plunked out weeks earlier than their session that he realized might work as soon as the singer added a “moody,” post-disco melody.
“She began singing, and it simply instantly made sense,” he added. “This sense of early-’80s sleaze, in some unusual, darkish, sweaty membership. Gloriously suffocating. Hypnotic.”
Of the songs Parker collaborated on, three grew to become U.Ok. prime 10 singles together with “Houdini,” “Coaching Season” and “Phantasm.”