Dua Lipa Meme: What Is Levitating Singer's Infamous Viral Dancing Moment About? Find out

Dua Lipa is a household name today, but her path to pop stardom hasn't been without challenges. In a recent interview with The Guardian, the singer opened up about a now-infamous dance move that became a viral meme and the impact it had on her early career. Lipa found herself in the spotlight for an unexpected reason after she performed at the 2018 Brit Awards. At the time, Lipa was 22 years old and performing her breakout hit “New Rules.”

However, after her performance at the Brit Awards, Lipa's onstage moves became a viral sensation – although not in the way she had hoped. Her facial expression, which many found to be “lacking energy,” combined with a particular dance move that was likened to a “pencil sharpener,” was widely mocked on social media. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Lipa reflected on how the meme's virality affected her as a young artist in her early 20s.

Dua Lipa speaks out about the humiliating meme

Dua Lipa recently revealed the negative impact a viral meme had on her in her early years as a singer. In a new interview with The Guardian, Lipa described the experience of being turned into a meme for her dance at a 2017 concert as “humiliating.”

The Albanian-British singer, who recently released her third studio album Radical Optimism, revealed in an interview with The Guardian how deeply she was touched by the jokes and memes. Dua Lipa described how the clip became a source of ridicule, especially after she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

She said: “When people took that clip of me dancing online and just turned it into a meme, and then when I won the Grammy for Best New Artist, people were like, 'She doesn't deserve it, she hasn't.' Stage presence, that's what she is.'”I won't stay here.' These things were hurtful.

Lipa further explained how the memes affected her passion for performing. “The thing that made me happiest – performing and writing songs – also really upset me because people were tearing everything I had worked on to shreds, and I had to learn it all in front of everyone.”

The jokes about her dancing sparked a wave of increasing criticism, especially as she was still discovering herself as an artist in her early twenties. The star explained that the constant criticism was particularly difficult to endure when she was in her early 20s, an age when most people were still growing and developing. “In public I discovered who I was as an artist, as a performer. This all happened when I was 22, 23 years old and still growing up. You have to build tough skin. “You have to be resilient,” she added.

Despite the criticism, Dua Lipa rose above all else

Despite the initial negativity, Lipa found vindication through her hard work. The “humiliation,” as she described it, lasted two years until the release of her 2020 album “Future Nostalgia.” The album's success culminated in a triumphant performance by Don't Start Now at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

The constant negativity didn't completely destroy her spirit, but she admitted it had a significant impact on her. “It was never that I couldn't stand up because I thought people would think about me. That didn't matter to me to that extent. But then things got the worst for me,” she shared.

But despite all the odds, Dua Lipa proved her critics wrong. Her performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards marked a turning point. “It was November 2019 when 'Don't Start Now' came out and I realized that I'm finally going to get up and dance in front of people after they've been thinking about me for so long,” she said. Her performance made a big impression and she was thrilled that people changed their minds. “And I went back and did this gig and everyone said, 'Oh, we were wrong.' I really enjoyed that.

Dua Lipa previously defended her dance moves, telling Rolling Stone earlier this year that she was incredibly busy at the time, juggling multiple responsibilities, including promotional appearances, rehearsals and travel. The singer admitted that she didn't have the luxury of devoting her time solely to perfecting her dance skills. She said: “I was thrown around the world too. A lot of promos, a lot of rehearsals, a lot of everything and I didn’t really have time to perfect anything.”

In a world where social media can amplify both praise and criticism, Dua Lipa has faced it all from a young age. Through persistence and dedication, she turned moments of humiliation into triumphs.