Dua Lipa closes out her new album, Future Nostalgia, with a striking ballad called “Boys Will Be Boys.” The KOZ-produced track describes women’s daily experiences with sexual harassment and sexism.
On the opening verse, she sings about using keys as protection while warding off possible attackers and cat callers: She continues by criticizing the sexism portrayed on TV: In an interview with Apple Music breaking down the track, Dua Lipa shared her inspiration for the song: I was in the studio with the team I wrote ‘Physical’ with, and was just talking about what it was like to get off the bus from school and walk home, knowing that there’d be boys on bikes around the estates, and that I’d be so f*cking sh*t scared in case they would catcall
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