Dua Lipa says she was “fuelled” by haters following criticism of Grammy win for Best New Artist in 2019

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Dua Lipa has reflected on the hate she received after winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2019 – see what she had to say below.Last night (May 1), Apple Music released Dua Lipa’s near hour-long chat with Zane Lowe to speak of her upcoming third album, ‘Radical Optimism’, which is due for release on Friday, May 3 (pre-order/pre-save here).During her chat with Lowe, Dua Lipa spoke about overcoming criticism over the course of her career, particularly after she won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2019.

Lipa said to Lowe: “I think everything comes in stages and waves. There can be a moment where people really love you and you feel so supported and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is great.’ Especially in the beginning.

I was doing interviews and people were like, ‘How do you deal with hate?’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t get any hate. It’s great.’ And then that changed really quickly.”In the closing minutes of her chat with Zane Lowe, she referenced her Best New Artist win, recalling: “There were people online being like, ‘She’s not deserving of it.

She’s got no stage presence. She can’t do this. She’s not well- equipped to, she won’t be here next year’. “There was a lot of that.