Dua Lipa Shut Down A Music Video Director Who Insisted She Wear A Skirt: ‘I Know How To Stand My Ground’

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Dua Lipa is not interested in being passed over or looked down upon in the music video. Lipa caught up with the appropriately titled Attitude Magazine for the publication’s December 2020 issue.

The “New Rules” singer reflects on the time a music video director insisted she wear a skirt during production. Lipa, 25, firmly opposed the request.

RELATED: Dua Lipa Announces ‘Studio 2054’ Event “You’re on a music video and the director goes, ‘I definitely think you need to wear a skirt’ – because someone wants to see, you know, ‘U.K.’s pop star in a cute outfit,'” she says. “I’m like, ‘Well, I’m going to wear trousers because it’s f***ing freezing.’ I know how to stand my ground and hold it down.” Lipa understands the necessity to prove yourself