Dua Lipa lights up the December issue of Attitude Magazine and makes it one to remember.

Riding the wave of major wins at the GRAMMYs, the British starlet has been blazing charts on a global scale with bops such as ‘Don’t Start Now’ and ‘Levitating.’

Within the feature’s inner pages, the 25-year-old opens up about the elevation of her star (to levels some have called “Gay Icon”), as well as the hurdles she faces as a female artist, and much more.

The feature comes as Lipa gears up to perform at the 2020 American Music Awards.

Peep pics and quotes below…

On Hurdles In Music:

“A lot of people see it, particularly in pop music, that you’re manufactured or whatever, so you have this underlying pressure or anxiety to constantly prove [yourself] to people, especially when you write your own lyrics.

While I was creating my first record [2017’s self-titled Dua Lipa], when I would go into the studio sessions, I felt like I needed to prove to the people I was going in the room with that I could write and that I do this myself and that I am an artist, [that] I’m not just going to sit there in the room and wait for somebody to write a song for me. You have to work a little bit harder to be taken seriously.””

On The Title “Gay Icon”:

“It’s really hard to refer to myself as that. But I’m trying to channel that energy…

I’m [just] grateful to have such an incredible community filled with so much love, so much enthusiasm, so much creativity – you know how you go, ‘sugar and spice makes everything nice?’ That’s what the gay community has.”

On Standing Her Ground:

“If someone’s saying something [that I don’t agree with], ‘I’m not going to do that, I’m going to do this.’

It creates maybe a weird energy, but it’s something that has to be said and addressed. I’m quite good at that.”

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[Photo Credit: Attitude / Jonas Bresnan]