Dua Lipa's tribute to the castells in her new single 'Illusion', recorded in Barcelona

Dua Lipa is one of the most relevant artists of the last decade.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
11 April 2024 Thursday 17:19
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Dua Lipa's tribute to the castells in her new single 'Illusion', recorded in Barcelona

Dua Lipa is one of the most relevant artists of the last decade. The British-Albanian singer released her debut album in 2017 and since then, her career has taken off to stratospheric levels. The performer of songs like New Rules, Do n't Start Now or Physical, among many others, she has just released a new single that will be part of her next studio album, Radical Optimism. It is about the song Illusion, which has raised great expectations in our country for being filmed in the emblematic pools of Montjuïc, in Barcelona.

If Dua Lipa has shown anything, it is that her great passion after music is traveling. The singer has generated a multitude of memes around her due to the fact that every month she is in a different geographical country, enjoying different cultures and cuisines. However, it seems that Barcelona has stolen her heart, since she has decided to shoot her latest video clip in Barcelona.

Premiered this Friday, in the images you can see the artist dancing in different parts of the pool area with Barcelona in the background. Dua Lipa appears accompanied by dancers and synchronized swimming swimmers, and even at a given moment in the video clip, you can see a reference to the human towers, a human structure that is an iconic tradition in Catalonia.

In the video you can see how in a kind of tower made of metal, dancers appear and the IDGAF performer appears at the top, with the city of Barcelona in the background. Dua Lipa is the 'enxaneta' of the castle. There are many who have found a clear parallel with the Catalan tradition. "Catalan Dua Lipa? She has put human towers in her new music video," says a user on X, formerly Twitter. "Dua Lipa and her reference to the human towers," writes another Internet user.

The truth is that the artist has proven to be a great lover of the Catalan city. During these previous days, Dua Lipa has not hesitated to walk through the streets of Barcelona as if she were just another tourist. Clinging to the arm of her boyfriend, Callum Turner, they have decided to have some ice cream at a well-known ice cream parlor in the city and have visited tourist enclaves.

And that's not all. This Thursday, the artist ended her trip to Barcelona with a private concert at the Palau Sant Jordi for the 14,000 people who attended the McDonald's world convention. Without a doubt, Dua Lipa loves Barcelona, ​​but her Barcelona fans love her even more, who have not been able to avoid proclaiming from the rooftops how proud they are that she has used the city as a filming location for the new song. she.