Dua Lipa

My parents never pushed me towards music. I feel like, growing up in a musical household and always being surrounded by it, I was always kind of a performer child. I remember my parents would have guests over, and they would bring their kids, and I would make sure that we were ready to put a show on.

For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar, you know?

I'm learning to accept myself. I'm still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it's been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.

My goal is to get my music out to as many people as possible. That a song of mine is being played on the radio so far away from home really, really pushes me. It's everything I've dreamed of.

I still take a lot of pride in being able to write my own songs. My story's coming from me.

Traveling is the worst for skin, and it shows instantly. Once you're working non-stop, you can instantly see it.

I feel like I wear kind of the same things on stage that I would wear every day, unless I'm being lazy, and then I just wear trackies. But actually, if I'm honest, I wouldn't really walk down Kilburn High Street in a leotard, and I would wear that onstage.

I can't dance. If I try, I'll trip onstage.

My father was a musician, so I feel like falling into this career was a bit inevitable.

I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless.

When I think of artists I love, like J. Cole, it's the storytelling that grabs me. I want to be honest with my music.

I'm heavily influenced by the Nineties - I love juxtaposing a slip dress with trainers and a vintage leather jacket.