Dua Lipa Is Doing the Homework: Why She Reads as an Honorary Latina
She walked onstage and sang in our language. Then, she opened Instagram and showed the receipts. On Oct. 14, Dua Lipa posted that she had “graduated” in GCSE Spanish and thanked her teacher by name, adding “the best teacher!!!!!” The story sat beside a certificate screen-grab and a huge smile. The timing, after all, matters. She has been folding Spanish into her set, city by city, and treating our classics with care.
These are all the times Dua Lipa has honored Latino and Hispanic cultures:
A bilingual hit set the table: “Un Día (One Day)”
Back in 2020, she released the bilingual single with J Balvin and Bad Bunny, produced by Tainy. She sings in English and Spanish on the track. The video stars Úrsula Corberó.
Dua Lipa in Madrid: “Héroe” lands in Spanish
In May 2025, during the Radical Optimism Tour, she covered Enrique Iglesias’s “Héroe” in Madrid. She performed it entirely in Spanish.
Miami called. “Conga” answered
In September 2025, she surprised Miami with “Conga,” honoring Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. Rolling Stone listed the cover in its roundup of the tour’s best tributes. At the show, she framed the song as a perfect snapshot of Miami’s mix, saying it needs no introduction, according to local coverage and fan videos.
Dua Lipa’s running promise: a local cover every stop
At the tour kickoff in Melbourne, she told the crowd, “To make my life a little bit harder, I thought, ‘Why don’t I do a new song every night?’ Let’s do a local artist in every place we’re in.”
From “Me Gustas Tú” to arena sing-alongs
In Madrid’s second night, she wove in “Me Gustas Tú” by Manu Chao. Fan videos spread fast. Later in Miami, she saluted a different pop lineage with Ariana Grande’s “One Last Time.” Both choices are part of a larger cover canon that moved from Latin rock to U.S. radio staples.
