50 Friendship Bracelet Ideas For Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour’s Asian Leg

Dua Lipa’s idea of a ‘Training Season’ is watching various boys with buzzcuts surround her in a chic cafe. Each flirtatious, animalistic quip sends her closer to finding an exit in the gentleman’s bathroom—do note that she’s the man around here. But in the fan girl world, things are a bit different! The annual World Cup, if you will, is that glorious second when our eyes befall upon our favorites right in front of us. That period between is essentially our “go time.” When someone blows the whistle, aka tickets go on sale, we’re set on doing things swiftly. Whether it’s banners, our outfits, or even, in this case, friendship bracelets, we’ve got it down to the minute. We know exactly how to be so organized that the end product is glorious! It’s just the fan girl way. 

So, see Dua Lipa announcing Asian dates for her Radical Optimism Tour as perching the whistle right between her dazzling teeth. The sound that blasts out is the frantic go sign. Never fear, though. We’ll help you! We’ve got a list of 50 ideas, from lyrics on the album to inspired phrases, that’ll look so cute on friendship bracelets. We’ve even helped you one step further by listing various charms and beads accompanying its theme! So you’ll be the disco ball of your concert!

‘End Of An Era’

Oceanic blues and shadows of ivory matching a shark’s tail are bound to be your color scheme for these bracelets. But what about pinks? If we’re truly diving into the eras of Dua, then Future Nostalgia should also be showcased here, right? Therefore, these “Sky Aurora Cloud Beads” are perfect! You can also use these confetti-flecked letter beads to spell out the below lyrics and phrases: 

• “The sweetest pleasure”
• “Makes me an optimist”
• “Another girl falls in love”
• “Hopelessly romantic”
• “In the clouds”
• (Dua’s Version)
• Eras of Dua

‘Houdini’

What could get more magical than our celestial Queen, who’s most likely on another space road trip, the moon in her rearview? Well, these charms! How about pendants shaped like colorful opaque stars with rims going around them so they look like planets? They’re here! Or we haven’t shaken ourselves out of the childlike excitement of glow-in-the-dark anything! So, of course, we’re obsessed with these star-like globe charms. Why not continue with the theme by using these letters?

• “Solar eclipse”
• “Catch me, or I go”
• Accio Dua

‘Training Season’

Sure, the ‘Training Season’ that Dua’s referring to may link to a human dating pool. However, such lyrics about horses relate to her ‘Love Again’ music video. So, obviously, we’re about to run with the animal theme here! We’re thinking of these rocking horse charms, horseshoe pendants, and cowboy hats and boots for the whole cowgirl experience! We’re galloping over and snatching up these acrylic brown letter beads to spell out the below:

• “Poison that I’m drawn to”
• “Compass in your nature”
• “Love feels like a rodeo”
• “Hits me like an arrow”
• “Play fair”
• “Convеrsation overload”
• Enlisted by Dua

‘These Walls’

If ‘These Walls’ surrounding the making of our Dua-inspired friendship bracelets could talk, it would probably wonder just how one could find charms to fit this song. Heh! It doesn’t have us now, does it? Playing on the wall’s personified communication, we could look into mouth-shaped charms such as these! Then continue with the playing of reds not only seen in the lips but also Dua’s top on the ‘These Wall’s visualizer through these letter beads!

• “Walls could talk”
• “Go and face your fears”

‘Whatcha Doing’

‘Whatcha Doing?’ Continuing to make friendship bracelets, of course. That is until every new friend that we make during Dua’s Asian leg of the Radical Optism Tour’s arms get covered in them. But you probably already knew that and how easily our retort flowed out from that song-titled-laced question! We’re thinking of “Crystal Floral Cross” pendants and snazzy bath ducks with black sunglasses and hats. Is there ever going to be a jazz-inspired ‘Whatcha Doing?’ We need it! Perhaps use these letter beads with Dua’s black and white coat in the visualizer? 

• “Headin’ for collision”
• “Lost my 20/20 vision”
• “Control is my religion”

‘French Exit’

We have more ideas for you before you make a ‘French Exit’ from this friendship bracelet session! What about these clock charms for where you’re constantly searching for the time? Watching the hands slowly tick by? Or perhaps an Eiffel Tower pendant to bring some French culture to Asia? These perfectly match the iconic blue, white, and red letter beads!

• “I just can’t relate to the words of this love song”
• “Everybody’s still dancin’”
• “Filer à l’anglaise”
• “Only fix is time”

‘Illusion’

There’s absolutely no ‘Illusion’ here! With our help, your friendship bracelets will be the hit of the Radical Optimism Tour. How many have you made thus far? Reckon, is there time for some more before you do the finishing touches on your outfit? We’re thinking of royal flushes with these adorable ace charms for this one. Then, these colorful disco beads are perfect for dancing through a crowd full of red flags! It’s a no-brainer that we’re also using red letter beads. 

• “Miss a red flag”
• “Lover on a pedestal”
• “Play your cards right”
• “Fall for an illusion”
• “Dance with the illusion”
• “Dance all night”

‘Falling Forever’

We’re ‘Falling Forever’ for Dua. We mean, quite clearly, as we’ve written it down in our inspired phrases to put on our friendship bracelets! But we need to make that love known, you know? Thankfully, there are so many cute love heart charms to choose from. What about these early 2000s-inspired candy heart charms with “Be Mine” written across them? Or spell out Dua’s initials with these colorful hearts with letters engraved inside them? Or, if you’re settling for something simple, these rhinestone hearts are so pretty! We’re genuinely in the mood for love here, so with continuing with the theme, why not splurge on these heart-shaped letter beads, too?

• “Every flame has to get colder”
• “Tomorrow and beyond”
• “Eternity’s impossible to measure”
• Falling for Dua

‘Anything For Love’

We could play off the above theme with ‘Anything For Love,’ as it also deals with love hearts! But we wanted to do something different, so we’re looking at the candy-coated line centered around Danny (most likely British producer and composer Danny L Harle). These glittering sweet packet charms, or perhaps fruit clay reminiscent of rock candy, exist. How about some gummy bears? We’re in love with these acrylic letter beads to finish your bracelet off!

• “Salted licorice”
• “Too many options”
• Anything for Dua

‘Maria’

Say your romantic partner hasn’t embraced singlehood forever, so they have a string of exes. Instead of a remake of a bitter country song, Dua sees her lover’s past interests as cupids, those who made him the person she adores today. Therefore, we have an ode to ‘Maria.’ We can play on this with metallic heart-shaped pendants of cupids or even arrow charms! Then, diving into heart-shaped letters once again.

• “Somewhere in his heart”
• “Love comes young”
• “Lovers that make you change”
• “Time after time”

‘Happy For You’

Similarly in tune, ‘Happy For You’ touches on being content with someone who was once dear to you moving on. There are no frowning lines here or resentful eye-rolls. Instead, our faces match these multi-color cartoon smiley face pendants and similar beads! You could even go with something that makes you happy, like flowers or donuts. The options are endless! Then, to match a fiery lyric, we can write it out with flaming red letter beads.

• “Hot as h*ll”
• “Everything you deserve”
• Happy for Dua

Bonus Round: Asian Leg Themed

What are we missing? Friendship bracelets inspired by the actual place, duh. Of course, we need some for the actual leg of the tour she’s about to go on. Think of this like those tourist shirts sold on street corners where the place follows a massive heart because we love this continent so much. And so does Dua. We also can’t stop raving about the food, so these sushi charms are necessary! As for the color scheme of our letter beads, we’re going with blue. Blue is on the ASEAN member states flag and symbolizes peace and stability. 

• Dua ❤️ [selected Asian stopover]
• [selected Asian stopover]’s Radical Optimism
• Tetteitekina rakkan shugi
• Dualingo [language of your selected Asian stopover. For example, Japanese!]

Dua’s synonymous with “selling out immediately,” so may the odds forever be in your favor of snatching up these tickets! Look below at the various dates, and if one catches your attention, head over to her website for more information. And if you are one of the lucky ones with infinite amounts of Radical Optimism to get you through those stressful hours, glance over the relevant information closer to the date. A plastic baggie, for example, does wonders when carrying your friendship bracelets. 

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