Dua Lipa ‘Freaking Out a Little’ About Hosting and Performing on ‘SNL’

“We’re freaking out a little … You just don’t know what to expect, but it’s gonna be fun,” Dua Lipa told SiriusXM Hits 1 about hosting and performing on “Saturday Night Live” tomorrow (May 4). “I’m ready, I’m prepped.”

Dua just dropped her third studio album, “Radical Optimism,” her first full-length release since 2020’s “Future Nostalgia.” The new album contains the singles “Houdini,” “Training Season,” and “Illusion.”

Speaking to the “Morning Mash Up” hosts, Dua shared a recent conversation she had with “SNL” writer Bowen Yang about the last time she went on the show. “During the dress rehearsal I was really, really nervous,” Dua said. “After the dress rehearsal, we sit in a room, and it’s the whole cast. Lorne [Michaels] comes in, and we’re talking about the skits — what’s good, what’s not, what we’re gonna change.”

Dua continued, “And at that point, something just switched, and I felt like a real part of the team. And I think that’s just how I’m going to see it … It’s just a whole show together, and so it’s about everything being seamless and fun. And I guess that’s more the crux of it rather than, ‘This has to be better than this part.’ I feel for me it all has to flow and be in harmony.”

Watch Dua Lipa’s full “Morning Mash Up” interview on SiriusXM.