Throughout Dua Lipa‘s Radical Optimism World Tour, the multilingual superstar has taken on an ambitious challenge: covering iconic songs from the countries and cities she visits, in their native language. The Latin American leg of her tour began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 7, and Spain’s portion kicked off in Madrid last May.
In an interview with Variety in October, the London-born superstar reflected on the ambitious concept, revealing she had already performed 57 unique covers at that point. “How fun would it be if every night we do a different song?” she recalled wondering. “And everyone was like, ‘Well, that’s quite ambitious.’”
“It started as we were going to do a few over the course of the tour, right?” added her bassist and bandleader, Matty Carroll. “But then we had that initial rehearsal and put three together really quickly, and then we said, ‘We could do a different one every night.’”
When it comes to singing in non-English languages, Dua Lipa admitted: “It’s very nerve-wracking! Especially when we we’re doing them in different languages, that’s definitely — my God, my playlist was on loop, all I was doing was looking at the lyrics and listening over and over for intonations and accents and how to try and perfect things in Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Czech!”
The “Don’t Start Now” hitmaker began the European leg of the tour with a rendition of Enrique Iglesias’ “Hero.”
The “Don’t Start Now” hitmaker began the European leg of the tour with a rendition of Enrique Iglesias’ “Héroe.” During her first of three shows in Mexico City (Dec. 1), she delighted fans by performing “Bésame Mucho” by Consuelito Velázquez, inspired by Luis Miguel’s rendition. Second night (Dec. 2), she teamed up with Fher from Maná for one of their most recognizable hits. And on the final night, Dec. 5, she paid tribute to the Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla, with whom she said she felt “a very special connection.” That, at the imposing GNP Seguros Stadium, was the closing show of her Radical Optimism Tour.
Here’s a breakdown of every Spanish- and Portuguese-language cover Dua Lipa performed during her trek across Spain and Latin America, in chronological order.
The post “Watch All of Dua Lipa’s Classic Spanish & Portuguese Covers From Her Latin America & Spain Tour” by Isabela Raygoza was published on 12/06/2025 by www.billboard.com



































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