In a recent interview, Dua Lipa gushed about her friendship with Katy Perry and revealed she was a huge fan before becoming friends with the "Teenage Dream" hitmaker.
"I love Katy! I am friends with Katy. I think she's amazing," the 28-year-old singer told Rolling Stone before recalling the first time she met her idol.
"That was a full-circle moment for me when she came to see my show at the Palladium because when I was 15 years old, I went to go see her at the Hammersmith Apollo in London."
According to reports, Lipa explained that she went to see Perry's California Dreams Tour and was invited onstage to dance while the latter covered Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
Dua Lipa Looks At Katy Perry as a Friend, Mentor
While the "Future Nostalgia" singer did not share much about her friendship with Perry, she confessed that earning her idol's approval meant so much to her.
"To get the nod from someone like her, someone who I look up to, is really encouraging," Lipa said.
Fans managed to dig up the pictures of Lipa onstage with several other fans and Perry during the said concert.
Lipa was grinning ear-to-ear as the fans huddled close to Perry for a group hug.
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Katy Perry Gushes About Dua Lipa
The two singers seem to have been friends and mentors for a while now because Perry once gushed about the "Training Season" singer before, People Magazine reports.
"I remember even championing Dua because I was like, 'Oh, this girl is going to be the next big girl pop star. She's the it girl, and she's coming,'" Perry said.
The "Firework" hitmaker also recalled that she went to see Lipa perform live in 2018: "It was the first season of me doing American Idol. I was like, 'I really need to get out of here by seven because I'm going to see this new artist Dua Lipa play at the Palladium.' And my co-judge Luke Bryan was like, 'Who's that?' I was like, 'Don't worry, you'll know her name.'"
According to the Daily Mail UK, Perry also gave Lipa career advice throughout the years, such as settling on a stage name and avoiding hate comments and hurtful tabloid stories.
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