Hitmakers: The songwriting secrets behind Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now

James Hanley

The first cut from Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia, Don’t Start Now debuted at No.2 last November – and has barely left the UK Top 10 since. Here, co-writer and producer Ian Kirkpatrick (pictured) reveals the secrets of a sassy, disco-inspired banger...

Dua Lipa and I met in, shit, it must have been 2016. She was one of the few artists I was inspired by at the time, whose voice would light up a record and really make a difference. On ...

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