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Are you red-y for Dua Lipa’s upcoming third album? Credit: Instagram/@DuaLipa

Where for art thou Insta, Dua Lipa? Oh! There it is, back with a fiery bang courtesy of one up-close-and-personal shot of the pop supernova.

If you’ll recall, Lipa’s 88 million fans woke to the Grammy Award winner having wiped her entire feed, with every balmy bikini shot, chintzy stadium tour outfit and luxury label-laden Instagram dump archived and gone without a trace.

However, the hiatus didn’t last long, with Lipa making a red-hot return to the grid with a very Gerri Halliwell-approved look.

“Miss me?” was the caption Lipa wrote to accompany her first photo in her new era, with the pattern of the Future Nostalgia swiping her grid to announce new music seemingly reoccurring in anticipation of her third studio album.

But, it’s not just a social media move that signals impending music, it’s a shake-up in the hair salon, too.

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Dua Lipa has debuted a fresh red hair colour in anticipation for her upcoming album. Credit: Instagram/@DuaLipa

As seen in the new picture, Lipa has eschewed her signature jet-black locks for a pumpkin-spice shade of auburn.

In the photo, Lipa is lying down with her hands crossed across her body, so there’s not too much to comment on the length front.

Thanks to Lipa’s trend-setting track record, it’s only a matter of time before the red hue resurgences from when it was abandoned at the dye station in the peak of 2021.

Yet, with Lipa adorning a red, white and blue striped shirt for the photo, it may appear that the pop star is embracing her British roots with an ode to Ginger Spice.

Sure, the zeitgeist is currently fascinated with Posh Spice thanks to David Beckham’s new Netflix docuseries, but given that Halliwell was the original sonic renegade—our Gen-Z audience mightn’t be aware that Ginger Spice’s solo career caused the girl band to go on an “indefinite hiatus”—we wouldn’t be surprised that Lipa could be the one to turn our allegiance to Halliwell in time for Halloween.

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Geri Halliwell of British all-girl singing group the Spice Girls at the Brit Awards, 24th February 1997. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)