Dua Lipa style 2023

Why are we all so obsessed with Dua Lipa? Well, that’s actually a pretty easy question to answer. The Albanian music artist first captured us with her endless stream of dance floor hits, then with her effortless sense of style. She’s also about to star in the Barbie movie, no doubt continuing an acting career. Naturally, all of this 10/10 behavior had us fascinated by Dua Lipa’s dating history.

While you might be across the singer’s more famous past relationships (ahem, the Anwar Hadid years), you may not know about some of the seriously juicy rumored flings. Many of her relationships (and maybe situationships) have inspired some of her stand-out tracks — see if you can guess who might be the topic of which hit song, as we take a look back at Dua Lipa’s dating history below.

2015 – 2019: Isaac Carew

Dua Lipa’s first serious public relationship was with British model and chef Isaac Carew — but it wasn’t smooth sailing. The couple were on/off for years, dating until 2017 before breaking up, then reuniting again in 2018.

It seemed like things were pretty serious — Lipa even brought Carew as her date to the 2019 Met Gala. However, their relationship broke down shortly after the event and they split up for good in late 2019.

2017-2018: Paul Klein

During her off-period with Isaac Carew, Dua Lipa dated Paul Klein, one half of pop band LANY. They were together for around five months in total, but while their relationship was relatively brief, the feelings were pretty intense — at least on Klein’s side. He told Harper’s Bazaar that their breakup was one of the hardest experiences he had been through to date.

“I never felt a pain like that,” he said. “I’m not trying to be dramatic here. I think that was the first time I’ve ever been in love, and I never felt anything like that in my life.”

2019 – 2021: Anwar Hadid

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 24: (L-R) Anwar Hadid and Dua Lipa attend the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Easily Dua Lipa’s most famous public relationship was with Anward Hadid, little brother of Gigi and Bella Hadid. According to Lipa, the couple initially met at a casual event and she took the initiative, sliding into Hadid’s DMs with great success.

Their relationship was smooth sailing for two years — Lipa told Rolling Stone in early 2021 “I’m very comfortable in the relationship, more so than any others,” adding that writing her album Future Nostalgia was about figuring out how to sing about love without it seeming “cheesy.” “When I was creating the first album, a lot of what was going on in my life was about heartbreak. This time around, I was feeling so happy and things were going so well,” she told the publication.

Sadly, once COVID-19 lockdowns were over, Dua Lipa had to return to London to create new music, while Anwar Hadid headed to New York for modeling. The distance reportedly led to a strain on their relationship, and the couple broke up in December 2021.

2022: Arón Piper

Around six months after splitting from Hadid, Dua Lipa was spotted spending time with actor Arón Piper — star of popular series Elite. Fans filmed the pair dancing at a Madrid nightclub — Lipa was in town on tour for her album.

While their chemistry is off the charts in that clip, no future news broke suggesting the pair were dating (or even hooking up), and just days later footage emerged of FKA Twigs and Piper making out, so lets just chalk this one up to a seriously good d-floor tune.

2022: Trevor Noah

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: Trevor Noah attends the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )

Another steamy rumor about Dua Lipa’s dating history is that she was briefly seeing comedian Trevor Noah. We do know they at least had dinner together in September — but when he was asked by The Hollywood Reporter if the rumors were true, he laughed them off.

Lipa then confirmed via her podcast that she was absolutely, definitely single.

2022: Jack Harlow

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 03: (L-R) Jack Harlow and Dua Lipa attend Variety’s 2022 Hitmakers Brunch at City Market Social House on December 03, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The reason this rumored relationship between Dua Lipa and Jack Harlow was so widespread comes down to some song lyrics. Harlow penned an entire track dedicated to Lipa before any gossip began about a potential love story. In the song, titled “Dua Lipa,” the lyrics run “Dua Lipa, I’m tryna do more with her than do a feature.”

According to Page Six, Harlow called Lipa via FaceTime to get her blessing to release the song. While the conversation was reportedly quite awkward, the duo then met in real life at the Variety Hitmakers Brunch in December 2022, and hit it off. From there, they were apparently in “constant communication,” with a source saying  “he was very interested in her, and was going to strongly pursue [the romance].”

None of this was ever confirmed by either star, however.

2023: Romain Gavras

Here is a rumor with a little more substance to it. In January 2023, reports flew that Dua Lipa was spotted leaving the BAFTAs after party with a mystery man, who turned out to be Romain Gavras — a filmmaker who has been behind major music videos for Kanye West and M.I.A, and also used to date Rita Ora. The pair were then seen in Paris during Fashion Week, leaving the Saint Laurent show holding hands.

The Daily Mail reported via a source that “the couple have been quietly getting to know each other for months,” and while neither Lipa nor Gavras have made anything official (Instagram or press statement-wise), it definitely seems like love is in the air for these two.