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Get familiar with Dua Lipa, pop’s next great hope.

if you take Ariana’s vocal chops, Taylor’s real-life-to-rhyme-scheme songwriting and Tove Lo’s enter-with-your-middle-finger-raised attitude and gloss it all with Katy’s candy-coated production aesthetic, you’ll come close-ish to Dua Lipa. This Kosovar-Albanian Brit is poised for a big 2017: Her second single, “Be the One,” is a hit in Australia and Europe, she’s on the short list for the BRIT Critics’ Choice Award (previous winners include the likes of Adele and Sam Smith) and she’s got a hugely anticipated debut album coming out soon. We caught up with the 21-year-old at home in London during a rare quiet block in her calendar.