The musician, who rose to fame as part of the new wave band The Go-Go\u2019s<\/a> before achieving mainstream success with her solo hit \u201cHeaven Is a Place on Earth\u201d, disagreed that performances by \u201cyoung women\u201d in the music industry are \u201cempowering\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThese days, young women in the music industry are just so sexualised. Like, what happened?\u201d she told The i Paper.<\/a> \u201cI don\u2019t get it. It\u2019s not empowering \u2013 it\u2019s embarrassing,:<\/p>\n \u201cYes, you will get attention, but not the right kind, and down the line you are going to look back and say: \u2018Wish I hadn\u2019t done that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Carlisle, 66, then singled out \u201cLevitating\u201d singer Dua Lipa, 30, stating: \u201cI mean: Dua Lipa? It\u2019s shocking! She\u2019s so talented. She doesn\u2019t need to do that.\u201d <\/p>\n Lipa, known for chart-topping songs including \u201cNew Rules\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d, is often praised for her highly energetic shows, including an acclaimed Glastonbury headline set<\/a> in 2024. <\/p>\n Her live performances have undergone an evident transformation after she was ridiculed for her \u201cwooden\u201d performances early in her career. <\/p>\n The singer subsequently added choreographer Charm La\u2019Donna and dance captain Sharon June to her team and put together an impressively physical performance at the 2024 Grammys<\/a> to prove haters wrong. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n (Getty)<\/p>\n This June, after watching Lipa\u2019s show at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, The Independent\u2019s Ellie Muir said it was \u201chard to believe the pop star\u2019s onstage prowess was ever the subject of online ridicule\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cHer stage presence [is] irrefutable as she commands the crowd into silence with a single swish of her hair,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe singer wears a diamant\u00e9-encrusted leotard as she struts down the catwalk.\u201d<\/p>\n Lipa has previously spoken out about sexism in the music industry and how women struggle to gain recognition in contrast to their male counterparts. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Dua Lipa performing at the 2024 Grammy Awards (Getty Images for The Recording A)<\/p>\n A year after the release of her first album in 2017, she told GQ<\/a>: \u201cFor a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you’re not sat down at a piano or with a guitar.\u201d <\/p>\n Lipa has since won seven Brit Awards, including British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo Artist in 2018, British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year for Future Nostalgia in 2021 and Best Pop Act in 2024, as well as three Grammy awards. <\/p>\n In June 2025, Lipa\u2019s contemporary Sabrina Carpenter was criticised for a sexualised album cover<\/a> that saw the singer, 26, on her hands and knees, while an anonymous figure in a suit holds her by her hair.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s \u2018Man\u2019s Best Friend\u2019 album cover (Facebook)<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the i interview, Carlisle, who has sold over seven million records worldwide as part of the Go-Go\u2019s, suggested that her punk image protected her from misogyny<\/a> early on in her career.<\/p>\n \u201cNo man ever messed with a Go-Go,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were like a five headed monster.\u201d <\/p>\n Carlisle went on to have a successful solo career with hits including \u201cMad About You\u201d, \u201cCircle in the Sand\u201d, \u201cLeave a Light On\u201d, and \u201cI Get Weak\u201d. But it\u2019s \u201cHeaven Is a Place on Earth\u201d that is considered her signature tune. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Belinda-Dua-Lipa-(1).png\")
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