{"id":392950,"date":"2026-04-15T06:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/392950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:53:17","slug":"dua-lipa-matches-cocktails-to-her-very-favorite-songs-in-tasting-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/392950\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Matches Cocktails to Her Very Favorite Songs in \u2018Tasting Notes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a fun one: In a twist on our Toast to Cinema<\/a> series, we asked pop star Dua Lipa to make cocktails inspired by her favorite songs.<\/p>\n

So, what did she have on her menu? Up first, a dirty vodka martini (hold the vermouth!), inspired by fellow British icon Sade\u2019s \u201cSmooth Operator.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWhen a martini\u2019s good, it just hits\u2014it\u2019s smooth, it\u2019s delicious, and listening to Sade at the same time feels like the perfect moment,\u201d Lipa explains. (That sounds about right to us.) Up next was a twist on a White Russian, inspired by Lipa\u2019s own song \u201cHoudini,\u201d<\/a> the first single from her third album, Radical Optimism. \u201cThe good thing about this is everything happens in the glass. Less washing up, more fun,\u201d the ever-efficient Lipa observes. (The special ingredients? A dash of Sambuca and, in addition to the Kahl\u00faa, a chilled espresso shot\u2026 Lipa is Nespresso\u2019s Global Brand Ambassador, after all!) And the drink, like the club-ready song, has \u201call the energy you need in a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The third drink in the mix is a highball, inspired by Lipa\u2019s \u201cdear friend\u201d Elton John\u2019s classic hit \u201cBenny and the Jets.\u201d<\/a> Her explanation for the pairing? \u201cI had this drink at Dodger Stadium when I was watching Elton do his show there the night before I performed with him.\u201d John kicked off the set with \u201cBenny and the Jets,\u201d from his 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, \u201cand nothing gave me more chills than that moment,\u201d Lipa recalls. Honestly, we\u2019re feeling them too\u2014and we don\u2019t even have a frosty highball in hand!<\/p>\n

For more of Lipa\u2019s inspired pairings (a paloma for \u201cSweet Dreams\u201d! A basil smash for \u201cToxic\u201d! A margarita for Madonna\u2019s \u201cFrozen\u201d!)\u2014and more wonderful stories from her life as a fun-loving global pop star\u2014watch the full video up above.<\/p>\n

Director: Gabrielle Reich
Director Of Photography: Andrew Amine
Editor: Michael Suyeda<\/p>\n

Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Producer, On Set: Michelle Bruno
Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg
Mixologist: Nathalie Durrieu
Assistant Camera: Stephen Cullina
Gaffer: Adam Reichardt
Audio: Tony Charles
Production Assistant: Myles Haywood<\/p>\n

Production Coordinator: Tan\u00eda Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors<\/p>\n

Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch<\/p>\n

Global Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
Executive Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri<\/p>\n

Filmed on Location: Casa Cipriani New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a fun one: In a twist on our Toast to Cinema series, we asked pop star Dua…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1503,146,85,46,409,10201,5099,5101],"class_list":{"0":"post-392950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-storytypenews-trending","14":"tag-textaboveleftsmall","15":"tag-web"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}