Dua Lipa has said she keeps her mental health in check by using social media “in bite sizes.”
The 24-year-old pop star told Vogue: “Social media has always been around for my generation, so for me it’s really fun to post pictures, tweet and update. But I’ve also received a lot of backlash for talking about political things close to my heart.
“I’m not one to say sorry, I like to stand by things I believe in, so sometimes I delete the app so I don’t start second guessing myself. Trolls can very easily give you anxiety.”
Lipa said what keeps her on Twitter is the connection it gives her to fans.
“They’re the reason why I download the app again, so I can talk to them. It’s the foundation that we’ve built everything on,” she said.
Lipa also spoke to the magazine about the success of her self-titled debut album, which was released in 2017, and the pressure of making a follow-up.
“I just want to come back and make people proud,” she said.
“There’s only so much I can do. When I make music, I listen to it over and over again and when I do videos, I watch them over and over again. But the second it’s out in the world, it belongs to somebody else. That’s the way I see it."