Pop singer Dua Lipa has taken to social media to reveal the touching inspiration behind her latest single, 'Swan Song', the music video for which was released this morning.
“Lyrically the song references the brilliant minds at Act Up, a HIV and AIDS activist group from the 80s who’s motto [sic] was ‘Silence equals death’ with the hopes that in our everyday life we put into action this deeper meaning so that silence never become us,” Lipa wrote in a caption on Instagram.
The song was written and recorded for the soundtrack of upcoming cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel, which is based on Yukito Kishiro's popular manga 'Gunnm'.
“Hopefully we all find a part of ourselves in Alita’s character and see that we mustn’t ever quit our battle against the injustices of the world," Lipa wrote of her connection to the film.
“Even in the hardest moments we must speak up.”
While a “swan song” is traditionally a person’s final performance before retirement, Lipa stressed that this wasn't the case for the message behind her song.
Lipa explained: “So the idea behind it is that ‘This is NOT a swan song’ this is only the beginning of our fight for justice.”
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