Miley Cyrus released her new album Something Beautiful today, and on the song “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved,” she seemingly throws shade at Dua Lipa.
The lyrics in question are as follows: “She speaks the perfect French/ She can dance the night away/ And still, she’ll never break a sweat.” While, sure, these could be about any woman that speaks French and can dance a lot without perspiring. But Dua Lipa checks all three boxes; she can speak French (certainly evidenced by her French-speaking cameo in Charli XCX’s recent “Talk Talk” remix with Troye Sivan) and she can definitely dance the night away (as stated directly in 2023’s “Dance the Night” from the Barbie soundtrack).
The last detail — that she’ll never break a sweat — is a bit more up to interpretation. It could be a reference to the very-viral “go girl give us nothing” meme of Lipa performing from several years ago, which featured the pop star doing a rather plain and repetitive dance move to her song “New Rules.” Perhaps it’s a second reference to “Dance the Night,” as Lipa sings about being completely undeterred by what’s being thrown at her emotionally; in this case, the “sweat” would be her ability to be vulnerable.
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But the phrase could also be a more earnest remark about how Lipa makes her work onstage look effortless, all while Cyrus herself has struggled with those expectations. Either way, it’s a peculiar reference; Lipa and Cyrus don’t exactly have “beef,” and they have collaborated before on Cyrus’ 2020 track “Prisoner.” So, perhaps, the remark in “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved” is less about poking fun at Lipa and more about Cyrus confronting her own insecurities and comparing herself to the always-composed Lipa.
Meanwhile, Cyrus is joined by British model Naomi Campbell for the song, who backs up Cyrus in the bridge. Campbell is just one of several guests featured on Something Beautiful, which boasts contributions from producers Shawn Everett, BJ Burton, and Kid Harpoon as well as Ryan Tedder, Andrew Wyatt, Ryan Beatty, Brittany Howard, Alvvays’ Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanely, Model/Actriz’s Cole Haden, and more.
Dua Lipa, on the other hand, is currently on tour in Europe supporting her 2024 album, Radical Optimism. The tour makes its way to North America in September; get tickets here.
THE DUA LIPA SHADE???????????? pic.twitter.com/CTf4oIqfhn
— bau (@f0lkfever) May 30, 2025
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