“I chose this song because I feel a very special connection with this artist and with her feeling of belonging to two places at the same time"
By Laura Molloy 7th December 2025
Dua Lipa. Credit Tyrone Lebon
Dua Lipa paid tribute to Selena with a cover of ‘Amor Prohibido’ during a recent concert in Mexico City. Check it out below.
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Lipa brought her ‘Radical Optimism‘ tour to a close on Friday (December 5), playing in Mexico City’s Estadio El Campín.
AdvertisementDuring the concert, Lipa honoured Selena, one of the country’s most beloved singers, with a version of her classic 1992 hit ‘Amor Prohibido’.
“I chose this song because I feel a very special connection with this artist and with her feeling of belonging to two places at the same time,” Lipa told the crowd in Spanish. “It’s something I deeply identify with, as I feel I am both Albanian and English, just as she was Mexican and American.”
Watch the moment below.
The lengthy list of artists Lipa covered on the nine-month-long tour included Ariana Grande in Miami, Aerosmith in Boston, Sinéad O’Connor in Dublin, Daft Punk in Lyon, Lorde in Zealand and more.
RecommendedAdditionally, Lipa has brought out a number of huge artists to help cover their songs. So far, these have included Billie Joe Armstrong for ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’ in San Francisco, Gwen Stefani for ‘Don’t Speak’ in Los Angeles, Nile Rodgers for ‘Le Freak‘ in New York City, Chaka Khan for ‘Ain’t Nobody’ in Chicago, Jamiroquai for ‘Virtual Insanity’ in London, Neil Finn for ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ in Auckland, and Kevin Parker for ‘The Less I Know The Better’ in Sydney.
Most recently, she was joined by Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard for a cover of ‘I Will Follow You Into The Dark’ in Seattle, and covered Shakira‘s ‘Antología’ in Colombia.
Back in June, she played two Wembley shows that later became the subject of a mini-documentary titled Dua Lipa – The Beat Before (Wembley Stadium), which chronicled behind-the-scenes footage and fan vox-pops from the gigs.
Lipa will round off the tour with three shows in Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros from December 1-5.
AdvertisementThe tour is in support of her third studio album ‘Radical Optimism‘, which NME gave a three-star review. While we wrote that “the sonics on offer here are some of the most interesting that Lipa has worked on”, we also noted that “‘Radical Optimism’ offers little else to latch on”.
In other news, Lipa recently revealed she is now studying A-level Spanish after passing her GCSE exam.
