A passion and desire for singing clearly runs in Dua Lipa's family, as her father, Dukagjin Lipa, is also a musician. As noted by The Guardian, he was a vocalist in the Kosovan rock band Ode, which reunited in 2018 to perform at the festival he founded with Dua, Sunny Hill Festival. According to its website, Sunny Hill remains the biggest festival in Kosovo and has seen the likes of Calvin Harris and Miley Cyrus perform over the years. Dukagjin's public LinkedIn page also reveals he has been the founder, CEO, and executive creative director of REPUBLIKA Marketing Communications Agency since 2008.
In 2016, Dua opened up to Hunger about how her dad has influenced on her own career. "My father is a musician from Kosovo, so I've always grown up around music at home. Whether that's my dad's songs or Sting, David Bowie, Stereophonics," she said, before explaining that P!nk and Nelly Furtado became the first albums she fell in love with. In a 2018 interview with The Guardian, Dua credited her parents' work ethic for encouraging her to chase her dreams. "A big part of who I am has been watching my parents learn to adapt in different places, in different circumstances," the "Be The One" hitmaker stated, adding, "My dad would always tell me, 'You have to work really, really hard, just to have a tiny bit of luck.'"
