Dua Lipa Debuts 'Training Season' in Rocking Medley to Open Grammys

Dua Lipa performed an electrifying mashup of “Dance the Night,” Houdini, and the unreleased “Training Season” to open the 66th annual Grammys. “Training Season” is the latest single from her highly anticipated third album, following “Houdini.”

Lipa started the night off on a super high note with her debut single, asking “Are you someone I can give my heart to?” while dancing in, around and over an industrial cage surrounded by the romantic suitors she swears by as the training season ends. Dressed in a studded black leather bodysuit with silver straps, Lipa strutted around the stage, every step a power move. It is clear that it is actually giving everything.

Lipa's contribution to Barbie The soundtrack, “Dance the Night” is up for two awards at this year's ceremony, including song of the year. While Billie Eilish's “”What Was I Made For?”” defeated his colleagues Barbie track for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Lipa still has a chance to win the coveted big four award. Earlier this year, the star, who made a cameo in Greta Gerwig's blockbuster as Mermaid Barbie, also picked up her first Golden Globe nomination for the song.

Lipa's last appearance as a performer at the Grammy Awards was in 2021, when she performed a medley of singles from Future Nostalgia. It won Best Pop Vocal album. In 2019, she made her Grammy debut alongside St. Vincent, where they performed a mashup of “Masseduction” by St. Vincent and Lipa's “One Kiss.” Lipa won Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording that night.

Lipa is currently releasing her third album. He dropped the single “Houdini” in November and has teased the follow-up to “Training Season.”

“This record feels a little more raw,” he said Rolling rock about what to expect with this new album. “I want to capture the essence of youth and freedom and having fun and letting things happen, whether they're good or bad.