Dua Lipa loves herself a good cocktail — and some Britney Spears. Dua turned into an expert mixologist for the day as part of Vogue‘s Toast to Cinema series, which saw the pop star pairing her favorite songs with various drinks made from scratch.
The “Levitating” artist crafted a Basil Smash inspired by Spears’ 2003 Grammy-winning anthem “Toxic,” which Dua crowned as “one of the greatest pop songs ever made.”
“You’re very silly and giggly and fun and I need to hear ‘Toxic’ at the end of every single night when I’m feeling like that. It’s one of my favorite songs,” she gushed. “I think it’s one of the greatest pop songs ever made. It makes me feel nostalgic, but also at the same time, if it came out yesterday, it would be an absolute smash. I love it so much.”
Dua recalled the “Toxic” music video, which saw Britney dressed as a flight attendant. “The bit that stays in my mind that I remember so well is Britney in a stewardess outfit, and I don’t think anyone has been able to make a stewardess outfit look so good,” she added.
The Future Nostalgia singer continued to gush about her appreciation for Britney. “I love Britney so much,” she raved. “I love everything about her, all her songs. She’s such an icon.”
Back in December, Spears co-signed Dua with a post to Instagram of the British pop star’s “Houdini” cover art. “PRETTY NICE RIGHT,” she wrote about Dua’s Radical Optimism lead single, which topped the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
“Toxic” served as Spears’ second single from her 2003 album In the Zone. The Bloodshy & Avant-produced track reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned Spears her first and only Grammy victory to date in the best dance recording category in 2005.
Dua came to Spears’ defense regarding the harsh media and paparazzi’s treatment of the pop star in the 2000s during a 2021 profile with the Los Angeles Times.
“The feeling of going down the street and they’re trying to catch you in this very awkward picture — it can be anxiety-inducing, honestly,” she said. “And Britney’s time was pre-Instagram when everything was purely about the tabloids, and there were no laws in place about what paparazzi were allowed to do. She was being harassed — that’s exactly what it was.”
More recently, earlier in April, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Dua appears to have a famed paparazzi photo of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan driving with Paris Hilton from the 2000s on the back of her iPhone.
Following her arrest on suspicion of DUI in March, a rep for Spears confirmed on April 12 that the 44-year-old voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility, but did not provide any further details or reasoning.
Watch the full video of Dua Lipa with Vogue below. (Talk about Spears takes place around the nine-minute mark.)
