NPR Music's Tiny Desk shared Dua Lipa's special, stripped-back performance of songs from her most recent album, 'Radical Optimism.'

It has been four long years since Dua Lipa first appeared on NPR Music’s beloved Tiny Desk Concert series. Back then, the “Maria” singer was all about disco. Today (October 25), Lipa returned for her first in-person set,

Dua Lipa usually plays for thousands in stadiums, but she recently stopped by NPR to play a much smaller venue: the Tiny Desk.

When Dua Lipa came to visit the Tiny Desk, she had nothing to prove — and much to live up to. After all, the singer’s Tiny Desk (home) concert, recorded in London in the aftermath of her 2020 blockbuster Future Nostalgia,