Dua Lipa posing with Sir Mick Jagger reminds us of other unusual music collaborations

Dua Lipa’s fans were naturally quick to react when the 27-year old singer shared a photo of herself and Sir Mick Jagger from the recording studio. “Legends” was one comment, followed by three fire emojis. Another fan said: “R u kidding? Mick Jagger? U can’t be stopped.”

Aside from sharing the photograph of herself with Sir Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa did not reveal what the pair had been collaborating on in the music studio. She captioned the picture with the words, “sweeet week” followed by a cherry emoji.

Dua Lipa also took to her Instagram recently to share the news that she has received her Albanian citizenship.

It has been reported that Sir Mick Jagger, frontman of The Rolling Stones and the rest of his bandmates are set to release their first album of new music next year.

Whether Dua is contributing on the band’s album or Sir Mick is collaborating with Dua on her new single/album, one thing for sure is that it is definitely going to create waves in the music world.

Over the years, there have been a number of weird yet wonderful collaborations that the general public would never normally have paired together. People World looks back at some of the more unusual collaborations…

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik

The duo Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik are not two names you would naturally see working together. However, that is exactly what these two did in 2016 when they collaborated on the single, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever,’ which was a track for the Film ‘Fifty Shades Darker’

Stormzy and Linkin Park

Stormzy teamed up with Linkin Park in 2017 when he featured on the band’s track. ‘Good Goodbye,’ alongside Pusha T. At the time and even today, this pairing is seen as a more unusual collaboration, but the band had been fans of Stormzy for quite some time.

According to the band, the only trouble they had when it came to the collaboration was pinning Stormzy down to record his verse. When Linkin Park’s frontman Chester Bennington passed away the same year, Stormzy was quick to pay tribute. “Bruv I can’t lie, I'm so upset serious", followed by broken heart emojis.

Sir Elton John and Eminem

Although Sir Elton John and Eminem have enjoyed a long-standing friendship, it is fair to say that the majority rather than the minority did not expect this pairing to have much in common. The pair performed one of Eminem’s biggest hits ‘Stan,’ at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

Aside from the duet, Eminem and Sir Elton John made a strong statement by holding hands at the end. The reason why this statement was so powerful was because of allegations of homophobic lyrics written earlier in Eminem’s career. Eminem later revealed that when he was going through a tough period in his life due to drug addiction, he reached out to Sir Elton.

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue

Although Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave are both Australian natives, their pairing was initially seen as somewhat incongruous. However, their paths were first said to have crossed in the 1990s when Kylie’s then boyfriend, (now the late) Michael Hutchence was told by Cave that he wished to collaborate with Kylie on a song.

The two artists joined up to work together on Cave’s iconically dark song. ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow.’ On paper, it was a collaboration that looked like it wouldn’t work. However, in reality it was the perfect pairing and a mainstream success.