Watch Dua Lipa Cover Tame Impala With Kevin Parker At Glastonbury

Dua Lipa paid back the favor of Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker having helped her write and produce her latest album, Radical Optimism, by bringing him out for two surprise appearances during her headlining set last night (June 28) at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival.

The artists first covered the Tame Impala favorite “The Less I Know the Better,” with Lipa admitting to the crowd that the experience was a long time in the making.

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“This is someone who I deeply admire musically,” she said of Parker. “Someone I who I feel very lucky to call my friend. Someone who I’ve been very, very lucky to work with. And as far as making dreams come true go, I’m just going to add another one to the list tonight of this already unf*ckingbelievable evening. Because tonight, I get to pretend that I’m in Tame Impala.”

Dressed in typical unassuming fashion in a white t-shirt and heans, Parker returned to play guitar on the final song of the 19-song set, “Houdini,” one of his co-writes on Radical Optimism. The artist has kept a low public profile since Tame Impala wrapped a short international tour in May 2023 but is believed to be working on the group’s follow-up to 2020’s The Slow Rush.

Beyond Parker’s guest turns, Lipa’s set featured such hits as “One Kiss,” “Levitating” and “Physical,” plus her Elton John interpolation “Cold Heart” and the live debut of the Radical Optimism track “Falling Forever.”

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