{"id":65311,"date":"2023-12-30T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/dua-lipa-pulls-music-video-featuring-explosions-amid-fears-it-was-insensitive-amid-israel-hamas-war\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:01:30","slug":"dua-lipa-pulls-music-video-featuring-explosions-amid-fears-it-was-insensitive-amid-israel-hamas-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/dua-lipa-pulls-music-video-featuring-explosions-amid-fears-it-was-insensitive-amid-israel-hamas-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa &apos;pulls music video featuring explosions amid fears it was insensitive amid Israel-Hamas war&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-12-30\" datetime=\"1703934090\" pubdate=\"\">30 December 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dua-lipa\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a> has reportedly pulled a music video worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as she apparently decided it was \u201cinsensitive\u201d amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Dua Lipa has reportedly pulled a music video worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as she apparently decided it was \u2018insensitive\u2019 amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old singer is said to have \u201csecretly\u201d shot the promo \u2013 which is thought to have included explosions as well as fighting crowds and \u201cchaos\u201d \u2013 before Hamas\u2019 brutal bombardment of Israel on 7 October. <\/p>\n<p>A music insider told The Sun about how it was pulled after \u201cemergency meetings\u201d among Dua\u2019s team: \u201cA video was shot for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dua-lipa\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>\u2019s forthcoming campaign last September. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its heart the video was playful but contained themes of chaos \u2013 including car crashes, demolition, explosions, fireworks and crowds fighting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDua and her team decided that it would be insensitive for the video to come out given what has happened on and since October 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe big budget music video included hundreds of extras and would have coincided with the run-up to the release of her third studio album in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\nOn 7 October, terror group Hamas launched an attack on Israel that slaughtered at least 1,200 people and sparked the ongoing Gaza conflict. <\/p>\n<p>\nIn a statement posted to her Instagram that month, outraged Dua said: \u201cWith each passing day, my heart aches for the people of Israel and Palestine. Grief for the lives lost in the horrifying attacks in Israel. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cGrief as I witness the unprecedented suffering in Gaza, where 2.2 million souls, half of them children, endure unimaginable hardships. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cFor now, I desperately hope for a ceasefire in Gaza and urge governments to halt the unfolding crisis. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cOur hope lies in finding the empathy to recognise this dire humanitarian situation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nIt is not known which track accompanied the apparently axed video. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe first single from the record, \u2018Houdini\u2019, reached No2 in the charts when it was released in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/dua-lipa-pulls-music-video-featuring-explosions-amid-fears-insensitive-amid-israel-hamas-war-1390511.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 December 2023 Dua Lipa has reportedly pulled a music video worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as she apparently decided it was \u201cinsensitive\u201d amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. 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