Duolingo Signs Dua Lipa To Megadeal!

Matt Ryan Allen
2 min readOct 29, 2023

New York, NY — In an announcement that has language enthusiasts and pop aficionados buzzing, international pop sensation Dua Lipa has signed a monumental deal to become the official face of Duolingo, the world’s favorite language learning app. The partnership is being hailed as the most harmonious blend of pop culture and education since Schoolhouse Rock!

Dua Lipa, known for her catchy tunes and bilingual background, now aims to make the world a smaller place, one language at a time. The collaboration’s first order of business? A brand new jingle titled “Sounding Like You’re From Italy Or Whatever”, which is set to make language learning a chart-topping sensation.

The song opens with a catchy beat that will have you tapping your foot as you conjugate verbs. Dua sings:

🎵 “Hey, let’s speak in tongues, With Duo by our side, it’s never cumbersome. Pasta, pizza, Pisa, it’s all on the tip, With Duolingo, you’ll give natives the slip!” 🎵

The cheeky lyrics continue, promising listeners they’ll be “sounding like they’re from Italy or whatever” by the end of the jingle. The beat is infectious, the message is clear: language learning has never been more fun or more fashionable!

Duolingo’s CEO, Octavio Linguist-Smith, is over the moon about the partnership. In a statement, he gushed, “I…

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Matt Ryan Allen

Matt R. Allen is a screenwriter, producer and amateur futurist living in Los Angeles. He's best known for the comedies, Four Christmases and Block Party..