Jack Harlow says Dua Lipa was 'kinda thrown off' when he asked for permission to name a song after her

• Jack Harlow released a song called "Dua Lipa" with his new album on Friday.
• He said he sought Dua Lipa's blessing before its release and played the song for her over FaceTime.

Dua Lipa had a muted reaction to being name-dropped in a new Jack Harlow song, according to the rapper himself.

"Dua Lipa" was released on Friday as the fifth track on Harlow's sophomore album "Come Home The Kids Miss You."

The central lyric sees Harlow confessing his attraction to the pop star: "Dua Lipa, I'm tryna do more with her than do a feature / I checked the web, they out here chewing me up, fuck it."

In a recent interview with the radio show The Breakfast Club, Harlow said he sought Lipa's blessing before releasing the song.

"I wanted to get her blessing, so I FaceTimed her and played it for her because I didn't want her to be blindsided by that or feel like creeped out or anything," he said.

"If she had said, 'Yo, I hate it. I don't want it to come out,' it wouldn't have come out," he continued. "She was like, 'Oh, I mean it's not my song. I suppose it's OK."

Harlow added: "She was just kinda thrown off and she just kinda let it go."

The "First Class" hitmaker declined to say whether he has a real-life crush on Lipa, but he did say their conversations have become "less awkward" since she heard the song.

"I admire her," he said, adding, "I think when the song comes out, she'll grow to appreciate it even more."

"Come Home The Kids Miss You" has been met with tepid reviews. Pitchfork's Matthew Strauss described the music as "insipid" and "vacuous," while Mic's Paul Thompson called it "a shockingly anonymous record, devoid of any ingenuity, idiosyncrasy, or feeling."