Patti Smith discusses Bread Of Angels with Dua Lipa in London

Patti Smith spoke about her latest book, Bread Of Angels, with Dua Lipa at the Royal Festival Hall on a Sunday, as part of the London Literature Festival. Smith has written four autobiographical books, including Just Kids, M Train (2015), Year Of The Monkey (2019) and Bread Of Angels (2025). Just Kids was released in 2010.

Smith said she would have written Lipa's 2023 hit Houdini if she could have written any of Lipa's songs. Smith's career includes the debut album Horses (1975), described as highly influential, which mixed poetry with punk rock. Because The Night, written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number five in the UK singles chart in 1978.

Dancing Barefoot is a single from the 1979 Patti Smith Group album Wave. Smith was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. As of October 26, 2026, the song New Rules by Dua Lipa is number 49 on the Apple Music UK songs chart.