SCOTS superstar DJ Calvin Harris has revealed he sent private messages to singer Dua Lipa on Twitter before persuading her to pair up with him on their UK number one single, One Kiss.

Harris, who appeared on the Graham Norton Show with Lipa on Friday, said the pair connected on the social network after “a very brief thing” at a party two years ago.

Harris, who has 13 million followers on Twitter, later asked London-born Lipa, who is followed by 1.9 million, people, to sing on One Kiss via direct messages, known as DMs.

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Norton asked: “In terms of this track One Kiss, how did this happen? Who spoke to who?”

Harris pointed at Lipa and said: “I chased you…I DMd her on Twitter.”

Lipa smiled and confirmed: “Yeah, slid into the DMs … it’s a great form of contact, lots of stuff happens on Twitter. People make friends on Twitter.”

When Harris was asked if they’d met previously, he said: “We sort of bumped into each other about two years ago somewhere, but it was a very brief thing.”

Lipa laughed and said: “That sounds really bad. It was at a party and we just sort of said hi to each other.”

Another guest on the show, Claudia Winkleman, teased the pair and said: “You know there’s more to this.”

Norton laughed and replied: “They followed each other on Twitter after this, that’s all I know.”

Harris and Lipa smiled uncomfortably but maintained a dignified silence.

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Although the pair were photographed flirting at the Brit Awards after party in February, Lipa has been romantically linked to comedian Jack Whitehall, musicians Paul Klein and celebrity chef Issac Carew. Harris has previously dated Taylor Swift and Rita Ora.

One Kiss is the fastest selling number one single of 2018, amassing a combined total of more than 70,000 units – 7.1 million streams and 22,000 downloads.

After the announcement, Lipa tweeted a picture Harris with his arm around her shoulders.

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She said: “ONE KISS IS NUMBER 1!!! WE ARE SO HAPPY!! Love to all our fans for their support and thank you for listening, sharing and streaming our song it’s officially the fastest selling single of 2018!”

An earlier Tweet said: “Wooohoooohoooooo!!!! THANK YOUUUU @CalvinHarris”.

Harris has had a string of hits and Lipa’s debut album released last year included the number one single New Rules.