Lizzo has hit again at individuals criticising her music and different Black pop icons prior to now – see what the ‘Reality Hurts’ singer needed to say beneath.
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Lizzo not too long ago introduced information of her new album ‘Love In Actual Life’ when she beforehand launched the LP’s title observe because the lead single final month, and has since gone on to drop the unapologetic tune ‘Nonetheless Dangerous’.
Since then, the star has drawn some criticism for the tune on social media and has made her return to X/Twitter since shifting to BlueSky in November final 12 months – save for a number of promotional posts – to deal with criticism of her music and the mistreatment of Black girls in pop as an entire.
Addressing her personal music, she wrote: “Saying my model of ‘poptimism’ doesn’t work in a ‘post-Covid world’ is a lazy take… as if I didn’t launch ‘About Rattling Time’ put up pandemic…” She doubled down, persevering with: “As if I didn’t write ‘About Rattling Time’ to be a put up lockdown anthem to encourage us to get exterior and collectively once more… and was profitable at it btw”.
Saying my model of “poptimism” doesn’t work in a “put up Covid world” is a lazy take..
As if I didn’t launch ‘about rattling time’ put up pandemic..
— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 17, 2025
As if I didn’t write ‘about rattling time’ to be a put up lockdown anthem to encourage us to get exterior and collectively once more.. and was profitable at it btw 😉
— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 17, 2025
She then shared that she thinks the criticism she faces isn’t distinctive to her, however is one thing that has been skilled by a number of Black pop icons prior to now: “I feel seeing and listening to a Black lady make actual music with radical pleasure triggers depressing individuals… however I comply with within the footsteps of Janet [Jackson], of Funkadelic, of Earth Wind and Hearth… no one’s doing it like me for us. And I stand on that.”
I feel seeing and listening to a black lady make actual music with radical pleasure triggers depressing individuals… however I comply with within the footsteps of Janet, of Funkadelic, of Earth Wind and Hearth… no one’s doing it like me for Us. And I stand on that.
— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 17, 2025
She went on to name again to the quite a few Black musicians who had been mistreated: “Aretha [Franklin] and Whitney [Houston] acquired backlash for being “too pop” they usually stored going… and so will I.”
She continued in a scathing put up declaring the hypocrisy of followers and the music trade relating to Black musicians: “The best way this world treats Black girls is sickening… blacklisted Janet and now 20yrs later yall calling her music “cute Black lady bops” & giving her flowers… Dogged Whitney for her love life & known as her a drug addict for laughs however now yall wanna honor her… yall laughed at Tina [Turner]’s abuse and by no means let her overlook… the least protected particular person in America…”
Aretha & Whitney acquired backlash for being “too pop” they usually stored going… and so will I
— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 17, 2025
The best way this world treats black girls is sickening… blacklisted Janet and now 20yrs later yall calling her music “cute black lady bops” & giving her flowers…
Dogged Whitney for her love life & known as her a drug addict for laughs however now yall wanna honor her
Yall laughed at…
— LIZZO (@lizzo) March 18, 2025
Elsewhere, Lizzo earlier this month defined how she got here up with the album title, saying that it got here when she realised how far more integral real-life friendships are in comparison with these by way of social media.
“I feel that actual life is the one place that love exists,” she started. “I feel that I’ve mistaken the gratification that you simply get from social media as love. As a result of there was a time [where] I wasn’t reaching out to the individuals who had been closest to me or I used to be in isolation, in desolation, in sure occasions of my life. The web was the one place I felt seen and appreciated.”
“I feel when it stops turning into that secure area and it turns into a really poisonous, harmful place, your sense of self-worth will get destroyed as effectively,” she added. “I needed to uncover prior to now two years, one and a half years, that pretty much as good because it feels to be praised on-line and to be cherished by individuals by way of a display screen, the actual love occurs if you find yourself in the actual world connecting with individuals.”
These feedback come after Lizzo broke her silence in December on the sexual harassment lawsuit filed towards her in 2023, claiming that she “did nothing fallacious”. She had been sued by three former dancers who claimed to have been topic to sexual harassment and a hostile office setting whereas on tour. The singer denied the claims and mentioned the state of affairs had left her considering quitting the music trade.
On the time of writing, no official launch date for ‘Love In Actual Life’ has been confirmed. A press launch, nonetheless, has shared that “This chapter is all about love, life, and Lizzo.”
Lizzo’s final album, ‘Particular’, was given a four-star evaluation from NME, which learn: “Maybe inevitably, given Lizzo’s overwhelmingly optimistic message, ‘Particular’ is usually a bit tacky. Nonetheless, it’s tacky in a means you received’t need to withstand… Lizzo is aware of precisely who she is as an artist and what she desires to attain: she’s the dangerous bitch with an unimaginable expertise for making individuals really feel good.”
