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Her latest offering features production from Ricky Reed, Mark Ronson, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco, as well as the title track “Special” and the new song “2 B ...

Stream her new album, Special, below. On Friday, Lizzo spoke with Ebro, where she offered up relationship advice, discussed being a role model, and freestyled. Lizzo has shared her newest album, Special, via Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records.

Lizzo's summer turned up a notch Friday, with the poster child of self-love dropping her long-awaited album "Special" fresh off an Emmy nomination and ahead ...

"I needed to discover my self-love," she continued, elated fans cheering her along. "I'm so proud of this album," she told the show Friday. "It was three years in the making. "We didn't do this for awards, we did this for ourselves.

The Grammy-winner's new disco-laced record doesn't entirely shake her love for cringey self-empowerment anthems. But when the songs sound this good, ...

In fact, Special is a truer version of Lizzo than we’ve seen for a few years, and that includes the album’s occasional moments of cringe, too. Lizzo’s constant desire to remain a voice for everyday underdogs has been tarnishing the quality of her music since the one-two punch breakthrough of “Truth Hurts” and “Good as Hell” convinced her and her team that the world needed a million more self-empowerment anthems, all essentially saying the same thing. (Unfortunately, it’s not a cover of the Ace of Bass classic—where’s that bold creative decision?!). She should be coining phrases and starting trends, not tacking idioms onto her songs that ran their course on Twitter over a year ago. “Special” would fit right at home on the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul’s underrated 2007 record Growing Pains. In fact, you can draw a clear through-line between that album’s biggest hit, “ Just Fine,” all the way up to Lizzo’s current career. But the song’s infectious melodies are planted so firmly in the underground genres popularized in the Black, queer club scene in the ’70s and ’80s that you’d be hard-pressed to say anything about the song feels false. “ Naked” is a stunning ballad, just begging to be crooned at a smoky piano bar. This is the kind of soulless cringe that Lizzo doesn’t need to pander to. Everybody’s Gay,” the song that I had the highest expectations (and worst fears) for based on the title alone, does not disappoint. Why rein yourself in when you can throw it all to the wall at the party and see who’s still standing long after midnight? Lead single “ About Damn Time,” it turns out, was a proper signifier of the album’s throwback sound. “Woke up feelin’ like I might just run for President” gets old fast when it’s sandwiched with “I’m my own soulmate, I’m never lonely.” There are only so many ways to let your fans know that you’re the baddest bitch in the room. The title track of Special self-examines in more direct terms.

Like a rollercoaster, the 35 minutes of Lizzo's "Special" takes listeners through high-energy hits and simple self-reflection love ballads.

Sampling Coldplay's "Yellow," hence the title, Lizzo sings admiringly about her love interest as she croons about their romantic trip to Tulum, Mexico, how they dance without music and reveals some of the intimate details about the relationship. Lizzo considers Beyoncé her "North Star," and the two artists seem to be on the same club-urging agenda with their new music. Even the record feels raw and simple, opening with Al Green-adjacent guitar plucks and the static that plays when putting a needle on top of a vinyl record. Lizzo said she wrote "175 to 200 songs" in an April interview with Sirius XM's The Heat, and only 12 made the album. Both the highs and the lows of "Special" are backed with synthesized melodies, harpsichord-like pings and many other instruments but, surprisingly, not much flute. Heavy plucks of bass guitar open the song and carry its self-assuring groove, which has taken over T ikTok and other social media platforms.

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“Stay With Me” plays out like a game of hot potato — Timberlake’s verse leading to Williams’ pre-chorus leading to Halsey’s hook — but the performers are so magnetic they pull off each mic pass and get the listener moving. Jack In The Box is brimming with sonic ambition, as J-Hope explores breakneck-paced, ‘90s-indebted hip-hop with an agreeably darker tone on tracks like “Arson” and “Pandora’s Box” — the project is only 21 minutes, but is exciting enough to leave listeners breathless, and wanting more. As a meditation on love and its many entanglements, Special delves into the modern R&B sound that Lizzo has explored throughout her career to help demonstrate her vocal skill, but songs like “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready),” a vulnerable dance workout and surefire hit, gesture to where Lizzo’s focus might be headed in the future.

Lizzo has proven herself to be a master of getting people to dance, and on her new album, 'Special,' there's plenty of room for you to do just that.

Lizzo does her part by pairing the sample with some of her most vulnerable writing yet as she finally accepts that she’s falling in love: “Five years in the makin', didn't know if we would/ Do you say this shit to other people?” As the closer to the album, “Coldplay” definitely lingers on the mind. It’s a pleasant surprise when “If You Love Me” comes on and you realize it’s not another big pop number, but rather a folkier turn for Lizzo. The acoustic guitar-led track is a rare moment of sonic intimacy from the singer, as well as a new context to hear her voice in. Lizzo’s writing has always been down-to-earth, and “If You Love Me” proves she could also go the singer-songwriter route too if she ever wanted. On “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready),” Lizzo tackles one of the most universal questions yet: is she ready to fall in love? Lizzo beckons us to join her on the dance floor, a place that's safe and where, confirming what we always suspected, "everybody's gay." The best songs on Special play with the Lizzo’s typical formula for writing music.

Lizzo put on an incredible show on 'Today' and performed several tracks off her new album, including the hit lead single 'About Damn Time'.

I’ve been through it all. “The music that’s connecting to people is my self-love. She also sang the title track, “Special,” and new track “2 Be Loved,” plus her beloved songs “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Today‘s Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb danced with the crowd to Lizzo’s incredible performance. I’ve been studying flute since I was 12. “I’ve been doing this since I was nine years old. One of the songs Lizzo performed was her hit “About Damn Time,” the lead single off her new album.

Lizzo is looking good as hell — see the hitmaker take the stage on the 'Today' show wearing shapewear from her line Yitty.

She tapped the expertise of Fabletics cofounder Don Ressler, who also works alongside Kate Hudson. “I was tired of seeing this sad, restrictive shapewear that literally no one wanted to wear,” she explained. She complemented the sexy ensemble with sapphire eye makeup and dramatic lashes.

The pressure she claims to be feeling doesn't show on an album that delivers melancholy anthems and Chic-y disco while revitalising the cliches of self-care ...

“I’m a big girl, can you take it?” she sings softly on Naked, a slow jam decked out with dramatic orchestration that nods to late 70s Philly soul’s idea of a bedroom soundtrack. After all, the band’s members have spent a lot of time publicly flagellating themselves over the obnoxious frat-boy persona that bore them to fame in the late 80s: the chapter about that era in the band’s 2018 autobiography is titled Become What You Hate; in the same book, they invited a succession of feminist writers and broadcasters to critique the band’s early image and lyrics. Like a lot of pop music in recent years, the lyrics on Special tick plenty of worthy social and political boxes: body positivity, race, mental health, self-care, online bullying. It helps that the song that follows is great, a beautiful but delicate and downbeat end to the album. There’s a lot of stuff on Special about healing – for Lizzo this involves “twerking and making smoothies” – while, by her account, she wrote 170 songs before whittling them down to these 12. The world hardly wants for 21st-century disco pastiches, but About Damn Time is a spectacularly good example – buoyed by a Nile Rodgers-esque guitar line, it sounds like the greatest Chic track Chic never recorded – perhaps because Lizzo seems to implicitly understand the genre.

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"Saving your life can also mean, your life was headed in one direction and now it's going in this direction which is a much better healthier, safer, happier place because of love." "Even the man I'm with, he knew me before all of this too. They care about 'Melissa', and everyone I'm close with has known me before all of this happened and I think that's important."

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The singer said: “It has evolved to a place where I’m proud. All I want to do is help people through my music.” - ‘Coldplay’ This is the result of me listening and taking action. - ‘Naked’ - ‘Special’

Former NBA star Glen 'Big Baby' Davis may not be hooping anymore ... but he's shooting his shot with Lizzo!!

"I need you! I done see you a couple of times, I ain't really say nothing, but ... I need you." I just like her personality." Davis added, "I think you're awesome, you beautiful and you know ... I like that!" I'm reaching out. "Yeah, I wanna do something with her," Davis told hosts Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes.

Positivity reigns on the star's fourth album; a jubilant collection of confidence anthems and romantic serenades.

Though ‘Special’ clocks in at a brisk 35 minutes, it succeeds in capturing all facets of Lizzo’s megawatt personality. It would be a hell of a flex even if Lizzo hadn’t told Chris Martin the band’s song is “baby-making music”. She recently described it as a “very selfish” song that helped her “get a lot off my chest”. Its sustained clap back against “the haters” might have felt out of place on an album that’s more of a warm hug than a raised middle finger. “It’s a happy place in here, baby, you’re safe,” Lizzo sings. (Her massive breakthrough banger ‘Truth Hurts’ only really took off a few months after Lizzo dropped her excellent third LP ‘Cuz I Love You’ in 2019). This means the stakes have been raised somewhat, so in addition to contributions from her longtime producer Ricky Reed, ‘Special’ features input from an assortment of A-list hitmakers. Lizzo even names the album’s jazzy, romantic closing track ‘Coldplay’ and begins it with a pitch-shifted rendition of the ‘Yellow’ chorus.

Lizzo's new album, Special, keeps the superstar in the spotlight while pulling in '70s and '80s sound, as our review notes. Read it now.

On the playful, disco-toned “Everybody’s Gay,” she packs in lyrics with double meaning; “We can take our mask off” is a perfect line for a song that makes the listener want to dance among strangers in a club, especially as we are still collectively emerging from a time when that was impossible, but it also makes sense within the context of a song celebrating queer joy. “When the world can’t love me to my face/ When the mirror lies and starts to break/ Hold me close, don’t let me run away,” she sings on “If You Love Me,” a more stripped-down mid-tempo offering that’s practically begging for a live performance. Special is free of collaborations — Lizzo is known to thrive in that kind of setting, from work with Cardi B and Ariana Grande to infamous onstage outings with Harry Styles — but each track here keeps her in the spotlight.

Lizzo and her backup dancers joined a live Lizzo Peloton ride in New York City — and wound up crashing the entire platform.

To the surprise of no one, so many people tried to join the live-remote class that it crashed the entire Peloton platform for several hours. Picture this: You're clipping into your Peloton pedals, preparing to be "100 percent that b*tch" and crush a Lizzo-themed ride, when the Grammy-winning singer herself struts in to ride along with you. This exact scenario played out for a group of lucky riders who visited Peloton's New York studio for a live class led by instructors Robin Arzón and Jess Sims on July 15.

“Special,” by Lizzo (Atlantic Records). Singer and rapper Lizzo wasn't kidding when she came out with the title for her latest album — it truly is a journey ...

Pop song “The Sign” is sure to be this year’s summer anthem during brunches and nights out. However, this is Lizzo we are talking about, therefore “Special” has to be a celebration as well. Just as it happens in real life, this album is a ride through exhilarating happiness and rainy days.

Lizzo's new album, “Special,” reveals a woman in love. (Kayla James / For The Times). By Kenan DraughorneStaff Writer.

But by the final song, “Coldplay,” it’s clear she has realized she wants to be with him. Rather than letting it get her down, she flips it into a motivational message, reminding the listener that they’re special and important regardless of what they are told in the world. She’s occasionally clapped back on social media, but on “Special” she addresses her critics once again, questioning their motives and deflecting their attacks. True to modern pop standards, a plethora of people helped write the album — nine people are credited as writers on “About Damn Time” alone. There is also “Grrrls,” which samples “Girls” by the Beastie Boys and is now more inclusive after she changed a lyric that offended disability advocates. When Cohen asked if her fame had made the relationship tougher, Lizzo insisted it had never been an issue thanks to her beau’s “supportive nature.” There are definitely a few references to Wright on the album. There are also deeper, more introspective tracks, such as “If You Love Me,” where she sings about how hard it is for her to accept her partner’s compliments. It’s not even a factor,” she said. Eventually, she takes the leap and navigates the ups and downs of a new relationship. It’s clear she’s been healing, working out and eventually saying it’s “About Damn Time” to feel like herself again. “I just sold out Madison Square Garden twice,” she said.

“Special,” by Lizzo (Atlantic Records). Singer and rapper Lizzo wasn't kidding when she came out with the title for her latest album — it truly is a journey ...

Pop song “The Sign” is sure to be this year’s summer anthem during brunches and nights out. Just as it happens in real life, this album is a ride through exhilarating happiness and rainy days. However, this is Lizzo we are talking about, therefore “Special” has to be a celebration as well.

In a PopCrush Nights exclusive, Lizzo dishes on inclusivity, making bangers and her new album.

Oct. 31 – Denver, Col. – Ball Arena Oct. 26 – Houston, Texas – Toyota Center Oct. 28 – Dallas, Texas – American Airlines Center Oct. 25 – Austin, Texas – Moody Center Oct. 23 – Nashville, Tenn. – Bridgestone Arena Oct. 20 – Charlotte, N.C. – Spectrum Center Oct. 16 – Chicago, Ill. – United Center Oct. 7 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena The album is so special, what else would I call it?" "[I thought], oh my God, why didn't I think of that before? "I think representation is so important, so I'm always championing for that," Lizzo continues. We are all being marginalized, we all get discriminated against."

Lizzo is opening up more about her decision to change some of the lyrics in her new song "Grrrls." Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images ...

Like, it doesn’t just mean a physical ailment.” Addressing the matter in a statement, she wrote that she "never want[s] to promote derogatory language" and said that she'd recorded a "new version of 'Grrrls' with a lyric change" as a result. Lizzo Revealed Why She Decided To Change The Lyrics To “Grrrls”

On her interview with The Breakfast Club on July 15th, Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Jeffereson, said that she has "the most genuine people around me" and ...

"It hit different when they knew you before 2019." "Even the man I'm with, he knew me before all of this too. On her interview with The Breakfast Club on July 15th, Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Jeffereson, said that she has "the most genuine people around me" and that they don't care about 'Lizzo' they care more about Melissa. She went on to say that everyone she is close to has known her before all the fame and that's what is important.

The singer originally paired the look with silver heels but was later photographed performing barefoot.

Lizzo also wore a number of monochrome looks just this week. Big names like Anne Hathaway, Florence Pugh, Zendaya, and Harry Styles have all worn Barbie tones in performances and on the red carpet this year. She started out the evening in silver, pointed-toe heels, but was later photographed performing barefoot.

Grammy winner Lizzo looked radiant as she took the stage at Cipriani 25 Broadway in lower Manhattan rocking a pink sequined jumpsuit on Friday.

It's the best thing I've ever done.' Wowing the crowd: As she sang one her chart-topping hits, the Detroit native got down on her knees as she belted out her hit high notes with ease in front of a packed crowd As she sang one her chart-topping hits, the Detroit native got down on her knees as she belted out her hit high notes with ease in front of a packed crowd.

There is no reason to believe that Lizzo intended to make a political album with Special. These 12 songs are a sonic bouquet of soul, R&B, hip-hop, and pop, ...

Today, that’s an act of rebellion in a society that gaslights young women into getting preventative Botox and lip fillers, that tells us to hate natural bodies, to live in a hole of denial that our bodies will betray us all in the end. “Coldplay” is the best song of Lizzo’s career so far. “Grrrls” absolves a long-problematic Beastie Boys sample by recasting it as an ode to picking bar fights with your BFFs. Bonus points for the lyric that sounds like, but is definitely not, “sussudio.” Lizzo knows where that train of trying to keep up with impossible standards leads, and it is a lonely, hollow place. It’s hard for an artist with such a massive debut to top it the second time around without some big musical shift in style to emulate the rest of the culture. Next is the Nile Rodgers-inflected “About Damn Time,” a four-on-the-floor groove with a nasty flute solo by ya girl. “I did the work. “Why don’t you try, do a little slow dance,” she sings. Arriving mere weeks after the Roe decision, when every woman in the United States has lost autonomy over their bodies, it is impossible to hear Special in any other way. It’s got everything from Eighties power bops to steamy disco to confessional R&B. Daft Punk to the Delfonics. Electric and acoustic guitars, orchestra, strings, a chipmunk Chris Martin, and plenty of flute. The album takes us on an intensely vulnerable journey. There is no reason to believe that Lizzo intended to make a political album with Special. These 12 songs are a sonic bouquet of soul, R&B, hip-hop, and pop, about the radical joy of facing down your past and loving yourself anyway.

Lizzo went Instagram official with her boyfriend Myke Wright, and confirmed their romance when they made their red carpet debut for her Amazon Prime Video.

It hit different when they knew you before 2019.” “Even the man I’m with, he knew me before all of this too. They care about ‘Melissa’, and everyone I’m close with has known me before all of this happened and I think that’s important.

In a new radio interview, Lizzo opens up about what makes her relationship with Myke Wright so strong.

"I wasn't letting anyone in, and I wasn't letting anyone help me, and I learned that love is there," she said. I'm praying you attract the love you deserve." "Saving your life can also mean, your life was headed in one direction and now it's going in this direction which is a much better, healthier, safer, happier place, because of love." unbreakable and unconditional," she wrote on her Instagram last Valentine's Day. "Redefine what being in love feels and looks like. All of the sudden work and fame sent her spiraling into a period of deep loneliness that she didn't quite know how to handle at first. In a new interview with the radio show Breakfast Club, Lizzo got real about everything from her new relationship with comedian Myke Wright, to how she learned to be more open about love.