Lizzo has admitted in a new interview with Zane Lowe that her “Rumors” collaboration with Cardi B was done “very selfishly.”
Speaking to the Apple Music 1 host on Wednesday (July 13), Lizzo said the single — which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 — was meant as more of a “fuck you” to everything.
“That was my fuck you,” she said. “And I was so excited and proud to put that song out because I needed to do that. I honestly needed it. It was very selfish … I very selfishly wanted a song with Cardi for a long time, and I very selfishly wanted to be like, ‘Bitch, all the rumors are true, whatever you want to believe about me, and fuck you too.’ And I did that.”
The singer’s chat with Lowe comes days before the arrival of her fourth album, Special, which will be released on Friday (July 15).
“Once I actually put that song out, I got a lot off my chest, energetically,” she said of “Rumors”. “And I feel a lot of the songs on Special kind of came through after that. I wrote Special, actually, after I released ‘Rumors’ and started getting a lot of… Being brought back into the cultural zeitgeist and after becoming famous and having the year that I had, it was interesting seeing how people relate to me and treat me and talk to me.”
Aside from getting ready to drop a new album, the Grammy-award-winner has been hard at work getting ready for her upcoming Special Tour this fall. With Latto in tow, the pair will kick things off in Florida on September 23, with dates scheduled in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Dallas and more before wrapping at The Forum in Los Angeles on November 18.
Watch the full interview with Zane Lowe below:
In other Lizzo news, the “Juice” singer recently addressed men who use her stage name as an insult to other women.
“Dudes be ugly w no bitches talking bout ‘oK LiZzO’ as an insult in girls comments,” she wrote on Twitter. “I’m beautiful rich & get immaculate dick… ISSA COMPLIMENT. If u can’t make it past the cheeks, just say that.”
While Lizzo was able to handle the latest round of criticism, that hasn’t always been the case. In August 2021, she had a vulnerable moment when she broke down on Instagram, clearly fed up with being fat-shamed.
“Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back,” she said in part. “It’s like it doesn’t matter how much positive energy you put into the world, you’re still going to have people who have something mean to say about you. And for the most part it doesn’t hurt my feelings; I don’t care. I just think when I’m working this hard, my tolerance gets lower. My patience is lower. I’m more sensitive and it gets to me.”
While she didn’t specify exactly what the messages said, Lizzo did note, “I’m not even going to say them, to give them power.”
Of course it was cuz she takes up 95 percent of the screen.
Whatever, this bitch is so fat that the Alamo happened in the crack of her ass and all she did was use toilet brush to clear away the battlefield afterwards.
Lizzo is still an attention seeking miserable ugly fat thot that has to pay dudes to smash and the other guys that do like her are just pathetic desperate weirdo with no game who can’t get anything else but a morbidly obese fat woman.
Too Fat
What’s going to happen when the money and fame run out? How long will she last?
Until the first coronary – which is just around the corner, by the look of it.
It was done to promote her upcoming HeiferCon.
She’s so fat that when every time she walks into a restaurant they always give her a seat for 3 people.
She’s really trying to milk this being fat thing huh. SMH
Look at the comments. People claim to hate it but give it attention. Attention=clicks=revenue
Negative. Her next worth and the quality of her music keeps going down while her weight keep going up.
Can y’all stop reporting about her please?
When she was born, her mom enter The Guinness World Book of Records for Largest Orca Whale Ever Birthed by a human naturally.
she can dish out the insults but doesn’t like it when they are about her.
I hate to say this but that’s what southern fat black women do unfortunately. But she doesn’t represent all black women tho just that demographic.
Lizzo is what happens when a woman gets locked inside a Golden Coral over the weekend.
What’s wrong with this generation? She’s more known for stirring up drama and skinny shaming people than about her actual music which is barely mediocre at best. All these new artists have to run to social media and cause problems instead of just letting their music/talent speak for itself. This is why they’ll never leave a lasting legacy and will be forgotten in a few years.
She looks like she sweats by just thinking.
Hurricanes happen just by her farting in the bathtub. The National Weather Service needs to do something about that.
Fat Bitches need love 2 craig
That’s why they make Lil Debbie Snack Cakes.
Lizzo know all about the new snacks before they hit the street! All the bootleg snacks. She ‘gone tell me the other day talkin bout Cupcake got a new Twinkie coming out next month…it’s a bad muthafucka.
Her fat ass be snoring ain’t even be asleep
I bet you her blood type is syrup
Every time she goes to the beach and hops in the water, a whale beaches itself in self defense trying to get away from her.
I’m CRYING laughing at these comments.. She ain’t coming after me for sure!
Of course she isn’t cuz she can’t run that fast anyway.
Drop her in the middle of Russia Army base and let her eat all their rations and reserves. That’ll end the war in Ukraine very quickly and save the US money and help us solve our Lizzo problem.
Lizzo is worshipped in India mainly because they consider elephants sacred animals so she on Goddess status there.
Crisco is made from her sweat so she’s set for life financially.
Lizzo so fat that she’s got her own gravitational pull. That’s why men may go in but never come out.
Lizzo is so big that if someone told her to haul ass it would take her over 24 hours and about 4 round trips to accomplish it.