Lizzo Confirms The 'Rumors' Are True: A New Song Is On The Way
The “Rumors” are true: a new
Lizzo era is coming! It’s been two years since the Grammy-winning singer released new music, and she'll finally be dropping a solitary on August 13.
On Sunday (August 1), Lizzo posted cryptically on Instagram, “Don’t even like this blog post cus you REALLY gon like my post tomorrow.” The next day (August 2), she released a gorgeous promo image of herself dressed in gold Shiaparelli couture earrings, shushing the camera with her finger to her mouth. “NEW ERA BITCH. ‘RUMORS’. 8/13,” she captioned, announcing her new song of the same title.
Last week, she
teased a forthcoming album in response to a fan comment on TikTok. “An album? Absolutely not. I’m not making no fucking album,” she mentioned sarcastically, laughing in the video. She turns the camera to reveal producer Mark Ronson, songwriter Phil Lawrence, and also a recording studio in the background.
“I’m not in a studio. This isn’t Mark Ronson. This isn’t a whole [sound] board. I’m not hanging out with songwriters like Phil,” Lizzo continued. “I haven’t made a fucking album. Where do you get it?” The video on TikTok was captioned, “THE RUMORS ARE FALSE.”
Lizzo has been churning out ecstatic tunes since 2013’s debut album
Lizzobangers, followed by
Big Grrrl Small World in 2015. Yet, it wasn’t up until 2019 once she achieved a mainstream breakthrough with her third studio album
Cuz I Love You, peaking at No. 4 on the
Billboard 200 charts. Singles “Good As Hell” and “Truth Hurts” became sleeper hits because the latter went viral on TikTok and was featured in the Netflix rom-com
Someone Great. This skyrocketed the singer to fame: “Truth Hurts” peaked at No. 1 on the Hot 100 charts, becoming Lizzo’s first song to do so.
At the 2020 Grammy Awards, Lizzo derived a total of eight nominations, the most of any artist that year. She won three awards: Best Pop Solo Efficiency, Best Long-established R&B Efficiency, and Best Urban Contemporary Album. She is expected to perform at countless festivals this fall, starting with the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on September 4, where she is going to be the initial woman to headline. Lizzo will also perform at
Global Citizen Live on September 25, Firefly Music Festival on September 26, the New Orleans and Heritage Festival on October 8, and Outdoors Lands on October 29.
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