Lizzo Talks ‘Love in Actual Life’ Album on ‘Therapuss’

On the newest episode of Therapuss, Lizzo joined host Jake Shane for a deeply private and sometimes hilarious dialog about her upcoming album Love in Actual Life, her advanced relationship with fame, and the viral second that launched her 2017 single “Fact Hurts” to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.

“The sync modified my f—ing life,” Lizzo recalled of the observe’s inclusion within the 2019 Netflix rom-com Somebody Nice. “I dropped ‘Fact Hurts’ in 2017. I feel they put it in Somebody Nice in 2018 or 2019. I used to be like, ‘Okay, cool.’ That s— went so loopy — it launched ‘Fact Hurts’ to the No. 1 music. A music that had been out for 3 years. From that one sync.”

The hit marked her first Billboard Sizzling 100 entry and finally turned the longest-running solo No. 1 by a feminine rapper.

Elsewhere within the episode, Lizzo spoke about writing music from ache, significantly her music “Soulmate.” “I used to be crying within the studio once I wrote it,” she stated. “After I sing this music in a 12 months, this will likely be me. I’ll imagine these phrases, however b—-, I didn’t imagine these phrases once I was writing it.”

As for her new undertaking Love in Actual Life, Lizzo described it as “a diary of October 2023 to November 2024.” She added, “There’s not one album that wasn’t immediately impacting my private life… This time I wrote a music that doesn’t have a cheerful ending.”

She additionally addressed the emotional toll of viral fame. “All viral aint good viral. The web don’t know that they suppose all viral is nice viral. It’s not.” Jake added, “It’s like all press is nice press, it’s like no.”

Lizzo added, “Generally when my movies going viral, I’ve an anxiousness assault… And I’ll be like ‘oh f—, what did I do flawed. I did one thing flawed, as a result of I don’t learn feedback anymore.”

Noting it had been “two years” since she had learn social media feedback, she continued, “I by no means scrolled by means of my feedback as a result of that’s hell, however I noticed TikTok feedback received so imply. You realize once I actually stopped after the very backhanded compliments pattern.”

The Therapuss interview additionally touched on Lizzo’s resolution to cease utilizing courting apps (“I received kicked off Hinge for impersonating a star — it was me”) and the heartbreak of disappointing a fan throughout a meet-and-greet whereas exhausted on tour. “That was my first time realizing: Oh wow, there may be misconceptions and also you’re not accountable for it.”

Lizzo’s Love in Actual Life is anticipated later this 12 months.