{"id":10474,"date":"2025-09-08T22:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/10474\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:47:07","slug":"lizzo-blames-social-media-algorithms-for-lack-of-song-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/10474\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Blames Social Media Algorithms for Lack of \u2018Song of…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lizzo<\/a> opened the floor to those questioning the state of the music industry in a recent TikTok.<\/p>\n

On Friday (September 5), the four-time Grammy winner introduced herself as someone with “multiple number-one” hits and “Platinum plaques” that will soon have “Diamond” certifications. “The music industry is in complete shambles right now,” she continued. “And you can use that to your advantage.”<\/p>\n

“Back in the day, the music industry was very algorithmic, as any other industry was. But that industry was controlled to a certain extent,” Lizzo explained. “Now that we are in the digital streaming age, there is no control over the algorithm.”<\/p>\n

The musician went on to say that this irregularity is “stressing people the fuck out,” including herself. “Every major artist, besides Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, has dropped music this year, or is planning to drop music this year, or is featured on somebody’s record,” Lizzo said.<\/p>\n

The “About Damn Time”<\/a> artist added that she dropped a mixtape over the summer, My Face Hurts From Smiling, which features SZA<\/a> and Doja Cat<\/a>, although some fans were unfamiliar with the project.<\/p>\n

“Every major artist from Lady Gaga<\/a> to Drake<\/a> has dropped albums this year, and yet everyone is saying there’s no song of the summer,” Lizzo continued. “I’m gonna be completely honest with you guys: It’s not because the music isn’t incredible, it’s because the way that the algorithm is set up, no one can serve the masses anymore.<\/p>\n

“I started a private page just for my fans, Lizzo IRL, and it has been one of the most incredible experiences for me as an artist,” she said.<\/p>\n

She continued by saying that newer artists have an advantage in connecting with their audiences at a \u201cquicker rate\u201d by interacting with listeners directly.<\/p>\n

“I say all that to say that this year has been an incredible year for music. It just hasn’t been on your algorithm.”<\/p>\n

In her caption, Lizzo called her track “Whim Whammy” the song of the summer, although it was debated in the comments. <\/p>\n

“Jet2Holiday<\/a> was the song of the summer thank you very much \ud83d\ude02 ,” one person joked.<\/p>\n

ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25\u201326, 2025, with over 300 brands and live performances by Young Thug, YEAT & Friends, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and more.\u00a0Get your tickets now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lizzo opened the floor to those questioning the state of the music industry in a recent TikTok. On…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-10474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}