{"id":553971,"date":"2026-04-27T21:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553971\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:50:13","slug":"lizzo-pivots-for-first-lp-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553971\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Pivots For First LP In Four Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lizzo has long teased her next album under the moniker Love in Real Life, but the artist has pivoted to an apparently separate new 12-song project dubbed Bitch<\/a>, which will be released June 5 through Nice Life\/Atlantic. The title track will be out Friday (May 1) and follows the March release of lead single \u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Love U.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for \u201cBitch,\u201d it interpolates Meredith Brooks\u2019 1997 hit of the same name. \u201cReclaiming the word\u00a0Bitch\u00a0is power,\u201d Lizzo says. \u201cit\u2019s taking a label once used to diminish women and turning it into a declaration of confidence and unapologetic self-love. So many incredible women in music have used the word for positivity like Meredith Brooks and Missy Elliot. It was only fitting to name my album\u00a0Bitch\u00a0because it has become my favorite word when using it on my own terms and because I am 100% that bitch!\u201d<\/p>\n

More from Spin:<\/p>\n

The artist appeared on\u00a0Saturday Night Live\u00a0in April 2025 ahead of the planned release of Love in Real Life, but it has yet to see the light of day. It was intended to be the follow-up to 2022\u2019s Special, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. More recently, she staged residencies<\/a>\u00a0at the Blue Note New York and Los Angeles where she showed off her flute skills in intimate settings and played to a huge crowd in early March at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.<\/p>\n

Lizzo has also penned her debut children\u2019s book, the flute-themed\u00a0Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin\u2019<\/a>. The project is illustrated by Mark Pett and is due Sept. 8 from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Its story centers around \u201ca bubbly little girl who just wants to belong\u201d in her adventures with \u201ca smart and brassy flute who can\u2019t find her tune.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on Lizzo\u2019s own experiences as a young person, their adventures take them to the ocean, outer space and the jungle. The book will include a QR code unlocking an original Lizzo song written especially for\u00a0Lil Lizzo Meets Sasha B. Flootin\u2019.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll also portray legendary musician Sister Rosetta Tharpein the upcoming film\u00a0Rosetta\u00a0from Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n

Here is the track list for Bitch:<\/p>\n

\u201cA Toast\u201d
\u201cHappy 2 Be\u201d
\u201cDon\u2019t Make Me Love U\u201d
\u201cBitch\u201d
\u201cShe Stole My Man\u201d
\u201cWhose Hair Is This\u201d
\u201cLittle Black Cat\u201d
\u201cSexy Ladies\u201d
\u201cThat GRRRL\u201d\u00a0
\u201cToo Nice\u201d
\u201cLike a Crime\u201d
\u201cGoodmorning!\u201d<\/p>\n

To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lizzo has long teased her next album under the moniker Love in Real Life, but the artist has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[190381,96,26443,190380,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-553971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-daniel-macadangdan","tag-entertainment","tag-lizzo","tag-meredith-brooks","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}