Lizzo refused to “edit” herself on her new mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling.
Last month, the singer released her third mixtape, My Face Hurts From Smiling, showcasing her rap abilities.
In a video interview with Billboard, Lizzo shared that she usually tweaks her lyrics when making a pop song, but she refused to do so on the mixtape.
Explaining that she starts a pop song with a freestyle verse, she continued, “That’s how I start with everything, it’s like a freestyle and it’s typically kind of rappity, and then I add melody, and then I go in and adjust the lyrics and then be like, can you say this in pop music?”
She added, “I think that was the biggest thing, like with this project, I’m like, the first thing that comes out my mouth Imma say it. I’m not gonna edit myself.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Lizzo gushed about her friendship with fellow singer SZA, who appears on one of the new mixtape’s tracks, IRL.
“There’s a lot of like genuine support and she’s one of the only people I can text at three in the morning when I’m crashing out,” she said. “I really appreciate her ’cause she understands, and I think it’s really hard for you to have someone in your life who’s known you for a long time and also understands the world you’re in.”
My Face Hurts From Smiling comes months after Lizzo confirmed in March that she had finished recording her fifth studio album, Love in Real Life. She has released two singles, Love in Real Life and Still Bad, but has yet to announce a release date.
