NEW YORK, United States — Lizzo’s summer turned up a notch Friday, with
the poster child of self-love dropping her long-awaited album “Special” fresh
off an Emmy nomination and ahead of a forthcoming tour.
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The 12-track
record brings back the soulful
pop-rap blends that made the effervescent
performer a household name with her messages of body positivity, feminist
empowerment, and sexual freedom.
The hit maker,
whose 2017 song “Truth Hurts” became a viral sleeper smash and boosted her to
global fame two years later, promoted the release of her fourth album with a
“Today” show performance in Manhattan outside of NBC’s studios.
“I’m so proud of
this album,” she told the show Friday. “It was three years in the making. It’s
literally a classic, no-skips album. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
Lizzo’s week had
already kicked off to a banner start after she scored an
Emmy Awards nomination
for her show “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” a reality show where she searches
for her tour’s backup dancers.
“We didn’t do this
for awards, we did this for ourselves. For the lives we touched making this… To
shake up the industry.. and show the world how BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WE
AREEEEE!” she posted on Instagram after learning of the nomination.
“BIG GRRRLS ARE
BOOKED, BLESSED, AND BUSY.”
The 34-year-old
artist born Melissa Viviane Jefferson debuted in 2013 but did not achieve
mainstream success until the release of her third album “Cuz I Love You,” which
found runaway success and earned the Detroit-born, Houston-raised performer
eight
Grammy nominations with three wins.
She’s set to kick
off a North American tour in September, with stops including New York’s Madison
Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
“It takes 10 years
to become an overnight success,” she told Today.
“I needed to discover my
self-love,” she continued, elated fans cheering her along. “The music that’s
connecting to people is about my self-love.”
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