Lizzo has returned to the music scene — and she’s opening up about the meaning behind her upcoming album’s title!
The 33-year-old Grammy winner just dropped her new single “About Damn Time” off her new album, Special. The album will be released on July 15.
In a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Lizzo revealed the meaning behind the title of her new album. She shared:
“Special is multipurposeful, and can mean so many things. Specifically, I wrote a song on the album. It’s called ‘Special,’ so it’s named after… It’s the titular song.
The album was called In Case Nobody Told You for a while, and then Max Martin came on and he helped me change the hook a little bit and restructured it. He was like, ‘Special, Special. The song is Special.’ I was like, ‘Okay.’ Then one day, I had this aha moment where I’m like, ‘Oh sh-t, the album is Special. Literally, the album is special, and I’m special.’ You know what I’m saying?”
She went on to say:
“I want the person to hear this to feel special. The way that you feel when you say that word is like… In Case Nobody Told You is cool, it has that same kind of dark… Everything now has this special feel to it, and this glow, this sparkle. Ever since that’s the era I’m moving into. It’s out of the darkness and into the light.
I feel like the album is an incredible body of music, which was super important to me. I wanted to create good f–king music that actually was cohesive, and meaningful, and rich and lush, and I think people is… It could be a grower, it could be a shower. I don’t care, it’s good. Once people discover it, it’s going to make them feel good and them know what’s up.”
Lizzo also spoke about what she is hoping fans will get out of the new album:
“I think that the music really is going to speak for itself. I’m writing songs about love from every direction, and I hope that I can turn a little bit of the fear that’s been running rampant in this world, energetically into love. That’s the point. I had a lot of fear, and I had to do the work on myself, and this music is some of that work in turning that fear into love.
I hope that when people listen to this album, it makes their day just a little bit better, a little bit more filled with love.”
