Lizzo is here in real life, stopping by the Hard Rock Hotel New York for an Audacy Check in to talk new music, and more with Audacy's Mike Adam in the Rockstar Suite, high above Times Square.
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It's about damn time there's new Lizzo music in the world, and fans wasted no time devouring her first two offerings from this new, Love in Real Life era. First with the strutting title track, and again this month with slinky and slithering "Still Bad." Both of which are "distinctly" Lizzo, as Mike was quick to point out.
"It took me a long time to find my sound," explains Lizzo. "I found my voice, and now the next part of that journey was like, 'what is your sound?' So now this is my voice, with my sound. It's mine, I'm owning it, baby! I ain't nobody else. You can't have it!"
Looking back on some landmark moments for the GRAMMY winner, the two discussed 2019, which was "that year" for Lizzo. It's something that Chappell Roan experienced in 2024, and Doechii is very much experiencing now. Lizzo reflected on the pros and cons of "that" moment.
"The con is people don't see the hard work," she shares. "Every overnight success is ten years long."
"It's like, 'bitch I've been here a long time,' check my records, check my credentials. 'Where did I come from?' A long line of hard work. That's the part. Don't get caught up trying to prove that to anyone."
As for the pro, it's all of the time you manifested your dreams and now, "it's happening. Don't let it pass you by."
Lizzo also dove into her presence on social media, and took on rapid fire questions like "what app is on your phone that would surprise us?" also sharing that there's some Missy Elliott material with her in the vault.
"I did so many songs with Missy Elliott, but they weren't finished," Lizzo reveals. "She just literally had me in the rap gauntlet. I was in the booth and she would throw a beat on and I would freestyle to it, she was like, 'next beat' and so all of those, there's so many of those that will never come out, which is great because I freestyled them," she laughs.
For much more from Lizzo, check out the full Audacy Check In interview above or at audacy.com/live.