American singer and rapper Lizzo is back in the limelight with her much-anticipated album โBITCHโ set for release on June 5.
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While she preps for her fifth studio album, her recent social media activity is what has been grabbing eyeballs.
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The controversy started when Lizzo reshared a post on her X handle comparing her and pop sensation Taylor Swift’s latest album sales figures. โThe Life Of A Showgirl + MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING โ 4.005M,” read the post, captioning a video clip of Lizzoโs STFU music video. “ICEMAN, HABIBTI, and MAID OF HONOUR โ 683k.”
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“Can someone explain what this means?” Lizzo asked her fans, to which one X user responded: “It means all that shit talking you did about Tay finally caught up with you.”
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The frenzy of online trolling led the 43-year-old rapper to clarify her comments. She took to X this weekend to respond to accusations that she had โshadedโ singers Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo.
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In the posts, that have since gone viral, theย โGood as Hellโ singer shut down critics, stating that she would “never talk shit about any artist”.
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She also rebuffed the claim that she was throwing “shade” at Rodrigo. “WOAH! would never shade Olivia Rodrigo. I think she’s amazing. Maybe I’ll stop interacting with Stan accounts so there’s no confusion – I need Twitter to give y’all a orange check or something,” Lizzo posted.
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This is not the first time that Lizzo has rubbished rift rumours with Taylor Swift. During the Perth leg of her Australia tour in 2023, the rapper noticed a fan’s sign that said “I chose you over Taylor.”
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Lizzo went on to address the fan directly: “Iโm going to start off be saying thank you for coming to my show, I know tickets are expensive to everybodyโs shows, so it means the world to me that youโre here. [But] Taylor Swift is amazing as well. I heart Tay Tay too, thereโs no competition here.”