Lizzo declares “I’m still surviving” on her defiant new single, ‘Still Bad’.
The ‘Juice’ hitmaker vows to “throw her phone away” as she gets tired of a man’s behaviour on her second comeback single of 2025.
The funky track follows ‘Love In Real Life’ – her first solo release in three years – which is the name of her forthcoming album, the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Special’.
Among the lyrics is the poignant: “After everything, I’m still surviving and I’m still bad, baby, so b**** I can’t complain.”
It comes in the wake of the sexual harassment lawsuits the star has faced.
The 36-year-old singer was hit with multiple complaints in 2023, with several of her former backing dancers alleging that Lizzo subjected them to harassment.
Lizzo opened up about the impact they had on her mental health to fans during a performance at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theater this week.
In footage shared by a fan on X, she said the lawsuits left her so “deeply hurt” she “didn’t want to live anymore”.
She added: “I named (my album ‘Love in Real Life’) because about a year and a half ago – it’s so hard for me to talk about – I was in such a dark, deep depression.
“I was so heartbroken by the world and so deeply hurt that I didn’t want to live anymore, and I was so deeply afraid of people that I didn’t want to be seen. “Eventually, I got over that fear.”
Lizzo revealed it was a fan’s words that pulled her through, adding: “As I was walking through the crowd to get to my spot, something miraculous happened. “Somebody, who I didn’t know, looked at me and said, ‘Lizzo, I love you.’ And they reached out, and I reached back, and we hugged, and it felt so damn good.”
Calling the moment “f****** life-saving”, she added: “After that experience I was like, ‘Damn, you can’t get this s*** on the Internet, bro.
“This is the kind of love you can only get in real life.”
The singer said she shared her story in the hope of reaching anyone dealing with “depression, or darkness, or felt so betrayed by someone they trusted or was lied on and hated on for those lies”.
Lizzo denied the dancers’ claims against her – calling them “outrageous” and “unbelievable”.
The ‘Truth Hurts’ hitmaker still faces multiple ongoing lawsuits filed by former employees who claim sexual and racial harassment and a toxic work environment.
She maintains the allegations against her are untrue.