Lizzo has released the SZA and Doja Cat-featuring mixtape, My Face Hurts From Smiling.
After her recent freestyle, Yitty on Yo Tittys, the About Damn Time hitmaker is back with 13 fresh tracks, which offer a “no-holds-barred reintroduction that sets the tone for summer and solidifies Lizzo’s place in hip-hop.”
The witty star opens with Crashout, with a defiant message for her haters: “They just mad ’cause I got motion like a roller coaster.”
Lizzo has pulled in her pals for the project, too, with rap sensation Doja spitting on Still Can’t Fuh, while SZA dazzles on IRL.
Lizzo and SZA previously teamed up on a remix of Lizzo’s song Special in 2023, and had been teasing clips from the studio working on something for the mixtape.
SZA captioned one post on her Instagram Story: “Working on a guest star for bookie Lizzo’s new mixtape [heart emoji].”
In a 2023 interview with UPROXX, SZA said of their friendship: “Me and Lizzo, we’ve been friends since, like, 2013, but it was very organic and very random. One day we were on the same tour, and I was like, ‘We’re about to drive out to Lake Michigan, do you want to come?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, let’s go.’ And then we just got drunk and hung out, and we kept doing that, and then our lives and careers progressed, and we kept talking and hanging out. The other day, I went over to her house. My tummy was hurting because I ate too much, and she gave me a muumuu, and we just laid in the yard and did nothing, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this is what the f*** friendship is about.’”
In March, the Grammy winner confirmed she had completed work on her new album Love in Real Life.
Meanwhile, Lizzo recently expressed her fury over criticism of her new music – insisting negative reviews of her song Still Bad, which was her first single from Love in Real Life, are “lazy”.
My Face Hurts From Smiling is out now on all streaming platforms now.
My Face Hurts From Smiling – Tracklist:
Crashout
Yitty on Yo Tittys (Freestyle)
Just 4 Fun
Gotcho Bitch
Still Can’t Fuh (feat. Doja Cat)
New Mistakes
Bend It Ova
Left Right
Droppin’ On It
Summa Shit
IRL (feat. SZA)
Cut Em Off
Ditto