Lizzo Responses To “Still Bad” Critics: “Nobody’s Doing It Like Me For Us”

Lizzo is firing back at her critics once again, but this time in defense of her new single, “Still Bad.” The single dropped this past Friday and is only her second release since returning to the spotlight from a hiatus. In a since-deleted tweet, one critic wrote, “This brand of poptimism doesn’t work for me post Covid and in second term Trump America.” On Monday (March 17) in a series of tweets, Lizzo described the sentiment as “lazy.” She replied, “Saying my brand of ‘poptimism’ doesn’t work in a ‘post Covid world‘ is a lazy take.. As if I didn’t release ‘About Damn Time’ post pandemic. “Same people saying my music is ‘too optimistic’ would’ve been real mad in the 60s at James Brown and Motown. Lizzo then added, “I think seeing and hearing a black woman make real music with radical joy triggers miserable people… but I follow in the footsteps of Janet, of Funkadelic, of Earth Wind and Fire… nobody’s doing it like me for Us. And I stand on that. Closing with confidence, she said, “Aretha & Whitney got backlash for being ‘too pop‘ and they kept going… and so will I.

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