Popular singer Lizzo has opened up about her new album “Bitch” falling short of expectations. Recall that her latest project failed to chart on the Billboard 200, and fans have been reacting.
Speaking about the emotional toll of the album’s performance, Lizzo admitted that her disappointing numbers were soul-crushing.
She added that it hurt her feelings because she recorded songs that she expected to resonate with her audience.
Her words, “I was so excited ‘cause I met my pre-save goal, and then it dropped and I was like, ‘Oh okay, this isn’t what I thought it would kind of be,’. I think that there was like, 24 hours of my life where I based my success and my worth on a number. And I think that was soul-crushing.
I was really stressed and I was really sad for a few days because I just was like, ‘Wait a minute. This is like, some of my best stuff,’. And I had to come to terms with the fact that not only is the music industry different in the last three years… but also my relationship and my connection musically with the world is different. And I think I had to kind of mourn that.
SZA called me. She was like, ‘Hey, you’re on my mind.’ And I was like, ‘Am I failure?’ And she was like, ‘Oh my God, no.’ She’s so sweet. I meditated and I prayed on it and I was like, ‘This is why I don’t judge myself and my success or my impact on numbers. This is why I don’t do that, because it’s soul-crushing if you do… I had to reframe and be like, but aren’t you proud of yourself? And I was like, ‘Yeah, I actually am proud of myself.
[Bitch] is just a stepping stone in the right direction. I had to course correct my destiny and my career because people were trying to veer it off my path and I will never let that happen. I’m not afraid of failure anymore because I’ve already won. And I think that’s something that the general public may not believe or understand about me.”
WOW.
