Lizzo Names the 1st Song She Made Without Her Ego
Lizzo is known for her body positivity, especially in her original music. With the 2015 release āMy Skin,ā the artist noticed she was creating something impactful ā and wasnāt āfeeding [her] ego.ā Hereās what we learned about the āJuiceā singer.
Lizzo released āMy Skinā off āBig Grrrl Small Worldā
Lizzo is the artist behind āJuice,ā āTruth Hurts,ā and āAbout Damn Time,ā known for her body positivity and, recently, her size-inclusive shapewear brand ā Yitty. Even in 2015, Lizzo sang about self-love with the original song āMy Skin.ā
āLearning to love yourself and like learning to love your body is like a whole journey that I feel like every person, but more specifically, women, have to go through,ā Lizzo says in the introduction. āSo, I feel like doing this is a good way to kind of break through and kind of seal the last chapter of the ālearning to loveā and just loving.ā
The song has since been removed from Spotify, as has most songs from Big Grrrl Small World. On YouTube, the official āMy Skinā music video holds over 2 million views and features Lizzo and other women embracing their beauty.Ā
āI woke up in this, I woke up in this,ā Lizzo sings in the extended hook, as a reference to BeyoncĆ©ās āFlawless.ā āIn my skin / I canāt wash it away, so you canāt take it from me / /My brown skin / /Oh, I canāt wash it away / No, you canāt take it from me / My skin, your skin.ā
Lizzo thinks āMy Skinā was a song that became ābigger than [her]ā
Now, Lizzo is a Grammy Award-winning artist. In an EW interview, Lizzo commented on her platform and when she first realized that she could use music to make an impact.Ā
āThereās a specific moment in time, which I think is just very cinematic of me [laughs], but itās true,ā Lizzo noted. āI wrote a song, āMy Skin,ā and that song really was bigger than me. And I was like, āOh, this isnāt feeding my ego. This is serving a purpose. This is being used to heal ā and even if you didnāt get to the healing process, to just feel.āāĀ
āI didnāt want to make music that served my ego anymore,ā she continued. āI wanted to make music that served a greater good. And I think it started with that song.ā
Lizzo released her HBO MAX documentary, āLove, Lizzoā in 2022
Lizzo even offered fans an inside look at her stardom thanks to her recently released HBO MAX documentary, Love, Lizzo. The production featured clips of Lizzoās mother and some of her biggest career moments.
The same year, this artist released her full-length album Special, which featured the chart-topping song āAbout Damn Time.ā Now, music by Lizzo is available on most major streaming platforms.Ā