“Every thing was a lot easier, and that’s precisely what I want. No views, no likes, actual love in actual life,” Lizzo says to kick off her newest music video for her new single “Love in Actual Life.”
The rock-inspired pop track is the Grammy-winning artist’s first solo launch in practically three years; she hasn’t launched an album since 2022 however did take part within the 2023 Barbie soundtrack. “Love in Actual Life” will likely be featured on her upcoming album of the identical identify.
Within the track’s music video, directed by Colin Tilley, the 36-year-old is decked out in a studded leather-based jacket, leaning into the 90s really feel she seemingly took inspiration from. “Love in Actual Life” ends with a Michael Jackson-esque choreography sequence displaying Lizzo main a gaggle of dancers.
The singer additionally introduced a trio of exhibits “to rejoice the beginning of this chapter,” in response to a launch. Lizzo is ready to play The Wiltern in Los Angeles on March 12 earlier than heading to New York on March 16 for a present at Irving Plaza. She’ll end at First Avenue in Minneapolis on March 18.
Lizzo has been teasing new music for fairly a while. On Feb. 13, she posted an Instagram video of herself spray portray and reciting “Bye Bitch” over her 2022 album, Particular, with a caption that learn: “Finish of an Period.”
The singer first teased new music on a December episode of Keke Palmer’s podcast, Child, That is Keke Palmer. “My album is finished. I’m so glad. Folks thought that I used to be on a niche 12 months however mama was within the studio,” Lizzo mentioned on the episode.
On that podcast, Lizzo additionally addressed the lawsuit filed towards her by a few of her tour dancers, who alleged they have been sexually harassed and victims of a hostile office setting. “I used to be actually dwelling in my dream, after which the tour ended, and three ex-dancers simply utterly, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit,” she mentioned.
“You’ll be able to ask me something about it as a result of I acquired dismissed from the case,” Lizzo advised Palmer. “We’re persevering with to battle the opposite claims till they’re all dismissed — not dropped, however dismissed,” she added, saying it was “a giant victory.”
Presale for Lizzo’s upcoming exhibits begins on March 5 and basic sale begins on March 6.
