Lizzo Introduces New Musical Era With ‘Love in Real Life’: Stream It Now

Lizzo’s back! The superstar is launching her new album era with a brand new single, “Love in Real Life,” released on Friday (Feb. 28).

She teased the song just a few days prior to its arrival, with a cinematic teaser over which she narrates: “Everything was so much simpler, and that’s exactly what I need. No views, no likes. Real love. In real life.”

Fans suspected something new was on the horizon earlier this month, when she said goodbye to her 2022 album, Special. “It’s the end of a very Special era. This album was my strut back into society after a hard 2020 & 2021. I wanted to help people turn up the music, turn down the lights and get a feeling they’ll be alright,” she wrote on Instagram on Thursday (Feb. 13) alongside the album cover. “I wanted to remind people of how they may be broken but still perfect in their own way. 12 songs, 68 shows, 14 countries, 3 continents and nearly a million voices later we saw our specialness. We got through it together. I’m proud of the accolades, the Grammys the Emmys the Platinum plaque… but I’m most proud of the Legacy I’m leaving this world— lyrics that uplift you, music w real instruments, a reminder to dance and that it’s okay to cry… and high vibrations! I thank God every day that this is my job, and I don’t take it lightly.”

She followed up with another post, a video truly bidding adieu to the Special era by spray painting “Bye B—-” over the album cover in red paint. 

Special reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and featured two-week Billboard Hot 100-topper “About Damn Time,” which took home record of the year at the 2023 Grammys.

Listen to Lizzo’s “Love in Real Life” below.