Lizzo is getting candid about the rocky road back to music. Lizzo explained that reentering the pop landscape in 2025 has been more complicated than she anticipated. “I put out those two singles, and it feels like I had a crash course in what putting music out as a pop artist in 2025 looks like, and it’s … interesting,” Lizzo told Vulture. Streaming platforms, viral trends, and algorithm-driven marketing strategies have transformed the way songs are discovered and consumed. What might have worked in 2022, when Lizzo released her Grammy-winning album Special, no longer guarantees success today.