I've Been Kind of Holding My Tongue '

Lizzo appeared on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty Podcast and Took The Opportunities to Explain Why She Took a “Gap Year” from Her Music Career.

She Noted That Being “Quiet” for a While Felt Like Going Back To a Version of Herself That She Had World to Move Away from, but lastly it was necessary to “sit back and be quiet and observe.”

“When I Said i was on a gap year, I was in the middle of it,” The Singer Told Host Jay Shetty. “I Think People Were Like, 'Oh She's About To Take a Whole Year Off.' No, the Was Just in the Middle of It.

She Continued, “I Feel Like I've Been Kind of Holding My Tongue and Like Staying to MySelf, But I Think That It's for the Best Because You Know, Running Your Mouth These Days. Sometimes It's Just Unnecessary and Sometimes It's Can Get You into Stuff Youu Stuff You Wasn'T Even Trying to Get Into Because People Will Misinterpret it and Run With It. But like, People Were like, 'Wait, so what's that supposed to mean?'

Elsewhere During The Lengthy Conversation, Lizzo Address the Blowback After A Harassment Lawsuit Brought by Three of Her Forme Dancers in August 2023. The Singer Said the Public Perception Around that was Difficult for Her to Process.

“I Think When it was out of My Control and Someone Else Cound Tell A Story About Me that wasn'T True and People Believed It, It Crushed me,” She Said. “I Think What I LeaRned About Fame Is, Even If That's Really Me, It Just Becomes Kind of Like A, A Fictional Story That You, It's a Character, It's a Brand, It's a Thing That now Doesn'T Belong to you Anymore.”

She Aided, “Whoever Lizzo is to the world is not really even me. And that disconnect is depressing. And the Think the Only Remedy to that is continuing to be myself. That's the time. I Just Have to Continue To Be me and People Will See me for Who I am.”

The Singer Noted That All of These Obstacles Haven't Detrred Her. “I'm Never Stop Skirt,” She Said. “If Anything, I'm More Careful Now. I Can't Just Let Any author Inthor Into Who Can Make Me a Villain. I Can't Do That Anymore. 'Causes I'm The Author and I. Taking Back My Narrative By Continuing To Tell My Story From Me, And Thank You For Giving Me The Opportuntey to do that. ”

Lizzo is gearing up to release her new album, Love in Real Life. She has previewed the LP With Two Singles, “Love in Real Life” and “Still Bad.” During Her Recent Show in Los Angeles, The Singer Revealed She Had Been in “Such a Dark Depression” Before Coming Back.

“I was so heartbrben by the world, and so deeply hurt That i didn't to live anymore, and i was so deeplica Afraid of people that I didn't want to be seen,” she said at the show. “Possibly, the Got Over That Fear, i Went to a concert, Kind of like this … and as I were walking through the crowds and Something Miraculous Happened: Someone I Didn't Know, Loobed at Me and Said, 'Lizzo, I Love You.'