'Even if we’re not feeling empowered, by the time this song is over we totally will be.' Here's how lizzo's TruthHurts both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the 2010s
that we feel most define the decade that was -- the songs that both shaped and reflected the music and culture of the period -- with help telling their stories from some of the artists, behind-the-scenes collaborators and industry insiders involved., Melissa Jefferson was a freshman at University of Houston, studying the classical flute by day and teaching herself to sing by copying Beyoncé’salbum by night.
Like Lizzo, John is a self-described misfit who, as a pop songwriter, conversely spends most of his time in the mainstream, the belly of the beast. John grew up in Orange County, a gay kid from a working-class family, who wound up accumulating writing credits for mega-stars like Camila Cabello and Britney Spears. When his friend, producer Ricky Reed, linked him with their mutual friend, Lizzo, John found a creative partner with whom writing was like “stream of conscious.
With “Truth Hurts,” their unspoken objective was to un-do all that. Or at least, to give people some kind of preventative shield against the garbage fires of humanity they’d personally dealt with. “What would my ‘best self’ sound like in a song?” John said. “Something like, ‘Even if we’re not feeling empowered, by the time this song is over we totally will be.’”
“Truth Hurts” didn’t hit No. 1 until after her televised performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards, in which Lizzo performed in front of an inflatable rear-end, a la Sir Mix-a-Lot’s. Later that week, Nielsen reported that digital sales of “Truth Hurts” jumped 102% and Atlantic began pushing the song on mainstream radio, where it eventually became a Top Five airplay hit.
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