Lizzo Announces New Version of ‘GRRRLS’ After Backlash Over Ableist Lyric

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“Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language,” Lizzo wrote in a statement shared to social media.

for her choice to use the word “spaz” in the new song’s opening verse. “Hold my bag, b—h/ Hold my bag/ Do you see this s–t?/ I’m a spaz/ I’m about to knock somebody out/ Yo, where my best friend?/ She the only one I know to talk me off the deep end,” she sings over the sample of “Girls” by the Beastie Boys.)

“Hey @lizzo my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia your new song makes me pretty angry + sad. ‘Spaz’ doesn’t mean freaked out or crazy. It’s an ableist slur. It’s 2022. Do better,” one Twitter user explained.my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia your new song makes me pretty angry + sad. ‘Spaz’ doesn’t mean freaked out or crazy. It’s an ableist slur. It’s 2022. Do better.

 

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