Listen to this when
Truth Hurts
Marrying myself was the upgrade 💍💅
Who it's for
Lizzo turns a relationship with someone who held her back into a swaggering, funny kiss-off, starting with a viral DNA-test joke and ending with her choosing herself.
Annoyed and let down→Confident and laughing
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Truth Hurts" is a song by Lizzo, written with Jesse Saint John, Steven "Tele" Cheung and Ricky Reed (Mina Lioness was credited as a songwriter in October 2019). Reed produced it and Tele co-produced. It first came out in September 2017, was re-released as a radio single in 2019 and appears as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Cuz I Love You.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Heads up: Explicit language.
Age: Suggested 16+
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
