Lizzo has a viral explanation for her declining success—and it’s dividing social media

On Friday, June 5, Lizzo released her new album Bitch. It’s not doing so well. In its first 24 hours of release, Bitch garnered just 633,914 streams on Spotify. That’s a far cry from the heights of Lizzo’s previous two albums, 2022’s Special and 2019’s Cuz I Love You, which debuted at No. 2 and No. 6 on the Billboard 200 respectively. In the first half of the 2020s, Lizzo’s cultural presence was undeniable. Her single Truth Hurts went massively viral, launching her into the spotlight. Betw...