Lizzo took a sabbatical year in 2024 and her new song with SZA is directed right to those people who forced her to take it, following the multiple controversies she starred at the time. To his enemies in networks, basically. Included in his new Mixtape ‘My Face Hurts from Smiling’, ‘Irl’ aims to be a fun “fucking”, but ends up being a embarrassing justification.
Sza and Lizzo have already shared credits in the song ‘Special’ (Lizzo’s) and his return as a duo of course aroused some hype, but it doesn’t last long. Lizzo begins rapping on a typical percussion of the beat jersey and it is not very difficult to capture the issue of verse: “In real life I make too much money to fight with foxes / In real life I am out there, in real life the foxes love me.”
In a clear nod to the demand received by three of her ex -bases, who accused the singer of creating a hostile and sexual harassment atmosphere, it seems that Lizzo has to make it clear that she is a good person: “If you really know me, then you know that this dog is too friendly,” he releases at the end of the verse. Where does the need to capture it in such a literal way come from?
Sza does his thing in the song, building a verse with a catchy flow and multiple sexual references, which is always great (“I turn command / without panties at the door because I am ready”). The theme is not an absolute failure, tracing an acceptable chorus that widely sampling the song ‘Shake that ass bitch’ by Splerck Pack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbyu2gduwmi
