Lizzo Explains Why Cardi B 'Rumors' Collab Was Done 'Selfishly'

Lizzo said in an interview with Zane Lowe that her song "Rumors" with Cardi B was done "selfishly."

“That was my f*ck you,” said Lizzo. “And I was so excited and proud to put that song out because I needed to do that. I honestly needed it. It was very selfish … I very selfishly wanted a song with Cardi for a long time, and I very selfishly wanted to be like, ‘Bitch, all the rumors are true, whatever you want to believe about me, and f*ck you too.’ And I did that.”

Lizzo spoke with Lowe to promote her new album Special, which drops on Friday, July 15.

“Once I actually put that song out, I got a lot off my chest, energetically,” she said, referring to “Rumors.” “And I feel a lot of the songs on Special kind of came through after that. I wrote Special, actually, after I released ‘Rumors’ and started getting a lot of… Being brought back into the cultural zeitgeist and after becoming famous and having the year that I had, it was interesting seeing how people relate to me and treat me and talk to me.”