Lizzo
5/20/20261 hr 18 min
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Lizzo. Lizzo shows up fully in everything she does, and this Artist Friendly conversation is no different. From the diamond single — 2019’s rerecorded “Truth Hurts” — that started with tears in the studio to sleeping in her car on Thanksgiving night, she traces the full arc of who she is and how she got here. Sitting down with Madden, she discusses the Blue Note residency that turned her radio hits into intimate arrangements, the panic attack that cracked her open, and the difference between loss and abandonment. Additionally, they speak about her upcoming album, Bitch, a fall tour, and a children’s book about a flute who can’t find her voice — based on her life.
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Host: Joel Madden, @joelmadden Executive Producers: Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Jillian King Producers: Josh Madden, Joey Simmrin, Janice Leary Director/Visual Producer/Editor: Ryan Schaefer Audio Producer/Composer: Nick Gray Music/Theme Composer: Nick Gray Cover Art/Design: Ryan Schaefer Additional Contributors: Anna Zanes, Neville Hardman
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First 90 secondsJoel Madden· Host0:00
This episode is brought to you by Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is a band I started when I was 16 with my brother, and it is the reason I'm sitting here today. Thank you, Good Charlotte. We're going on tour June 20th, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California. And July 25th through August 30th, Good Charlotte and Avenged Sevenfold touring in the US, starting July 25th, Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, and ending at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California on August 30th. Tickets are on sale now. We will see you at the show.
Lizzo· Guest0:35
Man, Truth Hurts, I was crying in the studio when I wrote that song. It's a diamond record, and it is the longest number one in the Guinness World Book of Records of a female rap solo song, and I was crying trying to get through it. Everything, this album, my new album, Bitch, I'm trying to get through it.
Joel Madden· Host0:56
Is your new album called Bitch?
Lizzo· Guest0:56
Oh my God, yeah.
Joel Madden· Host0:57
Bad times. I don't want to have bad, bad.
Lizzo· Guest1:02
All right. Well, you know me, I, I don't, I don't need no warm-ups.
Joel Madden· Host1:05
[laughs] No.
Lizzo· Guest1:06
I just go straight into it.
Joel Madden· Host1:07
You're ready. [laughs] Me too, by the way.
Lizzo· Guest1:09
They'll be like, "We weren't rolling." I'm like, "Eh."
Joel Madden· Host1:11
We are rolling.
Lizzo· Guest1:12
Oh, and so am I.
Joel Madden· Host1:13
Oh, yeah.
Lizzo· Guest1:14
[laughs] [laughs] I'm just kidding.
Joel Madden· Host1:18
Oh, I love- For legal reasons, that was a joke ... you, you look... [laughs] [laughs] You know what? [laughs] Say that for me every time. [laughs] I'm just gonna roll that- Yeah ... every time I walk in the room.
Lizzo· Guest1:29
For legal