MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING
MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Lizzo The singing, rapping, flute-playing polymath spent the three years since 2022’s Special courting unexpected controversy and flirting in social media posts with quitting music entirely. After mostly laying low throughout the turbulence, Lizzo emerged in February 2025 with a rock-inspired new single and an announcement of her fifth album, both titled Love in Real Life . But first, a bit of raucous, freewheeling fun: With three days’ notice in late June, she revealed a surprise 13-track mixtape whose artwork shows the singer grinning from ear to ear and flipping the double bird. The project came together just as spontaneously. “I did this shit in three motherfucking days, bitch!” she crows on “DITTO,” before adding: “You’re welcome!” From the jump, MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING stands in stark contrast to the posi-vibes-only pop-rap that skyrocketed the 37-year-old singer into the mainstream circa 2019. ...
