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Lizzo Sings Bitch

I keep meaning to tell you how excited I am about Lizzo singing, “Bitch.” Well, her ‘interpolation’ of it, anyway. If you’ve heard it, you know what I mean.

At first, it was a confusing marriage. In 1997, when the song was first released, the idea of a female labeling and singing about herself as a “bitch” was fresh and shocking and all the things. In 2026, though, not so much. I hear the word in the lion’s share of chart songs. Still, I’m happy. This is business. I’m a songwriter. She is Lizzo.

Although, a bit of a damper is … did she or did she not get canceled? Semi-canceled? What’s going…

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