Lizzo Explained Why She Didn't Like "About Damn Time" As A Lead Single At First

When you think about Lizzo's Special album, one of the first songs that comes to mind is probably "About Damn Time," amirite?

It was the first single she released from the album and has been played into oblivion ever since.

But early on, Lizzo admits she was unsure about the song.

"'About Damn Time' was the last song I wrote for the album," she shared during an appearance on Hot Ones, the show from First We Feast where celebrities answer spicy questions while eating increasingly hotter chicken wings. "I was turning in my masters in March, I wrote 'About Damn Time' in February. And I was like, this one? I don't know about this one, 'cause the hook wasn't done, verses wasn't [complete], it wasn't there yet."

But when it was finished, Lizzo knew it was the one. "When I finished it, I was like, oh fuck," she recalled. "This song needs to come out right motherfucking now. The ‘I’ve been so down and under pressure, I’m way too fine to be this stressed’ — it’s like, hello! We needed that right then when I dropped that motherfucker.”

Lizzo added that in general, she's "bad" with picking lead singles because she thinks "everything [she does] is incredible," but clearly she made the right call here.

You can watch more from Lizzo's Hot Ones interview here.