Lizzo and Missy Elliott have teamed up for a wildly hypnotic, raucous new single titled Tempo. This is the third new release off Lizzos forthcoming albumCuz I Love You.
Tempo launches with a Prince-like guitar riff, but thats just a misdirection from the deliciously weird, bass-heavy sound of the rest of the song. Slow songs, they for skinny hoes/Cant move all of this here to one of those/Im a thick bitch, I need tempo/Fuck it up to the tempo, she seductively delivers on the tracks first verse. Elliott amps the energy up for her verse, offering up a raucous, hype delivery.
After Tempo premiered, Lizzo paid tribute to Elliott on Twitter:
You made this chubby, weird, black girl believe that ANYTHING was possible. And now we have a BANGER together till this day you continue to inspire me to make my dreams come true. Now go fuck it up to the #TEMPO and STREAM OUR SONG!!!! Love You @MissyElliott pic.twitter.com/xTMbWt3lM6
|L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) March 20, 2019
Tempo follows the funky Juice and slow-burn romance of Cuz I Love You. Lizzos third LP, and first on a major label, will be released on April 19th. Her most recent non-single release was the 2016 EPCoconut Oil. In the nearly three years since, shes unleashed a steady stream of varied, sonically diverse singles.