Lizzo : "Truth Hurts"

[Ty]

I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST AND THIS IS THE FIRST SONG THAT APPEARS IN THE NOSTALGIA SECTION WHILE BEING #1 ON HOT 100. Need I say more?

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[lazer]

This is wayyyy too early.

[james518]

Sept 23, 2019 22:43:26 GMT -5 lazer said:

This is wayyyy too early.

If you knew when this song was initially released, you’d realize it’s technically not too early..,

[lazer]

Sept 25, 2019 19:58:43 GMT -5 james518 said:

Sept 23, 2019 22:43:26 GMT -5 lazer said:

This is wayyyy too early.

If you knew when this song was initially released, you’d realize it’s technically not too early..,

But this is posted in the Nostalgia section when this song is currently #1 right now.

[Au$tin]

perhaps there needs to be rule change made for this section now?

Sept 25, 2019 23:32:31 GMT -5 lazer said:

Sept 25, 2019 19:58:43 GMT -5 james518 said:

If you knew when this song was initially released, you’d realize it’s technically not too early..,

But this is posted in the Nostalgia section when this song is currently #1 right now.

The rule for this section of the board is that the song be 2 years old... and this is indeed 2 years old now. For sure there are people who are nostalgic for the period of its initial run if they knew it back then. Just a really funny scenario.

[✨ 𝑔𝓋 ✨]

Still blows my mind that "Truth Hurts" was released in 2017, but became #1 in 2019.

[Live Your Life]

[Deleted]

I knew she would blow up after I found her in 2016 with Good As Hell.

[Live Your Life]

A Woman Whose Tweet Inspired Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" Will Be Credited As A Songwriter

A singer who tweeted a phrase that became the backbone of Lizzo's hit song "Truth Hurts" will be given a songwriting credit on the much-loved feel-good anthem.

British performer Mina Lioness — who had been in a months-long battle with Lizzo and the singer's management — said in a tweet on Wednesday, "I just took a DNA Test, turns out I'm a credited writer for the number one song on Billboard."

The song, which has reigned supreme on the Hot 100 for seven weeks and is just one week from possibly breaking the record for longest-running No. 1 rap song ever, has been mired in controversy since it resurfaced earlier this year after being featured in Netflix's Someone Great.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Lizzo addressed the drama, distancing herself from Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, who have argued that they deserve a songwriting credit on the hit, while celebrating Mina.

"The men who now claim a piece of Truth hurts did not help me write any part of the song," the singer wrote. "They had nothing to with the line or how I chose to sing it. There was no one in the room when I wrote Truth Hurts, except me, Ricky Reed, and my tears. That song is my life, and its words are my truth."

When it came to Mina, Lizzo admitted that the meme she has often referenced as the inspiration for the song was created by the British singer.

"The creator of the tweet is the person I am sharing my success with...not these men. Period," Lizzo added.

Seven months after Mina's original tweet in February 2017, "Truth Hurts" debuted, though Lizzo initially denied Mina was the source of the song's inspiration.

"I’ve never seen this before in my life," Lizzo responded at the time to the accusation that she stole the lyric. "That’s crazy."

"But u know, there’s 10 BILLION ppl on the planet. The odds of multiple people having the same idea are VERY high," she said. "The odds of multiple ppl putting it in song w/ millions of streams are low tho. Nothin new under the sun."

A frustrated Mina vented on social media, saying, "I cannot get over is how brazen Lizzo and her team have been in ignoring my whole presence."

"They’re doing it because they know I have no capital to address her," Mina added on Twitter. "I’m just the poor Black girl from London that don’t have a dog in the fight."

Representatives for Lizzo told BuzzFeed the singer had no additional comment on the matter, and Mina did not respond to requests for comment.

Though the problems between Lizzo and Mina have presumably been squashed, a difference of opinion is still waging on between the singer and the Raisen brothers.

The brothers say they should be given a credit on "Truth Hurts" because the the lyric — "I just took a DNA test / Turns out I'm 100% that bitch" — was used in an unreleased track called "Healthy" from an April 2017 studio session with Lizzo and other songwriters.

Last week, one of the brothers posted a video to Instagram overlaid with music from "Truth Hurts" and the unreleased song in an effort to prove their point.

Lizzo's reps told the New York Times in a statement that the men "did not collaborate with Lizzo or anyone else to create this song, and they did not help write any of the material that they now seek to profit from, which is why they expressly renounced any claim to the work, in writing, months ago.”

Lizzo hit back against the Raisen brothers with a lawsuit, first reported by Variety, asking a judge to reject their claim of ownership or contribution to the song. The lawsuit also claims the brothers have "embarked on an escalating campaign of harassment against Lizzo" and others involved with the song's creation.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

This song is really growing on me. Have to admit it's funny as hell. She has a whole lot of personality, for sure. I really like that girl.

[Fire]

I liked it when the radio first started playing this but it hasn't been aging well.

[BB🌕]

Bop

[needyslovelanguage]

I wanna like it, but it is so obnoxious to hear personally

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

I get why this has burned on people, but I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it

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Iconic, she did THAT

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

#281 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

You Know What It Is: The empowering breakup anthem that articulated something that’s crossed every scorned woman’s mind: “Why men great ‘til they gotta be great?”

Hollywood Nights: “Truth Hurts” initially came out to little fanfare upon its release in 2017, but when it became the anthem for Gina Rodriguez’s character in the Netflix film Someone Great and caught fire on TikTok, it rocketed into the pop stratosphere, taking Lizzo’s star right along with it.

These Words: “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that b–ch” – the song arrived at the tail end of the 2010s, or as some remember it, the era of the “girl-boss.” What better way to send off the decade than with a quippy new tune that tells you you’re 100% that b–ch?

[Fire]

Apr 13, 2020 22:33:27 GMT -5 Fire said:

I liked it when the radio first started playing this but it hasn't been aging well.

i like it again albeit way less than i used to